M-11 and A-5 of Dear Jane. A-5 is hiding a bit ashamedly because after fussy cutting lizards most carefully I trimmed the whole block off center. We will never speak of this again. _______________________________ The SO belongs to a gym. This is a bit odd because we have a home gym that is fairly extensive. [...]
I can’t believe that I did this again. They got to me by hanging a flyer at the dog park so I saw it over and over again and it got into my brain. I knew that today I had to be at my parents’ house by three. I figured that I could run that [...]
We went out and got us some culture yesterday. Not culture like we might be infectious but culture like arts and stuff. We went to see Wicked. I love the book and never really wanted to see the musical because they are so different. I loved that the book is tragic and almost everyone dies. [...]
Well, sort of proof. We could have just been standing around with stolen race numbers. That’s Paige from St. Louis and me after the AVMA 5K. Note the redness of my face. I’m a super white person so I flush easily but that is my burn I got while wearing a hat, SPF 70 sweatproof [...]
I’m in Atlanta for the convention. Good thing: My hotel is right across the street from the 5k run on Sunday. Bad thing: I can’t help but notice that this entire area is on a hill.
I have a running coach. I didn’t really mean to have one. It started innocently enough. The SO wanted to go to the track to run when I did. The first time we did our own thing. The second time I decided that in the spirit of togetherness I would do whatever he did. Conversation [...]
I did speed work today. On a track. Like a real runner. And I got up at 7:00 AM on a Saturday to do it. I walked a lap and then ran a timed lap at my normal pace to see how fast I run. It was about what I expected. I was doing about [...]
Today’s Workout – Ran 1.5 miles and walked 1 mile (warm up and cool down – getting to where I wanted to run and getting back) I decided that I should go out and run on a flatter part of the park which is mostly mowed grass trails. I could work on some speed then. [...]
I ran 3 miles today! I can work that into any sentence. “I need to take a shower because I ran 3 miles today.” “I’m too tired to do the dishes because I ran three miles today.” When we left off I was planning on going for a run on a flat bike path to [...]
I’ve been being an exercise wimp. I’ve been running intervals because my brain is convinced that I can’t run for longer periods. As soon as I start breathing a bit hard my brain screams, “Stop!” So today I decided that I was going to fix that. I went out to the trail with no music, [...]
Several months ago I signed up for a 5K race at a veterinary convention in August. August is a long, long time away. I recently came to the conclusion that August is now sneakily less than two months away. I haven’t been running since I hurt my hip this winter. That isn’t because the hip [...]
Signs that my Fitbit obsession has not abated: • Instead of hanging out on a bench while Freckles plays in the dog park, I’ve taken to walking the perimeter. A trail through the wooded part is 0.1 miles. Freckles thinks it is exciting to run back and forth ahead of me on the trail. Show [...]
I have a new toy because I think it is fairly obvious that I love my gadgets! This one is a FitBit. Think of it as a high tech pedometer. It is based on Wii technology so it is more accurate at recording movement than standard pedometers. It also records mileage and calories burned. It [...]
I had a list of goals for my guy-less weekend. How have I done so far? First, I purposely made him miss his plane. I’m not sure how or why I did this but he missed his plane and it was all my fault when he called. Turns out that I was treating him like [...]
Look at what I wore today! Running shoes! There has been so much snow here that trail running is right out of the question. We’ve been walking on the sidewalks but that requires boots and the maximum speed is a walk. But we have been thawing for the last few days so that any of [...]
Honestly, this one is fun and it even made me a little sore. Only three minutes so there is no excuse not to do ab work (and you know that I can find any excuse).
There is a thing called TMI Tuesday or Thursday, I can’t remember which. Since I can’t remember I’m splitting the difference and posting on Wednesday. You’ve been warned… As part of my last gynecologist visit I had a full STD panel. An astute observer might point out that it is a bit late since I’ve [...]
I finally finished up all the blocks for the Carolina Christmas Mystery Quilt. I was disappointed at first when I saw the finished layout because I didn’t like it. I like both of the blocks but together it seemed too cluttered. I think my problem is that there isn’t a secondary design that forms when [...]
I’ve been playing with the Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy game on my Wii for about a week now. I’ve been doing it on days when I’m not doing the cardio boot camp from hell on the treadmill. I’ve got mixed feelings about the game. You start by picking a workout. You highlight the area [...]
I decided to try a boot camp-type workout I saw in Prevention Magazine. You walk for 3.5 minutes and then do 30 seconds of some toning exercise (there is a list) and then walk again. In the middle of the workout you do a series of strength exercises and then finish with a 10 minute [...]