December 2010
105 posts
bikey-bike...
i decided to carry on the swimmy-swim subject and apparently i am 12 - “bikey-bike” really, who say’s that - apparently i do…anywho…i did 40 minutes on my trainer tonight, i had a big plan to do it while watching the biggest looser - i figured it would motivate me, just watching their workout make me tired, but apparently it got bumped back to 9pm and that was just...
November 2010
54 posts
smaller-n-smaller asked: I'm 5'10" 1/2, basically 5'11".
I feel like I have really long arms, even though I'm tall. And sleeves being too long bugs the crap out of me!
That's why I loooove when stores have tall sections, you could always shop in the tall and get it hemmed so it's not too long....
I feel like I have really long arms, even though I'm tall. And sleeves being too long bugs the crap out of me!
That's why I loooove when stores have tall sections, you could always shop in the tall and get it hemmed so it's not too long....
epicweightlossjourney asked: Wow! I grew up by Greenlake! Small TumblrUniverse ;) Now I actually live in South King County.... (aka Federal Way).. But I always claim my roots...
so email is down...
figured it’d type a post :) it is pouring rain right now and super cloudy and dreary…but i got up and did yoga this am - it totally helped that i had to pick up a friend on the way as she was coming with me cause after a swim practice my arms did not want to do any yoga poses…but feeling better and i am all stretched out and sitting tall in my chair (well on my yoga ball) at...
Swimmy-swim
Had a great swim practice tonight swam 1650 yards so almost a mile :) I felt awesome and as usual got faster the longer we swam - yeah, it’s weird I know…we didn’t do too many long laps maxes out at 100yards before a rest interval. I can’t wait until we start doing the longer intervals of like 500 or 600 yards that is when I really do awesome - I love the pool it is the one...
R&R sign-up done
just signed up for the Seattle Rock & Roll half marathon - i will complete it without tears…unless they are tears of joy, but not tears of pain allowed this time! oh and i will run the whole thing too no walking either :)
argh!
now i need to re-read the 7th harry potter book, i just don’t remember all the stuff in it and just saw the movie and it is annoying me…just need to find time - ok fine i know i have the time, but i have to say i enjoy the few mind numbing hours a week that i watch tv - i like the not having to think too much…not that i would have to think all that much re-reading the deathly...
ok here is the recipe →
it is the first soup Mark Bittman makes - it is soooo yummy!!!! i add a little bit more cabbage than he says and do need to add some water to it…try it you will love it!
Has decided to…
Be lazy today - well not really too lazy, I’m just not going to work out today. I did take the dog for a walk, got a much needed haircut, went grocery shopping, and am now going to make a yummy veggies soup and prepare some lasagna and if I can’t find someone to hang with the dog the bf and I are going to see Harry potter later - so not lazy, just a day off from working out and I am...
It kicked my butt!!
Yoga! Yes I said yoga - I got up and did the 8am yoga class with my favorite yoga teacher. I don’t get to do her class much since saturday morning is usually bike practice, so anytime I get a chance to take het class I really try to. She completely and totally kicked my butt and it feels so good right now!!! I am planning on doing some swimming later too :)
Oh and Go State - kick some...
Airports…
So I kind of like airports, yeah I’m weird. I like that there are so many different people, from different walks of life and for a brief few hours on a flight they are all heading towards the same goal - it is kind of interesting and fun.
It’s a lot like this community - we are from so many different walks of life different places, ages, you name it, but we are all heading to the...
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I hope you all have a wonderful turkey day! I’m thankful for so much, too much to type here.
I wish I had time to go for a run today :( but there is always tomorrow!! I also hope that seatac isn’t frozen over and my flight lands ok :)
Thanksgiving pt.1
Ok thanksgiving dinner part 1 is over I had a small piece of apple pie - had to I made it, but I did spin class this am so I think it was ok ;) I pretty much ate veggies and some turkey and then a little bit of the other stuff - I think I did pretty good. Hopefully I will do as well during part 2 tomorrow.
I think you are a liar…
Dear Mr heart rate monitor,
I just don’t believe you when you say that I burned 721 calories during a 50 minute spin class. Yes, I did push myself and I was sweating and breathing heavy, but 721 calories it just can’t be. Oh and about the heart rate 176 was my average and 199 my peak, really shouldn’t I be dead or something. Maybe my heart should of exploded?? It just...
Have I mentioned
That I am kind of addicted to the biggest looser - it is the only reality show that I watch. I do have to say this cast does annoy me a little but I continue to watch it because I really want Ada to win it all she soooo deserves it!
Yippee for working out while away from home
I totally kicked my butt this morning. I swam for 45minutes and then did one minute sprints on the treadmill for 20 minutes. I had to so something on the treadmill that would get done quick because I just hate treadmills - I feel like a hamster on them. Tomorrow I’m going to do a spin class - I’m trying to get my mom to join the YMCA by her house it is such a nice gym, if the one by me...
25 Things
So I’m wide awake it’s 5:30am and I finally decided to do this :)
I wish I wasn’t so attached to my iPhone.
I live with my boyfriend of almost 7 years and really don’t care if we ever get married
I get insomnia at times (like right now).
I try to do yoga at least 3x a week, it keeps me calm.
I hate doing any exercise on a machine (treadmill, elliptical, etc…).
...
Heading to the sun
So I am going down to Phoenix to visit my mom for a few days and as I sit here on the plane it is flurrying here in the pnw :) I do love snow and hope that there is some when I come back! For now though I am excited to go down south and get some much needed vitamin d and a run with a t-shirt and shorts on! Oh and I am taking my mom to a yoga class :)
another awesome compliment
woo - i am on a roll right now with the lavaman gals…my friend josie today told me that i was looking great. she said she was looking through some pictures from april when we were all in hawaii…a bunch of stayed in a house afterwards. anywho, she came up to me at the beginning of run practice to say she was looking though pics and that i am looking awesome right now - she said she...
spoonfulofvigor asked: Go White! :)
Trail run!!
I love trail runs so much - I don’t ever get bored :) and it is just good fun, like being a kid again. I have no real idea how far I ran. All I really know is that I was out there for an hour. I love my lavaman family - they make it so much easier to get up on a cold Saturday morning!!
man that was boring
i just rode my bike on its trainer while watching an episode of psych…it wasn’t the show that was boring, but the riding on the bike…geez, i don’t really know how people do it! i just have this thing about doing a lot of work and getting no where…i don’t like treadmills or stationary bikes or stair climbers - i know they are a necessary part of training at...
My Bucket List
There seems to be quite a few bucket lists going on out there and i figured it was high time that i write mine down as well.
1. complete a marathon
2. complete a 1/2 ironman triathlon
3. complete an olympic distance triathlon
3.a. shave 30minutes off my olympic distance time
4. travel to India, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Japan, China, Africa, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Norway - ok fine...
Thank you rain gods
Apparently my no rain dance this afternoon worked! Yippee!!! It was cold and windy but it stayed dry for Wednesday night run practice :) it really is the small victories that make me happy, especially since I know that there will be so few rain free practices and since we are supposed to have a wet and cold winter up here I will take cold and wind with out the rain any day.
It was a pretty good...
holy shit...
i just edited html!! it took some time and a lot of which one of these things is not like the other to get it done. thank you IronAylaDoesLife for your help and sending me some code. Now i get to use the theme i wanted to use and have pages on it. ok, fine it is not perfect, but i didn’t have the patience to figure out the font and the actual color. it will do for now though until i...
“Dreams are necessary to life.”
– Anais Nin (via kari-shma)
erg - so frustrated
ok, well i can’t figure out how to make an “About Me” page, well i figured out how to make the page, but what i really can’t figure out is how to create a nice clean link on my actual home page….so right now it is just pasted in the about section - the full link. i know so lame, right…i am not html savvy at all :( if anyone out there can help me please let me...
first swim!
can i just say how much i love swimming! it is the only sport where i start out slow and then speed up. i honestly don’t understand it, but i remember so many swim practices last year where my whole lane was slowing down and i had just gotten warmed up. i love being in the water, despite the fact that i get cold so easily :) and have gone into hypothermia in hawaii - yes, i apparently...
awesome compliment
so i got a really awesome compliment yesterday during practice. one of the skinny athletic girls turns to me and says - “hey i’ve been wanted to tell you that your side plank on wednesday was awesome.” after run practice on wednesday night we did some abs and we did planks and then side planks on both sides. fortunately, i have been doing a lot of yoga recently and (under the...
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
beautiful day...
and again i’m proud of myself - i ran this morning :) and so glad i did this morning it was beautiful out!! the morning light was so awesome and the sky was blue and the birds were chirping and…ok, i’m done now - but seriously it wasn’t grey and raining and i need to take advantage of the sun as much as i can right now.
the run was really great though and i am totally...
Yeeesss!!!
I totally got up this am and did yoga! Ok really I know it may not seem like that big of a deal, but I gotta say I have been having the hardest time just getting my ass out of bed. however, today…today was different somehow. my alarm went off at 5:40am and i got up in the dark and turned it off and laid back into bed on top of the covers and pondered getting back under the covers and...
First practice!!
woohoo - our first Team in Training run practice it tonight!! i really can’t wait and am soooo super excited about it. It is a little chilly out today, but it is not raining so i am totally ok with the cold! do you think i could add any more exclamation points to this post, i wonder??!! ;)
Update: run practice was great! It was cold like 44 degrees but no rain so I will take cold and...
“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.”
– Unknown (via kari-shma)
to swim or not to swim...
so i had a plan to swim tonight - but right now i kind of want to take advantage of my last Monday night off and not go swim….oh the laziness how you take over sometimes. so if i don’t swim tonight then i have to have something really healthy for dinner….oh what to do!??!????!!!
“No wonder you can’t do it, you acquiesce to defeat before you even begin.”
– Pai Mei - Kill Bill: Vol. II
I wish this wasn’t so true about so many things - i need to stop thinking i am going to fail at something before i even begin…because i will always fail if i keep thinking that way.
Lazy sunday
Today was lazy - I did nothing and I am 100% ok with that! Training officially starts on Wednesday and i am so excited about it. So today was my last lazy day for a while and I decided to bask in it and I got to say it feels awesome!!
this made me cry... →
and is so inspiring!!! read it if you haven’t already.
