I am that stage of my injury recovery when I need to be holding back, but my spring race calendar is telling me that I should be ramping up. I feel good enough that I could run longer without immediate repercussions, but I know my plantar fasciitis is still inflamed and will flare up if I do too much.
As someone who’s been running for 18 years and eating for many more, you might think I’d know all there is to know about nutrition for runners, but that’s not the case. In my early years of running I was focused on eating for weight loss. Once I settled at a healthy “happy weight,” I focused on overall nutrition. More recently I’ve probably gotten too laid back, but now that I’m in a new decade I’m trying to pay more attention to my food choices again.
Since I don’t run marathons I don’t do much to fuel my runs, but when Laura invited me to try her Fit and Fueled nutrition program, she promised it was not just for marathoners–and she was right. Now that her course has wrapped up, I thought I’d share five things I learned that apply to any active woman. Continue reading
A few weeks ago Ann offered contentment as an intention for CPY2 class, and encouraged us to try new poses even as we focused on being content with where we found ourselves in our yoga practice that day. That got me thinking about the tension between contentment and ambition and wondering if you can be both content and ambitious at the same time.
I thought my plantar fasciitis was almost gone until a very easy five mile hike brought it back with a vengeance. With my first spring race lurking on the next page of the calendar (March 4th!) I decided to seek professional help again. This time, I am seeing a physical therapist for Graston treatments.
Welcome to the Ultimate Coffee Date for February 2018! Are you as glad to have January behind you as I am? I should be careful what I say, because February could be a bear too, although it’s really work deadlines in March that I’m dreading. …. At least this weekend I have time to get together with you all for coffee! Share your “coffee date” post in the link up below, and make sure you visit my co-host Deborah at Confessions Of A Mother Runner and comment on other blogs to spread the love.
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