One bummer about leaving my phone at home when I go running? No post-run selfies.
The next Apple Watch I buy needs to have a front-facing camera. Just sayin’.
Category Archives: running
nobody gonna break my stride
Twitter Update: Running
Yesterday, over my lunch break, I went on a run for the first time in a Very Long Time. It was slow and ugly, but I got it done, and I can only get stronger from here.
Somehow, despite yesterday’s ankle, knee, and back pain — today I feel better than I have in a Very Long Time.
Cross-Country
My son will sometimes pretend he’s The Flash, or Sonic the Hedgehog. He loves to run.
So, when I learned that our school district was hosting an Elementary Cross-Country Series, I knew I had to sign him up.
Unfortunately, we had to miss the first meet of the three-meet series because that was the day Connor had his annual checkup and flu shot — firstly, I couldn’t justify both coming in late to work for his appointment and leaving early for his cross-country meet; and secondly, he was hobbling around all day on his flu shot leg, so having his first-ever race on a bum leg would not have been a good experience.
I brought my “good” camera with me to capture Connor’s first-ever actual race, the second meet of the series.
Running Again
I stopped logging my workouts on Daily Mile a couple months back. Fitbit syncs with Weight Watchers eTools, so I decided I’d just log everything there. The downside to ditching Daily Mile is Fitbit’s lack of any sort of feedback or commenting on logged workouts — i.e. I no longer really have an exercise journal anymore.
Well, it just so happens that I have my own online journal. Nyah.
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Twitter Update: Promised myself I’d go for a birthday run. Better…
Promised myself I’d go for a birthday run. Better get out there before it rains. #ThisIsBeing40