So, inspired by my roommate and a fellow blogger, I signed up for hot yoga. I didn’t just pay a drop-in fee for a single class ($18). Ohh no, I signed up for a 2-month, unlimited membership ($99). Before I even went to my first class, I dropped over $100 bucks for yoga gear (a mat, [...]
Archive for the ‘Hobbies’ Category
hot, hot heat
Posted in Hobbies, tagged beginner, exercise, fitness, hatha, hot yoga, life, out of shape, vinyasa on 10/18/2011 | Leave a Comment »
bike ride!
Posted in Hobbies, tagged adventure, bicycle, bike ride, bikes, city, city life, friends, life, photographs, riding bikes, road bike, Saturday, Seattle, summer, weekend on 08/28/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I went on a 16 mile bike ride with the boyfriend and a friend. After 10 years of being without a bike, talk about diving into riding head first! My legs, but mostly my ass, are tired today, but it was so, so much fun. Our path went like this: downtown > Lake Union > Fremont > [...]
running self-challenge: 6/10
Posted in Hobbies, running, tagged body, exercise, fitness, life, running, self-challenge, sore on 08/28/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Running the morning after a 16 mile bike ride (blog post about that to come!) is, uh, not fun. I’m not sure, but I may have broken my out of shape body. My neck thankfully and surprisingly does not hurt, but my butt, thighs and lower back are killin’ me. I have to squeeze four [...]
running self-challenge: 5/10
Posted in Hobbies, running, tagged getting in shape, jogging, life, running, Seattle, self-challenge, summer on 08/27/2011 | Leave a Comment »
And done. Summer has finally shown up in Seattle because I was certainly feeling toasty at 8:30 this morning. The first thing I did after finishing my run was plant myself directly in front of my A/C unit in my livingroom. That’s right – my A/C has finally been fixed! PAX is going on downtown [...]
grip tape
Posted in Hobbies, tagged bicycle, hobbies, Nishiki, road bike, want on 08/26/2011 | Leave a Comment »
I want this grip tape. Or maybe Barbie pink. My 80′s Nishiki needs to be 1980′d out! needs a good home
I want to ride my bicycle!
Posted in Hobbies, self, tagged bicycle, bike ride, bikes, city life, fun, road bike, Seattle on 08/25/2011 | 3 Comments »
As is tradition when one buys a bike, I rode mine. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10+ YEARS, I WENT FOR A BIKE RIDE! Adam and I were (and still are) planning on taking our bikes out on Saturday afternoon. I was thinking a re-introduction to riding should happen on a trail. Preferably, a flat trail. [...]
running self-challenge: 4/10
Posted in Hobbies, running, self, tagged city life, exercise, fitness, getting into shape, health, people, running, self-challenge on 08/23/2011 | Leave a Comment »
I can check my fourth run off the list. I did it! I did it with cramps and a stomach full of Widmer Hefeweizen. So maybe I didn’t do it comfortably, but let me say again, I did it. I think Hercules is starting to get back into the groove of running, as well, since he [...]
instead of a run
Posted in running, self, tagged documentary, excuses, personal, running, self-challenge, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia on 08/23/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Haven’t noticed an update about run #4? Well, that’s because it hasn’t happened yet. I screwed myself over in the name of laziness on Sunday morning, so now I will pretty much have to run every other day in order to complete my self-challenge by the deadline (my departure for Iceland). This evening’s run will [...]
my new bike!
Posted in Hobbies, self, tagged bicycle, bikes, excited, hobby, Nishiki, road bike, vintage on 08/22/2011 | Leave a Comment »
I finally found favor with the craigslist gods. I am now the proud owner of a blue and white, vintage Nishiki road bike! I experienced a little performance anxiety in Bellevue’s QFC parking lot, since it’d been 10 years since I had last ridden a bike, but everything fit just right and I was able to navigate [...]
running self-challenge: 3/10
Posted in running, tagged exercise, fitness, getting into shape, health, jogging, out of shape, running, self-challenge on 08/20/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT go for a run after drinking a grande drip and eating a slice of cold pizza for breakfast. Did I puke? No. Did I almost puke? Ask the homeless man sitting in the shade around the corner of the Paramount, who may or may not have witnessed me nearly hacking while [...]
