July 2012
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Chata-whatga?
I don’t eat pretzels, but I’d like to be made into one! I’m going to try a yoga class tomorrow morning. It’ll be my first. Lawd help me, I have zero flexibility. Like, I kind of feel bad for the amount of frustration I’ll give this poor instructor, or maybe because she’s a yogi she’ll be really composed about it, but I guarantee a lot of awkward stiffness...
June 2012
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Ease Into It: Lefty's Role in a Workout Epiphany,...
I tend to look at the big picture and approach each situation with somewhat of a wide angled lens. Maybe it’s the Sagittarius in me, always looking to the next big thing, the end result, the grand scheme of things. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing; it’s this open minded, optimistic state of mind that has allowed me to arrive at some pretty great challenges and...
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*Sigh...
Tomorrow marks one week since the last time I got up bright and early and went for a run. I feel kind of lost honestly, like there’s no structure to my workout schedule anymore. I feel like I’m slacking even though I’m pushing it in other areas and trying to get creative in the gym. I’m sore from my workouts, so I must be doing something right, but somehow it just all feels...
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Highlights From Today...
*Lefty approved tabata workout before breakfast
*ccraaazyyyy cardio in the gym after work! Went on the arc trainer and did 15 mins of hill intervals, then it was the Octane Fitness machine for another 10K, this time done in 42 mins. How that makes sense I don’t know but I’ll take it! I love that it changes resistance throughout too, just like running outside. Sort of. Not really. :(...
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New Game Plan!
With my whiney-bitch, woe-is-me, this-blows moment out of the way, it’s time to get serious, regroup, reassess and come up with a new game plan. I refuse to take this laying down. One of the keys to success is the ability to adapt and overcome obstacles and setbacks. Just think, without evolution human beings wouldn’t even exist, you wouldn’t exist. We’re designed with the ability to change as our...
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A Doctor's Visit: Permission To Lament?
I always worry that sometimes, when I go off on a tangent bitching about one thing or another, that I run the risk of sounding, well, annoying. Mostly because when I’m scrolling through my dashboard and people are whining all the time I’m just like, ‘get a grip, dude, it’s not that serious’. But I think this time around, my whining may be warranted. Just wait until...
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And Now We Wait...
Sitting in the doctor’s office, waiting for the doc to come in. Feels like I’ve been here forever, tummy’s growling and I’m on Instagram looking at pictures of food.
Belly needs yummy things. The lunch I have planned: half a sweet potato with tofu ‘cottage cheese’ and raisins and cinnamon with steamed broccoli and mixed veg with nooch and a drizzle of coconut oil. Typing that out just made me...
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Confession?
I kinda, sorta miss having boobs…
Shit, it’s not Tuesday, is it? TMI? Ah, I talk about my poop regularly on here, a little boob talk is nothing, amirite? :)
OFF TO THE GYM! Where I will sweat profusely and be extremely unattractive and have no boobage to compensate. Hey, boys! ;)
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babyletsbeoutlaws asked: hey! so i am trying to lose a bunch of weight and i want to get into running. How did you start? and did you do any strength training too? what was your work out like?
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Race Day Blues?
It’s 9:00am - race time. I’m currently sitting my lazy bum in the recliner, imagining the start line, looking out the window at the absolute perfection that is the weather, the temperature is a beautiful 22* according to The Weather Network, and the sun is out but not too strongly. If it would’ve stayed as gloomy as it was at 6 this morning, which has become my natural wake-up...
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Cold Feet?
Lefty isn’t happy. You could even say Lefty’s pretty friggin’ pissed, so much so that it took one injury, made it better but held on just enough for it to still be an issue, and then intensified the bejeezus out of the other one - top of my left foot hurts like a raging whorebitch. I’m wondering if it’s the lacing on the Nike Frees, or if I’m tying my shoes too...
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Thoughts While Running: What Makes a Runner?
I woke up this morning at 5:45 6:00 6:15 to get ready to go for a long run. Sundays are usually my long run days, but this Sunday also my impromptu race day, and considering I didn’t run yesterday I figured this morning would be as good as any to get up bright and early, lace up and head out for a slow, easy, long run of 8 miles. I kind of hoped I’d wake up and my knee would feel amazing, like it...
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Screw You, Lefty!?
Call me maybe crazy, but I just can not sit here and allow Lefty to take charge of my day and put me out. HELL NO. It’s leg day, bitch. Low impact leg day. HA! Put together a little workout number here, going to give these leg muscles some lovin’, sans- heavy weights. Let’s see, now that I’ve built these gams up (because holy sht yo I was in a plank yesterday and looked...
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HOLY HUMIDITY!
Okay, maybe it wasn’t the brightest idea to come out of the crayon box to go running at 1pm, especially after just having read that it’s the hottest/most humid/sun is strongest around that time. Here’s how it broke down:
Mile 0.00-0.25 —> ah, there’s wind, it’ll be fine then, not too hot, I won’t die, totally do-able. Music is on, just pressed Start on...
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What Goes Up, Must Come Down - Unfortunately...
I kicked off half-marathon training with a bang, knocked out an amazing 4 miles on Tuesday, felt a surge of excitement as I embarked on this new journey with a new sense of determination and faith in myself. Then, overnight, things changed. I woke up yesterday with a searing pain in my left knee. Going down the stairs was hell, like being stabbed repeatedly every time my knee bent and my foot...
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“Run with your heart instead of your mind. When you think with your mind, you...”
– Gerry Lindgren (via howtorunfree)
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Training For 13.1 Has Begun, Did You Hear?
It’s official! This week marks Week One of training for The Detroit Free Press Half Marathon! Technically, day one was yesterday, but it was the designated rest day, which I ended up kind of taking, save for a walk in the morning with Charlie and a gym session at night. So, today was the official kick off!
I couldn’t stand running ‘empty’ miles anymore. Being done with 10K...
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