Breathe Magazine

As I train for my sixth marathon I have decided to take on a three day training plan. Instead of training five days a week  like I have in the past, I am just running three. My plan consists of one track(speed) day, one tempo run, and one long run.
*My track runs consist of several different [...]

NEW! Breathe Magazine is now fully available on your mobile touch enabled device – iPhone, Android or Blackberry Touch. Just navigate to readbreathe.com with your mobile browser and get Breathe on the go!

Thanks to technology, you can easily track your period, how many steps you take each day and when it’s time to take your [...]

Put your fitness into play with an urban race.
My teammates and I had already biked through downtown Denver to locate a paintball coliseum, ran up and down 20 flights of stairs, skidded down a giant Slip ‘n Slide, used clues to piece together a secret location and ran four miles to reach it, schlepped 40-gallon [...]

Can I do 7 pull-ups in a row without a rest?
How many perfect push-ups can I do before complete muscle failure?
Can I lift 95 pounds in an overhead squat?
How can I keep my mind in an ultra positive state when the workouts get really hard?
These are just a few questions that I often ask myself [...]

Does this crazy winter weather have you climbing the walls? Join the club.
First it was the swine flu. Now, it’s day after day of snow, sleet and blustery winds. On their own, each is something I can handle. But with an infant, it’s not quite as easy to justify weathering the elements. Fresh air is [...]

Why would any sane person even think of trying to run a marathon? Are marathoners even remotely sane?
As I begin preparing for my next marathon in June, I thought I would write a little something about why I run marathons, TO HELP PROVE I am not that crazy, or it might just make the [...]

An estimated 18 million adults use herbal supplements in one form or another and that number continues to increase each year. We are a society plagued by the need to have results quickly, which is leading us to pop magic pills to get results.
Even if you don’t take diet pills or stimulants, those “natural supplements” [...]

I can’t believe that I haven’t done any serious running for about 6 weeks now. I ran the Santa Barbara Marathon on December 6th. Instead, I have been enjoying a little break from running  by getting in 5 days of kickboxing. It’s an intense hour of teaching and it always kicks my BUTT!

Not only have I been enjoying kickboxing, but I [...]

I recently quit my gym this year in order to meet our goal this year of saving some major money. I still teach kickboxing at my kickboxing studio, but have started doing all of my weight training right in my living room or garage.
I created a workout space that allows me to be flexible and [...]

I love when you get diet advice that says things like “make easy swaps to cut calories, like having a salad instead of your regular fast food meal.”
How is that an easy swap?  Because you are still having lunch?  Something tells me that someone who routinely has fast food isn’t going to be satisfied by a [...]

We know. Every time you hear that song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” as you’re walking through a department store in December, you cringe. Bah-humbug. The most stressful time of the year, you think to yourself.
Stress not only makes the season miserable, it also can take its toll on your health. According [...]

An important step to performing your best on the slopes and preventing injury is getting into shape before the season starts. Great skiing is all about leg strength, endurance, a strong core and great balance. “Sports-specific” training is key, as skiing very much depends on skill. So training your muscles to perform the movements skiing [...]

Over at NHerShoes I am a hosting a wonderful challenge called Pile On the Miles. The whole goal of the challenge is for everyone that joins to pile on the running miles not the Holiday pounds! It’s so easy to fall into a slump when the colder months come along. I know for me I would [...]

On my wedding day, I got a very unique gift.  The card said, “don’t lose these”, and I looked at my beloved and said, “what the heck are you talking about?” In the card was a set of cleats.  Only after taking me outside did I realize what my present was— a brand new mountain [...]

Excuses are a workout’s worst enemy, and the one I hear over and over again for why people don’t workout is there just isn’t enough time in the day. With work, and family, and trying to fit in a little ‘stay sane’ time, there is room for little else.
Busy? I’ll give you that. 9 to [...]