Top 5 Tips to Staying Injury-Free
1. Run every other day, or 3 times a week (this is what I did for AF Marathon - speedwork, strength work, and running long)
2. Cross-Train
3. Muscular Strength and Flexibility
4. Diet
5. Sleep
You can read the full details here.
Of course, this doesn't speak to the importance of staying mentally healthy. I recommend beer and good running peeps.
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Running Randoms
Big Happy Birthday to my friend Katie! I almost didn't make it to fragments (again, what's up with that?), but I knew she'd be super disappointed if I didn't make a fragment post, and I couldn't let her down on her birthday.
Yankees are off to a nice start this year - red sox, not so much :)
First season series between the two starts today! I don't know who decided to make the start time 2:05 PM, but I'm already trying to scheme my way out of work so I can watch.
We're serious about the rivalry in our house.
We're hosting a couples Euchre night tomorrow. Can't wait! Partly because I love playing Euchre, and partly because it gives me a good excuse to make Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes, courtesy of Beantown Baker. They won't be nearly as pretty as hers, but I hope they'll still be tasty.
We don't need to talk about how much cookie dough I ate last night.
I've decided that my least favorite household task is unloading the dishwasher. I think that the best part of Charlie working from home is that he does 99% of the unloading.
Part of what I hate is that the tupperware and small Charlie cups always flip upside down and fill up with water. I hate getting my hands wet.
Remember Vince from Slapchop? He's being sued in a "Love Slave Scandal." Guess she didn't love his nuts.
Don't remember Vince? Check out my favorite remix.
We are three weeks and two days away from the Flying Pig Marathon! We have our last long run tomorrow, the second 20-miler. After that, we taper things off and have a nice, relaxing week leading up to the big race. The schedule even suggests that we get a massage. Lucky for me, my mom is a massage therapist.
You know what's annoying? When someone gives you a document and asks you to make edits and "pretty it up" a little bit, and you spend several hours re-designing it to match up with currently acceptable standards, and then you hand it back to them, get to a conference the next day, and they didn't use ANY of your suggestions. Even worse when your #1 suggestion was to GET RID OF THE GIANT BOLD RED COMIC SANS FONT.
Hey, 2001 called - GeoCities wants their template back.
I'm SO GLAD it's Friday! Have a great weekend!
Yankees are off to a nice start this year - red sox, not so much :)
First season series between the two starts today! I don't know who decided to make the start time 2:05 PM, but I'm already trying to scheme my way out of work so I can watch.
We're serious about the rivalry in our house.
We're hosting a couples Euchre night tomorrow. Can't wait! Partly because I love playing Euchre, and partly because it gives me a good excuse to make Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes, courtesy of Beantown Baker. They won't be nearly as pretty as hers, but I hope they'll still be tasty.
We don't need to talk about how much cookie dough I ate last night.
I've decided that my least favorite household task is unloading the dishwasher. I think that the best part of Charlie working from home is that he does 99% of the unloading.
Part of what I hate is that the tupperware and small Charlie cups always flip upside down and fill up with water. I hate getting my hands wet.
Remember Vince from Slapchop? He's being sued in a "Love Slave Scandal." Guess she didn't love his nuts.
Don't remember Vince? Check out my favorite remix.
We are three weeks and two days away from the Flying Pig Marathon! We have our last long run tomorrow, the second 20-miler. After that, we taper things off and have a nice, relaxing week leading up to the big race. The schedule even suggests that we get a massage. Lucky for me, my mom is a massage therapist.
You know what's annoying? When someone gives you a document and asks you to make edits and "pretty it up" a little bit, and you spend several hours re-designing it to match up with currently acceptable standards, and then you hand it back to them, get to a conference the next day, and they didn't use ANY of your suggestions. Even worse when your #1 suggestion was to GET RID OF THE GIANT BOLD RED COMIC SANS FONT.
Hey, 2001 called - GeoCities wants their template back.
I'm SO GLAD it's Friday! Have a great weekend!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Running Randoms
I have to go and buy a new pair of running shoes at lunch today. I'm really annoyed, because I was hoping the pair I bought in January would carry me through the Flying Pig (I wanted to start running with minimalist shoes after the big race). I guess 500 miles was a little too optimistic, as we're sitting at 330+ and they're starting to lose their cushiness. Now I'm kicking myself for not snatching up a pair when they were on clearance in February, because I can't find them in my size anywhere :(
Secret Confession: A tiny part of me is almost happy that I can't find them anywhere, because they're kind of fugly. Maybe I can get ones that look a little better.
Did you hear about the Bronx Zoo Cobra that escaped her enclosure? Luckily (for the zoo visitors), they found it yesterday, but the resulting Bronx Zoo Cobra Twitter feed was pretty awesome.
My favorite Tweet:
Have you heard about the McRunner? He ate nothing but McDs for 30 days leading up to the LA Marathon. The thought of that makes my stomach turn, but he ended up running the race in 2:36, which is just under a 6 minute/mile pace. I would be puking for days.
Today is April Fool's Day. I hate April Fool's Day, always having to second guess the real intention behind offerings and announcements of happy or sad news. My co-worker is a big fan of the "holiday," though, so I'm on my guard.
Speaking of happy news, I'm going to be an aunt (again)! My little brother (who I guess isn't so little anymore, as we're all grown up now) and his girlfriend are expecting a baby in December.
New evidence on how High Fructose Corn Syrup really does affect the body in a different way than sugar. Interesting stuff. Read the full journal article or check out the quick summary on Consumerist.
If you missed it, I'm starting a 30 Day Song Challenge on my blog this Monday. Come join in!
Happy Friday!
Secret Confession: A tiny part of me is almost happy that I can't find them anywhere, because they're kind of fugly. Maybe I can get ones that look a little better.
Did you hear about the Bronx Zoo Cobra that escaped her enclosure? Luckily (for the zoo visitors), they found it yesterday, but the resulting Bronx Zoo Cobra Twitter feed was pretty awesome.
My favorite Tweet:
BronxZoosCobra
Got a bagel at H & H Bagels on upper west side. When I ordered I said, "I'll have the snakes on a PLAIN." He did not laugh. Tough crowd.
Have you heard about the McRunner? He ate nothing but McDs for 30 days leading up to the LA Marathon. The thought of that makes my stomach turn, but he ended up running the race in 2:36, which is just under a 6 minute/mile pace. I would be puking for days.
Today is April Fool's Day. I hate April Fool's Day, always having to second guess the real intention behind offerings and announcements of happy or sad news. My co-worker is a big fan of the "holiday," though, so I'm on my guard.
Speaking of happy news, I'm going to be an aunt (again)! My little brother (who I guess isn't so little anymore, as we're all grown up now) and his girlfriend are expecting a baby in December.
New evidence on how High Fructose Corn Syrup really does affect the body in a different way than sugar. Interesting stuff. Read the full journal article or check out the quick summary on Consumerist.
If you missed it, I'm starting a 30 Day Song Challenge on my blog this Monday. Come join in!
Happy Friday!
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