I’ve been thinking a lot about training my weaknesses. But then Keith Norris at Theory to Practice, a great blog, posted on the very same topic some very poignant insights: that while you address your weaknesses, don’t train away from your strengths–he sums it up best by saying “work whatchur mama give ya.” Check out…
Tag: training
Group Motivation: Me in the Gym
Today’s .com workout: Most of the comments went something like this: “wow that’s gonna suck” I, on the other hand, was excited. I love the olympic lifts and I need to work on rowing–a perfect combo of loves and not. I did decide before the workout even began that I’d scale to 3 Rounds. Breathing…
You Might Have Noticed I Was Gone … CrossFit Cert
When I travel, I try to make it appear like I’m here for your guys anyway … only sometimes it doesn’t work, like when I book a flight Wednesday night and leave Friday morning and don’t have time to put together some preemptive posts. This past weekend I was in Golden, CO for a CrossFit…
Rope Burn … or the day I learned how to lap dance
I snag a parking spot on Fourth and Colorado for my Venus Envy Training Sex Appeal class. (Yes, I hear the WTF) I hop out, clad in workout shorts, a tank top, and a bright pink scarf. The huge curtains at the front of Cuba Libre usher me in to semi-darkness, where a shadowy figure…
Friday Night Benefit at Tiniest Bar
Starting at 7pm Friday night, Team Spiridon, a local training group, is hosting a benefit concert at Tiniest Bar for empancipet and the Dick Beardsley Foundation–couldn’t decide between animals and people, I guess? Lovers of music, animals, and running will come together for a night inexplicably called Night of the Moustache, featuring a benefit concert…
Doubling up the Crossfit Fun
I did 6:30pm last night and 6:30am this morning of the free Crossfit Austin workouts … super fun! Remember that this is FREE Crossfit workouts put on by two of my friends, Austin natives, until they open their NEW South Austin Crossfit gym in mid-to-late November. Yay building delays=free workouts! So last night’s workout was…
Free Taco Run! Saturday morning
FREE Saturday TACO RUN! It takes a lot to get me out of bed before 8 am. Ever. But on a Saturday? Damn near impossible. But IF I’m going to run 7 or 10 miles, running it with a group might be the way to go. So I suggest Rogue’s Free Taco Run. The scoop:…
Huge Weekend
I’m exhausting just thinking about this weekend, and it hasn’t even started yet! Apparently Austin does Labor Day big. The highlight: Sunday night’s Nike Human Race. 6:30pm, a million people across the world will be running a 10K. In Austin, our course is a tough one–lots of hills–but pretty, through downtown, campus, the capitol area.…
Another Thursday, Another Plethora of Events
Good thing I have that fence to paint (it’s never done. You finish building the sucker and you just have to paint it) or I’d never be able to decide which of these events to go to! That and I’d go to the LAST Nike training run at SIX lounge before the big run this…
Training Run + Daily Mile
I’m sure you’re curious about things to do tonight, Tuesday. But Tuesdays are not for events. Except the Nike Human Race training run at Guero’s, which is an awesome event. Free tacos and drinks and friends and running routes, what more could you ask for?! Well, perhaps an online community of runners? Daily Mile is…