looking forward.

I have a tough time keeping my head in the present.

Currently, as an intern, I don’t have much idea of what my professional life will look like past this spring.  I know that now it’s going as perfectly as I had hoped.  I know that I am learning, observing, and accomplishing each and every day. [...]

cautious steps.

I did something totally crazy yesterday.

laced up the old shoes…

I went for a run.

Running?  Who, me?

If you’re newer to the blog, here’s a little backstory:  In January, I had just begun training for my first half marathon, when I started to feel an odd sensation in my right knee.  New shoes and extra [...]

channeling the yogini.

The final panel at the summit last weekend, prior to a free giveaway-palooza, was a casual talk by the planning committee entitled “Fitness for Everyone.”

Each blogger shared personal fitness-related stories, whether it be Kath biking to the supermarket or mowing the lawn, Caitlin and Tina navigating injuries, Meghann training for marathons, or Heather displaying a [...]

what i learned on my running vacation.

Today I am finally getting fitted for custom orthotics.  My physical therapist swears I will run again, and soon, but I still don’t know.

Sometimes I am still surprised that I’ve managed to settle into a running-free life.  It felt like agony in the beginning, but in the past couple months, things have changed.  It’s not [...]

power[ful] yoga.

Saturdays used to be my long run day.  Since getting injured, I have slowly transformed them into yoga days.

I am very new to yoga.  I have always been hopelessly inflexible, never coming close to a split even after twelve years of ballet.  Running made my muscles even tighter, and my addiction to the adrenaline of [...]