Sage Rountree, author of The Athlete's Guide to Yoga, combines her passions for endurance sports and yoga by coaching athletes in multisport and ultrarunning and by teaching yoga to athletes. She has competed in events ranging from hometown 5Ks to the Boston Marathon and the age-group triathlon world championships. Sage's writing describes her experiences using form and breath to stay present on the mat, on the trail, and at home with her family. |
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Here’s the nice e-flyer my publisher created to promote my workshop in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, October 18. There may still be a few spaces left—I hope to see you there.
It’s National Walk to School Day, which we celebrated in the same way we do every other weekday: walking to school. It’s one of the many upsides of living in a mixed-use community (downsides include tiny yards). Yesterday, for example, I took the girls to school, went to work, taught two classes, went to the grocery (well, actually, I didn’t, but I could have), picked the girls up, dropped them off at a play date, and retrieved them from the play date. And I did it all on foot.
Here are the participants in last weekend’s yoga and running retreat at ZAP Fitness near Blowing Rock, NC. What a perfect weekend we had: we enjoyed yoga nidra, a long run, a long afternoon of practice, a yin yoga session combined with a book discussion, a recovery run with yoga included, great food, and wonderful company.
Yesterday I found myself at the pool at an odd hour, 1:30–2:30. It was a different sensory experience: I was cold from sitting around in a sweaty top for a few hours; I had the memory of lunch still on my palate; since there was no water aerobics class at that hour, there was no layer of perfume hanging over the water; the angle of the light was different.
There’s an interview with me up today on the great blog Fitness for Mommies. I sound halfway articulate because it was an e-mail interview!
My training plan for a 5K using yoga as a complement has just gone online at Athleta Chi. Let me know what you think and how it works!
While it’s been a little over a year since I posted a new podcast episode, I haven’t forgotten about Sage Yoga Training. In August, my mother shot some pictures for a backbending episode (thanks, WalkerRuns, for the request). I was waiting for a rainy day to work on production, and this was it. Along the way, I remembered how much fun these episodes are to make. My six years in public radio weren’t for naught!
I managed to eke out my PhD in twentieth-century English literature without reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. Heck, I never read all of Ulysses, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I have, though, read (or at least run my eyes over the words) all of Thomas Wolfe’s novels, none of which I really liked, and all of which are very, very long.
It’s been a while since I’ve had preworkout nerves, but I had them in full force before last week’s four-hour solo ride. I think of them as a good thing, priming me for the work to come. My sympathetic nervous system was certainly ramped up: by the time I had my bike ready to roll, my heart rate was already at 122. My legs were shaky even twenty minutes into the ride, but I knew that after an hour I’d be feeling steadier.
Here’s the latest edition of my newsletter, detailing my fall workshop and clinic schedule. You can sign up from the newsletter page or by using the form to the right.
