I'm doing well with the running. I am pleased.
It is not much fun to write here about my running because it is boring. I mean, I can't say much more than "I ran". I could tell you what I thought of the plot of the teen drama I was watching while I ran ("Make It or Break It" or "Greek"), but I doubt that would be very fascinating, either.
So, I'll just stop by every few days and say how it is going, rather than posting every day. I'm running on a good running schedule, with one or two rest days a week. That's fine.
There was a brief chance that I would run in a half-marathon in two weeks, and that revved up my running for a few days, but the chance fell through so I'm back to normal.
I'm still reading your posts even if I'm not writing as often!
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Cryptically Mitzi Day Aug 28 - September 1
Sunday to Wednesday. A stretch of some four days. I did the bulk of the Monday 'Omega' but was not able to crack some of those pesky cryptics embedded with the rest. I did get some great clues out, explained below (after this disclaimer!)
Cryptic crosswords are like yoga: if your mind isn't in the right place of stillness, you will topple over. My mind has been busy at work, so much so that even when I did try my cryptic crossword in the past few mornings, I literally could not balance on the cyrptic beam. Added to that, I have a funny excuse - Dylan Moran. I went to hear the Irish comedian on Tuesday night. His performance was brilliant and his manner with the audience is respectful and generous.
A night at the opera following northern style Chinese dumplings tied up my Wednesday night. I am finally home and able to concentrate on my crossword. No matter how hard on tried - on buses and trains in the past few days - nothing sank in. I could tell my concentration was at a weird ebb, because I lost my ATM card. Needless to say, I was in a furious funk of irritation as a result.
The Monday Omega contained a few clues with the word "converted".
eg Q Salacious in-flight society, converted
I knew the answer was related to The Mile High Club (wolf whistle!) but how? What is meant by 'converted'?
Answer: a conversion of measurements from American 'miles' to Aussie 'kilometres'...hence The One Point Six Kilometre High Club.
Same for the heavy rock industrial goth band Nine Inch Nails...who, 'converted', became 'twenty-three centimetre nails'.
Now that my brain has settled down, here are four clues from the Thursday mini.
Q Rides his bike around on the worst windstorms (8)
A cyclones
(cycle + cyclone)
Q Encroachment in the street (6)
A Inroad
Q Destiny, it's said, is a celebration (4)
A Fete
(Fate + fete)
Q Start off in the thing I ingested (8)
A initiate
(to initiate + ate/ingested!)
Cryptic crosswords are like yoga: if your mind isn't in the right place of stillness, you will topple over. My mind has been busy at work, so much so that even when I did try my cryptic crossword in the past few mornings, I literally could not balance on the cyrptic beam. Added to that, I have a funny excuse - Dylan Moran. I went to hear the Irish comedian on Tuesday night. His performance was brilliant and his manner with the audience is respectful and generous.
A night at the opera following northern style Chinese dumplings tied up my Wednesday night. I am finally home and able to concentrate on my crossword. No matter how hard on tried - on buses and trains in the past few days - nothing sank in. I could tell my concentration was at a weird ebb, because I lost my ATM card. Needless to say, I was in a furious funk of irritation as a result.
The Monday Omega contained a few clues with the word "converted".
eg Q Salacious in-flight society, converted
I knew the answer was related to The Mile High Club (wolf whistle!) but how? What is meant by 'converted'?
Answer: a conversion of measurements from American 'miles' to Aussie 'kilometres'...hence The One Point Six Kilometre High Club.
Same for the heavy rock industrial goth band Nine Inch Nails...who, 'converted', became 'twenty-three centimetre nails'.
Now that my brain has settled down, here are four clues from the Thursday mini.
Q Rides his bike around on the worst windstorms (8)
A cyclones
(cycle + cyclone)
Q Encroachment in the street (6)
A Inroad
Q Destiny, it's said, is a celebration (4)
A Fete
(Fate + fete)
Q Start off in the thing I ingested (8)
A initiate
(to initiate + ate/ingested!)
Day 17 -- Made Up Yoga
I'm late getting this done. It's practically the middle of the night.
Oh well.
Tonight I made my own routine. I was jammin' to my own select iTunes playlist and found myself up and jammin' yoga to my own melody. It counts, right?
Gawd yoga makes my body feel good. I find myself stretching throughout the day. Tonight, knowing I had to do it for the challenge, I let myself stretch to my own rhythm not caring much if I were doing a "routine". It felt good.
I'll go back to doing a structured routine tomorrow, but for tonight I'm happy living in my own La La land of c'est la vie. Screw it. =)
Oh well.
Tonight I made my own routine. I was jammin' to my own select iTunes playlist and found myself up and jammin' yoga to my own melody. It counts, right?
Gawd yoga makes my body feel good. I find myself stretching throughout the day. Tonight, knowing I had to do it for the challenge, I let myself stretch to my own rhythm not caring much if I were doing a "routine". It felt good.
I'll go back to doing a structured routine tomorrow, but for tonight I'm happy living in my own La La land of c'est la vie. Screw it. =)
Reading & Riding: 8/31
I missed one day of riding because our bedtime routine with the kids got thrown off and it just slipped my mind. The next day I had a soul-crushing headache, so I skipped that day too. (I know, no excuses, right?) But I've hit the bike every day since then. I think this routine can really work for me long-term. I've missed recording my stats a couple times, or forgot to weigh in, but I'm getting the hang of all the pieces of the routine.
My goal at this point is to do a little better every day, either in distance or in calories burned. I took it too easy yesterday, so today I put the hammer down. I may be in trouble tomorrow.
Here are my collected numbers so far:
My goal at this point is to do a little better every day, either in distance or in calories burned. I took it too easy yesterday, so today I put the hammer down. I may be in trouble tomorrow.
Here are my collected numbers so far:
Date Lbs Miles Cal--
08/15/11 230.6 3.86 162
08/16/11 232.6 4.06 178
08/23/11 230.6 4.14 176
08/24/11 230.6 4.05 172
08/29/11 4.59 204
08/30/11 4.64 204
08/31/11 230.4 4.51 201
09/01/11 228.6 4.86 211
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Christ, you know it aint easy...
OK, so now we all have a mental image of Jesus on an exercise bike...
I have to admit that I "fell off" at the weekend and missed Saturday and only just got my 30 minutes on Sunday in two hits. (Busy time Chez Dinahmow)
And I'm struggling this week. Just some silly little viral thing, but it seems to kick my asthma up a notch, damn it!
But I count yard work and a brisk walk in with 20 minutes of the bike. Oh! Did I mention the tension? Yes, I've upped the ante a little and from where I sit, that counts, too!
So...Tuesday was 30 minutes and I aim for that again today.
Now I have to lift another sack of potting mix out of my car and onto the bench.But I think I'll ask for help to move the potted rose!
I have to admit that I "fell off" at the weekend and missed Saturday and only just got my 30 minutes on Sunday in two hits. (Busy time Chez Dinahmow)
And I'm struggling this week. Just some silly little viral thing, but it seems to kick my asthma up a notch, damn it!
But I count yard work and a brisk walk in with 20 minutes of the bike. Oh! Did I mention the tension? Yes, I've upped the ante a little and from where I sit, that counts, too!
So...Tuesday was 30 minutes and I aim for that again today.
Now I have to lift another sack of potting mix out of my car and onto the bench.But I think I'll ask for help to move the potted rose!
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Day 16 - You Guessed It
Ack! Yep, here I am with another "I did it" report. Whoopee!
Today's yoga was infused with a bit of extra energy. I read an article that INFURIATED me. I wrote about it, which calmed me down, but I was still mad when I did the yoga. I'm still mad even now. But Meghan (the oh so cute, I wanna be a princess just like her when I grow up) yoga chick says in the PM video, "Can't think about anything else (when you're trying to balance)", and ya know, she's right. I about fell over a couple of times today because I have the balance of a two year old. Fighting gravity took my mind off the stupid people in the article I read, if only for a moment.
I'll be back tomorrow with another I did it report-- bet you're on the edge of your seats for that one! ;-)
Today's yoga was infused with a bit of extra energy. I read an article that INFURIATED me. I wrote about it, which calmed me down, but I was still mad when I did the yoga. I'm still mad even now. But Meghan (the oh so cute, I wanna be a princess just like her when I grow up) yoga chick says in the PM video, "Can't think about anything else (when you're trying to balance)", and ya know, she's right. I about fell over a couple of times today because I have the balance of a two year old. Fighting gravity took my mind off the stupid people in the article I read, if only for a moment.
I'll be back tomorrow with another I did it report-- bet you're on the edge of your seats for that one! ;-)
Monday, 29 August 2011
Day 15 - Dear Yoga, I'm Back
Wow, epic fail. I knew this challenge would be more difficult than the last one, but I never expected to skip three days in a row. Or was it four? I lost count.
I can't say what happened or why. I don't know. I think the trouble started when I decided not to post every day that I'd met my challenge. I mean really, who wants to read, I did it again! every day? And you know what? That was the first day I didn't do yoga. Then two more days followed (or was it three?).
But, I'm back. This being Monday, and I'm feeling pretty decent, and trying hard again to do what I need to do everyday and not get discouraged (blah, blah, blah), I jumped back on the challenge bandwagon. I did yoga and I'm here to blog about it.
Which is your unfortunate fate. It appears as if an important aspect of this challenge for me is to check in daily and say, I did it again! Yippee, just what you want to read.
I think I need to go back and watch that TED video again. I think I need a refresher course on why I'm doing this and to be inspired again. I'm definitely not tired of the challenge, but maybe I've lost sight of why I wanted so badly to be a part of this.
Ok, hope everyone's challenges are going well. Happy Monday!
I can't say what happened or why. I don't know. I think the trouble started when I decided not to post every day that I'd met my challenge. I mean really, who wants to read, I did it again! every day? And you know what? That was the first day I didn't do yoga. Then two more days followed (or was it three?).
But, I'm back. This being Monday, and I'm feeling pretty decent, and trying hard again to do what I need to do everyday and not get discouraged (blah, blah, blah), I jumped back on the challenge bandwagon. I did yoga and I'm here to blog about it.
Which is your unfortunate fate. It appears as if an important aspect of this challenge for me is to check in daily and say, I did it again! Yippee, just what you want to read.
I think I need to go back and watch that TED video again. I think I need a refresher course on why I'm doing this and to be inspired again. I'm definitely not tired of the challenge, but maybe I've lost sight of why I wanted so badly to be a part of this.
Ok, hope everyone's challenges are going well. Happy Monday!
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