Where I grew up, winters are mild. Schools, restaurants, and workplaces are not outfitted to accommodate the shedding of winter clothes. Because of this, I don’t think I was alone in my tendency to underdress for the weather: it made more sense to suffer a few minutes of cold to make the dash from the … Continue reading Dressing for the weather
I considered titling this “Bundle to make things suck less.” It’s a more honest title. I ultimately flipped it, though, to put emphasis on the positive, since that’s the goal with bundling: to have a good experience with something you don’t want to do. I run for exercise. It’s efficient, effective, and super low maintenance. … Continue reading Bundle for happiness
I leave Thursday morning for my annual Girls’ Weekend. Last week, I ended my workweek with a pile of stuff I wanted to get to but ran out of time for. Now I’ve got a three-day workweek with that pile of leftovers from last week, plus all the work of a new week, and there’s … Continue reading Cramming
As I lay down in bed last night, I knew I didn’t want to exercise first thing in the morning. I’m bored of my workout routine, and also, I didn’t have a blog post queued up for today. I had already laid out my workout clothes, and I went to sleep knowing I’d put them … Continue reading I skipped my morning workout
What matters now is the sun. It is out, is is warm, it is shining on the days and I want to walk in it. As I age, running hurts. It hurts my joints, it hurts my shins, it hurts my lungs and my throat. Likewise, exercise DVDs – the Jillian Michaels workouts that got … Continue reading What matters now
I was planning to run my first bike/run combo today, which is called a “brick” in triathlon lingo, because your legs feel like bricks when you try to run after riding a bike. But when I checked the forecast yesterday, it called for thunderstorms all day today, with an extra special treat of severe weather … Continue reading ¿Come se dice “kickass” en español?
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