Category: exercise

  • Sneaking In A Run Anywhere I Can

    Sneaking In A Run Anywhere I Can

    On Mondays I drive Kate to her French school at French for Fun in Lafayette and then I work in Starbucks until she is done. This morning I’m in my running shorts and running top and I sneaked in a run to the Lafayette Reservoir. I ran up the reservoir, lots of housewifes in walking…

  • New Favorite Running Route In SF

    I’m sorry to say, Google Maps satellite view is really cool Today’s long run is my favorite route yet. California Street has 2 huge hills that made me really fall in love with SF as a running city. Just as my legs were burning from running uphill, the switch comes and I get a nice…

  • Running: Trails Of Castro

    Running: Trails Of Castro

    One guy at Best Buy asked me what I did for fun on the weekend, I said I ran for fun. I run because I can run and the longer I run the happier I am. Saturday I did my 6 mile training route to russian hills, along battery street and back to yerba brena…

  • Chest muscles have healed, pushups, pushups come to me

    Chest muscles have healed, pushups, pushups come to me

    It’s back, the pushup craze.  My muscles have healed like I thought it would after the last fiasco when I torned my muscles.  Here is a more sane version of 1,000 pushup in 24 hours, d0ing 50 reps and spread it over time.  This time I didn’t tear the muscles.  Next milestone : 1,500

  • Running routes over the weekend

    Running routes over the weekend

    Over the weekend I was feeling down. Ran to Coit Tower twice following the north beach route. On Saturday morning I ran there once, the hill was a challenge. Then on Sunday morning I ran around downtown. on Sunday night I was insomniac and I started running around 4:00am, very creepy along the trail going…

  • Paris Running: St Germain

    Paris Running: St Germain

    Paris is the perfect city to run. Lots of walkways, interesting buildings, lots of street lights for night running. First day in Paris, trying to beat the jet lag and Angie was running out of coffee beans and need some to go with pain au chocolat and her fruit pies. At 9:30pm on a Sunday…