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Try, Athlete 2

Apr

26

2008

Lap-swimming 750 meters: 16 minutes. Recumbent-biking 20 kilometers: 51 minutes. Ellipticaling 5 kilometers: 35 minutes. Completing a sprint triathlon (aka half an Olympic triathlon) at the gym: Priceless. Well, except the price I will pay in pain later today and tomorrow. That should be fun. Now I have to see if I can actually bring ...

Reader Alert

Apr

22

2008

Posting’s going to be pretty light this week, as I’m trying to keep up the exercise even as we ramp up towards the first day of shooting on the pilot Friday. At this point, I’m spending maybe half an hour each day at home that is not a) doing physical therapy or b) getting ready ...

People Are Dicks, Vol. 2

Apr

22

2008

People are dicks when they commit two key, related fouls in the lap pool at the gym: 1. Taking up over 2/3 of the very large lane, leaving me a sliver in which to swim. For the most part, I was okay, but this dick was… 2. Still managing to flail so wildly as to ...

Swimming, Swimming, In The Swimming Pool

Apr

15

2008

Having an hour and a half round trip commute, I’m trying to shave precious minutes off my various morning duties so that I can get a little more sleep. In this spirit, I started swimming again. I can burn about the same number of calories swimming in 40 minutes as I can in about 1hr ...

‘Cause I’m A Liar

Apr

10

2008

I realized today when I finally shed one very, very tenacious pound: I am lying about my weight on my driver’s license. The difference from the previous state of affairs? I am now officially one pound lighter than my driver’s license claims I am, instead of being 20 pounds heavier, as I was when I ...

Health Update

Mar

7

2008

Good News: I was able to drag myself to the gym today and did 35 minutes on the elliptical, which felt great. Bad News: Then I came home and passed out for four hours, which felt much better. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll only pass out for 2-3 hours after working out…

One Year Later 1

Feb

17

2008

A year ago this weekend, I got on the scale, and the number I saw almost made my eyes bug out of my head. I’d had to greatly reduce my gym time because of my ongoing foot problems, and I hit a number I’d sworn I’d never let myself hit. I saw that number, and ...

The Last Cliché of 2007

Dec

31

2007

A few New Year’s Resolutions, because if I post them somewhere, maybe I’ll actually live up to them: 1. Continue to lose weight. Have lost: 33 lbs (net; had lost 35 but gained back 2 lbs stuffing my face with Waffle House and other assorted goodies over the holidays). To lose: 47 lbs. Mark my ...

Connect A Cut

Dec

21

2007

So I am here now, and I will make several observations. 1. It is not nearly as cold as I feared it would be. However, at about 27 degrees, it is still painfully cold for a SoCal wimp like me. 2. Good lord, Wheaten Terriers have a lot of energy. My mom had thought my ...

Thank You, PDT 2

Nov

7

2007

My god, it is so much easier to drag my ass to the gym when it’s at least a little light out.