Archive for the ‘Yoga’ Category
Here I write on Halloween morning, October 31. Surrounded by snow I can hardly believe winter is upon us, several times this week I have had to literally stop and think and wonder what month we were in.
I have been running intermittently after my stress fracture flared back up stopping me from runningbthe Denver half. I have Goofy’s challenege coming up in January and I found it more important to heal for a few weeks in order to properly train for that. As it is I will finish the races that weekend but will do so at a leisurely pace.
Last night I started spin teacher training and loved it. 3 more weeks of this training. I have also been biking to work each day possible.
Swim, hmmmm, need to get back to the pool…
September 14…. I’m sitting outside in what must be close to 85 degree weather a day after running 8 miles in three top layers still shivering as I went. This is why I love fall and Colorado, you just never know what you will get.
Change, summer to fall. Focus on triathalon to focus on marathon. Heck, I even interviewed for a “real job” last week. Our daughter must have grown a full size over the course of the last month. So many changes come this time of year.
So what’s the point if this post? Transition and change can be looked at one of two ways. As a necessary evil to get from one point to the next, from summer to fall, from tri sport to focus on running or from pants thy are too short for your tot to pants that fit just right. However if you do this you miss a lot of the in between, the transitory periods that allow you time to reflect on what just happened and what might lay( grammar?)ahead. Change and transition can be wonderful moments in and of themselves allowing you to evaluate And catch your breath before marching on. This might not lead to faster times in your tri races but it will lead to a greater experience and that is how I prefer to approach things.
Given the race this weekend I decided to take today off from any crazy running or biking activity. Being the spose of an Ironman I almost feel as if a taper isn’t even legitimate for a sprint race, but heck, I took it anyway.
What I did do is take the opportunity to sneak away from our Friday Play Doh Happy Hour with our daughter and go sneak in a yoga class at Qi on Colfax. Dawnelle, owner of Seasons Fit/Qi, was guiding the class and boy was it awesome. Many of the folks present wre racing this weekend in one form or another of the Rattlesnake Tri so we focused on a Yoga for Runners type flow.
Hip openers galore! Just what I needed. Today I actually received an adjustment from Dawnelle in pigeon that sent me deeper in to the posture than I’ve ever been, and I LOVED IT!
Full disclosure, I also teach yoga at Qi. Regardless of that I can honestly say I can’t think of a better class or better flow sequence to have opened me up and prep me for this weekend’s event!
If you’re reading this post and wonder how you can find some sequence in yoga postures similar check out yogadownload.com. Dawnelle actually has a few Yoga for Runners sequences posted, as well as yoga for cyclists. It can’t compare to a studio class but is also good in it’s own right.
We go to Core Power Yoga, my wife goes more than I do, and I go whenever my schedule allows. Today we went to a C2 class at the stapleton studio. I have gone to many c2 classes and they vary in intensity. (they are always good, however the actual physical intensity can be different from day to day) Read the rest of this entry »
I must have slept on my shoulder a little funny because it is extremely tight today. Well, not overly tight, I can move it around just fine but it certainly hurts more than normal. So when my wife told me we were going to yoga at 9:00am this morning, my first thought was not all that positive. But then I figured, Read the rest of this entry »
We practice at Core Power Yoga in Denver and this weekend they hosted a series of workshops with Darren Main, Yogi and Author. My wife attended all 3 workshops, but I was only able to make it to one. “Yoga Breathing With Read the rest of this entry »