What a crazy weekend ( Read more... )

So on Saturday night, Dennis and I drove down to Chillicothe, OH for an orienteering event with our meetup group. Got there around 21:30, called Gil, found out that he'd torn a calf muscle and wouldn't be joining us, but that Robert and Lena would. At 23:00, they handed out the maps. We started plotting our course. Dennis and I thought it was ( Read more... )

So I think this little plan of mine to run faster just might work. It'll take a bit more time before I know for sure though. Before, I was running 3 miles at about an 11:00 minute/mile pace. My past three runs have all been shorter, around 2 miles, but I've clocked in at an even 9:00, 9:30, and 9:10 minutes/mile. Two minutes of improvement is ( Read more... )

So we went kayaking for a bit today. Rented a kayak and took ours out to the lake. I took our boat, and let Dennis take the rental. Figuring out how to use the feathered paddle didn't really take long. Got the hang of it fairly quickly ( Read more... )

So at crossfit on Saturday the workout was ( Read more... )

So I tried my hand at geocaching lately. So far, I suck at it. I've tried to find 4 different caches. 2 I've tried twice. I've only found one, and it wasn't one of the ones I tried multiple times. They've all been rated at 1 or 1.5 stars of difficulty (out of 5) so it's not like they're supposed to be that hard. The problem is that 3 of them ( Read more... )

We took the kayak out for an inaugural paddle this evening. Learned quite a few things. Remembered quite a few things that we'd forgotten in our haste and excitement to get the boat on the water.

• Next time, remember a towel
  
• Next time, remember a sponge
  
• Next time, remember the bilge pump
  
• Next time, wear a swimsuit under your board shorts and ( Read more... )

Went climbing again yesterday. Had a nice time. It's freezing in there though. When I came down the wall after my first climb, I noticed that the tips of the two middle fingers on my right hand were white, and they weren't changing back to pink. I managed to practically get frostbitten at 50-60-some degrees, indoors ( Read more... )

Debating whether to go climbing tomorrow. And/or on Saturday. And/or next Wednesday ( Read more... )

Went hiking with the meetup group yesterday. It was cold and a bit drizzly, so I wasn't sure how many people were going to show. Turned out to be the biggest event I'd been to yet. 18 people showed up! Not sure how far we ended up going, but we hiked for a solid two hours at a fairly brisk pace. It ended up being quite lovely out, despite the ( Read more... )