In a previous post I mentioned my favorite trail, it is the brushy creek regional trail. I always start at Brushy Creek Lake. There is a one mile loop next to the lake. Very peaceful and scenic, there is a nice waterscape there for the kids to play at in the summer, there are also [...]
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It seems like there is always a new article being published about the effects of caffeine on exercise, some are negative and some are positive. Here are my personal experiences with Caffeine and it’s effect on my workouts. When I started exercising on a regular basis I went to the gym early in the morning, [...]
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Got up and got the kids up and out to school. Then I ate my breakfast, Kashi oatmeal with raisins in it. Loaded my fuel belt bottles with powerade, strapped on my heart rate monitor, grabbed my ipod and headed for the trail. My plan was to run 14 miles. Started out slow, felt sluggish [...]
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When I ran my first 5k, one of the things that really amazed me was how old many of the runners were. There were people in their 70s and 80s running in races. Most of the people I know that are that old don’t do much more than sit around and watch TV all day. [...]
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Just bought myself a foam roller. The foam roller is a firm foam log that is six inches in diameter. It is used to roll against the muscle knots with your own body weight to generate the direct pressure. Imagine using a rolling pin to roll out lumps in bread dough. I have read that [...]
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Well the Zooma Half Marathon in Austin on April 4 is just around the corner, so I need to start my training. Here is a little bit about the race. ZOOMA is a new national women’s race series that takes running and celebrating to the extreme. ZOOMA half marathon and 5k races are followed by [...]
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Last night I signed the kids and I up for the Daisy 5K. Well I will be doing the 5K and they are going to do the 1k fun run. They have run a kid’s race every time I have run a race. I really love that almost all the races have a kid’s run, [...]
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I guess I should say new to me, because it is not actually a new trail. We all went out to the Williamson County Park today. My husband and the kids went for a 2 mile nature walk as I ran almost 8 miles. The trail has two parts: a crushed granite 2 mile loop [...]
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The only thing I like about running on the treadmill is that I don’t have to carry my water around, I just put it in the cup holder and when I am thirsty I just drink. I really did not start carrying water until I started running for more 6 miles at a time. I [...]
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As I posted before I really enjoy running with my husband, and we used to run together all the time. But ever since his work schedule changed, about a month ago, we have only been able to run together 3 times. I am finding that I am missing the company and the motivation a buddy [...]
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