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I really needed a long run and doing more than 9 miles on the treadmill is so freaking boring that I knew I had to go outside. The only issue is that it's been a rainy, windy weekend here in the Bay Area. However, that didn't stop me and a bunch of other runners out of the Sawyer Camp Trail. I love that the trail has a Facebook Page! Yippy!

RUN: Sawyer Camp Trail. 12 miles. Time: 2:08. Ave Page: 10:29

Posted by Fitness Marlene on 01/22/2012 at 04:57 PM in Run, Training | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

01/21/2012

Treadmill Training in Beijing

While traveling to Beijing, China for work, I knew the best way to adjust to the massive 16 hour time difference was to stay to an exercise routine. We stayed at the Downtown Beijing Holiday Inn, which luckily had its own little gym with 2 treadmills. I started each day with a daily treadmill run.

The first morning was a trip because the treadmills were in km/hour. So I had no clue with my paces should be. So for the second day, I came up with a pace chart:

6 miles/hour - 9.7 km/hour

6.5 miles/hour - 10.5 km/hour

7.0 miles/hour - 11.3 km/hour

7.5 miles/hour - 12 km/hour

I didn't make it to 12 km/hour pace. It felt like the belt was going so fast. Next time I'm in China, I will have to find a yoga class!

RUN: Beijing Treadmill Run #4: 55:46:00
RUN: Beijing Treadmill Run #3: 57:51:00
RUN: Beijing Treadmill Run #2: 44:34:00
RUN: Beijing Treadmill Run #1: 54:55:00

Posted by Fitness Marlene on 01/21/2012 at 04:39 PM in Run, Travel | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Training while on vacation

I know a lot of folks think of vacation as a time to relax and escape from exercise. But I, of course, see vacation as an opportunity to exercise without the constraints of the daily chores and work game. After taking most of the fall off from running since my last triathlon at the end of September, I decided that I would use our Palm Springs vacation as an opportunity to resume running with some pretty scenery.

It definitely wasn't a pretty sight to start but the palm trees and warm weather made up for it!

Palm Springs Run #1

Palm Springs New Years Eve Run

Palm Springs 1st Run of 2012

Posted by Fitness Marlene on 01/21/2012 at 03:50 PM in Motherhood, Run, Travel | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

01/15/2012

Accent Fitness invites you: 2012 Food Awareness Program (FAP)

Accent Fitness invites you to participate in our 2012 Food Awareness Program (FAP). This program is designed to inspire learning about your personal relationship with eating and food. This is an awareness program to built knowledge, it is not about forcing any changes into your life. You may or may not find on the journey that you are inspired to change but that is not a requirement for participation. Just go with the flow and see where it takes you.

Program Details

Dates: January 15th, 2012 - April 15th, 2012 (3 months)
Time Commit: About 5 minutes per day.
Cost: 100% free

Program Requirements

Required
- Maintain a daily food journal using an online food tracker program.
- I use My Plate at Livestrong.com but you can use any program.

Not Required
- Changing your current eating habits
- Changing or adding exercise
- Weighing yourself

Optional
- Social Share: Share your findings on food awareness
  - You can post comments to this article
  - You can blog about it on your own blog and share blog link here
  - You can twit about it using hashtag #2012FAP
  - You can Facebook about it and mention @Accent Fitness

Let's get started!

Posted by Fitness Marlene on 01/15/2012 at 09:31 PM in Food Awareness | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)

01/14/2012

1st Brick Workout of 2012

Great to be back out at E&C for an 8am start. It sure was chilly to start off around 45 degrees but it does warm up and get better with time. We rode with the Pen Velo ride from Arastradero & Page Mill back to Sand Hill, before I was definitely dropped.. although we were off the back and I did hit a red light. All in all, great ride and felt great running after the first .5 mile.