Monthly Archives: November 2011

My plan seemed really reasonable when I devised it. I was going to start upping the distance of my longest weekly runs after the Marine Corps 10K in late October. I had exactly the right amount of time to build … Continue reading →

Saturday morning, in a word: Ouch. “Ouch,” because of the ever-present rolling hills on the Montgomery County Road Runners Turkey Burnoff course. “Ouch,” because being able to balance on a stability ball on your knees while holding a medicine ball … Continue reading →

A confession: I have fallen off the wagon in my training for the Hot Chocolate 15K on Dec. 3. I’m still going to run the thing. But I’ve been traveling and sick (yes, sick again—possibly having to do with all … Continue reading →

Why do we bother running on boring treadmills, swimming in crowded pools and lifting in smelly gyms? So we can master the trails, cross major bodies of water with the strength of our own arms, or ski all day without … Continue reading →

In high school, a clerk at a Banana Republic in Shrewsbury, N.J., gave me some of the best life advice I’ve ever received. I had tried on a few skirts, and was wistfully eying one of them, a flowy green … Continue reading →

I feel compelled to start this post by imploring that you follow what I’ve said, not what I’ve done, kids. I talk a big game about having learned that you don’t gain fitness by bludgeoning your body, but by listening … Continue reading →

Lucky you! You got two extra posts out of me this week, as my appearance on NPR’s Tell Me More to talk about a story I wrote for Washington Post Magazine about the rise of student-entrepreneurship led me to both hype … Continue reading →

I have a bit of an obsession with winter-squash soup. By “bit of an obsession,” I mean that for years, I have been chasing the perfect winter-squash soup recipe like a kitchen version of the great white tiger. The hunt … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I mentioned that I’m going to be on NPR’s Tell Me More talking about a story I wrote about the rise of student-entrepreneurship in a poor economy, which ran in Washington Post Magazine last weekend. This morning, I had SO … Continue reading →

At least I didn’t name this series “Monday Morning Motivation,” right? Thanks for your patience as I plowed through the to-do list items that had to come before this post. My mea culpa for the late posting is kind of … Continue reading →