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
Saturday
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
01.27.09
It's gotten chilly in the Valley! Not that LA ever gets THAT cold, but I was wearing my long warmers and my jacket biking to work yesterday and I was still kind of cold. I even broke out my long-fingered gloves! Maybe I'm just a wimp. Either way,
1/26/09 - 8.3 m bike
Today I have to drive to San Diego and back for work, which probably means I won't get home until 9 or 10 pm. Seeing as how I have to spend my Wednesday in a car as well, I'm hoping I have the motivation to go on a run tonight.
Either way, I have decided that I am no-excuses-valid going on a REAL bike ride on Friday and maybe Saturday too. When you arrive home from work and wish you could keep on biking past your apt, even WITH your laptop on your back, you know it's time to get a legit ride in.
1/26/09 - 8.3 m bike
Today I have to drive to San Diego and back for work, which probably means I won't get home until 9 or 10 pm. Seeing as how I have to spend my Wednesday in a car as well, I'm hoping I have the motivation to go on a run tonight.
Either way, I have decided that I am no-excuses-valid going on a REAL bike ride on Friday and maybe Saturday too. When you arrive home from work and wish you could keep on biking past your apt, even WITH your laptop on your back, you know it's time to get a legit ride in.
Sunday
01.25.09
You know those days where you get back into bed in the middle of the afternoon with your jeans still on? It's one of those days. I'm feeling lazy.
Biking to work on Friday was an unpleasant experience. I knew it was drippy out, but I thought it was just a little bit drippy. About halfway to work it went from 'a little bit drippy' to 'quite drip-droppy'. I had worn my full-leg biking pants too and had NOT brought a 'normal' pair of pants to change into, so I spent the afternoon in damp biking pants. As I said, unpleasant.
total biked 1/23/09: 8.3 m
I had a board meeting this weekend, so there was no movement to be had. Hopefully I'll work on that in this coming week. I really want to try and get out on an ALC training ride, but I have an odd aversion to driving to a meeting point and THEN riding, so I've been waiting to hear about something happening in my corner of the world. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself.
Biking to work on Friday was an unpleasant experience. I knew it was drippy out, but I thought it was just a little bit drippy. About halfway to work it went from 'a little bit drippy' to 'quite drip-droppy'. I had worn my full-leg biking pants too and had NOT brought a 'normal' pair of pants to change into, so I spent the afternoon in damp biking pants. As I said, unpleasant.
total biked 1/23/09: 8.3 m
I had a board meeting this weekend, so there was no movement to be had. Hopefully I'll work on that in this coming week. I really want to try and get out on an ALC training ride, but I have an odd aversion to driving to a meeting point and THEN riding, so I've been waiting to hear about something happening in my corner of the world. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself.
Thursday
01.22.09
Well. We officially have a new president. Let's see what he can make of this mess. I've got confidence in this one, but people have said that before. I'm proceeding cautiously with my inside-fuzzy-feeling.
I spent this past weekend in Santa Rosa at Camp Newman, helping my regional board run West Coast Party Jr. This means that I did not have a chance to move until last night. It's been kind of cold and drippy down here in SoCal, which I'm not complaining about - it makes for a much more pleasant run. And then I biked to work today.
Someday soon I'm going to have to break out of my 2.87 mile run/8.3 mile roundtrip bike to and from work, or I will be sorely (literally) unprepared to ride 545 miles in June. Maybe I SHOULD join a gym.
Wed. Jan 21st: 2.87 m run
Today thusfar: half of an 8.3 m bike work commute
I spent this past weekend in Santa Rosa at Camp Newman, helping my regional board run West Coast Party Jr. This means that I did not have a chance to move until last night. It's been kind of cold and drippy down here in SoCal, which I'm not complaining about - it makes for a much more pleasant run. And then I biked to work today.
Someday soon I'm going to have to break out of my 2.87 mile run/8.3 mile roundtrip bike to and from work, or I will be sorely (literally) unprepared to ride 545 miles in June. Maybe I SHOULD join a gym.
Wed. Jan 21st: 2.87 m run
Today thusfar: half of an 8.3 m bike work commute
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