Posted by Carrie on 18 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Fitness and Health
Trying to talk with Gabe about fitness. ME: “Gabe, why do I run?” GABE: “Because you do races.” ME: “Okay, that’s true. But why do I do races?” GABE: “Because you’ve signed up for them.” We had a nice chat about why one would intentionally sweat and work one’s body, as I pointed out to [...]
Posted by Carrie on 27 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, Gabriel, Samuel
I swear, I’m just going to get them both literal sets of antlers to strap onto their foreheads. CLASH CRASH SNORT BELLOW. Oh, testosterone, how you fill my days with sparkle. Found out yesterday that Gabe got assigned to what’s been reported to me as the “easier” of the two kindergarten classes. Not that they [...]
Posted by Carrie on 23 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Fitness and Health, Gabriel, Pictures and movies, Samuel
That was unexpected. Didn’t mean to take a blog break, but there you have it. Everything here is…going. Nothing wild, nothing wonderful, nothing much new. I did volunteer at a local half-Ironman triathlon last weekend, which was a lot of fun. I handed out sports drink at an aid station along the run route and [...]
Posted by Carrie on 10 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Pictures and movies, Race reports
This can’t work like a normal, blow-by-blow race report like I’ve written in the past; it was just too long, and too much went on to try to tell the story from beginning to end. I was so exhausted by the end of it that the details were fleeting even then, so I’ll try to [...]
Posted by Carrie on 06 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health
“I realize that the course for the DWD presents a number of potential dangers to me and I hereby assume the risk arising from all of them.” My race instructions and details arrived in the mail. It’s here. Devil’s Lake is on Saturday. “I realize that my participation in this event entails the risk of [...]
Posted by Carrie on 27 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health
(Pictures stolen from Rachel, as I warned her I would do!) So, we ran a really, really long way yesterday. More to the point, we ran it on the Ice Age Trail, involving over 8,000 feet of climbing. It was incredible, and incredibly intense. Highlights, and lowlights, included: Horseflies all over the gosh-darn place, despite [...]
Posted by Carrie on 25 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health
If it’s raining on Saturday when we’re running 26-28 miles, it shouldn’t be too sticky-steamy (probably). If it’s thundering, it’ll add to the excitement. In the same vein, suddenly slipping down hills on impromptu mudslides should also add a bit of mystery to each next step. On the other hand, keeping our footing should keep [...]
Posted by Carrie on 20 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Race reports
More of a “race” report, really. I went into the race knowing I didn’t want to deplete myself, and that my knee really needed a very low-key training run. Also, the temperature was around 75 degrees at the start, and it was very humid due to storms the day before. (Evidence: our neighbor’s tree.) I [...]
Posted by Carrie on 11 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Familial things, Fitness and Health
The problem with summer break is that the days lose their sense of identity. It’ll get better when the kids start their summer school classes, but with other major activities also on hiatus, the weekdays just run together into a big smushed-up pile of Life. Today, we had Eric home in the morning for a [...]
Posted by Carrie on 07 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, Pictures and movies
You would be amazed, if you haven’t tried it, how much it can BLOODY HURT to put your body weight onto and roll around on a tight IT band. Like, stomach-trembling hurt. Whimpering wildly hurt. Also, I managed to give myself some pretty wicked rug-burn on my elbow, which was not among the warnings I [...]
