Around the Bay 2012

Around the Bay 30k (click to see stats & route) Chip Time = 2:34:13 (click to see race stats) Category Place = 198/454 (M 35-39) Overall Place = 1617/7000 Overall Place (by gender) = 1243/2967 Avg. Heart Rate = 160 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 168 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:06 /km Max. Pace = [...]

Asparagus: The Big Stink

I have a confession to make:  I LOVE asparagus.  It has to be just about my favorite vegetable and I incorporate it into my own meal plan about 4-5 times a week.  Funny that as a child I hated it but, then again, like most kids, I hated just about anything that was green in [...]

Eat, Pray, Poop

(WARNING:  this post may contain content of a graphic nature, including more information than you ever wanted to know about my bowel movements.  Viewer discretion is definitely advised.) I experienced something rather, well, both fantastic and unexpected yesterday after my usual Thursday morning hot yoga class.  In fact, just saying that I “experienced” it really [...]

Yoga and Farting

My first introduction to yoga was not necessarily a positive one.  Of course, this was nearly three years ago long before my current practice at ‘Yoga by Sarah’. It occurred one evening while I was attending the “Beginners Yoga” class at the YMCA, upstairs in what’s known as the ‘Mezzanine’, a little annex in the [...]

Coping With ‘SMS’

I have been very careful to observe all the customary yoga etiquette tips and recommendations, specifically as they relate to a dude visiting ‘Fox Base Yoga’  on a regular basis; and, so far, so good.  I believe it is helping with my strength and core conditioning as well as my ability to breathe through periods [...]

El Grande Reeko

It’s been a few months since I’ve cleaned out my tri-bag so I thought it was about high time – and I chose that term carefully – I managed to finally sort through and clean it out.  First, let me say that I should have attempted this a long time ago but, hey, it didn’t [...]