This all seems vastly obvious to me, but I've been reading exercise mags for as long as I can remember, as well as growing up with a PE instructor for a mother. I was talking about with someone else, and she asked me to write down a list, so I did, and now I'm inflicting it on all y'all.

There will be many exceptions to what I say below. As jesseh ( Read more... )

Have been Lack O' Posting Girl lately. Haven't had anything interesting to say, really, and have been trying to severely limit my time on the internets ( Read more... )

Yesterday was one of those days that I wished I had a standing punching bag. Not because I was particularly crabby or violent (though the crabby was definitely there), but because running felt a little aimless. I needed something directly in front of me to focus on, somewhere to practice precision while also providing the satisfaction of ( Read more... )

We're coming up on the end of Week One of Zach's Grand Get In Shape Plan, and it's been interesting. He's getting advice from 3 separate sources - me, a woman he works with who is also a boxer and a trainer (R), and a man who is a martial artist (M). There hasn't been that much conflicting information yet, but the differences have been ( Read more... )

Check out this picture of l'Alpe d'Huez, the 16th stage of the Tour de France (today's stage). This is one of the most famous stage of the Tour, and this year? It's a time trial. Oy. It will probably be better in the long run for the frontrunners, but I cannot imagine not having a runup to that steep trail ( Read more... )

Tired and sore, but the happy kind of sore ( Read more... )

Some days, I wish I could be as hysterically hyper and random as datlowen. But then I realize that that would take too much energy. I'll settle for the random, I guess.

Anyway....

Ran yesterday morning. It was good, and it was fast. The problem was that someone fell into pace 5 steps behind me, making me feel like a rabbit. (The race kind, not the ( Read more... )

I'm hoping to persuade Z to do the SELF Fitness Challenge with me. Not even signing up, just doing the activities laid out every month. We'll see. He just started a new job that's going to take a lot of his energy, so it's going to be tough to start a fitness program at the same time. On the other hand, we both need to start training for the ( Read more... )

This quiz is a little opaque to me.....


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JeebusFUCK, my hip hurts. It's okay when I'm up and moving around, but the first moment of standing up after sitting for a bit is officially No Fun. Yes, I need to go in to my doc. No, I'm not going to this week. Probably in August ( Read more... )