Archive for June, 2009

2009
4
Jun
16:34

while i’m stealing and posting pix…

   Posted by: arcanai    in pix, playing around

i might as well post this one that tat took after dinner and drinks sunday night.

panda, train, hubby, me, chin, tat, page, mello

panda, train, hubby, me, o'neil, tat, nightingale, mello

2009
4
Jun
16:27

wednesday night pretzel

   Posted by: arcanai    in getting healthy

even though i got up ridiculously early yesterday to run, i managed to go to yoga last night.  i actually liked the dvd track that we did last night.  it was a killer on the legs but it was a good slow one.  other than the crazy pretzel handstand thing that none of us even tried.  i’m glad that we went because it really helped my left leg, which was a bit tight from my phenomenal run.

2009
4
Jun
16:20

more nat’l running day pix

   Posted by: arcanai    in pix

our view from the bridge; sunrise over the bay

our view from the bridge; sunrise over the bay

our beautiful running photographer, tat

our beautiful running photographer, tat

mello and train

mello and train

hubby - speed demon

hubby - speed demon

scooter; luckily she got him before he removed his shirt

scooter; luckily she got him before he removed his shirt

mello being interviewed by the hot news chick

mello being interviewed by the hot news chick

2009
3
Jun
13:16

happy national running day!

   Posted by: arcanai    in getting healthy, pix

we celebrated by getting up at 05:15 to meet up with our group for a 06:00 bridge run.  seventeen of us dragged our crazy butts out of bed to do that early run.  although, i think i’m the only one who’s not a morning person to begin with. 

i purposely tried to keep a very slow pace as i’m still nursing my legs from last thursday’s run.  since it was just going to be a once over for everyone, i considered cutting mine in half too by turning around when i got to the top of the bridge.  for some reason, i got to the top and kept going.  about halfway down the backside, tat was waiting with her camera to take a pic of me running. 

like the wind!

like the wind!

i joked with her about being the paparazzi and expected her to go along her way back to the parking lot.  instead, she turned and trotted along with me.  i told her she didn’t have to but i was really quite happy to have the company.  after we had turned around and started climbing the bridge again, she started giving me some pointers about my swing, strike, and breathing.  she also kept updating me on my pace, which i greatly appreciated and found encouraging.  about a hundred yards from the top, she made me sprint.  sadistic witch!!!  i didn’t think i had any more in me but she managed to drag it out.  at the top, we went back to a slow and steady pace and pretty much kept it up all the way back to the parking lot… which we reached in 37:58!  that is under a twelve minute pace, overall!!!!!  and i was seriously trying to go slow this morning. 

we got back in time to see mello getting interviewed by the local news and then i headed to the car to get my water and eye the donuts that were waiting for us.  i walked around a bit and talked with folks until i was cooled back down, at which point we were asked to go over and stand behind mello while he was being interviewed.  so those of us who were still there clumped up behind mello talking amongst ourselves and “acting natural” while he taped another interview for the noon news (which i watched and clapped at myself for being such a tv star!).  i broke down and grabbed a donut, thereby ruining any caloric benefit from the run, before hopping in the car to get home and start the work day. 

how did you celebrate national running day?

2009
3
Jun
12:27

ketchup potpourri

   Posted by: arcanai    in getting healthy, home sweet home, playing around

sheesh, between work being a madhouse and being super busy on my own time, the rants have seriously suffered.  this will be a long catch-up of everything that’s happened since memorial day weekend.

  • this memorial day weekend was a blast!  our best one since the days of camping and rafting with my brudder, SIL, and their friends (why don’t i have any pics posted from 2006 when we had the huge group including my friends?).  anyhow, our three day weekend consisted of hanging out with our running group friends every day.  we kayaked, surfed, sunned, swam, watched a movie while the boys watched sports, cleaned a boat, played mariokart and rockband, and had some yummy meals.  it was a great and tiring weekend!
  • we continued the party by hosting a poker night on tuesday.  it was just us, scooter, and cargo since it was also mello’s birthday but we had a good time.  cargo whooped all our butts until he decided to throw the game.  it ended up with hubby and i playing heads up and he won.  we followed up with a soak in the hot tub and the end of the magic game. 
  • tuesday, wednesday, and thursday were also exercise days. 
  • friday was our first night by ourselves since the previous tuesday.  not complaining at all but we did take advantage of the time to rest up. 
  • saturday morning we got up early and walked to our plaza to run.  unfortunately, it seemed that i had injured my legs on the bridge run and walking was painful so i never ran.  i barely made it back home.  we spent the day relaxing down on the beach and on the couch. 
  • sunday was another lazy day.  i kept intending to start painting our bedroom but it just never happened.  we went to our plaza in the evening to grab some dinner and ended up running into mello, nightingale and several others from the bridge runs.  several hours of good conversation, food, and drink ensued. 
  • monday night i spent 7.5 hours painting three walls in our bedroom.  tuesday we moved the bed and i spent another 2.5 hours painting the last wall.  i used to love painting but it has become such a chore.  my body still aches.  the room will remain in shambles for the next few days as i let that last wall cure really well so that i can tape and paint some stripes this weekend.  i’ll be happy to be done with that project.  then the only unpainted walls will be the common areas.