posts by sarah gilbert

One Small Step: get local. No, really local.
One Small Step: get local. No, really local.

One Small Step is our attempt to show you all how easy it can be to improve your health, and the health of the planet. Each week, we'll take one more ... Read More »

After-competition rest period: how slow do you go?
After-competition rest period: how slow do you go?

I ran a half-marathon last October, and I think I slept the whole day afterward, and didn't run for at least three weeks following the race. You ... Read More »

Hood-to-Coast report: can I do this again next week?
Hood-to-Coast report: can I do this again next week?

It was 9 p.m., I was a few hours from my second about six-mile leg of the Hood-to-Coast relay, and I was going on seven hours of sleep in the past 48 ... Read More »

Mental training: is it more important than physical?
Mental training: is it more important than physical?

My tongue is dry. My brain is buzzing. My stomach, hollow; my shoulders, tense. It's less than 24 hours until I'll take the baton in my first 6.2-mile ... Read More »

Inside an Ayurveda detox with Jessica Ashley
Inside an Ayurveda detox with Jessica Ashley

I'm fascinated with the idea of the detox, as it seems a concept rooted deeply in the human psyche. My four-year-old, Everett, has been periodically ... Read More »

One Small Step: don't take it to go
One Small Step: don't take it to go

One Small Step is our attempt to show you all how easy it can be to improve your health, and the health of the planet. Each week, we'll take one more ... Read More »

Carb-loading: how soon should you begin?
Carb-loading: how soon should you begin?

I'm training with Larissa for the 197-mile Hood-to-Coast relay; our team starts running at 8:45 a.m. on Friday. Yes! This Friday. I'm terrified and ... Read More »

Best cure for a hangover is prevention. And next, OJ?
Best cure for a hangover is prevention. And next, OJ?

I was never really a party animal, but in my early 20s, I would fall into the same trap with every high-powered business trip. When we visited that ... Read More »

Hooping: no longer your Aunt Betty's hula
Hooping: no longer your Aunt Betty's hula

"Candace from the whirlyGirlz will be doing a hooping circle," said the executive director of the children's non-profit whose board I sit on. It ... Read More »

'Tom & Jerry' no longer smoking icons (but aunty still is)
'Tom & Jerry' no longer smoking icons (but aunty still is)

I know that I breathed a huge sigh of relief this weekend. Phew. My kids have lost their last icons of bad behavior! I thought. Tom and Jerry, that ... Read More »

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