As always on Tuesday Food Day, before I share my recipe, I like to forget about food for a moment and share pictures of my dogs to begin my post. They seem to get neglected (run-wise) during cross country season, so on Sunday I took them out for a run. All of them (just not […]
Friday Fitness: A Back to School Workout
The first week of September. Just saying that phrase brings a smile to my face. While I wish I could say I feel a change in the air, it will be a few more months weeks until we feel a change here in the desert. It was 110 today, hot and humid. School started last […]
RRCA Coaching School Weekend
Guess what! I passed! And I am now a Road Runners Club of America Certified Coach! Of course, I never really doubted that I’d pass the online test. Though you will notice that I held off on writing this post until I was sure. The RRCA coaching certification course is a very intense two day […]
Power Packed Quinoa Salad with Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette. Vegan
Salads aren’t that hard to make. You throw a few vegetables together, top with some dressing, and voila! You’ve got yourself a salad. The challenge (which may be too strong a word, it still isn’t all that hard) comes when you want to make that salad a meal. Then you want to make sure that […]
Vegan Eats at #IDEAWorld, RRCA Coaching Class, and Grandson Time
Until Sunday morning I hadn’t run for a week. Between travel and my work schedule (5:30 am all week!) I just couldn’t run a single mile. That made me feel somewhat of a fraud when I showed up for my RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) Coaching class on Friday. Well, not really, but that […]
#IDEAWorld Recap, Part 2: The Sessions
If you missed my previous IDEA World posts, you can find them here: Quick Update: The People and #IDEAWorld Recap, Part 1: Bo Eason. As I mentioned in my post about Bo Eason, after seeing him speak he became the standard by which all future speakers will be judged. Fortunately, the sessions I attended lived […]