More Than Four Sides

Category: Exercise

  • Well, another year has passed in this endless timeless time…

    The last time I posted here, it was in the middle of counting the Omer, and here we are again, with Shavuot just a couple of days away. I’m contemplating making a cheesecake, or blintz’s, but I’m likely to just buy treats instead of making them from scratch – I just don’t have the energy,…

  • Running in Pandemic Times

    I started running regularly 4 years ago when I moved to the Federal Hill neighborhood of Baltimore. It’s lovely and flat on the waterfront, and has some lovely little parks and cool architecture to keep things interesting. Since then, I’ve run several 5K races, 10K races, one half marathon, and even joined a running club,…

  • Embracing athleticism

    I’ve become a runner. I am embracing that identity. Two years ago, I hated running. I did it occasionally, but never ran further than 2 miles, and disliked every pounding step. For reasons that I can’t really identify, I started running regularly and farther about a year and a half ago. Once I got past…

  • Running… and injury

    My new identity as a runner has surprised me – I always hated running, and I identified as a swimmer for most of my life, athletically (if i identified as anything athletic!). For reasons that aren’t clear to me, a year or so ago, I started running regularly.  Maybe it was simply because last year…

  • Getting healthy

    A lot of people who know me – actually, just about everyone – has commented on my weight recently. I lost 30 lbs, thanks to my health coach, Robin Katcoff, and Take Shape for Life.

  • Go on! Go on!

    This week will be the last of my first year of being on my own, and I’m being reminded of that anniversary in numerous ways – including my yearlong subscription to this daily dose of Rumi (with the running question of whether the translations are faithful).  I signed up for this because of the Omer Project…

  • A quiet day at home

    It was very cold today, and I was not sure what to do with my day.  At the end of it, I had a nice quiet day at home with Shanthi, who valiantly tried to go in to work, but was defeated by a multitude of powers beyond her control. I walked the retired greyhound,…

  • Insomnia

    Did you see that movie?  A few years ago? With Al Pacino as an LA cop who goes up to Alaska with his partner to solve a murder.  I gotta see it again – I remember that was a great movie. I have always been a good sleeper.  I fall asleep easily, and generally sleep…

  • A sukkah in the Inner Harbor

    I went for a run today.  It was my third run this week, which makes me happy.  I also did a 15 minute yoga practice, and I’ve managed to practice yoga most of the days this week (not all, but we’ll get there). On my run today, I initially headed along the southern border of…

  • Pretty active day

    The past two weeks, I’ve missed my yoga class on Sunday morning.  I finally made it back today, and was a little worried that I would be out of it, and unable to achieve what I had been doing three weeks ago in class.  But, it turned out to be a wonderful class – I…