Category Archives: Fitness and Health

All about the physical

Busy busy

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Carrie

Every day has its tasks. Today is a Wednesday, which makes it: 1) A recovery run day (did a 35-minute tempo run yesterday, which was super-fun in strong winds, but I’ll definitely deal with the wind in exchange for 45+ … Continue reading →

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What our words say about us

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Carrie

Apparently, sometime in the wee hours of yesterday morning, some avian creature met its demise in my backyard. Not that I’d know, of course; my personal knowledge come strictly from the news conveyed to me from my aghast and wide-eyed … Continue reading →

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Planning again

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Carrie

Sitting here with my little datebook in hand, making plans for races and training. It’s pickier when the races are shorter distances; there are more of them, so planning overlaps sometimes and needs tweaking, and the plans themselves involve speedwork, … Continue reading →

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Bon matin (or something)

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Carrie

I am surprisingly not hungover this morning. I say “surprisingly” because the Orange Bowl was last night, and my beloved Mountaineers were up against Clemson, and I got this great idea from a sign outside a local restaurant that we … Continue reading →

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Race Report: Run Into the New Year 5K (Or “It’s the End of the Year As We Know It”)

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Carrie

Unexpected, this, to place in my age group after a year of basically running longer-longer-longer and pretending that things like speedwork and track time didn’t exist. Of course, it helps when the race gives medals ten places deep in each … Continue reading →

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Wiped out

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Carrie

So tired. For some reason, with Eric out of town, I’ve felt compelled this time around to soothe my loneliness by filling All The Minutes with activity. Got a bug up my butt to clean the kitchen, and it sort … Continue reading →

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“The Thing that Goes Wrong”

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Carrie

Never fails: Eric goes away, and something goes wrong. The car, or the heat, or a rodent intrusion, or getting locked out of the house my personal favorite, I think). Turns out this time, it looks like rotavirus (or some … Continue reading →

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Decemberween!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Carrie

Random thoughts: – It’s good when the forgetful child is old enough that, say, when he forgets until the morning before school to tell you that he needs an all-disposable lunch, you can stick a couple of bucks in his … Continue reading →

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More doctor fun

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Carrie

Had my follow-up check with my doctor this morning. As I suspected, the new doctor hadn’t given her the whole story; she was under the impression that I was still peeing blood when I showed up, which, yeah, would have … Continue reading →

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Recovery underway

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Carrie

I can walk down stairs forward-facing without first steeling my nerves against the first drop! Go, me! Actually, at this point, most of the ordinary muscle soreness has abated. If my shoulder and knee weren’t aching from the falls, I … Continue reading →

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