FitLifeSF

In case you are wondering why Ms. Smoked Pork herself is going gaga for things like this… (This, by the way, was a salad with homemade hummus and baked tofu.  And, maybe I’m losing my mind, but it was DELICIOUS!) Don’t worry, though, we’ll be back to making evil things like this soon enough: (This, [...]

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Background: So, this might be redundant for some of you, but for those first joining the story I feel like it’s important to say that I didn’t intend to run San Francisco Marathon this year. Last year, I’d had 4 or so stress fractures, my most recent coming on in one step on mile 7 [...]

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With the San Francisco Marathon just four days away, taper madness is kicking into full gear here at the FitLifeSF Compound. Today, for example, I lost my lucky safety pins. This apartment WILL get torn to shreds before I race without my lucky safety pins. Yesterday, I spent some time making a batch of delicious [...]

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Thank God someone finally wrote a sensible retort to all this “you’re probably dehydrated” nonsense. “Drink to your thirst” is the best advice I’ve heard on the subject.

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With the completion of my last long run on Sunday, the hay- as the runners like to say- is in the barn!  I’ve done all I can and, barring serious divine intervention in the form of falling pianos or hurtling meteorites*, on July 25th, I’ll be running the San Francisco Marathon! Scary thought, as I [...]

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