Store bought quinoa (you can also get in most health food stores) Sometimes you either don’t have the time nor the energy to come up with fancy healthy meals. Come Sunday night you’re thinking what this week’s lunch is going to look like at work. No need to worry, with some quinoa and vegetables you… Read More
a gorgeous sunset half way through our run Mon 20 min upper body weights 15 min yoga Tue 22min run (4km) 20 min lower body weights Wed 25min run (4.5km) 20 min upper body weights Thu 25 min run (4.7km) 20 min lower body weights Fri 30 min swim (1.5km) 45 min Pilates all the… Read More
If you need a reference book for strength training exercises this one is a good choice. The Women’s Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner Sexier YOU! by Adam Campbell, Fitness Director, Women’s Health, is full of exercises that you can do for your entire body. There’s a chapter dedicated to each body part… Read More
Jumping in the pool in the middle of winter isn’t much fun. Fortunately, there’s a heated indoor pool at my gym so I don’t need to worry about the chilly weather outside. Although today the water seems unpleasantly cold when I first went int, as usual though within the first lap it was warm. Ok,… Read More
Source Do you ever feel blocked? You know you want to do something but when push comes to shove you feel like there’s a wall standing before you. You want to act and move forward with your goal but there’s an invisible barrier getting in the way. I have that at the moment with my… Read More
“There are clubs you can’t belong to, neighborhoods you can’t live in, schools you can’t get into, but the roads are always open.” – Nike
The other night I was craving chocolate, badly. I was about to grab the car keys and drive to the supermarket to buy a big block of chocolate. Fortunately, my darling talked me out of it. However, the cravings remained. There comes a time when you just have to give in, but giving in doesn’t… Read More
There’s not much to report this week unfortunately. Mon – Wed Rest (the days were spent in bed under the duvet watching tv shows and surfing the Internet – I swear these two things are complete time wasters yet so easy to do when you can’t really be doing much else) Thu – Sun 20… Read More
Training, recovery, nutrition and races don’t always go according to plan. Life gets in the way, and you can hear God laughing (or Goddess). It’s not that one shouldn’t make plans, personally I think without a plan it’s much easier to get lost, without a destination it can seem like there’s no where to go. … Read More