Posts tagged “exercise”
Stretch, Run, Stretch
About two weeks ago, on January 17th, Dr. Sohail Shayfer told me I was suffering from iliotibial band syndrome. He told me to take a break from running so much, to take two Aleve naproxen sodium tablets every twelve hours for four weeks, and to stretch, stretch, stretch. I’ve never stretched before or after a
Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing
It’s been a little less than four years since I had my body fat percentage accurately calculated at a mobile testing station. Last night I had it done again by Linda of bodyfattest.com outside of a health club in Reseda. Last year was pretty rough on my body; I was under a lot of stress
Runnin’ Down a Dream
Running over
I’m Not Okay
A very cold run
Let Me Tell Ya How We Do It in California
There is surely some sort of life lesson here: If every other run is a half-marathon, the five-milers seem like nothing. I need to get a new pair of sneakers, though, for reals. The 2011 Nike Air Structure Triax I’ve been kicking have got to have over five hundred miles on them by now. I’ve
The Last Song
It was incredibly difficult to roll out of bed at five-fifteen this morning, but I did. It’s been (very uncharacteristically) raining for several days in Los Angeles and it was just a wet, dark, miserable morning for a run. But about two miles into it and I started to feel better, and by the time
Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton
Running in Rain in LA
They Just Seem a Little Weird
Notes on a long run
I Need a Dump Truck, Mama, to Unload My Head
Notes after a run
It Could Be All Downhill from Here
The King of Bedside Manor