tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138282362024-11-01T01:40:59.656-07:00This is where j-ro honors the fathlete in EVERYbody.j-rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16366014040490217527noreply@blogger.comBlogger699125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828236.post-30630802172154537252013-09-12T16:07:00.002-07:002013-09-12T16:07:30.771-07:00

Hello Everyone! As you know this blog as been around since 2005. Though these days my blogging life has been unpredictable, I still want you to know that I intend to maintain it. After some major soul searching, I decided to consolidate all of my blogs. Therefore, this fathlete is re-locating. My new site will be here (http://fiercefathletechronicles.wordpress.com/).  As you can

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I know it's been a while and I've had a few false starts on this blog. However, I think I'm ready to start posting consistently again. So here it goes.... Since leaving the San Francisco bay area and starting my new gig in Phoenix, my workout life has been pretty inconsistent. After moving to Phoenix, I learned the hard way that finances wouldn't allow me to sign up for a local gym. Therefore,

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Celebrating EVERY body, the fierce fathlete

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I just wanted to send some kudos to Virgie Tovar, the editor of the upcoming book Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love, and Fashion. It comes out late October, so reserve your copy today! To celebrate the release of this amazing and much-needed book, Virgie is introducing 50 Days of Fat Ferociousness. For fifty days, Virgie will be introducing you to fifty fierce women who

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Technically, the phoenix is a mythical bird that symbolizes rebirth and renewal. After some thought, I realized that after finishing the Ph.D., it was only appropriate that lady fate would lead me to Phoenix, Arizona. That's right. I'm currently residing in Phoenix and am lecturing at Arizona State University in the Asian Pacific American Studies Program. Though it's not a tenure-track job,

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Me celebrating my new shoes in the photo booth! It's been months since my last post. Apologies. I'm still trying to figure out what I want this blog to be. I no longer CrossFit and am a member at the local gym. In truth, I love it. It's what I need now and it has definitely been good for my sanity and well being. I don't hate me as much as I was during the tail end of my CrossFit days.

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A lot has been on my mind lately. As an academic, I don't have the luxury of letting news just pass me by. Lately, the news has been sitting, festering, building up anger, frustration, and tears inside me. While I'm not sure what counts as news to you, my mind has been overwhelmed by the Trayvon Martin and Shaima Alawadi cases. A lot can be said about these two tragic and

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This was originally posted here. For those of you who don't know, my dear friend Fritzie and I have a co-authored blog called Academic Kitchen. Stop by and check us out sometime:) For this post, I want to share a few things that I'm totally addicted to. First off, I'm currently addicted to listening to the Paleo Summit, that's going on from now til March 4th. It's a series of radio

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Per Gladys's request, here's a photo of mesporting one of her awesome headbands! Last November, my gals Lori, Lyn and I ran the Mermaid 10K. After the race, Lori and I purchased the Mermaid Series Sweaty Band, a headband that is partially lined with velvet to stay in place during rigorous workouts. I've read about them for a while and when I saw that they were selling at the race, I figured

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This was taken during my last race of 2011. I ran the Mermain 10K in SF with Lori and Lyn. It wasn't my best race, but as always, I'm glad I did it. I'm still trying to figure out my running schedule for 2012. I'll let you know details as soon as I decide! Hello all! I know. It's been a LONG time! Yes. I've missed you too. A lot has happened since my last entry. The long and short of it is

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I am beyond excited to announce that Darryl Roberts, director of America the Beautiful (ATB) is at it again. This October, Roberts will officially premiere America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments (ATB2). In case you don't remember, I wrote this post about ATB back in 2009. I'm glad that Roberts decided to pursue a follow-up to ATB. While I don't know Roberts personally, I did

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Hello September! (Yes, I know it's a little late.) Apologies for lagging on the blogging. Things have been hectic, as I enter yet another phase in my life.... For starters, I re-located and now live in not-so-sunny South San Francisco. This means a few things: (1) I had to suspend my One World membership because I can't figure out how to commute to the gym (plus, my car is about twelve years

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Many thanks to Miss Gladys for this article. Recently, a new study was published claiming that even obese people can be healthy. Here's another link you can look at about that same study. In short, the research shows, "the mortality rate of fat people who had no or only minor obesity-related health problems (such as high blood pressure or diabetes) was no higher than that of lean people." Dr

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Hello all! Yes. It's been ages. I've been off the workout wagon and I need to get back on. Consistently. With that, I'm designing my "Road to the Half" Challenge. Starting September 1st, I'm going to commit to working out at least 30 minutes a day. It can be as intense as running or CrossFit, or as simple as yoga or walking. The idea is to get my butt moving for at least 30 minutes a day (and

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A while back, I dedicated a post to my love of coconut. Later on, I shared my paleo find when I discovered that Trader Joe's carries zico coconut water. Well, after actually tasting the zico product (and finding out that instead of it being actual coconut water as the old label read, it's actually coconut water concentrate; I've only tasted the natural and NOT the other schmancy flavors), I have

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Recently, I presented my research at the EPA. Here I am with my dear friend Shirl celebrating a successful talk:) (Yes. I know that technically, my tree pose was off. However, the dress was kinda short and I'm not a big fan of inappropriate displays of my underpants. It would be Weinergate all over again!) Oh my. Apologies for being out of blogger touch. I didn't realize how long it's been

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Paddy, one of my dearest friends and owner of Paddy's, the BEST coffee house in Union City kindly asked me to share this information with you. If you're in the area or if this issue is near and dear to your heart, please stop by. Also, please share it with friends. Every community has its own share of illness and pain, and our community is no different. To address and encourage community members

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This is my  National Running Day photo. Actually, it's a photo of my new running shoes. It's an old classic for me. New Balance 1123. I found it for over 40% off at amazon (they have since raised the price and it's now only 30% off). I snuck in just in time. It's a good day! Today is National Running Day. To celebrate, I started the day with one hour of yoga (hooray!). In the evening,

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Yes. I know. It's been a while. In truth, today was my first run since the Mermaid Run. Seriously. I need to get back on track. GAH! In other news, I chopped off my hair. I needed it. Yay. The photo to the left is what it currently looks like. Yes. It's short. And I'm happy. Sometimes a gal just needs some change... Today's Small Victories  I ran. (I ran so far away... And I ran. I ran

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As you all know, I'm running the Nike Women's Half Marathon in October and right now, I'm trying to iron out some training issues before I go into training mode later next month. Currently, I'm re-visiting the whole barefoot running debate. I'm not interested in not wearing shoes - especially after reading this. Rather, I'm interested in the running technique. Simply put, pose running 

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This past Saturday, I ran the Mermaid 5K with Miss Lori and Miss Lyn. They both had their daughters run the race too. It was really great to see all the athletes there, especially the little girls who ran the mini-maid! Everybody crossed the same finish line. Overall, it was a great event and I'd definitely do it again. However, I do have one complaint... The announcement for the mini maid race

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Bib. Check. Timing chip. Check. Swag. Check. Check. I'm ready to go, baby. Let's do this!! Yes. The following song will be playing on my ipod as I run it, run it!

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For the record, Run Fatboy Run is one of my favorite movies EVER! I have no idea why I don't have the Blu-Ray yet. As mentioned before, I had major blister problems when I trained for Maui in 2005. This scene just cracks me up. Yes, my blisters on both feet were comparable to the one you see in this clip. Today, my dear friend Lori sent me a link to this message board where they were discussing

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These days, this song keeps me going. Love it! Enjoy. fathlete confession: I meant to embed the actual video, but the official youtube thingy won't let you do that. Boo! Today's Small Victories I did my run! Today's Workout 1 hour of yoga in the morning. Run 5K. Notes (to myself) about this workout: I'm convinced that my Nike app doesn't like me. I say this because it claims that I

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I'm all about progressive ways about approaching health and ideas of fat, athleticism, etc. Admittedly, one of the things that bothers me about CrossFit is the slogan, "Forging elite fitness." This is because it seems so limiting and uninviting. If CrossFit is adaptable for every BODY and fitness level, then I don't understand why it should belong only to the "elite." (Yeah. It only sounds cool

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