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04.26.16

Notes from Rachel: On What We Inherit

I don’t actually know who I got curly hair from. But as soon as people look at me who know my family they exclaim, “well don’t you look like your dad!” Thanks, everyone. I’m not sure whether being told you look like your dad is a compliment, but then I look at …

Read More › 04.13.16

Notes from Rachel: What the Internet Can?t Give You

On March 31st, Lenny Bernstein of the Washington Post published an article about how you can save a bunch of money on running shoes by buying them online (which inspired a great response from our friends at Fleet Feet Sports Sacramento). It’s funny that Lenny Bernstein should write an …

Read More › 04.4.16

Say Hello to Your New Best Friend!

SAY HELLO TO YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND by Isabel Allen, Yoga Instructor You're running late, moving way too quickly and BOOM! You just spilled coffee on your new pants. You finally make it in your car and DAMN, red tail lights everywhere. The only thing waiting for you at work are deadlin…

Read More › 03.29.16

Race Recap: Couve Clover Run

We've all heard of the Shamrock Run, but how much do you know about the gem of a race that is Why Racing Events' Couve Clover Run? Taking place in downtown Vancouver the weekend after Shamrock (March 20th in 2016), this race has it all - a great, safe course, multiple distance options (3, lu…

Read More › 03.23.16

Notes from Rachel: On Humility

Three weeks ago, I started coming down with something. I was feeling really good, and training hard for the Corvallis Half Marathon. One workout on the track every week, one tempo run, one long run. Easy stuff in between. You know, getting it done. Then I got the flu, then a sinus infection…

Read More › 03.15.16

Survival of...The Most Peaceful?

SURVIVAL OF...THE MOST PEACEFUL? by Isabel Allen, Yoga Instructor Survival of the Fittest may have been a reasonable idiom way back when, but now with different priorities, perspective and reality have shifted, maybe a more suitable approach would be Survival of the Most Peaceful. I…

Read More › 02.29.16

Get Your Stretch On!

GET YOUR STRETCH ON by Isabel Allen, Yoga Instructor I hear it all the time. “I can’t do yoga. I am sooooo inflexible. Running has made my hips as movable as marble, and there is no way I can touch my toes.” The harsh reality is saying you can’t do yoga, becau…

Read More › 02.22.16

Common Injuries: Plantar Fasciopathy

Plantar Fasciopathy By Karl Kolbeck, PT, OCS, SCS, COMT, FAAOMPT Rose City Physical Therapy Often referenced as one of the top three running related injuries, plantar fasciopathy – commonly termed plantar fasciitis or plantar fasciosis – can be one of the most painful and limi…

Read More › 02.12.16

Running Mantras: Be Your Own Best Friend

RUNNING MANTRAS: BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND by Isabel Allen, Yoga Instructor Are you ready for this one? Running and yoga are one in the same. Sure, physically they are opposites side of the spectrum. But let’s reach beyond the skin here and talk about the mental benefits of a consiste…

Read More › 02.11.16

Notes From Rachel: #WomanUp

A couple weeks ago, I got in a weird misunderstanding "thing" with my best friend, Maria. You know what I mean - she thought one thing about coming to my birthday party, I thought something else, I didn't text her back, then she butt-dialed me twice but never called me back - and the series …

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