Student Shel learning a “Performance Pranayam” from Coach’s Ilg and Ananda during a WF Intensive last year. Instead of training like a typical runner would for her Honolulu Marathon, Shel cranked out cross training in only the way a WF Warrioress can! Yoga, Meditation, Pranayama, Strength Training, and of course, the SUNRIDER HERBS! Let’s see how her testing of my WF Path paid off…
Aloha everyone…………..so how does a movement educator celebrate the end of another wonderful year ? By coming to Honolulu and running the marathon , of course ! If you ever want to run a marathon or if you have done so already and are looking for another one, make it Honolulu. For some rather obvious reasons— it is absolutely gorgeous over here, they don’t close down the course until the last runner crosses the finish line, it starts at 5 A. M. with a round of fireworks, and you get to soak your well used body in the pacific ocean minutes after finishing.
I participated with an unusual intention. I did not train for the run in the usual format. Most people training for marathons start at least 4 months ahead of time and keep adding more and more mileage until they reach the 26 mile distance in training. I haven’t done a run longer the 6 miles in 7 months ! HOWEVER , what i have been doing (with the help of my coach and mentor Steve Ilg ) is very specific cross training—-swimming , biking, strength training, yoga, meditation, herbal whole foods. So getting out there and seeing if i could go the distance was a challenge . Was all this training across the physiologic spectrum producing a well rounded Shelli ?
I have concluded that indeed it has. I finished in the top half of my female age group, ran a race that kept me in my target heart rate allowing me to have good endurance, and i am feeling good with lots of energy the day after the race.
And what does a movement educator do first thing the day after the marathon ? Why YOGA of course…………..
So over the holidays i encourage you to not let your fitness routine go by the wayside………..move, breathe, feel how great it is to be alive and well !
In joy,
shelli stein
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