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Mt. Waterman is one of our favorite place to snowshoe in L.A. Next weekend, the GM told us, the ski lifts should be fully operational. That will mean that we can buy a ticket to the top, rather than hike… Read moreA new year for snowshoeing
I’ve been doing a lot of cooking over the past week, in spite of (because of?) being sick. I made homemade chicken soup, although I used boxed vegetable stock, and I made slow-cooker BBQ pork, although it also relied on… Read moreNesting
You know what’s good for lunch on a sick day? Buy a can of Campbell’s Healthy Request Tomato Soup. Make it with milk instead of water, and add dashes of the following: cayenne pepper, black pepper, dried basil. Cook. Mmm-mmm-good.
I was going to lose 5 pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Instead? Up two.
The training paid off! I still have a bad knee, which limits my running, and I’m still afraid of biking down hill, which limits my cycling. But I rocked the swim, if I do say so myself. I expected to… Read moreBelated Triathlon News
Saturday: walked 2 miles Sunday: swam 700 meters (600 freestyle, 100 breaststroke)
So on a speedy lunchtime trip to the gym (nearly all of my trips to the gym are speedy and at lunch, but this one was extra speedy), I did 10 minutes on the treadmill, including two 1-minute running intervals… Read moreGym
100m breaststroke + 700m freestyle = 800m And I did them in 100s! (Well, not the breaststroke lap. Still gasping at midpoint on that.)
Is what I said on Saturday. No, I have not become a highly trained assassin. Nor am I suffering from amnesia. But my new wetsuit is so buoyant that I, who can only float in the Dead Sea, was able… Read moreCheck Me Out! I’m Jason Bourne!
Yes, indeed. That’s how far I swam last night. 750 freestyle, 50 breaststroke. Not bad–particularly since I thought I’d be doing astonishingly well if I made it to 500 meters. Tomorrow, the ocean!