February 2012
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Sorry yall - life has been doing me the last couple of weeks. Significant challenges in the career (my workplace, where I’ve been for almost ten years now, has gotten steadily more dysfunctional over the past three or four years and it’s come to a head), T had surgery last week the recovery from which makes it difficult for him to work for six weeks, and tough finances means way less...
Hooray!!! Congratulations!!! : ) : ) : ) So excited for you two : )
kimijoy:
Waking up next to my future husband is an amazing feeling.
Yeah. He proposed.
I, of course, said yes!
For those of you who are my friends on Facebook or Twitter, please don’t mention it there yet. We still have a few people to tell in person.
But I just couldn’t wait to tell you all.
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navadoeslife replied to your post: navadoeslife replied to your post: Ugh. It was so…
Haha, that’s a good thing! Maybe take him for a couple of leisurely miles to stretch out your legs post-run? Gives him a chance to burn energy and you a chance to recover.
Yeah, I appreciate your looking for the opportunity in that situation, but I don’t think an extra walk is going to happen today....
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navadoeslife replied to your post: Ugh. It was so cold that I wasn’t sure if running…
Glad you overcame everything to get out there and crank it out! And smart move on leaving the puppy at home—bet he enjoyed the warmth and laziness of his Saturday! Wish I could say the same about my puppy…2 miles before my run and 1.25 after my run.
Man, I wish Mingus worked like that. He’s going...
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Ugh. It was so cold that I wasn’t sure if running in it for that amount of time would aggravate Mingus’ proclivity to pancreatitis, so he stayed home.
Good lord. My legs were comfortable enough (I actually don’t mind cold legs) but the muscles never warmed up and were stiff the whole way. It was like trying to manipulate play-dough that had been stored in the fridge. Today...
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navadoeslife replied to your post: Tomorrow’s 8 mile run. At least it’s only 8…
That’s not *too* bad! And we’re running almost the same mileage! But you’ll be done in half the time it takes me, lol.
Ha! Since when is -15 windchill “not too bad,” Florida? ; ) I saw you were running eight miles too - have a great run! I’m sure the pup will love it : )
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runningwithguts replied to your post: Tomorrow’s 8 mile run. At least it’s only 8…
SHUT. UP. I would totally sleep in, drink tea, and laze about reading a book.
You just watch - I’ll still manage to overdress.
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Tomorrow’s 8 mile run. At least it’s only 8 miles.
Effffffffffffffffffff….
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runningwithguts replied to your post: runningwithguts replied to your post:…
I just find that more layers = more problems, at least while running. I like to keep it veryyyy simple!
This is why you are a smarter runner than I!
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Saturday on the trail! Greg, my guide, thought it would be funny to take a picture of me taking a picture. About mile 6 of 13.
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runningwithguts replied to your post: runningwithguts replied to your post: Yesterday’s…
The thing about jackets is that while keeping things out, they also keep things IN. #dislike #sweatygirlproblems
Yes - that’s why I got the extra-special-fabric jacket! I suppose it breathes better if I don’t cover it in a vest though, huh ; )
ETA: OR… are you trying to tell me...
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runningwithguts replied to your post: Yesterday’s run
Hahaha, 23F and I wear a thick tech on top of a tee with a pair of tights and a pair of throw away cotton gloves. And winter running is the ONLY thing that I enjoy about winter. Awesome run, though!
Yeah, I’m starting to think it’s the windproof vest that’s doing me in - I have this extra-awesome technical jacket in...
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Yesterday's run
13 miles 2:12:02
No lie - it was tough. The route was more hilly than I’m accustomed to, which is good - hills make you stronger - but I went out too fast and didn’t do enough walk breaks at the beginning. The last four miles were hell.
But, I had excellent company (my colleague’s husband is a crazy marathon runner, he’s done over 100, and regularly commuted - commuted! -...
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girl gone running: NavaDoesLife →
A great post highlighting two great fitblrs. Nava has been a huge source of accountability and encouragement to me, too. And Tish is new to tumblr, documenting her journey and worth a follow. Have I mentioned I love the fitblr community?
girlgonerunning:
NavaDoesLife
She believed in me when I didn’t even believe in myself. For months I followed her journey on tumblr because she started where...
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Track-ish workout done outside - OUTSIDE! - with a very happy Gordon Setter.
800m repeats, 2 min recovery between
1 mile warmup Marathon pace Half marathon pace 10k pace 5k pace Half marathon pace Marathon pace 1 mile cooldown
6.18 miles 51:51
Felt awesome.
Weather 32* Gear: tech shirt, arm warmers, windproof vest, light tights, quarter socks, headband for ears, gloves. A little cold but...
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Yep, it’s official - I think I’m at a plateau. I’ve weighed pretty much the same, within about 3-4 pounds, since October.
The good news: apparently I am a rockstar at maintaining. Awesome, but I don’t want to maintain just yet.
The bad news: It used to be - well, not easy, but doable - to lose weight. Now it seems like I need to put forward a heraculean...
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Has anyone else tried this?
Meet my new bff, Unsweetened Vanilla Almond milk.
I’m pretty picky about non-dairy milks. First, they can’t be astronomically expensive. Also, flavor and consistency are very important. Rice milk is too sweet; Silk soymilk, to me, is like drinking a milkshake - WAY too rich, thick and sweet. Coconut milk is good, but there’s no calorie bonus like there is with almond milk.
I...
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Who's got two thumbs and got to run outside today?
THIS GIRL.
Oohhhhhh yeah. Four miles with Mingus. It was overcast but I didn’t even care. I came the closest to a spinout so far this season though - a whole block of houses who don’t shovel their sidewalks, and were thus covered in glare ice! They should know I want to run on their sidewalks in January - the nerve ; ) We persevered. We conquered. Almost ran out of daylight but...
January 2012
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regainingmymoxy replied to your post: Guys! It’s going to be like 40* today and sunny!
You will come home one day to find a nice present left by Mingus on the treadmill.
That would certainly be an emphatic statement from Mingus - he hasn’t done that in years! I’ve tried to acclimate him to running on the treadmill but it freaks him out. Then again, I’m sure he appreciates...
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Guys! It's going to be like 40* today and sunny!
I’m at work early today so that i can leave early and go running! It’ll be like 32* with the windchill but I DON’T CARE. FOUR MILES!!! SO EXCITED.
Also, Mingus is bouncing off the walls, so he’s coming with too. (He looked SO REJECTED when I had my running clothes on and started running on the downstairs treadmill last night. Seriously, he sniffed the treadmill, looked at...
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DONE. Though it was a much harder effort than it should have been. Wonder if this portends wonderful news on the scale front :P
BONUS: Yeah, so my running pants were inside out. Neat-o. The blessings of running in the basement…
navadoeslife replied to your post: Will run my three miles even though it’s on a…
3 miles isn’t bad on a treadmill…I mean, it’s less than 30 minutes on...
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Will run my three miles even though it’s on a treadmill. Will run my three miles even though it’s on a treadmill. Will run my three miles even though it’s on a treadmill. Will run my three miles even though it’s on a treadmill. Will run my three miles even though it’s on a treadmill. Will run my three miles even though it’s on a treadmill.
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markicksass replied to your post: momrunnerwife replied to your post: Long run…
Darcy loves to run, too. I believe 17 is the longest run I’ve taken her on. She doesn’t do well in warmer weather so she missed out on some of my longest runs last summer. :)
Awwww, what a cutie! I saw your pics you posted of your last run! Is she a Dobie…? Wow, 17, huh? I wonder if Mingus could do...
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Ever notice sometimes the most basic dinner...
…is the most satisfying?
Tonight’s dinner: Baked sweet potato Pan-friend Gardein “chicken” piccata Roasted green beans (rescued from a certain death in the fridge) Mashed cauliflower with scallions (also rescued from certain death)
Many, many noms. I forgot how delicious and satisfying baked sweet potato is, especially the skin. SO GOOD. Doesn’t need anything on...
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momrunnerwife replied to your post: Long run Saturday
Wow, your dog can run 11 miles? Awesome!!! I gotta train mine to run a bit but I’m too damn impatient with them!!
Oh god, he loves it. Seriously. He reacts the same way now to my Garmin and running shoes as he does when I touch his leash. I mentioned this before, but now when he hears my Garmin chime when it’s uploading data to my...
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regainingmymoxy replied to your post: Long run Saturday
Why is up with your dogs?!!
Dude. Tell me about it. The good news is everyone is on the mend! Bonnie does indeed have early stages of Addison’s - because she’s young the vet wants to wait to put her on medication and monitor her closely. And Mingus is recovering just fine. He probably ate some goofy thing - that’s what...
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Long run Saturday
11 miles 1:45:49
No lie, this run was really tough. I was struggling. I was lucky to have some great runners with me, though. Some interesting learning experiences:
I dressed for the windchill (9ish*) but we never really had to deal with winds, so it was really closer to the actually temperature (19*), and the ten degrees proved to be a bit much.
Nutrition/hydration: In the cold weather, the...
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Well, the scale is down a bit today. FINALLY. Not breathing a sigh of relief yet though. Let’s see if the trend continues…
(BTW my scale has a really, really annoying habit of weighing in a lower weight for a couple of minutes, several times, then I walk away, test the shower water with my hand, get back on the scale (just because I’m curious), and tah-dah!! increase of...
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navadoeslife replied to your post: Today’s moment of duh
Have you thought about doing some sort of indoor workout or something? Maybe focus on some core exercises?
Ugh. Yes. I am trying to work in two strength training sessions and one day a week of swimming 45 minutes. It’s not going well so far - still trying to figure out timing so that strength sessions are not back to back days,...
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navadoeslife replied to your post: Suck it up, buttercup.
You’re welcome, despite me not actually doing a run today, haha. I wanted to so bad! So I’m glad you went and did it for me. :-P
Your trail run recap did it for me!
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Today's moment of duh
Talking it over with T, I realized that I’m running my usual mileage… and I’m eating about the same calories…
…but it’s winter.
I’m not walking the dog as much, mostly because it’s frigging dark out at some ridiculously early hour of the night/late hour of the morning. (Have I mentioned that I hate standard time? I hate the shift of an hour but I...
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Suck it up, buttercup.
Three miles, done.
I wasn’t going to do it. Then I went through my dash, saw all the awesome people doing their runs, and thought, what the hell, if everyone else can suck it up, so can I. Thanks, @brooksy, @kalsjourney, @navadoeslife and yall for setting a good example. Fitblrdom rocks.
But I need some scenic running, soon. For reals.
ETA: Special shout out to @flaquitalaurita. Yours...
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6 miles on the books
I think today’s run was supposed to be a tempo run, but the thought of just running for 50 minutes on the TM straight makes me want to crawl into fetal position and cry. So, I decided to rock it track-style.
1 mile warmup 1x800 meters/0.5 mile repeats at marathon pace, half marathon pace, 10k pace, 5k pace, half marathon pace, marathon pace, with recovery in between each; 1 mile cool...
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navadoeslife replied to your post: WIW: +1.2 pounds!
My doc has always told me that anything you train for, especially half marathons and marathons, usually require maintaining weight or gaining some because of how much you need to be fueling your body.
Yeah, I thought that too until I actually started tracking calories last year and lost a lot on my marathon training - and my performance and...
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WIW: +1.2 pounds!
Today’s weigh-in: +1.2 lbs (from Jan. 4 official weigh-in)
Current BMI: 24.68 (Change: +0.2)
Change from SW: -41.8 Change from HW: -47.3 lbs
I’ll admit it - I’m stumped. It feels that I’ve been eating healthier than in December. I have been running more and doing more food logging over the past two weeks since my last weigh-in. Yet I’m up four pounds from my low weight...
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regainingmymoxy replied to your post: Food revelations!
Steel cut oats - stroke of brilliance. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT ONE. Cabbage. Blech!!
I’m telling you, the cabbage was AWESOME. I think cabbage suffers a bad rap, much like spinach or asparagus, because it’s terrible when overcooked.
And yeah, I see lots of steel cut oats in my future. I’ve been cooking up a cup of...
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Food revelations!
Revelation 1: Braised cabbage. OK, why has nobody told me that braised cabbage is so delicious?? And easy? And cheap? And perfect for winter greens???
Braised cabbage Adapted from Cooks Illustrated. 1 T Earth Balance (nonhydrogenated margerine for flavor - or just use oil if you like) 1 pound green cabbage, cored and thinly sliced 1 T veggie broth (Better than Bouillon No-Chkn is good)...
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On hunger
I spend a lot of time trying (more and less successfully) to manage hunger. And from what I’ve read and experienced so far, satisfying hunger seems to be more than just the calories-in part of the metabolic equation. In practice, it seems more a delicate balance between physical bulk in the stomach (hence the emphasis on foods high in water content and fiber), chemistry (calories and the...
navadoeslife asked: Hope all the puppies are doing much better than the past few days! <3
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Well, time for this weekend to end...
Yeah, I just ate an entire 9x9 pan of rice crispy treats for dinner. Stressed out and exhausted with dog health drama (Mingus threw up his breakfast about 30 minutes before he was about to get his dinner. How that works I have no idea. Here’s to hoping it doesn’t require another $200 of lab diagnostics.)
Bonnie seems to be much better - she’s about 75% her old self. Not nearly...
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Thanks for all the kind words about Bonnie, yall. She’s at the vet today and getting the blood test done to confirm Addison’s.
The web research I was doing said that it wasn’t uncommon for the IV fluid treatment to result in a “miraculous” recovery because it brings the potassium concentrations down, but while she is definitely improved from yesterday, she is very...
We have a test scheduled on Monday to confirm, but our vet is relatively certain that Bonnie has Addison’s, which affects the adrenal gland’s ability to regulate things like electrolytes. After flushing her system with IV fluids to bring down her potassium level, she’s home, and completely exhausted. Not at all reassuring.
I’d give pretty much anything to see her be her...
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markicksass replied to your post: OK… Bonnie is at the vet’s undergoing blood work. …
What breed and age is she?
She’s relatively young - three year old basset/jack russell terrier mix.
OK… Bonnie is at the vet’s undergoing blood work.
Usually they’re able to administer IV fluids to rehydrate and give her a shot of anti-emetics, bland food, and she’s good to go.
If she’s not better by tomorrow morning, we’ll be doing some imaging to check for obstructions in her digestive system.
Starting to get very, very worried…
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Gorgeous 9 mile run on the books!
I was nervous about running outside this morning in the cold, but all in all - I’m very happy to say it went well. Got together with a bunch of TNT alumni this morning. Great day! It was a GORGEOUS morning - the sun was out (that makes it colder, I know, but it is much better than running in overcast conditions), and the snow sparkled over the river. And you can’t argue with getting a...