There’s Something About a Crow Pose

Yesterday, with my fantabulous Pocket Yoga app, I decided to go for a 45 minute yoga session before work. I was continually interrupted, but aside from those external annoyances, things were going great. I finally started feeling less tense and tight from all the running and biking I've been doing. However, I came across a … Continue reading There’s Something About a Crow Pose →

Fitness Friday: Channel Your Gratitude and Level Your Attitude

Let's face it. Most of what we see online is not true. Very rarely will you see what people are really seeing, feeling, and thinking. Most of the time it's all one giant highlight reel -- everyone effortlessly goes about their daily lives looking happy and relatively healthy. Truth is, it's mostly an act. Everyone has … Continue reading Fitness Friday: Channel Your Gratitude and Level Your Attitude →

Yoga + Bike Goodies + Hotel Booked + Oh Yeah, Please Donate to my Fundraiser!

It seems like just yesterday I was crossing the half marathon finish line, and now we're already at Thursday! I'm still relatively tense and stiff from the race and I've been meaning to get to the massage therapist's office all week. I will most likely have to schedule it for the weekend. In the meantime, … Continue reading Yoga + Bike Goodies + Hotel Booked + Oh Yeah, Please Donate to my Fundraiser! →

Race Recap: Sporty Diva’s Half Marathon

This weekend's race was a lot of fun! It was my first small race (less than 50 participants) and it was mostly women-focused. The race was more of a "run your own race" sort of event, with distances of 5K, 10K, 15K, and a half marathon. I totally underestimated what the event coordinator meant by … Continue reading Race Recap: Sporty Diva’s Half Marathon →

Thanks to Triathlon, My 20-Hour Day Didn’t Faze Me

I knew it was going to be a rough day when I rolled over in bed, picked up my phone, and saw that it was 3:30am. For the second or third morning in a row, I've slept quite late and woken up very early (before 5am early), and in my sleep I was dreaming about … Continue reading Thanks to Triathlon, My 20-Hour Day Didn’t Faze Me →

Rewarding Good Behavior

I might be a very strange female, but I loathe shopping. I hate the process of having to fight for parking, deal with traffic, deal with salespeople...but there's one thing I will never hate shopping for and that is training gear! As a form of self congratulations for a job well done on my self-paced … Continue reading Rewarding Good Behavior →

Olympic Tri (My Way) and Race Recap: Athleta Iron Girl 10K

So sometime last night, when I was tossing and turning because I couldn't fall asleep, I came up with this plan... I've been really annoyed lately that I can't find a nearby triathlon that works with my schedule so i decided to do my own thing. (Story of my life.) I decided that since my … Continue reading Olympic Tri (My Way) and Race Recap: Athleta Iron Girl 10K →

The 10K Sweet Spot: My Varied History

6.2 miles. I'm not exactly sure what makes it my sweet spot but it is. I've clocked some decent times relative to my other distances. Speed is relative but for some reason, a 10K doesn't psych me out nearly as much as a 5K, 13.1, or 26.2. For some reason, I feel most at ease … Continue reading The 10K Sweet Spot: My Varied History →

Kicking Off The First Race Of The Season

Man, what a week that was. A lot of stress coupled with not enough sleep or nutrition makes for a very cranky Amara. I hope to get some of that on track in the upcoming week. So my diet has primarily consisted of mushy things, like shakes, scrambled eggs, yogurt, pudding, soup, etc. I've grown … Continue reading Kicking Off The First Race Of The Season →

3 Day Weekend in Seattle: International District, Zoo, Bumbershoot

So I've been feeling pretty miserable for the past 6 days. Last week, after my victorious 1+ mile swim, I went in to my local dentist to get my top two wisdom teeth yanked out. It was a painful procedure, which was doubly difficult since I'm kind of alone in a new city. After my … Continue reading 3 Day Weekend in Seattle: International District, Zoo, Bumbershoot →