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Fitness

Weekend Activities

September 26, 2009

So the stress I’ve been in has eased up momentarily, at least enough for me to drop 2.2 pounds. That’s a net loss of about a half pound in one week, so that’s fine by me. A healthy weight loss is about 1/2 to 2 pounds per week. I’ve also picked up my activity this [...]

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My Running Route

September 4, 2009

I was commenting over on Run 4 Change (My Angle on Weight Loss) blog about how I did three miles in thirty minutes the other day. I didn’t think this was so impressive because I didn’t have anything to measure it against. However, according to Jason, “doing your three miles in 30 minutes is major [...]

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Weekend Toils and Thrifty Finds

August 9, 2009

The last few days in the Pacific Northwest have brought a welcome break to the 100+ degree temperatures we saw recently, but it cooled down so much that it felt a bit like Fall. I don’t like that – except that with Fall comes football, and that I like. But the cooler weather is perfect [...]

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Why I love dancing and why it inspires me

August 6, 2009

Summer TV usually is stale and dry, full of re-runs or silly reality TV shows, with one exception: So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). Why? Because of the gifted, talented dancers they find on this show. This show is unlike other competitions, I think, because they really do scout out and find the top [...]

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Starting with baby steps

August 4, 2009

This is always good advice, no matter what the endeavor, but especially when it comes to exercise. This may be obvious to some, but to me, it really makes sense. Babies aren’t born being able to run a marathon or go on a 50 mile bike ride. What makes us think that as adults we [...]

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Photos from the 5k Run

July 13, 2009

Here are the pictures my daughter took from my 5K run on Saturday. What a great weekend this has been. Getting ready to go! Coming in for the finish. Check out the eagle flying overhead. Do you suppose my father was around in spirit cheering me on? (I’m the pink speck way out there.) [...]

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My First 5K Run – A Success!

July 12, 2009

I had the greatest time in this run. Wow, the energy, the people, the excitement. The one thing I didn’t expect to feel was the energy of the crowd taking off after the gun start. I just seemed to flow right along with them. I ran nearly the entire 5K with just a few pauses [...]

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Mind-blowing Mega Mileage

June 28, 2009

Boy, I’m sure racking up the mileage on my bike. I realized yesterday that I’ve only had this bicycle since March and now I’m up to over 30 miles a ride. Holy cow–considering I hadn’t ridden a bicycle in decades prior to that, I am impressing the heck out of myself. And for a 49 [...]

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My Second Bicycle – if I were rich

June 22, 2009

Check out this review of the Pashley Poppy bicycle by London Cycle Chic. My original wish when I was bicycle shopping was to have a pink bike. Except for the seat, this has the appearance of everything I wanted as far as looks go. I could so see myself as a Sarah Michelle Gellar lookalike. [...]

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Setting the bar higher

June 16, 2009

Saturday I spent the day biking with a friend. To the left is the map of our route. This is the Burke-Gilman Trail that is very popular in the Seattle area. We started up in the top right of the map (Tracy Owen Station Park), and went all the way down to where the blue [...]

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