PREFONTAIN.ORADE

How Olympians Stay Motivated

Mindfulness, self-talk, and an obscure chunk of the brain help elite athletes get through the training grind.

And sometimes...you just don't PR.  In fact, I ran downright mediocre. And made some nice self-pity blisters on the way.  I needed some more heart on this race...

Ralph Lauren commissioned more than 40 domestic partners to create the look.  #MadeintheUSA

Team USA Opening Ceremony uniform

The above is my Costa Rica Mashup (=

Recently, I was very lucky (and heart-fully grateful) to go backpacking in Costa Rica with my mother (of all people!).  She agreed to explore with me. 

We had a really, really, really good time.  It was full of lows, which were never really lows (cold weather, nonstop rain,initial lack of monkeys), and highs that become ever more apparent in retrospect (good to meet ya, friends from around the world!). And, of course, the bizarrely heartfelt (watching your mother anxiety-cry mid zipline ... we hugged it out).  

Per usual, was loving my leggings from TASC Performance for rough treks (the same pair that endured through Machu Picchu).  And, my seamly.co leggings arrived just in time for the comfiest plane ride ever.  Plus, like most of us, I love to sport a quality quasi-jegging in public.  [leggings pictured above]

PREFONTAIN.ORADE turned 2 today!