( The short story: I'm not dead! )

I came in from a run, hung out in the air conditioning for a few minutes, and then put on my glasses. They fogged up instantly, and wouldn't clear up for a few more minutes.

It's icky out.

I'm in San Francisco, sort of on a whim. It's my 30th birthday, and the Bay to Breakers 12k was today, so I thought it would be fun to run it. Mind you, I'm too lazy to actually train, so my longest run to date was 2.8 miles last Thursday. Given that, I'm pretty pleased that I managed to run well over half of the race (2/3, maybe?) without dying. ( Read more... )

Had a nice, active morning. I ran with lyonesse and did 2 miles in 20:20. As a special bonus, I didn't even feel like dissolving into the sidewalk afterwards. Tomorrow I may try my thighs at 3 miles. Later, we went to brunch and then fennel and I went out for a little midafternoon Pump It Up. I felt a bit wobbly, but good. My body never quite finished getting ( Read more... )

Woo! I just made an "AA" on a 3-foot DDR song I used to think was hard, and finished a couple of five-foot songs that used to be impossible for me. Fun!

Also on the physical activity front, we went running with lyonesse again this morning. I was doing fine for the first 1.5 miles, but then I felt a little tired, stretched thin but not yet to the ( Read more... )

OK, not vroom. But hey! Lyonesse got me (and her lovely elf and my lovely David) out running this morning. This is my first time in years and not only did I manage to run a whole mile without stopping, I did it in 9:50 and felt like I could have kept going at that pace for a while longer. She's a good person to run with - it turns out that it doesn ( Read more... )