Sunset Cat

Just a quick mention of a couple kniting podcasts that are pretty good: KnitCast, that’s been around for bit, and Cast-On, which is new. You can subscribe for free via iTunes if you have that, or just listen directly online.
KnitCast focuses on interviews with different people in the knitting world (Amy Singer of [...]

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I made a ton of progress on Mom’s Angora – that’s what knitting for 5 hours on a Sunday afternoon will do for you! Considering that she wants short sleeves, and I’m about 1/3 or more done with the front, the end is getting tantalizingly closer.
Of course, the time til Christmas is getting a [...]

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Calf issues. It’s now taking about 2 miles for my calves to finally loosen up. I have big strong calves and run on my toes/forefoot and my calves apparently don’t like it. I have some stretches to try and a recommendation to run heel/toe to try to stretch them out.
Mel and I are now doing [...]

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Wow, what a blast! My slowest 5k ever (just at 1 hr), but a heck of a lot of fun.
The Topanga Turkey Trot was my second trail run event (my first being the inaugural Chesebro half trail/ half road half marathon).
The starting elevation was about 1100 feet at Topanga State Park. It was [...]

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The Solvang Prelude was my first organized bike-only event, with a choice of a metric century, 50 mile or 25 mile courses.
The Santa Ynez Valley is one of my favorite places in California: wineries, golden rolling hills studded with oak trees, twisty scenic roads, good restaurants. Hitting all my high points! and [...]

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Obligatory knitting content: Progress continues on Mom’s Angora.
Planning on getting a lot done on it today just because it’s an overcast cloudy day (after days of bright blue skies and actually going into the water at the beach yesterday) and going to Catalina Coffee Company and drinking hot coffee and nibbling on muffins and [...]

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The organizers were letting us go in packs. Dave and I waited a little bit after we turned the first corner just in case we’d see Mel. No luck.
A nice downhill starts the course. Besides the fact I was freezing I was pretty happy. Then the climbing started.
I’m ashamed to say [...]

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This week’s been a running week. I went running with Dave (well, we started at the same/time place and ended at the same place) Wednesday a.m., then Dave, Mel and I went to the track Thursday a.m. and had some fun with intervals. Iced my shins in the Pacific afterwards — cold, clear [...]

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You know when things just click? your stride is loose, running feels easy, you’re breathing deeply, it’s a gorgeous morning?
Running is NEVER easy for me.
This morning, those two running intervals on the Strand were beautiful.
Mel, bless her heart, didn’t scream or curse at me when I took off at what her Timex GPS/bodylink system [...]

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Hubby Dave was gone for a few days (he’s back now) so Friday night was girl’s night out with my friends Mel and Arlene and their friend Allison — drinking wine at Friends of the Vine, chatting, snacking on cheese and crackers. One of Mel’s friends, a lovely Indian woman, whose name I didn’t [...]

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