Sunset Cat

Dave & I had a local carpenter build us bookcases & a window seat/chest around our dining room window. Guess what the window seat will store? yes! stash overflow from my cedar chest. And my knitting library will take up at least one of those shelves. We’re going to paint [...]

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Did a painful ~5.5 mile run/walk today. My calves (which were the only tight muscles post-tri) were still painfully tight for about 2/3 of today’s run/walk. Ouch.
Swimming class starts tonight!
Dave and I are planning on biking the Strand tomorrow morning. We’ll start at RAT beach (Right After Torrance) and bike north through [...]

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Woo Hoo!
I did it! Granted, very slowly, but I finished (and thankfully wasn’t last). I don’t even know my times — I didn’t check afterwards on the printout and it’s not yet posted on line. Trust me, I’ve lots of room for improvement. (NOTE: I started writing this June 27th [...]

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I’ve completed 2 marathons (LA 2001 a weekend or two before getting married, Suzuki Rock N Roll San Diego 2003), 4 half marathons (Pacific Shoreline twice, Long Beach once, Great Race of Agoura Road/Trail once (my longest & hardest, involving lots of pain, dehydration, and bloodletting (my own)), and too numerous to list 10ks and [...]

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Yesterday Dave and I went for a good ride — medium (distance) slow (pace) easy (intensity) for him (he says he didn’t even break a sweat), long medium medium/hard for me (longest ride I’ve done since I biked in Italy after gettting out of the Army in ‘93). Okay, so it was only 24 [...]

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My husband just commented that I’m not allowed to START any more projects until I FINISH my UFO’s. (This was brought on by yesterday’s buying spree (Noro Lily at 1/2 off for Annie’s Corset!) as well as my perusal of the Viking Chicken hat just now (Look, honey! wouldn’t that be cute for [...]

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One of the nice things about making a big training goal is that, if you enjoy plotting, planning, researching etc then you’ll keep yourself happily busy for a bit of time.
I’ve always been really good at making initial plans, doing the necessary background research, organizing, etc. Worked when I was in the Army, works [...]

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So far training this week has gone well overall.
Running (well, run/walking, alternate a la Galloway) on Monday and today, biking yesterday (going SO well until my rear tire flat that we couldn’t patch), gym planned for tomorrow, long bike Saturday, long run/walk Sunday. I’m trying to figure out a training schedule incorporating periodization to [...]

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I couldn’t pass it up. On eBay, someone was selling via Buy It Now the book (This Morning Woolcraft) that includes Starmore’s Marina cardigan pattern and the yarn needed to knit it for an awesome price. Just the yarn would’ve cost more than the Buy It Now price, if I’d had to [...]

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I’ve added to my Blogrolling list. Blogrolling, for those of you who don’t know, is a way of listing blogs or other webpages on your site without having to change your site coding everytime you want to add a new site.
I link to sites for a variety of reasons. Some I just enjoy [...]

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