I wanted to start my diet last week, but that didn’t work out too well (it was a very busy week at work, and we didn’t have much food at home). So I started it for real Saturday. I’ll be posting some of the recipes soon, but I wanted to talk about working out. Although […]
Happy 2011! Sorry I haven’t posted since Christmas – I have been at my parents’ house in Michigan doing a lot of eating, a lot of shopping and even a little swimming. One of my new year’s resolutions is to lose 25 pounds so I have been getting a jump-start on exercise this week. My […]
In case you haven’t heard: Fran Crippen, an open-water swimmer on the U.S. national team, died this weekend during a 10K race in the UAE. There are still a lot of details that aren’t clear, but apparently the water was very warm and Crippen told his coach he wasn’t feeling well after 8K (that’s almost […]
This is not about eating or swimming, but it is marginally about shopping: A few weeks ago, I signed up for ballet at Maryland Hall. Those who knew me in elementary school will not be surprised at all by this fact. I started taking ballet when I was about 2 years old and continued until […]
You know what also is probably a good way to train for a triathlon? Swimming laps in a pool divided in half by a rope while a family of six plays Marco Polo around you. Because that’s what I just did. It was a challenge. Anyway, sorry I haven’t posted much in the past few […]
It seems like half of the people I know are training for a triathlon right now. Every time I log on to Facebook, I am inundated with updates about how far people ran (and how fast), how awesome their bike workout was, etc. I usually respond to this by getting a bowl of ice cream […]
I was swimming tonight (only 1500 yards, because I got there late) and thinking about this article I read in the New York Times that talks about the importance of breathing and rhythm in swimming. It actually took me a long time before I could swim freestyle for any length of time for basically that […]
National Dance Day is coming up, y’all! As the “So You Think You Can Dance” viewers among us know, it is July 31. And hip-hop choreographers Tabitha and Napoleon (aka Nappytabs) have created a dance you can learn if you want to participate but need some direction. Or you can just do the running man […]
Want to see the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Smokey Robinson, Mambo Sauce and other awesome dancers, musicians and poets free? The Kennedy Center is hosting three nights of free performances as part of a 50-state “Arts in Crisis” tour. The title is pretty alarming (we love you, arts!), but it sounds like a great opportunity. You […]
I haven’t been writing much about swimming because I figured it’s not that interesting to read about how many laps I did or didn’t swim. But I could use some advice. I got a new lap swimming bathing suit at the Naval Academy a week or so ago — it’s navy blue one (of course) […]