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My Favorite Yoga Poses for Runners
I started practicing yoga regularly almost one year ago. Before then I would occasionally do 20 minutes of yoga here and there, but in June of last year I went to an outdoor yoga class held by the Breathing Room yoga studio and since then I’ve been a firm believer in the good yoga does for our body and mind. Not only do I leave class feeling calm and peaceful, my whole body feels the effects. My muscles always feel nice and stretched out after a good class, I love it. It makes me feel powerful! I also really like that there are so many different types of yoga! The…
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Embrace the Treadmill
Today was one of those days. It was blustery, cold and dreary this morning and I couldn’t bear with one more long run wearing my winter running gear. I just couldn’t do it. Thats where the treadmill comes in… (source) Chris and I went to the gym this morning to get our run in. Since there are only four weeks away until the Pittsburgh Half Marathon, we needed to run! No skipping this one. We’re both signed up for the half, and Chris just started training. 10 miles on a treadmill seems like a daunting task, but it wasn’t all that bad. Pros of running your long run on the…
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Fitness DVD Review: P90X Yoga
Thank you everyone for the lovely Blogiversary comments! I’m so glad you are reading and I am so thankful for you all! Sunday evening I was not in the mood to drive to the gym, since I wanted to relax at home and get some housework done. I knew I wanted to get in a quality workout, so I decided to try out P90X Yoga for the first time! I have to admit, anything with P90X in front of it scares me a little bit since those workouts seem so intense, but I was excited to try out the yoga DVD. (FYI: I was not paid by the company to…
