As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized how beautiful saying no can be. I definitely used to overschedule myself, and probably relative to a lot of people, I still do, but I’m learning how to carve out time for myself more and more.
But sometimes a long, busy day is really worth it when you have three irresistible options, you know?
Tuesday was one of those days.
#1. Asics Event // Run with Ryan Hall
I mean hello. Run with Ryan Hall AND check out some new gear? Yes please!
They were launching DynaFlyte, their newest line of shoes which is a lightweight cushioning shoe. We met in midtown at their showroom to try it and just casually ran through Central Park with Ryan Hall. The shoe felt a bit heavier/clunkier than some of my other lightweight shoes, but I was also given men’s shoes, so that could be why. #bigfootproblems
#2: Outdoor Fhitting Room with Dara (ok and their other trainers)
Our Daily Burn trainer (which fine we share with Fhitting Room) Dara is amazing. She is this itty bitty little powerhouse, and she is funny as shit. She is so freaking buff (here’s her killer arm workout) that you want to be intimidated by her/want to be BFF at the same time. She and Fhitting Room were doing an outdoor workout down by Brookfield Place…and Ashley knew I wouldn’t be able to resist so grabbed me a ticket.
And then we put her on our shoulders, NBD. (Please note Ashley is like 4 inches taller than me and I was afraid I was going to drop poor sweet Dara because her (light) weight was unevenly distributed between us.)
#3 Daily Burn x Men’s Health @ Soul Cycle
This week is Men’s Health Week, and Men’s Health’s fitness director BJ Gaddour was going to be on our show, so they were kind enough to invite some of Team DB to a special ride they were doing at the Chelsea Soul Cycle (also hi thank you for coming to my ‘hood.)
Anja, one of our OG trainers, was in town, and I couldn’t resist a chance to hang with her…or a free Soul ride, let’s be real.
We took Joey’s class, and he ended on Same Love, which nearly had me in tears on the bike after this weekend’s tragedy.
And now my glutes are EN FUEGO.
Oh! And that happened on my watch.
Questions:
Have any of you trained for a marathon yet with an Apple Watch? Filling those circles is weirdly fulfilling for me…I am tempted to wear two watches to train perhaps.
Most workouts you’ve ever done in a day?
Workout you CANNOT SAY NO TO?
No idea why I chose Frank Sinatra lyrics to name my last post on this…
As I mentioned in my last post, I've really been going through it with headaches.…
(tw for diet culture talk—mostly how it's BS, but how it's affected me, too) This…
I have been thinking about this post for a while—on why diet culture is unhealthy…
I woke up this morning already feeling anxious. (Yay!) My standard iPhone alarm is set…
I read The Midnight Library over the weekend, and I need to talk about it.…
View Comments
Wow -- amazing! The most I've done is two. I use my Apple Watch for my current activities, but plan to go back to my Polar watch once I get into marathon training next month. A) the battery life stinks, so I'd be worried it would die. B) it just doesn't give you the best data -- unless you use an app other than their fitness app. But yes, filling in those circles is oddly comforting when you fill them and a great way to make sure you get up from your desk at least once an hour!
Wow - what a day! Seriously impressive. Do you by any chance know if the Uplift studio that you have mentioned in previous posts is a chain? I saw a sign near my office for one opening in DC and thought of you. It always sounds like a great workout on your blog! Thanks!
Hi! I checked with them, and they're not opening in DC :( IMPOSTOR!
I have done a double but never more unless you count walks. For me I love walks but even long ones do not count in my book as a workout.
I have been thinking of getting an Apple Watch. I keep going back and forth. I mainly do interval workouts and strength training, walking and some running. Do you have the exact one you linked to? The 38mm? How do you like it?