Amara in Training

Category: Fitness

  • My Theory on Excuses

    I spent the summer after my high school graduation with my face in lots of geese poop in a very humid and steamy New England. Most of the time I was getting yelled at — not because I was doing anything wrong, but mainly because I wasn’t doing anything right. I was a cadet candidate…

  • Q+A: What are you running from?

      Good question, although I have a feeling that the question was half serious and half playing around. So, what exactly am I running from when I’m running? I’ve read a few articles about people running from their former selves…perhaps a more plump, depressed, chaotic, stressed, or unhappy version of themselves. Others are running from…

  • Featured in Fitbie!

    Check out the original article here Over the weekend, Fitbie.com published a neat article on my recent journey. It’s been great but it’s certainly not over! I still have a long way to go in terms of training for the triathlon (mainly getting myself INTO the water, which I have failed at the last two…

  • My Upcoming Races

    Some people have been wanting to join me for certain events, and I know that my friends and family can’t really keep up with my schedule, so here it is — my race calendar!

  • The Journey of Me

    I spent some time lamenting these photos and I think I’m finally over it. So last week I was interviewed for Fitbie, an MSN/Rodale joint venture. It’s a great website to help people get tips on exercising and to keep them motivated. I noticed that they popped up after the new year and have been…

  • Mindfulness and Running…Among Other Things

    I spent most of my morning rather exhausted and asleep, not so much from any particularly strenuous physical activity but from mostly the electrical activity in between my ears. Although I’ve been in relatively high spirits as of late — not to mention, relaxed (as my friend kept saying yesterday, over and over) — I’ve…

  • Q+A: “Isn’t Running an Inefficient Way to Spend Your Energy?”

    Running seems pretty counterintuitive to nature, right? After all, the human body is essentially built to be self-regulating at all times — you push too hard, your body makes you lay off a bit. Your system gets stressed or taxed a bit, and suddenly you’re forced to recover. Running, on first glance, seems to burn…

  • Q+A: “Why Do You Keep Running?”

    I received a blog request from Elijah this week on my running habit — “You should do a post on why you kept running after you started, even on those days that you didn’t want to.”   Lately, it’s been harder and harder for me to keep the momentum going. I’ve been running between 4-6…

  • Q+A: “Why Running?”

    I’ve been getting some of the same questions over and over again, so I’ve decided to just blog about some of these typical questions I get. First and foremost a lot of people have questioned (in a good way!) why I chose running as opposed to some other sport. So…”Why running?” Well, I chose running…