Learn the ins and outs of injury prevention

  Nothing can slow down your progress like an injury or sore muscles. An injury can be demeaning and psychologically devastating, particularly if you’ve finally reached a point after birth where you are starting to make strides in your endurance and strength. I have experienced this repeatedly throughout my running career from stress factors in … Continue reading »

Build endurance and get great ABS!!

  If you want to increase your endurance, strengthen and tone your mid section and meet other mom runners, think about signing up for this new mid-week conditioning class. This is an hourlong running-based program that combines speed work, endurance drills and core exercises to help you strengthen your body for any sport (including tag … Continue reading »

Working out with your child

Does this sound like you? Every week you plan to workout, but every week it just slips away. There just never seems to be enough time to do anything between packing lunches, cleaning up spilled milk, driving from one kid’s class to another, and work. By the time you get to the end of your … Continue reading »

Run for the hills

  I grew up in a neighborhood where going to school everyday meant scaling one or two mountainous hills. I used to dread the daily trek and told everyone for a year that when I grew up I planned to live somewhere flat. Fast foward 30+ years and indeed I live on a flat street, … Continue reading »

Maximizing your treadmill workouts

There are some days — be it too rainy or hot — when running outside sounds about as appealing as swimming in the Bay. On those days, I head to the gym, drop Adeline off at the gym daycare and hit the treadmill. I used to think of the treadmill as an awfully boring and … Continue reading »

Cross train with circuits

Getting to the gym everyday is not always in the cards. On those days, I pull out the jump rope and start circuit training, grouping several different exercises together in rapid succession. Usually, I end up far more sore than I do when I go the gym and I didn’t even have to get in … Continue reading »

Run better by running less

It seems counterintuitive that to be a better runner you would run less, but it’s true. The muscles you use running need some time to rest and recuperate and your running form and strength can benefit from doing other activities. My running improved several years ago when I swapped a day for swimming. I learned … Continue reading »