Batting 1.000 in the relaxation department

Last night, I came awfully close to not doing any kind of tai chi/yoga/anything at night.  This was, in part, because I just didn't feel like it and, in part, because yet another night of the same PM Tai Chi DVD was just not exciting.  Then, I had a brilliant idea.  In fact, this may rank as one of my best of the month (possibly tied with nabbing my friend's CSA share).  I have a Roku, which allows me to stream content directly from Netflix to my TV.  What if they had a yoga workout?  And by gum, they did.

Plus, it's a pretty good night workout with lots of nice stretching and good instructions -- the instructor is Sarah Ivanhoe.  This workout is called Candlelight Yoga, which is kind of funny because the studio in the video has candles, yet the mood lighting is somewhat hampered by the fact that there are also lots of really bright lights.  However, I liked the workout.  It was not too tricky and there were even modifications offered if you were really yoga-impaired.  The poses were not overly strenuous and some felt quite good.  Plus, it wasn't PM Tai Chi because sometimes variety can be good.

I am hoping that my new yoga DVDs show up soon.  Then I will have an embarrassment of PM workout riches.

I'm definitely back in Florida

The first mile of this morning's run went well.  Again, I tried my 'go slightly later' approach and that seemed to be a better solution.  Even better, the sun was slightly shaded with clouds, so there weren't too many parts where I was directly exposed.

Miles 2 and 3, though, went less well.  Quite a bit less well.  The cloud cover -- sadly -- moved away and I was faced with full throttle sun.  I was really hoping for that Mile 1 vibe to last longer.  The moral of this story, likely, is to try and stick to running places that are shady, but it's almost impossible to avoid the sun entirely.

I was stiff to start today too.  It would be easy to blame the weights from yesterday, but actually I think that it was more the weights combined with me not stretching properly. For next time, then, better stretching.

Last night I did manage to do the tai chi, so make that two days in a row.  Whoo!  I'm kind of excited for the new DVDs to show up just for some variety, though.  I spent most of a summer doing the PM tai chi almost every night so it's a bit routine at this point.