Amara in Training

Tag: motivation

  • Recovery Run: Well Worth The Wait!

    Yesterday I woke up feeling like absolute crapola, so I decided to take the day off again. Aside from grocery shopping I spent it juicing and sleeping. The off-my-feet approach definitely paid off when I awoke this morning feeling healthy and chipper! I set off for a run — no real distance or time goal…

  • Fitness Friday: Did Recovery Always Take This Long?

    On Wednesday I started my first fitness boot camp since…well…boot camp. It was an all women’s group led in a suburb of Seattle, about a ten minute drive away. At first I thought it would be too much — a commute before a commute to work, especially in the direction of rush hour traffic. However,…

  • Getting Settled In, New Training Plan, First Week

    So after being on the road quite a bit, I finally made it to my home destination, Seattle! I live in an area called Eastlake…it’s the eastern side of Lake Union. My office is in South Lake Union, which is only a mile walk. 1.2 miles to be exact. Right now I have to lug…

  • An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure

    Our health is the greatest wealth we will ever know. Most of the time, we’ll never realize how “wealthy” we are until we succumb to some sort of condition or obstacle to remind us how easy it really is to take the time out to take care of ourselves. Is drinking 20 oz of cola…

  • Intention Deficit Disorder: I HAZ IT

    Motivation: it’s a commodity I always wished I had more of. The last six months have been difficult for me as my training motivation waned. I ended the year on a pretty motivated high, and as the months passed, I found myself less so. The problem with goal-oriented motivation is precisely this: once we achieve…

  • Should I Consider A Super Sprint Triathlon?

    I’m doing some research on upcoming triathlons in the Seattle area that I’ll be able to train for and race once I get settled in. I found one in nearby Kent and they have three distances: Olympic, Sprint, and Super Sprint. I’m considering the Super Sprint distance — it’s only 1/4 mile open water swim,…

  • Hired by Amazon, Moving to Seattle, Learning Ruby/Rails, And Other Good Things

    It’s been a long while since I’ve updated here! As you may have noticed, my running is a bit off. Well, it’s like, super off. It’s so off that I’m sleeping with my running gear on so that when I get up tomorrow morning it’s the first thing I do! I’ve only logged 5 runs…

  • Running Grooves…and Bumps In The Road

    Okay, so I haven’t posted in a bit. You know why? Because nothing has really been going on! Paleo ended a few days after my last food post. It was a slow decline…It started with one meal gone awry, then followed by a a little cheating here and there, until I almost stopped caring for…

  • Temporary Lulls Are Just That…Temporary

    This post sings a bit of a different tune. It’s more about the lulls in energy or drive that hit me in my daily life, be it work related, training related, or personally related. It seems more so than ever I am aware that my life really is a series of unbalanced scales. I have…