Until a few weeks ago, it had been a while since I’d done any serious swimming. I first got into it in grad school, when I took a swim class with a fantastic coach in UC Berkeley’s gorgeous marble-decked pool. Learning to swim properly has been more useful than a lot of other things I [...]
Continue reading A return to the water...
October 5th, 2011 - posted in
Health,
Life -
4 comments
About six or seven months ago, I took up running. Portland Winters are wet and gloomy, and I’d started to feel a little stir crazy being inside all the time, so I picked up this excellent book called Outdoor Fitness. I highly recommend it. It’s not about running per se, but more about integrating exercise [...]
Continue reading My first 10K...
April 23rd, 2011 - posted in
Health,
Life -
19 comments