Happy 2026, hard/fun/rad and cutting onions

Happy 2026 to all who celebrate! Kick off this year with some friendly faces and squats in the comfort of your own home. Join me for Strength Training for Runners tomorrow and every Wednesday at 5pm. Just 30 minutes, use your home weights or lift your dog, let's go! 

THOUGHTS NOT RESOLUTIONS
I just listened to a podcast where the hosts all went back to their resolutions from last year. Every single one of them FORGOT what they declared as their resolution and didn't do it. I feel that! Here are the things I am thinking about going into 2026.

• Buy Less January. I wanted to say buy nothing but there are so many exceptions to this like buying food and gas and paying bills that it seemed like poor naming. But if you are selling anything fun, back away! The goal is more intentionality with purchases, at least for another few weeks. 
• Planning something hard/fun/rad for each season. The hard/fun/rad thing for winter is a ski trip above the Arctic Circle in Sweden in March. It brings me so much joy having something to look forward to that once a year isn't enough, so this year I am committed to four.  It also informs my training and gives purpose to my heavy lifting, skiing and early morning runs. 
• How to let go of Instagram? I dumped Facebook, and I wish I could just delete Instagram but it gives me FOMO to think you are all posting fun things I won't see. I say I use it for UltraU but really, I spend too much time there, hate the ads and my feed feels like everyone is just showing their abs all the time. 
• Kevin Bacon singing Lovely Day. This is the best of Instagram, no abs, promise. If you click, you will have the words lovely day swirling in your head for a while and that is grand. You are welcome. 
• Grain bowls. I want to make more of them. Send your favorite homemade dressing ideas and you will be a hero to me. If you haven't tried the Trader Joe's Harvest Blend, it is delish. 

FEISTY WOMEN
Feisty Media brings you women-centered podcasts, research and sports coverage and if you aren't following, it is worth it. Here are there best moments in sport for 2025. Here is some information on heat adaptation in women. 

DO IT ANYWAY
A ten minute You Tube video is absolute perfection for doing PT, foam rolling or warming up for a run. Don't want to do PT? Do it anyway is your clip for the week. I wasn't cutting onions, I was definitely crying.