February 2012
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I am itching for a lunch time run. Slightly concerned about the results it will have on my hair & make-up since I’m going straight out to dinner post-work, but pretty sure the results on my mood & stress level will more than balance that out.
Fingers crossed I get a break in the report workflow midday & the Boston weather cooperates.
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Where can I get cute, fun (and potentially neon?) knee socks on the cheap?
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Yesterday’s 5 mile run was my longest since the marathon. That’s 14 weeks. It was great to finally get a run in long enough that I hit a groove; I hit that place where your body is moving along and your mind frees up. It was a good feeling.
I’m not ready to trumpet being fully back in the saddle yet, but I am feeling ready to tackle spring race training, which conveniently...
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“Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.”
– Tyron Edwards (via thefameofhealthandfitness)
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Busy season at work is trying to prevent me from working out, but I will prevail. I have also never needed as good sweat sessions as much as I do now*.
(*exaggeration, yes. But I really really wanna get my sweat on.)
Chia Seeds vs Whey Protein?
Discuss.
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Dear little MacBook,
We had a good run. Thanks for the last 5 years. I’m gonna miss you.
Love, Danielle
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Sweat > Coffee
Lunch workout has left me feeling more alive, awake, enthusiastic* than any midday coffee has lately.
(*Fun fact: One of my favorite Girl Scout songs, especially at camp breakfast.)
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Weekend Recap
I feel so close to kicking this flemy-gross-ness, sooo close. Everyone’s weekend long running posts make me miss the road. Training this spring is going to be good.
I spent my weekend away from the computer, since I spend 99% of my work life staring at screens. Here’s what I did instead:
Wine tasting & (omg) so much Greek food at church social
Meeting with priest about wedding...
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“You can’t derail a lifestyle, only a diet.”
– me, circa April 2010
Flasback Friday, Brenna Style.
Dear former Danielle from 21 months and lost/gained 10lbs ago,
You are smart. I will follow your advice.
Love, Back-at-it-AGAIN Danielle
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WTFU time
Sometimes you gotta write it down to get it out of your head. Writing is my thinking space.
Just signed the contract for Planet Fitness membership.
Nick’s first reaction was, “OMG, now we can GTL!!” Which quickly transitioned into, “Well, clearly we need Jersey-worthy nicknames.”
Now, who wants to show me how to properly lift heavy shit?
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The Gym, The Studio, or The Wild?
So, wonderful Tumblr fitness, health & all around badass athlete community, I need your thoughts & opinions.
The Wild: I like to run outside. I like using my feet to explore streets and trails, both close to home and unfamiliar. This is a fitness environment I will never give up. I got healthy so I could explore the wild.
The Studio: I really like the new yoga studio I’ve been...
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Plan to succeed.
When I’m frustrated, I plan. When I’m overwhelmed, I plan. When I’m excited, I plan.
No running until chest cold is completely gone. Then, back to speed work & prepping the base for half training.
Exercises that I WILL do while fighting off this body-icky: yoga, kettlebells, pilates. You can still build muscles, Danielle, without lung-buring cold-air cardio.
Hit 100% of...
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Feeling discouraged by this nagging, unending cold thing. Headaches, sniffles, lungs that burn when I run, feeling tired all the time. It just keeps coming back. Get mostly better, get sick. Get mostly better, get sick. I’m over it. So way beyond over it. I will take 4 feet of snow and healthy lungs over this bullshit.
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Working for those (GOYA)wings.
3 miles in 31:34. My lungs are burning and I felt like I just could not get enough oxygen. But, I am not one bit sore from skiing last night. I plan to consume back all those burned calories in NH/MA beer and GOYAWINGS.
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Slept in until 9 and still in my pjs.
I had originally planned to get up for 9:30 yoga at the studio, but after a late night of so much laughing I decided what my body has really needed all week was sleep.
And this morning I am thankful for it. We are puppy-free for 72 hours as he’s at his “grandparents” house, which means it’s extra quiet and peaceful this morning. I have felt fatigued and kind of on edge all...
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A previously grumpy happylist.
Things that have helped lift my gloomy cloud in the last 4 hours:
Save the Date previews round 2
Really long emails with old friends far away
Getting shit done
Shoe window shopping
French fries a la Kate
Bitching about stupid things with Kate
Things that will happen in the next 48 hours that are helping me get through:
Groceries (mmm new food)
A run with friends and Rocky (the puppy)
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First Speed Work Results!
I ended up downloading and using an app called Ultrachron Lite. It was free, but more importantly, it lets you use the hardware buttons (volume up & down) on your phone to mark the laps. No fussing with the touch screen while “sprinting.” It also lets you email yourself the timing stats when you’re done.
I also ended up using my neighborhood streets instead of driving to a...
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January 2012
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Suggestions for App?
Anyone have suggestions for an app (or methodology) that could help with timing for tonight’s 400m repeats? I have a HIIT timer app, but that’s not quite what I need. Ideally, I would have a coach stand and time me, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen tonight. I may also not be able to use a track and have to do roughly quarter-mile repeats up and down my street.
Edit:...
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Eggs
Everyone is posting their morning egg pictures and I am super jealous. If there was a diner within walking distance I would be over there so fast right now ordering an omlet (or, you know, if I was anywhere near my kitchen). My oatmeal this morning is just NOT cutting.
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“That’s your knees farting!”
– Nick on the quasi-scary popping noise my knees made during squats.
(Squats I did with lunges and camel pose to squeeze in workout #23 this month.)
All joking aside — are my knees broken/breaking???
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WatchMotivation Monday: “don’t complain and work hard.”
Brandon Adam — retired US military, Iraq War veteran, lost his legs to an IED in 2007. Competes in mono-ski at Winter X-Games. (Side note: watching mono-ski was significantly more OMG! nerve wracking than any other WXG event.)
BAMF if I ever saw one.
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Diet Coke
Always tastes good going down. Always makes my tummy upset.
Will I ever learn?
(Also, just not the same without rum in it.)
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The Marilyn Meme →
Excuse me for beating a dead horse, but I think this message bears repeating (yet again): “I want very much for us to stop thinking that there is only one body type that is acceptable.”
by Heather Comarty (orignally posted at Shameless) (emphasis added)
For some reason, though, this photo troubles and angers me more than the first one does. Because here’s the thing: you are...
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I need a sanity break. I need a run.
Too much sickness around me. Too many things I can’t control.
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"From 220lbs to Marathon Monday" →
Not a Tumblr, but she’s my friend Kate’s training partner for Boston and she seems right up our crazy little alley.
So if you feel like you don’t get enough snot posts from Brenna or silly pictures from ShortMom/Moxy, check her out.