I started taking energy gels when I do my long runs. Do I need them? Probably not - I know plenty of folks that run without them. Do they help me? Who knows. Do they taste good? Not really. But I definitely look at that as a milestone during the runs — the 45 minute […]
Now G-d is here to watch over us all. Oh boy.
last year i ran 10k. after the 10k in may, i stopped running outdoors.
now that i’m back to running outside 3 times a week, i’ve purchased the following:
three long sleeve running shirts (i’m a geisha)
two running skirts
a running hat (i had one from last year too)
new sneakers
2 pairs of running socks (so now i have […]
161/365 - eat your veggies
Originally uploaded by jennschac
in may sometime i was at the grocery store and noticed a weird vegetable called a fiddlehead. they were so funny looking, and i had absolutely no idea what to do with them or how they taste. well, i ended up in line behind someone that was buying […]
Through my outreach activities I’ve learned about some really cool women and what they contributed to the field of science/engineering. There’s one that’s fun to talk about - Hedy Lamarr. The girls like hearing about her because not only did she create signal technology that’s used every day, but she was also a glamorous movie […]
this story is amazing.
What is 18 seconds Alex!
Yup, today I ran the sporting life 10k for the second time. Only, unlike last year this year I didn’t train. I hadn’t run more than 6k outside since last May. And that was probably at the race.
My time was 57:28 - not too shabby by anyone’s standards! So I was […]
so between the writers strike and the fact that i don’t have cable, i’m about out of television to watch. so far i’ve:
watched all three seasons of arrested development and weeds
caught up on lost
watched four seasons of 24 (well, last year). not so interested in watching the next two.
tried season 1 of the sopranos — […]
when the spice girls announced their reunion tour, i was totally, 100% excited. i needed to get tickets, and i couldn’t imagine not seeing it.
today’s announcement of the NKOTB (new kids on the block — i know we’re old, but we’re not senile yet people!) reunion tour brought mixed feelings. on the one hand, i […]
this post is dedicated to jeff who msned me on invisible mode today cause he wanted to hear the end of the story.
on monday night i took my camera to henry’s. first guy tried to twist it off (like i didn’t think of that) and called over a guy named mike to fix it.
mike said […]