Amara in Training

Tag: wellness

  • One Mile Victory In The Pool

    Yesterday, I woke up at around 5am or so, thanks to my cat. He has a bit of an irregular sleeping schedule and at around 5am every morning, he’ll get quite rambunctious. On Wednesday, it was no exception, and I was wide awake listening to him play with all of his toys, all at the…

  • I Need A Change In Perspective

    So I just wrapped up an 11-miler and, to be honest, I’m feeling a bit down in the dumps. A week or so ago I registered for the Rock ‘n Roll Marathon Las Vegas. I registered for the full marathon knowing well that there was a 4:30 time limit and as much as I want…

  • Tips for Swimming In A Crowded Pool

    There are many mornings where I arrive at the gym hoping to the stars above that the pool is absolutely empty. The water will be crystal clear and still. No pointless chatter. No gawkers. Just me and the lane and no one to bother me. Well, that’s absolute BS. It rarely happens, and it doesn’t…

  • Give Yourself Permission To Start Slow, But Early

    I headed to bed early again since I knew I had an 8-miler on the books. I haven’t ran for days — mainly because I’ve been a bit busy with my brick workouts and this week was a bit nutty. I decided to pursue my 8-miler anyways this morning, before work. My boyfriend is flying…

  • A Brick Before Work Keeps My Mood In Check

    My foiled plan to grab a pre-work brick workout was foiled twice: once because I stayed up too late one night and subsequently overslept, and another by a sudden 9am office meeting. However, I tried to go to bed at a decent hour last night (decent, meaning midnight) and woke up relatively early enough to…

  • Weekend Surge, and an Olympic-to-Half Ironman 11 Month Bridge

    It was quite the busy weekend! I’ve concluded that I’m quite impulsive when it comes to big decisions. Well, maybe impulsive isn’t the word that describes it, but I get these lingering goals that make me feel incomplete and I will suddenly, out of the blue, decide to finally do something about it. That happened…

  • Success: The Hardest Part of Training Is Planning For It

    A goal can feel out of reach when you lack proper planning and training. In casual conversation, whenever I hear something like “I don’t have time to work out” or “I could never run a (any distance race)“, I often hear “I’m not worth it,” “I won’t make the time,” or “My health is not…

  • 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,…