So another year, another (my second!) Army 10-Miler. I'm so proud to say that Kathleen and I took 10 minutes off our last 10-Miler time! I'm not a super fast runner, and I do take walking breaks, but I'm just really happy with that time. It makes me feel a bit more confident especially since I really did no training more than running like, 3 miles at a time, and only for the last few weeks. I think this will make the 1/2 marathon in January a bit more easy.
And in 3 weeks, I just have to run 6 miles for a 10K, my first ever 10K. I think that's backwards though, aren't you supposed to start with the small distances? Oops.
Yay running!
Showing posts with label trying new things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trying new things. Show all posts
Monday, October 10, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Pintrest
Today I joined Pintrest. It was just a last minute effort to fill my time up. And now....I have a problem.
I am addicted to Pintrest.
There, I said it. And the little easy button on my Google Chrome toolbar is AWESOME.
One of my first pins: HOW FREAKIN CUTE!!!!
I am addicted to Pintrest.
There, I said it. And the little easy button on my Google Chrome toolbar is AWESOME.
One of my first pins: HOW FREAKIN CUTE!!!!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
I Love Butler!
I think I'm the only person in the world who picked Butler to beat Pitt in my bracket. Was that game not ridiculous?
I was out watching the fight with MB in Eastern market at the Ugly Mug. Then we wandered down to Pour House. I haven't been feeling all that well reacently since Mike and Mike's birthday and then St. Patrick's Day. Oh St. Patrick's day. Let me just tell you, never go to Chinatown when NCAA tournament is there AND it's a national drinking holiday. It was a disaster. Then we met up with friends at a new beirgarten called Standard near U st. After that, we bounced around to Bar Pillar and Sullys and then cabbed home.
About this mixed signals thing I mentioned in the last post, I've talked it over with many people and him, and all I can say is....Oh, boys, you're so stupid. In the end, I just was honest, and he's been amazing. He even helped me pack yesterday and watched basketball with me and took me and MB out last night.
Speaking of last night, let me just describe the fucking weirdest metro ride ever. We get to Capitol South metro where this group of people are holding this girl up who is collapsing from alcohol, then the metro lady comes over and tries to save her. We go downstairs and this guy starts chatting with us, and it turns out he's their underage gay friend. He then missed his metro with the rest of his friends and metroed with us to Metro Center where he consistently asked MB to go get Jumbo Slice with him, although he's gay and was telling us about how this was his first time wearing makeup. Followed by this clown leaving, two more got on the metro and started talking with MB. She had a whole conversation with them lying, telling them she was from Canada. Then the two guys texted each other....while sitting next to each other. Ridiculous. I was so over it.
Today I went to Rosslyn and ate my first Dim Sum. Well maybe not, but they brought it around on carts and it was such a delicious brunch. And I really liked the company.
Tomorrow is moving day for me and Zig. I.am.nervous. And obviously excited. I love living alone, but I know that this will be fine and very fun. Sigh, ok, here we go.
I was out watching the fight with MB in Eastern market at the Ugly Mug. Then we wandered down to Pour House. I haven't been feeling all that well reacently since Mike and Mike's birthday and then St. Patrick's Day. Oh St. Patrick's day. Let me just tell you, never go to Chinatown when NCAA tournament is there AND it's a national drinking holiday. It was a disaster. Then we met up with friends at a new beirgarten called Standard near U st. After that, we bounced around to Bar Pillar and Sullys and then cabbed home.
About this mixed signals thing I mentioned in the last post, I've talked it over with many people and him, and all I can say is....Oh, boys, you're so stupid. In the end, I just was honest, and he's been amazing. He even helped me pack yesterday and watched basketball with me and took me and MB out last night.
Speaking of last night, let me just describe the fucking weirdest metro ride ever. We get to Capitol South metro where this group of people are holding this girl up who is collapsing from alcohol, then the metro lady comes over and tries to save her. We go downstairs and this guy starts chatting with us, and it turns out he's their underage gay friend. He then missed his metro with the rest of his friends and metroed with us to Metro Center where he consistently asked MB to go get Jumbo Slice with him, although he's gay and was telling us about how this was his first time wearing makeup. Followed by this clown leaving, two more got on the metro and started talking with MB. She had a whole conversation with them lying, telling them she was from Canada. Then the two guys texted each other....while sitting next to each other. Ridiculous. I was so over it.
Today I went to Rosslyn and ate my first Dim Sum. Well maybe not, but they brought it around on carts and it was such a delicious brunch. And I really liked the company.
Tomorrow is moving day for me and Zig. I.am.nervous. And obviously excited. I love living alone, but I know that this will be fine and very fun. Sigh, ok, here we go.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
He Just Ka-Kawed At Her!
Last night katmcd and I went to Eastern Market for dinner at Banana Cafe and then to Molly Malone's. Eastern Market is an interesting phenomenon. Every time I go there I have a different experience. Last night we were standing when the bartender just looks at katmcd and says, you, sit there. So, we sat down. Then she was nice enough to give me a ride home. I was in bed at 9:30pm, and slept until 9am. Oh it was so lovely.
Today I've already been super busy, running a ton of errands and I'm feeling pretty good. I just have a few more things to do, and then I'll be hitting the gym.
Tonight, is BLAKE GRIFFIN NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Game's at 7, and I'm thinking it will be a great night. I hope.
Today I've already been super busy, running a ton of errands and I'm feeling pretty good. I just have a few more things to do, and then I'll be hitting the gym.
Tonight, is BLAKE GRIFFIN NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Game's at 7, and I'm thinking it will be a great night. I hope.
Friday, February 4, 2011
So Now I Get Dates on the Metro?
Last night was quite possibly the best Thursday that I've had in months. MB and I had plans to go to the DC Auto Show and see Randy Orton.
GOOD LORD THAT MAN IS HOT. He is as hot in person as he is on tv. I realize that someone like him would never ever want anybody like me, and I would really not ever want to be with someone like him. But goodness, I'm going to keep on looking.
After walking around for a bit, checking out cars and people-watching, we headed to Bar Louie to get these amazing S'more martinis and some dinner. The service was awkwardly slow and we decided to go to half-price pitcher night at La Tasca. Of course, sangria=happy sarg. After 2 pitchers and a fabulous time with mb, we walked to the metro. The wait for the red line was like 2 seconds, but at Metro Center, we had almost 20 minutes, but a blue line was coming. We were drunk and decided to get on and take it to Rosslyn to get a change of scenery (why? who fucking knows.) As we walked on the train, we notice the floors are really dark and there's something going on with the chairs. It looked like we had walked on to the fucking Champagne Room of the metro. Like, carpet/crushed velvet seats, and dark floors. We were mesmerized the entire ride to Rosslyn.
Once there, we drunkenly stumbled off the metro and start walking just like 10 feet to a spot with like, less people. On our way there, I almost walk into this guy, and he just kind of stops and stares, to which I respond (in true How I Met Your Mother fashion) Hi, have you met mb? We ended up chatting it up with this guy the entire wait for the orange line, and then on the metro until Courthouse when he got off. It was kind of random, like why was he taking the metro 1 stop, and why did we decide randomly to take the blue line instead of just waiting it out. Anyways, he works in Rosslyn, ironically for one of my competitors. On his way out, totally out of the blue he says, ok, Starbucks 1:30 on Monday? I blank stared for a while, and he was like, yes 1:30 Monday. Oh ok. So quite possibly on Monday I'll be meeting this guy. It was one of those very weird exchanges that I re-live and think, did that just happen?
If nothing else, even if this guy doesn't show up on Monday or we just have coffee and do nothing else, the chat last night was what I needed. It was the slap in the face that I needed to wake up and pull out of the random man coma I was in. I laughed a lot about it today.
GOOD LORD THAT MAN IS HOT. He is as hot in person as he is on tv. I realize that someone like him would never ever want anybody like me, and I would really not ever want to be with someone like him. But goodness, I'm going to keep on looking.
After walking around for a bit, checking out cars and people-watching, we headed to Bar Louie to get these amazing S'more martinis and some dinner. The service was awkwardly slow and we decided to go to half-price pitcher night at La Tasca. Of course, sangria=happy sarg. After 2 pitchers and a fabulous time with mb, we walked to the metro. The wait for the red line was like 2 seconds, but at Metro Center, we had almost 20 minutes, but a blue line was coming. We were drunk and decided to get on and take it to Rosslyn to get a change of scenery (why? who fucking knows.) As we walked on the train, we notice the floors are really dark and there's something going on with the chairs. It looked like we had walked on to the fucking Champagne Room of the metro. Like, carpet/crushed velvet seats, and dark floors. We were mesmerized the entire ride to Rosslyn.
Once there, we drunkenly stumbled off the metro and start walking just like 10 feet to a spot with like, less people. On our way there, I almost walk into this guy, and he just kind of stops and stares, to which I respond (in true How I Met Your Mother fashion) Hi, have you met mb? We ended up chatting it up with this guy the entire wait for the orange line, and then on the metro until Courthouse when he got off. It was kind of random, like why was he taking the metro 1 stop, and why did we decide randomly to take the blue line instead of just waiting it out. Anyways, he works in Rosslyn, ironically for one of my competitors. On his way out, totally out of the blue he says, ok, Starbucks 1:30 on Monday? I blank stared for a while, and he was like, yes 1:30 Monday. Oh ok. So quite possibly on Monday I'll be meeting this guy. It was one of those very weird exchanges that I re-live and think, did that just happen?
If nothing else, even if this guy doesn't show up on Monday or we just have coffee and do nothing else, the chat last night was what I needed. It was the slap in the face that I needed to wake up and pull out of the random man coma I was in. I laughed a lot about it today.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Army 10-Miler Pics
Here are pics from the Army 10-Miler that katmcd, MB, and I ran on Sunday.
Did I mention how great of a time I had or how proud I am that we did this and all got through it....and are doing another one in December??? Awesome.
Did I mention how great of a time I had or how proud I am that we did this and all got through it....and are doing another one in December??? Awesome.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Army 10-Miler
Well, I've been avoiding this post for a while, but it's probably time to divulge more about this weekend's grand event.
Katmcd, MB, and I will be doing the Army 10-Miler this Sunday. Now back in April, we had all signed up for this race and the Marine Core Run Amuck, which I talked about here and here. I have no idea what I was thinking when I signed up. Maybe I thought that I'd get into running shape and follow a real training plan. Maybe I thought I'd start to enjoy running. These things never happened.
I'm really not a runner. I never have been. I just get so bored by running, and then my knee hurts (I had full ACL reconstruction in 2005), and then I'm tired. I've been a sport-with-a-ball athlete my entire life. Volleyball, softball, soccer, basketball. None of these included long distance running. And I've always said, I'm slow at running, but put a ball in front of me, and I guarantee that I'll run a bit faster. (Hahah, that could go in a different direction....oops) And let's just throw in that I've only run 1 race in my entire life and it was a 5K on Thanksgiving day in 2008.
MB is a runner. She did her first 10 mile race this spring/summer at the Cherry Blossom 10-Miler. I know MB will run a lot of this race and she'll want to go faster than us, but I really appreciate that she wants to start with us. She'll sit back and wait for katmcd and I's "corral" to start. Katmcd, like me, will admit that she's not much of a runner. We joke about our lack of running desire a lot, but like me, katmcd likes to run in soccer and other sports.
After weeks of freak-outs about this event, I think we've decided that we're going to run as much as we can, and then walk when we need to and just enjoy the race. That's the best way to look at it right?
We'll all go to brunch and watch football afterwards and try not to die. I'm honestly getting really excited, but I'm also horribly nervous. This seems like a really intense event. I just want to do my personal best. Wish us luck!
Katmcd, MB, and I will be doing the Army 10-Miler this Sunday. Now back in April, we had all signed up for this race and the Marine Core Run Amuck, which I talked about here and here. I have no idea what I was thinking when I signed up. Maybe I thought that I'd get into running shape and follow a real training plan. Maybe I thought I'd start to enjoy running. These things never happened.
I'm really not a runner. I never have been. I just get so bored by running, and then my knee hurts (I had full ACL reconstruction in 2005), and then I'm tired. I've been a sport-with-a-ball athlete my entire life. Volleyball, softball, soccer, basketball. None of these included long distance running. And I've always said, I'm slow at running, but put a ball in front of me, and I guarantee that I'll run a bit faster. (Hahah, that could go in a different direction....oops) And let's just throw in that I've only run 1 race in my entire life and it was a 5K on Thanksgiving day in 2008.
MB is a runner. She did her first 10 mile race this spring/summer at the Cherry Blossom 10-Miler. I know MB will run a lot of this race and she'll want to go faster than us, but I really appreciate that she wants to start with us. She'll sit back and wait for katmcd and I's "corral" to start. Katmcd, like me, will admit that she's not much of a runner. We joke about our lack of running desire a lot, but like me, katmcd likes to run in soccer and other sports.
After weeks of freak-outs about this event, I think we've decided that we're going to run as much as we can, and then walk when we need to and just enjoy the race. That's the best way to look at it right?
We'll all go to brunch and watch football afterwards and try not to die. I'm honestly getting really excited, but I'm also horribly nervous. This seems like a really intense event. I just want to do my personal best. Wish us luck!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Watch Out, I Can Kick Ass Now
Last night, Al, katmcd and I decided to give LA Boxing a try. LA Boxing has been around for a while and they always offer a free first class. I've wanted to try it for a long time, but was excited to finally do it. All I needed to pay for was the hand wraps. So we met up around 545 to purchase our wraps and they gave us a pair of gloves to use. I guess if you go there as a member you're expected to purchase your own gloves.
The class itself was pretty good. I thought I was going to die during the first 10 minutes of warm up. It was really fast-paced and we didn't use our gloves right away. Cardio, toning, and basically killing people was first. By half-way through the class I was feeling a lot better and started having a lot of fun. My arms were like spaghetti afterwards but I was pretty happy and the class just overall kicked my ass.
Then we went to talk to the guy about prices before we left. HOLY SH*T. The enrollment fee is $199, and montly payments are $120 per month if you contract for 1 year, and $94 per month if you contract for 2 years. If you wanted to be awesome, and pay for a year in full, that would cost you a whopping $1488! As much fun as I had in that class, and as great of a workout it was, I jut think those prices are incredibly high and really unreasonable.
So I tried it, I liked it, and I won't be doing it again.
The class itself was pretty good. I thought I was going to die during the first 10 minutes of warm up. It was really fast-paced and we didn't use our gloves right away. Cardio, toning, and basically killing people was first. By half-way through the class I was feeling a lot better and started having a lot of fun. My arms were like spaghetti afterwards but I was pretty happy and the class just overall kicked my ass.
Then we went to talk to the guy about prices before we left. HOLY SH*T. The enrollment fee is $199, and montly payments are $120 per month if you contract for 1 year, and $94 per month if you contract for 2 years. If you wanted to be awesome, and pay for a year in full, that would cost you a whopping $1488! As much fun as I had in that class, and as great of a workout it was, I jut think those prices are incredibly high and really unreasonable.
So I tried it, I liked it, and I won't be doing it again.
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