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Dori Manela

I strive to write my blog with wit, warmth and passion. My passions? Food, exercise and randonmess. I strongly believe that eating real, whole foods -- consisting of lots of vegetables -- is the key to health. Highly processed yet "low fat" or "low carb" foods will leave us... Full Bio
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UAE Healthy Kidney 10K Race Recap: My Brain During a Race by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Inside the mind of a neurotic runner who is still not sure, when she wakes up on race morning, if she plans to try and PR or not. Getting ready Since I PR’d in a 1 ... Read on »
Nike+ SportWatch GPS Review by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Two years ago, I had a $100 gift card to Dick’s Sporting Goods and I used that opportunity to buy myself a Garmin 405 . It is a running joke in my family that everyt ... Read on »
Article on Get Tressed: My Student Hair Styling Experience by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Just wanted to share an article I wrote for one of my work websites, Get Tressed . I actually write regularly write for (and manage) Fit-a-licious , but this is the first ... Read on »
Scotland Run 10K Race Recap – PR! by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living When you wait a month to write your race recap,the race becomes a lot less exciting. When all the life changes happen in between the race and the day of the recap, the ... Read on »
Between my . . . by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Job, unpacking and getting apartment stuff and organizing, finding time to work out and general laziness, I’ve fallen behind on my Scotland Run 10K race recap (Hint: Surpr ... Read on »
Guest Post: 10 Random Things You Don’t Know About Dori by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Hello Fitness Blog People. My name is Andy and I am the boyfriend of Dori. Perhaps you recognize me from the NYC and Richmond Marathons or Celebrating My Birthday , or ... Read on »
Leaving NYC by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living On April 14, I’m moving out of New York City. When Andy and I decided to live together when his current lease expired, we quickly realized that we could not afford a doorm ... Read on »
Corrections in a Fitness Class by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living “Ugh, I’m so bad at this class. I got corrected so many times.” “I don’t want to go to class with you because you’ll see how many adjustments I get from the instructor ... Read on »
Celebrating My Birthday by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living This morning my stomach woke me at 5 am with discomfort. My stomach is very much like the Capitol — even though it is my birthday, it made sure to remind me that I will ne ... Read on »
Fit-a-licious Launch Giveaway by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living This is a really big week for me for a number of reasons — my birthday is Wednesday, my one-year anniversary with Andy is Friday and I have tickets to see The Hunger Games ... Read on »
My “Classhole Series” Interview on RateYourBurn! by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living One of my newer favorite sites, RateYourBurn , interviewed me as part of their “ Classhole ” series. Yes, that word struck me as  strange and slightly off-putting when I f ... Read on »
On Being Sick, and Comparison by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Since I write a blog, it makes sense that I read quite a few blogs as well. Reading blogs has done lots of good in my life — it got me into running, it put the idea of a m ... Read on »
I’m Quoted in the NY Post’s Page Six Magazine: Barre Buster by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living This morning when Andy mentioned he wanted to read his paper, I told him I already brought it in before my five mile run this morning (very happy for the warm weather so I ... Read on »
Bringing Me Right Back by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living On Thursday, I was at a store that sold the same brand of unpasteurized coconut water — Exotic Superfoods — that I drank heavily while training for the marathon last summe ... Read on »
A Follow-Up by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living When I published my post last week , I expected some backlash, but I can honestly say I did not expect the anger. I really don’t want to harp on this, but I did want to cl ... Read on »
Breaking Up with the Barre by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living If you follow me on Twitter or dailymile , you might have noticed something’s changed about my workouts. And no, I don’t mean the running hiatus that runs from November – ... Read on »
A Topic I Never Thought I’d Blog About: The Superbowl by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living So, the Superbowl. I watched it — and I mean really and truly WATCHED it — for the first time on Sunday. I’ve been exposed to it, of course. It’s been on in my presenc ... Read on »
Ellasport Review & Giveaway by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living It is no secret that I like my workout clothes. But what you might not realize is that I am neurotically particular about material and cut, and I go crazy if I feel like a ... Read on »
10 Things I Am Liking in 2012 by Dori Manela Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living 1. Shellac manicures – For the first time in my life, my nails don’t look ragged and jagged and gross with chipped polish that lasts for months as tiny little dots because ... Read on »