I'm working on 100 miles for this week. So far I'm at 56, all biking. I've been focusing on cycling to make sure my hip gets a full recovery from whatever I did to it earlier this year (overtraining, stressed the hell out of my hip flexor)--but I'm still able to run, so I'd like to get out there at least once this week. I know biking is doing ( Read more... )

The handles are tied under my chin like a bonnet. It's pretty sexy. I'm attempting something unequivocally "girly"...my hair is currently doused with (now warm) oil. And I didn't have any plastic wrap, which is apparently the hat of choice during this kind of activity, so I grabbed the next best thing. I'm hoping this will do something for my ( Read more... )

Celebrating Solstice with an entire year of journals to look back on seemed to make it more meaningful, somehow. I value this journal because it's helped me get more in tune with myself since I've started, although I haven't been writing as much lately--but I'm starting to realize the added value of having a written record of life events, too ( Read more... )