January 2012
5 posts
Being Held Back: The Dilemma of Rest
“We need coaches to prescribe rest rather than workload, as athletes will always overdose.” —Jureg Feldman, FACT Canada
“You need to take two full rest days immediately.”
My trainer was scolding me! I couldn’t believe I was hearing this — again. I thought to myself, I’m running less, like he asked. I’m cross-training MORE, like he said. I even have biceps from doing...
Update on my goals.
I’ve actually been working toward a few of them! Go, me!
One-on-one.
This goal was made to remind me to nurture friendships and cultivate new ones. So far, I’ve been able to do this with a few close friends over coffee, lunch, hockey, or running dates. It’s a good feeling to connect with another person.
Challenge my black and white thinking.
I need to not be so all-or-nothing. It does...
On Pinterest. A rant.
Does anyone else have a problem with pins not loading or disappearing after they’re pinned from Tumblr? I realized that if you’re pinning from the dashboard or someone’s feed, these pins are being pinned from temporary pages, so when that page or person posts again it pushes pages down in their feed, and the ‘page 2’ in url changes and the image breaks.
This makes me wonder,...
December 2011
9 posts
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Goals for 2012
This is less a list of ‘goals’ and more ‘things to be mindful of’, with the goal of a happier me.
Set more realistic expectations of myself. One example of this is the to-do list I make every day. It generally says ‘To-Do Today’ and has a list of things one person could expect to do in a week. I realized this makes me feel like crap when I leave for the day because I didn’t get everything done,...
Top Ten of 2011
My top ten favorite things in 2011… in no particular order except partly chronological. And you’ll notice a theme… well, things that made me happy… and most of them are running, family or travel related. (Note to self: run, visit family, and travel in 2012.)
10. Being a racing sausage. I had a chance to be inside the Klements racing sausages for the Stride and Glide for...
“In 2007, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius ran the 100 meters in 10.91...”
– Nike
"The online graveyard is an oxymoron."
Source
I feel like this is even MORE true now that the Facebook timeline is a virtual yearbook of our every move since the dawn of time. Those fleeting status messages? They don’t disappear. Facebook has it ALL.
Apparently, once users activate the timeline (if anyone hasn’tthey have 7 days to decide what to hide before the timeline goes public. If you’ve been on Facebook...
Do You Speak Running?
Person 1: “Are those Glycerins?” Person 2: “No. Ghost 4’s.” Person 1: “Nice. I’ve actually been thinking of trying Vibrams.” Person 2: “If you’re interested in zero-drop, heck, just wear flats.” — Person 1: “I’m wiped. I just did three at 6:30 then eight by 400 with 200 recoveries.” Person 2: “I thought...
Change
I can’t really explain it, but I’m going through a period of change. It’s mostly about allowing myself to be who I am, to like who and what I like and not like things for the sake of liking them, and to expand what I currently think makes me happy and find out what really does. It’s a time for me to stop trying to be someone I’m not just because I think I...
“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
– Mark Twain
“…the notion that you get to your goal weight and then figure out how to...”
– Andie, of Can You Stay For Dinner?
November 2011
73 posts
Whine
I made a decision not to whine about my hamstring injury constantly on Twitter and Dailymile. So hey, blog, you’re my only remaining outlet.
It hurts. All the time. I limp when I walk. I have to sit a certain way, don’t cross my legs, don’t stretch them out straight when I’m on the floor.
I have no idea what’s wrong but it’s not getting better, it’s...
Hipster
Tom: I'm gonna get some of these Pabst tall cans.
Me: Tallboys? That's very hipster of you.
Tom: I liked these before they were cool.
Me: Also very hipster of you.
Tom: Stop saying I'm a hipster, I'm not a hipster!
Me: Only a hipster would say that.
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Are you on Pinterest? Hit me up.
I’m drawn to pastels and purple; ruching, draping and lace; glimpses into the past and modern marvels; architecture and industrial spaces; baroque and rococo; vintage jewelry and timepieces; Hollywood hotties and hunks.
“… anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is...”
– Robert Benchley | Structured Procrastination
“Pinterest is growing like Facebook did in 2006… could conceivably grow as...”
– How to Make Your Startup Go Viral The Pinterest Way
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“There is nothing like starting your Saturday morning being beaten by 75-year-old...”
– For Beginning Runners, Advice Can Be a Hurdle
Postal Service's Latest Pitch: Junk Mail Can't Be... →
“Really? A piece of paper being handled by various people along a route only to end up sitting in, more often than not, an unlocked box is secure? You know, there’s a very good reason we’re told not to send cash through the mail.”
Tuesday Trainer Stuff
Session with John this morning. I got to do Bosu Surfing! Put the Bosu flat side up inside the square base of the stair step. Then stand on it with both feet. This was super hard, you can not hold it steady, the goal is just to keep correcting it. There’s an image here http://bit.ly/sFE4V1 (the lower you are squatting, the easier it is, I had to do 5 squats).
Then I did lots of balance on...
“Fashion is the pursuit of perfection and style is the acceptance of one’s...”
– Francesco Clemente
Will Dropouts Save America?
“Start-ups are a creative endeavor by definition. Yet our current classrooms, geared toward tests on narrowly defined academic subjects, stifle creativity. If a young person happens to retain enough creative spirit to start a business upon graduation, she does so in spite of her schooling, not because of it.”
—...
