Conversation with the boss yesterday ( Read more... )

I just submitted the final log for the wellness competition we've been doing this summer at work.

Tomorrow afternoon I'll find out if I've done enough to win one of the prizes...

Cross your fingers for me.

I created a filter back in 2005 when I was making an effort to get in shape and lose some weight, and I haven't used it much since then because, well, I've been lazy and haven't been so good with keeping up on the exercise ( Read more... )

I recognize the irony of a post about health and wellbeing right on the heels of a post complaining about possibly getting sick, but improving my health has been on my mind of late ( Read more... )

So I conquered a 5.8 pitch last night at the rock gym. I've been solid on 5.6 ratings and trying, vainly, to manage the two 5.7 rated ones, but the 5.8...well, it looked do-able and I'd gotten about half way through it last week, including most of the hardest part - the overhang ( Read more... )

I am happy to discover that my tires aren't actually leaking on my bike...they were just low to begin with apparently. I filled them before going out today and checked when I got back. If all the jostling and banging along on rough trails didn't deflate them, they're fine ( Read more... )

There's a lot of really pretty bits to south Livermore that I never knew about that I'm discovering now that I'm taking my bike out...

for example, the Sycamore Grove/Veteran's Park trail...2.5 miles of paved track through lots of green and trees. Very nice riding - though the paving is a bit rough for a road bike.

( Ride diary )

Went climbing again last night...I'm enjoying this a lot now that I seem to be getting past my fear of heights (and the corollary fear of falling off the climbing wall). I'm not nearly as sore as last week, nor does my lower back hurt this time. I have discovered though that the rubber bits that are used for flooring at the gym, in addition to ( Read more... )

To the weekly climbers of rocks...will I skew your numbers horribly if my (not so skilled) self joins the weekly clambering over walls?

So I've been lax about posting progress on the workout front. Fortunately, that hasn't been paralleled by laxness in actually doing the workout thing ( Read more... )