Saturday, February 14, 2009

New Resolve

My New Year's Resolutions were apparently too ambitious. I have definitely not been averaging 100 miles, 3 lifting sessions, and 3 ab workouts per week. In fact if I received a resolution report card it would be mostly Ds. The riding has been steady but closer to 60-70 miles per week and until very recently I was totally slacking off about weights and abs. I've finally started using more of the gym, however, and I have a new and more attainable cycling goal: to finish the 1000 mile challenge within 100 days of starting it. It is currently Day 76 of the challenge and I've ridden 765 miles, so I'm right on track. I can taste my victory meal already... I just need to make sure that Kyle doesn't sneak in too many marathon rides in this nice weather.

I've been doing a better job of eating regular meals, which was my other resolution, though a disturbing majority still come out of a box. I've cooked a few real and healthy meals though - baby steps I guess. One major accomplishment has been increasing my calcium intake. I can finally finish a half gallon of milk on my own before it goes bad, thanks largely to the honeynut cheerios and peanut butter that I was championing a few entries ago (Brian Regan bonus: lunch with no cleanup!) It is truly a milk miracle. If only the rest of my goals were so easy to accomplish.

The thesis doesn't help with my plan to get healthier, of course, since it means a lot of sedentary time mindlessly munching on 'brain food' and downing caffeine. Graduating is more important than being perfectly fit, however, and I need a draft to my advisor by the end of the month so it's crunch time already. Which reminds me, I should stop writing for the blog and get back to writing about Shakespeare; I need to get in a few solid hours of thesis work so that Kyle and I can enjoy our Valenhundriversary Weekend (Valentine's Day + one hundred days until the wedding + our 6 year anniversary). :-D I hope everyone else has a lovely Valentine's Day and weekend as well!

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Under the Sun, Into the Rocks

The weather this week has been gorgeous. I know spring isn't really here yet, but I can enjoy the illusion while it lasts. On Sunday I reveled in being able to play ultimate frisbee in shorts; I think I even got a little color on my face from the sun, though it was probably just windburn. I was still so excited about the weather afterwards that I hopped on my bike. I expected it to be a very short trip around the neighborhood - I just wanted to enjoy the sun while it lasted and to try out my shoes for the first time (other than that park parking lot debacle) but I was feeling energized and comfortable in the shoes so I ventured farther away and stayed out for about an hour until it started to get dark. As I rolled towards home I decided to do a brief hill workout in my neighborhood to finish off the ride. I was thinking back over the enjoyable ride and congratulating myself on avoiding any mishaps...I think you know where this is going. I prepared to stop at the bottom of the hill. I clipped out successfully. And then I leaned the wrong way. Yeah, I don't know how I managed that either. I fell away from the car-filled road, thank goodness, (which is why I always take my left foot out) but I still managed to scrape my shin on the decorative rocks in someone's front yard. Whatever happened to grass, people?

Someday I swear I will learn how to ride my bike...

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