Posted by Carrie on 02 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, Pictures and movies
I went to the gym yesterday and ran on the treadmill for ten long…very long…miles. It was pretty much just as I expected: tame, safe, non-slippery or freezing, absolutely predictable to the point where I wanted to fall asleep while running. There’s some sort of time disruption, I think, when you […]
Posted by Carrie on 01 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, House and Home, Pictures and movies
So Thanksgiving came and went, and Black Friday arrived to let Eric and me sleep in for an extra day. I actually did the “door-busting” thing last year, just to experience it, and I didn’t buy anything; it was surreal enough to simply witness the massive lines and chaos surrounding me.
So we didn’t get […]
Posted by Carrie on 29 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health
Went out this morning to run with the club down by the lakeshore. I got there about 45 minutes before we were to start, thinking to get in some extra miles, but as I was pulling up to the street where we had arranged to park, I saw a herd of club members running […]
Posted by Carrie on 27 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Race reports, Warm fuzzy
It’s a good day to be thankful - for all the major things, of course, like health, family, God’s providence, freedom, and chocolate. Today I’m especially thankful for opportunities to laugh, as they just make the rest of life so much easier. It’s hard to feel sober when your four-year-old is “breakdancing” with […]
Posted by Carrie on 23 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health
I hate running in the evenings. Runs of identical lengths feel completely different to me based on the time of day - or so I thought, but it might be even more arbitrary than that. Daylight Savings Time means that the sun sets around here at around 4:30 in the afternoon, and so […]
Posted by Carrie on 18 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, Gabriel, Pictures and movies, Samuel
I never knew that Seasonal Affective Disorder can involve sugar cravings. I just thought it was the constant enticements of “holiday goodies” making me go all “COOKIE MONSTER AAAAAAAA-NOM-NOM-NOM” around this time of the year. That, perhaps, and some sort of pre-evolutionary throwback need to pack on fat for the long winter of […]
Posted by Carrie on 15 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health
So, I’m jealous. I’m really, really jealous of people who are currently training for marathons, especially people for whom the race is just over the horizon. If you’re doing twenty-plus-mile runs, or are in your taper after the last of those long runs, I’m watching you with envious eyes. There are a […]
Posted by Carrie on 08 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health
Also, I think I need to make an appointment with the doctor for myself. Today’s run had me coughing badly by the end, much more so than usual, and I was actually wheezing while waiting in line for my coffee (which I knew would help open my lungs up, so I was desperate). […]
Posted by Carrie on 08 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health
Okay, here’s how to improve your pace on a longer run without too much effort.
1) Have only a vague idea of the route that the group will be running.
A) Put only a couple of people running in front of you.
B) Make them faster than you.
2) Put somebody running behind you, pushing […]
Posted by Carrie on 06 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Completely random, Cooking, Fitness and Health
For instance, until a few minutes ago, I’d never heard of “race bandits”: people who run without having registered for races, especially exclusive or big ones, like the Boston Marathon. I was confused when, while registering for the Kenosha Marathon, I came across the bold-lettered warning, “NO BANDITS.” My mind flashed to pistol-toting […]
