Mc Diet - anything for a buck

TO WATCH THE MCDONALDS DIET STORY AT RenegadeHealth.com CLICK HERE

This link to RenegadeHealth.com is great. It takes Kevin a full minute to get into it but hang in there for his opinion of one of the most interesting health related stories this week, the Mc Diet.

Train Focused, Steve Mackel - Co-founder SoCalRunning.com

June 20, 2008 | Filed Under Steve's Posts | Leave a Comment 

Yoga for Runners - Adds A Trails Run Starting Tonight, and Every Thursday


Trail Running and “Yoga for Runners” in conjunction with Lululemon

It is time to bump up the training, increase strength, work on our flexibility, breathe consciously and focus our minds. Starting tonight at 6:30 PM we will go out on a 40 minute trail run followed by a 45 minute “Yoga for Runners” class.

  • We will meet at the grass area just south of the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center - parking lot I.

  • This workout is free and open to anyone (all levels welcome).

  • You need to bring: Everything you would when going out for a run, water, yoga mat or towel, something warm as it tends to cool down towards the end of yoga.


    • The total training will last about 1.5 hours. The Run starts at 6:30 PM, the Yoga will start at 7:15 and finish at 8 PM. If you can’t make the run come for the yoga at 7:!5 PM.

    As always, you are responsible for your own safety. Please be considerate to other people on the trails and join me in coming back to the RBAC with a piece of trash. Help keep our trails clean!

    In case I have an update or need to make changes, please check SoCalRunning every Thursday or even better, become a member.

    Every other week everyone is welcome to join at a local restaurant for some food and drink. Location and address will be posted on SoCalRunning.

    Train Focused,

    Steve Mackel, Lululemon Ambassador

    June 19, 2008 | Filed Under Steve's Posts, Trail Runs, Yoga | Leave a Comment 

    Beach Runners Training Program Video

    This video was taken last Saturday as we just started our Spring/Summer Training session. Please click the play button and watch it. Now is the time to join! Learn how to join the program

    Just email me and ask me any questions.

    Train Focused, Steve Mackel Beach Runners Head Coach

    May 25, 2008 | Filed Under Beach Runners, ChiRunning, RunCasts, Steve's Posts | 3 Comments 

    Yoga for Runners At Lululemon Canceled Because of Rain

    No yoga tonight because it is raining in Pasadena. Why does that matter? Aren’t most yoga classes inside? Yes but not ours. I call it urban yoga, practiced outside. So instead of slipping around we’ll take tonight off. Please spend  few moments practicing some asanas or poses.

    Train Focused, Steve Mackel - Lululemon Ambassador

    May 22, 2008 | Filed Under Steve's Posts | Leave a Comment 

    Steve Teaches ChiRunning® Posture Techniques

    ChiRunning® is hot with all the marathons coming up and people getting started for their fall marathons, I thought I treat you to a quick lesson on finding the proper ChiRunning® posture.

    The Beach Runners Starts This Saturday! We have a ChiRunning® One hour workshop with the Beach runners in Long Beach this Saturday, 7:00 AM

    Beach Runners Marathon and Half Marathon Training Program

    Beach Runners Saturday Group run meets at Marina Vista Park in Long Beach (on Eliot St. near Colorado St. right by the end of Marine Stadium) Free parking on street or in Marine Stadium parking lot.
    Find Location

    Train Focused, Steve Mackel - MarathonTraining.TV Head Coach

    May 19, 2008 | Filed Under Beach Runners, ChiRunning, RunCasts, Steve's Posts | 1 Comment 

    Beach Runner Kick-Off Party Tonite!

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    Wednesday, May 14, 6:30 PM
    Bubba Gumps Shrimp Co
    The Pike at Rainbow Harbor
    87 Aquarium Way
    Long Beach, CA 90802
    Tel 562-437-2434

    Our Kick-off parties will give you an opportunity to ask questions, register, pick up your training shirts and ChiRunning books, meet the coaches, mentors and fellow runners.

    Beach Runners’ Marathon and Half Marathon Training Pre-Season this Saturday:

    New! Pre-Season training has begun and continues for this Saturday, 7 AM at Marina Vista Park in Long Beach (on Eliot St. near Colorado St. right by the end of Marine Stadium) Free parking on street or in Marine Stadium parking lot.
    Find Location

    May 14, 2008 | Filed Under Steve's Posts | Leave a Comment 

    Join My Birthday Workout - Tuesday, April 29

    Steve Mackel Yoga
    Come Practice Yoga and Run With Me on My Birthday Tuesday night

    Ok, I am turning 46 Tuesday, April 29 and I figured what could be a better way than to celebrate with a workout included. The running and biking may be canceled due to the air quality because of the Chantry Flats fire. If so we can talk and start yoga a little earlier. Worst case show up for a beer after 8 PM.

    Here’s the schedule: Meet at Lululemon Pasadena
    6:30 PM Run or bike
    7:15 PM Return to Lululemon Pasadena
    7:20 PM Yoga for Runners
    8:00 PM Finish and head off to Crown City Brewery
    8:15 PM Drink a few beers with friends

    Show up for some or show up for all of it. No gifts please.

    Train Focused, Steve Mackel “Yoga for Runners” teacher

    April 28, 2008 | Filed Under Steve's Posts | 2 Comments 

    Annual Spring Trail Running and Yoga Duathlon

    Ilg Hp Yoga Group
    Coach Ilg (center) with the Die Hards

    Those of you that heard or thought of joining us on the Annual Trail Running and Yoga Duathlon should have done it. Only 4 SoCalRunning.com members joined me. Basically, I was giving a free, private ChiRunning®/Trail Running lesson to Christy and Duncan. We really enjoyed trail running in Griffith Park. Roberto and Karen joined us in a yoga class taught by my coach, Steve Ilg in Studio City.

    Coach Ilg moved to Flagstaff, AZ about two and half years ago. Every once in a great while he comes back to LA to catch up. He’ll usually teach a yoga class somewhere in town and I never miss it.

    This class I realized how much I miss having my coach in my home town. My practice seems to be going well, until I take Coach Ilg’s class. Suddenly I am reminded just how easy it is to slip. Coach ilg’s class is a cut above. You start out finding yourself sitting quietly, with a straight spine, legs crossed, while your hip and legs muscles scream, “Where has Coach been and what have I been doing, it shouldn’t be this difficult,” I think to myself. Then we get into the meat of the class and my “well trained” muscles are telling me child’s pose is a needed option. I want to keep up with Coach yet I can’t, so I rest then begin again. By the end of class my body feels like an empty shell and I am light as a feather. What a great feeling.

    The next day he posts the story of his day in LA on his blog WholisticFitness.com. When I read his blog, the quote below hits a chord in me.

    “Yoga Teachers teach because we love what we do. and you, our students, make what we do so much fun to do. all Group Exercise Leaders however, share a common flaw; we suffer from low self-esteem. we Teach because we want your approval. you prove to us, our worth as valuable Human Beings upon Mother Earth. Our worst nightmare, which is a chronic one regardless of decades spent Teaching, is that no one shows up to our class. You’ve been there perhaps; you throw a big party, talk it up, and…only echos in the big, rented room.” -WholisticFitness.com Direct Lines Monday, April 21, 2008

    We had 5 people which is small for a usually packed Coach Ilg class. I secretly wondered how it would go? How does he feel with such a small group? After a minute or two he closed his eyes and taught the perfect class for me. He gave it his all, just for the five of us. It couldn’t be about the money because he wasn’t making any. It was about the love and respect he had for the five of us. How blessed am I to have such a beautiful role model as my coach.

    My spirit is renewed. I know I need to step it up a notch in everything I do. If you want to take this challenge, join me. I am sure it will be easier if we help each other.

    2008 promises to bring a new found freedom in my life and hopefully yours. I am going to be chasing my biggest fears and face some of my dragons. Sound like fun?

    Breathe Focused, Steve Mackel - Certified Hypnotherapist

    April 24, 2008 | Filed Under Steve's Posts | 1 Comment 

    Coach Ilg’s High Performance Yoga® A Rare Appearance in LA

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    April 16, 2008 | Filed Under Steve's Posts | Leave a Comment 

    Beach Runner Kick-off Party and RunCall This Wednesday

    08 Beach runners group
    Join The Beach Runners Fun Run Club

    EVENT: Beach Runners Kick-off Party - FREE
    LOCATION: Buono’s Pizza 250 W. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach
    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, April 16th at 6:30 PM
    FORMAT: Come, ask questions, register, meet people and enjoy

    EVENT: RunCall with Greg Norte - FREE
    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, April 16th at 5:30 PM Pacific
    FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via Phone or Webcast — it’s your choice. It is also available for podcast after the event)
    TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW…

    April 15, 2008 | Filed Under Steve's Posts | Leave a Comment 

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