Getting In Shape
Adventures of the Sleepy Yogi: Starting Summer with 21 Days of Yoga
If YOGA came in a pill, I’d definitely take it. Who wouldn’t want the benefits of improved sleep, better mood and overall well-being? Side effects include: better flexibility, strength, weight-management and general physical fitness. But yoga doesn’t come in a pill. It comes on a mat. And for me, it’s hard work. When…
Read MoreA Flower A Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Today, I woke up from a late afternoon nap around 5pm. My stomach clenched – I’d slept too long and “wasted” my day. Yet, bright sunshine poured in through the windows. With the recent time change – there were still two hours of daylight! Determined to make something of myself – I changed into…
Read MoreThe Ugly Truth About Getting Back In Shape
There is nothing romantic about getting back in shape. I don’t care how joyous the lady on the Weight Watchers commercials looks or how thrilling it is to buy new fancy workout gear. When you get down to ACTUALLY getting back in shape – it’s a sweaty mess. After I ran the Boston Marathon last…
Read MoreSuperman Saves My Day
You never know where a run will take you. In the case of my first training run, I didn’t expect to end up in the parking lot of a Best Western Hotel, a sweaty mess, waving down my roommate. The first half of the run was euphoric (as detailed in my last blog post). I ran past…
Read MoreOff the Ground and Running
Columns of buttery yellow sunshine spread across a crystal blue sky. A few fluffy white clouds drifted aimlessly above. As I ran long the Potomac River at sunset yesterday, I found something I hadn’t realized I’d been missing. Recently, my life changed dramatically. At the beginning of September, within one week, I started a new job working full-time and moved apartments to a whole new area of…
Read MoreIn Retrospect & Call for Submissions
I have a confession to make regarding exercise and narcolepsy. Although I rarely think I’m wrong about much, I must admit I was wrong about something on this blog. Athletics had always been a huge part of my life, yet I stopped exercising altogether when diagnosed with narcolepsy and cataplexy. As you know, I reincorporated…
Read MoreFrom Start To Finish
The first half of the marathon, running through Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham and Natick can be summed up in one snapshot – me being passed. I wasn’t passed by a few runners, I was passed by everyone. The gazelles flew by first, rubbing elbows with me as they weaved their maze around the slower runners –…
Read MoreREM-Running around DC
Running Past the Zoo, I stopped for a quick touristy pic. Just two weeks before the marathon, I’ve hit a high point in my training. Am I in the best shape of my life? Definitely not. Am I running as fast as a Kenyan? Nope. But my tendonitis in my knees seems to have…
Read MoreREM Runner’s New Year’s Resolution
I hate stretching. Always have. Always will. Some runners never stretch – I used to be one of them. Unfortunately, I learned the importance of stretching the hard way… (A story I’ll share in a future blog post). For now, let’s just say – if I somehow manage to cross the finish line in April,…
Read More12 miles in Paradise
Today I ran the farthest I’ve ever run in my life — 12 miles. I’d like to report that it was all fun and games, a total breeze, a walk in the park! Unfortunately, it was none of the above. In an earlier post, I claimed that running gets so much easier with time.…
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