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What the hell I do in the weight room for an hour
Last week when posted my workout log, commenter Jess asked about my strength training routine. Let’s all go ahead and thank her for providing some blog fodder. Otherwise I probably would have subjected...
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Simple solutions to trivial issues
I wanted to have a serious discussion about strength training efficiency, and you guys just mostly wanted to talk about fruit flies. But that’s okay, because thanks to your advice, my kitchen is fly...
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Fire hydrant fury
I missed yesterday’s track workout. About an hour before I was supposed to leave, I started feeling migraine-y and if there is one thing I don’t mess with, it’s migraines. Instead of running, I...
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Toe striking is dangerous
I am not talking about running form. Ha, fooled you! No, I am talking about literally striking my toe. With a spiky shovel, while trying to uproot a weed like this one. (That is a six-foot fence.) I’m...
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Triple crown
This is really stupid, but I spent most of the last two weeks freaking out about my dentist appointment. It had been…a while. Two years maybe? Not nearly as bad as the time I let it go 5+ years, but...
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Time to start running again…like, for real
Someone else is going to have to deal with getting the turkey in the oven this year. On Thanksgiving morning, I’ll be running the Atlanta Half Marathon. Lots of hills, lots of turns, lots of Jelly...
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So hot right now
From my twentysomething years in Los Angeles, I can recall on one hand the number of times I spotted a celebrity: - Michael Richards (aka Kramer) at a pizza place in Santa Monica (the hair…hard to miss...
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On adjusting expectations
Um. One week from tomorrow, I am running a half marathon. If it hasn’t been obvious from my (sporadic) posts – which have been either vaguely mopey or awkwardly lacking on the topic – the “plan” has...
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This started today. (Well, technically yesterday.)
Holy hell. How is it already time to start thinking about a spring race? Um, it’s 18 weeks until April 15? Are we sure about that? [I should probably preface this post by saying that I have never...
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Up the (fake) creek
So the rowing machine at my gym is a piece of shit. That’s not a commentary on the facility’s condition generally. I go to an L.A. Fitness that is pristine by big-box gym standards: it’s bright and...
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