the treadmill : today's "place to be"

the treadmill : today's "place to be"

It's Sunday and Sunday is pretty much a non-training day for me.  My Sunday "workout" is to go for a walk of at least 1 hour in length.  Not bad, eh!  Usually, I take advantage of this "easy" day and take a Sunday stroll around the neighborhood, I wander rather leisurely, I make phone calls while I'm strolling and catch up with family and friends. Just didn't seem like enough this morning, though.  I woke up feeling not so great in my little noggin.  Nothing terrible...

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An assortment

An assortment

...of goodies for you today.  It's been a busy week of work and training and the quick flash of a cold that showed up Wednesday morning and was gone by Thursday (mostly, at least).  Not a whole ton to share, but here are a few tidbits. ~ Training for my upcoming Figure Competition is going quite well and I’ve stepped up the focus and intensity of my workouts.  I can see and actually feel my body changing; getting tighter, leaner, developing more defined muscles in places I never...

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The world at my fingertips

The world at my fingertips

I heard this on my local public radio station this morning....take a listen if you have a couple minutes (really - I think it clocks in at just about 2 minutes). KQED Radio: The World in Your Pocket What a delightful reminder and how grateful I am that I have this kind of access to, well, just about anything.   Here I am, in California, "talking" to people from Vienna and all around the world every day, learning about a culture in a way that would not have been possible, maybe not even...

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I just ironed my yoga pants.

I just ironed my yoga pants.

I kid you not.  Getting ready for yoga class, I noticed an unacceptable number of wrinkles in my stretchy workout pants.  You didn't know that wrinkles were unacceptable in workout pants? I stood there for a moment."Seriously, Carrie?"  I asked myself.  "Seriously? Ironing yoga pants.  Don't you think that's a bit much?"  And then I laughed because I felt something stir at my core.  "Yup," I said to myself, "seriously."  I am simply being me, despite the...

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The international sound of relaxation?

The international sound of relaxation?

I had a deep tissue massage last night.  It was my first ever such experience and I won't lie - it was pretty painful.  I knew that my shoulders and neck were in knots, but my feet?  My calves?  My quads? Wow. The residual soreness is not bad at all today, but I had to "breathe through the pain" quite a bit during the massage.  Well, my gal didn't use the word "pain," she liked to refer to it as "intense" or "hard."  Hmm.  Yes, intense, hard....and painful. Anyway,...

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Today's connection to Vienna

Today's connection to Vienna

The dessert table at my friend's wedding was inspired by a scene in Sofia Coppola's movie Marie Antoinette. click HERE to watch the scene Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, who became known as Marie Antoinette when she moved to France and married Louis XVI, was originally from Austria.    She was the youngest daughter of Francis I, the Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and ruler of the Hapsburg dominions. Madame...

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