Sad. It's actually been over two weeks since I moved. Shame on me! To be fair, I've been out of town and doing lots of worky thingys and kind of didn't have time. Still, I should probably have found some time, cuz it only takes three seconds to get out of the habit and so much longer to get back into it.
I am pleased to say, however, that I DID move this weekend - Sarah and Angie were in town for my birthday (yahoo!!) and we went on a legit hike. Well, not Dave-legit, but most other people legit. It was slow but steady uphill 1 1/2 hours and then back down; we're estimating around 6 miles, but it for sure could have been more or less. All I know is that when we were done we were tired and muddy and I felt SO much better than I had in weeks.
And! For the first time in over two weeks, I actually had time to bike to work! Yay!
So: 2/21/09 = 6 mile hike
2/23/09 = 8.3 mile bike
Monday
Saturday
technically 02.07.09
I am POOPED, but if I don't document this now I may forget to and I am too damn proud of myself to not document it:
On Thursday I biked my Carp route backwards in the rain. Not literally backwards, obviously - I just mean I started in Carp rather than in IV. It was pouring the entire time, took a full hour for me to regain feeling in my feet afterwords (no exageration, it was legitimately frightening), and I averaged something like 14.5 mph, which is ridiculously normal considering the circumstances.
01.05.09: total miles biked = 50.36
Booyah.
On Thursday I biked my Carp route backwards in the rain. Not literally backwards, obviously - I just mean I started in Carp rather than in IV. It was pouring the entire time, took a full hour for me to regain feeling in my feet afterwords (no exageration, it was legitimately frightening), and I averaged something like 14.5 mph, which is ridiculously normal considering the circumstances.
01.05.09: total miles biked = 50.36
Booyah.
Tuesday
02.03.09
This month sucks. I need Hermione's turn-back-time doo-hickey from Harry Potter, there are not currently enough hours in the day.
So after my non-biking weekend that was supposed to be bike-FILLED, I decided that it was NECESSARY that I bike to work this week. Which I have done. And while it is good that I have been riding, I'm thinking maybe the powers that be are trying to tell me something:
1. Yesterday's bike ride was uneventful except that as I was leaving the house in the morning I noticed that the front of my rear bike light had fallen off. It still worked so I didn't worry too much about it. There's daylight in the morning.
Then I got back to my bike in the evening after it was dark and a new piece was missing from my bike light - the battery. Which mean that I no longer have front OR rear bike lights. Pretty much my mother's nightmare.
I then called her and told her that my birthday present should be bike lights, for my safety and her sanity.
2. On the way to work this morning I fell. I was moving from the street onto the sidewalk to avoid a large number of angry about-to-get-on-the-405 cars and I moved over to get onto the sidewalk and there was a little lip in the pavement and my wheel got caught in the groove and down I went. I fell away from traffic and I wasn't moving fast, but I also haven't fallen off of a bike in awhile, so it was kind of lame. I have a nice battle wound on my right side-thigh. Yummy.
Tomorrow I have to drive to work because it's SB day, but I'm taking my bike with me, staying at Kristen's tomorrow night, and doing an SB ride on Thursday morning before heading back to LA. Maybe not the smartest decision time-wise (as I don't HAVE any time) but I've been craving a Carp ride so screw it, sometimes you just have to itch a scratch. Scratch an itch?
02/02/09: 8.3 m bike
02/03/09: 8.3 m bike
So after my non-biking weekend that was supposed to be bike-FILLED, I decided that it was NECESSARY that I bike to work this week. Which I have done. And while it is good that I have been riding, I'm thinking maybe the powers that be are trying to tell me something:
1. Yesterday's bike ride was uneventful except that as I was leaving the house in the morning I noticed that the front of my rear bike light had fallen off. It still worked so I didn't worry too much about it. There's daylight in the morning.
Then I got back to my bike in the evening after it was dark and a new piece was missing from my bike light - the battery. Which mean that I no longer have front OR rear bike lights. Pretty much my mother's nightmare.
I then called her and told her that my birthday present should be bike lights, for my safety and her sanity.
2. On the way to work this morning I fell. I was moving from the street onto the sidewalk to avoid a large number of angry about-to-get-on-the-405 cars and I moved over to get onto the sidewalk and there was a little lip in the pavement and my wheel got caught in the groove and down I went. I fell away from traffic and I wasn't moving fast, but I also haven't fallen off of a bike in awhile, so it was kind of lame. I have a nice battle wound on my right side-thigh. Yummy.
Tomorrow I have to drive to work because it's SB day, but I'm taking my bike with me, staying at Kristen's tomorrow night, and doing an SB ride on Thursday morning before heading back to LA. Maybe not the smartest decision time-wise (as I don't HAVE any time) but I've been craving a Carp ride so screw it, sometimes you just have to itch a scratch. Scratch an itch?
02/02/09: 8.3 m bike
02/03/09: 8.3 m bike
Saturday
01.31.09
So I woke up this morning and realized that I'd planned to meet up with a friend RIGHT SMACK DAB in the middle of my Saturday-bike-ride opportunity so I went on a run instead. It was less than satisfying. First un-fulfilling run I've had in awhile. And just to mock me, I was passed on the corner of Riverside and Fulton by a group bike ride. Sigh.
Total: 3.0 mile run
Total: 3.0 mile run
Friday
01.30.09
Whew! So I DID, as promised, go on an actual factual bike ride today; Riverside to Woodman, Woodman to the Orange Line, Orange Line (which is a busway and has a bike lane next to it) to Balboa, Balboa to Roscoe, Roscoe to Reseda, Reseda to Victory, Victory around Balboa Park and back along the busway/Orange Line home. And all before noon.
I also biked into the office for a bit, so that puts me at an almost legit amount of ride time for the first time in a loooong time.
Total ride time: 33-ish miles, bike (24.96 - I kid you not, short by .04 miles - in the morning, and my normal 8.3 work commute)
I also biked into the office for a bit, so that puts me at an almost legit amount of ride time for the first time in a loooong time.
Total ride time: 33-ish miles, bike (24.96 - I kid you not, short by .04 miles - in the morning, and my normal 8.3 work commute)
Thursday
01.29.09
Morning run prior to dealing with my day. Nothing yesterday, I got home rather later than I usually do from Santa Barbara.
I feel like I've been half-assing things all week. I HATE feeling like that.
Tomorrow I'm going on a bike ride, dammit.
total: 3.0 m run (yes, a full 3, because I ran the extra short block to the corner of Coldwater and Riverside and back)
I feel like I've been half-assing things all week. I HATE feeling like that.
Tomorrow I'm going on a bike ride, dammit.
total: 3.0 m run (yes, a full 3, because I ran the extra short block to the corner of Coldwater and Riverside and back)
Tuesday
still 01.27.09
I just ran almost four miles! And could have run farther!
It felt good.
I also made a decision. A decision I don't plan to tell anyone about. A decision I hope to maintain without telling anyone.
total movement: 3.87 mile run
It felt good.
I also made a decision. A decision I don't plan to tell anyone about. A decision I hope to maintain without telling anyone.
total movement: 3.87 mile run
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