Meet Jerome… We ran together when I coached him at Worldgate Sport & Health; and he stayed with me when I retired from “official” coaching and formed our fun little running/social group. In fact, he’s the one that named us the Cruisers.
Over time Jerome was plagued with a number of injuries and eventually decided that running marathons wasn’t the best distance for him. He cut back his running distances, started intense core workouts, cross-trained on his bike, completed a few triathlons, and discovered yoga.
Jerome quickly realized that yoga was making him feel better, much better! He also discovered that he enjoyed practicing yoga so much that he wanted to be able to share it with others and enrolled in a yoga instructor class. He graduates in two weeks and looks forward to helping others in the same way his instructors have helped him.
This summer Jerome is going to lead the Cruisers in a yoga class designed just for runners! I can’t wait, and you can bet that I’ll be sharing those poses with you!
Today I met Jerome at Panera for lunch so he could pick my brain about starting a yoga blog. I told him all that I know about blogging, which believe it or not took longer that three seconds. Actually, I was quite surprised at just how much I’ve learned in the four months since I started DebRuns. He still hasn’t finalized his blog name yet, so I can’t share it, but as soon as he has it up and running I’ll post a link! In the meantime, you can refer to him as the Tri-Yoga-Dude!
And because I’m afraid you’d never read my blog again if I didn’t post a picture of my delicious lunch today, here it is!
Panera Rosted Turkey & Avocado BLT
Namaste…
- Questions:
- If you blog, what made you decide to start?
- Do you practice yoga?
- What’s your favorite pose?
Hahaha! I had a similar experience recently. Someone asked for some advice about starting a blog. After I stopped choking, I realized I actually have learned a *few* things along the way. But I still have oh-so-much to learn!
Aside from savasana, my favorite pose is…hmmm….depends on the day, but Triangle Pose is a good bet. Although Pigeon Pose is usually the one I *should* be doing!
Good luck to Jerome, and do pass along his link when he debuts! Always interested in following yogi/runners! 🙂
Ah yes, the good ole’ pigeon pose is so good for runners!
I need to do more yoga! Used to. Panera is my fave now that they hVe antibiotic free meat!
Emma @ amomrunsthistown.com
My 1st guess was that you were at Panera from the first picture here. I love seeing pictures of food!! I decided to start my own blog after finding the out the wonderful world of blogging and following others and thinking “I could do this!”. What also pushed me was I was getting so many questions from my friends and others about my paleo lifestyle and running, that I actually enjoyed talking about those things and thought it would be a good idea if I had a platform to share all my experiences. I did yoga recently for a couple months, but the session ended and won’t start back up until september. I am trying to find another place that offers classes at a reasonable price and childcare, which is harder than it sounds 🙁 Let us know when he starts his blog, I would be a follower!!
I can imagine finding a yoga studio that offers childcare would be difficult. Another option would be a large gym that offers childcare and yoga classes; however, you would then be paying for all of their other services that you might not use… Hope you find something and don’t have to wait until September! And yes, I’ll share a link to Jerome’s blog once he’s got it going!
yeah, I did think of joining a gym, but am not really a fan of gyms. I will keep looking. I am not going to give up! Thank you!
I started blogging because my whole life had changed and I wanted to share that with others… I also like that my family can “keep in touch” with what’s going on in my life. Finally, I was hoping that others who think there are things they “can’t” do might realize that’s entirely false.
Yoga is wonderful and I wish I practiced it at least 2-3 times a week.
There are a few poses I love – chair with a leg crossed, side planks, planks, pigeon, and downward dog.
I love all those poses and I should do pigeon more often.
A running-specific yoga class sounds awesome! Do those exist, or is this a new concept he is developing?
The only yoga I’ve ever done is p90x. Needless to say, it wasn’t exactly “namaste” with Tony Horton’s voice in the background.
Did you start your blog in January?? That’s when I started mine! I started blogging because I had been reading blogs for over a year and it just looked like something fun to do. It keeps me accountable and it also keeps family up to date on my and Barry’s racing adventures.
Back when I coached, I hired a yoga instructor to teach a class to my group with poses specifically geared toward runners. I asked Jerome if he would do that for us again. I need a refresher, too!
I started my blog on February 4 after Julie told me about some blogs she followed and I checked them out. Prior to that, I followed a few that posted sporadically so I wasn’t aware of the daily postings and didn’t quite have the whole blog concept down.
I started blogging because I wanted to write about my experiences and maybe read it someday and laugh about my old self. It is also one way of getting the word out how amazing yoga is, how it changed my life.
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