I love everything about climbing, I love the physical challenge, I love the strategy of getting up a rock wall, I love pushing my body in ways that I haven’t before. And I love that I find myself getting stronger and improving.
Gearing up
Archive for the ‘exercise’ Category
Portrait of a climber
Posted in active, climbing, exercise, fun, happiness, photos on October 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
21 day challenge update
Posted in 21 day challenge, accountability, exercise on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My challenge for myself started last Thursday. Well, technically my daily exercising started on Wednesday, but I’m going off of when I started getting up in the morning to exercise.
I ran Thursday, walked the WonderPup Friday and came home and did sun salutations, went for a trail run Saturday, took the pup for an hour [...]
21 day challenge
Posted in 21 day challenge, attitude, exercise, goals, inspiration on July 23, 2008 | 8 Comments »
As of tomorrow, I have 21 days until my life is changing in a big way, when B moves down to North Carolina to be with me (swoon! Grin!).
And coincidentally, I have also read and heard that it only takes 21 consecutive days of doing something to make it a habit.
So, I am going to [...]
Goodbye old friends, hello new friends!
Posted in exercise, health, running, sneakers on October 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Goodbye old friends. I put a lot of miles on you. We ran in the rain and mud in Portland, we ran through downtown Portland, over bridges, along the river, through neighborhoods, up to Washington Park. We ran on treadmills, we ran in the heat and steam in Durham.
But you have been replaced, and while [...]
I had my last personal training session last night, at least for now. I will probably hire him again in a month or so for an additional boost.
I was definitely challenged last night, and by the end, I was sweaty and exhausted, but I felt amazing. And proud of myself, seeing where I am improving [...]
real push-ups, bay-bee
Posted in attitude, exercise, growth, health, thoughts on July 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I can do a lot of girly (on my knees) push ups, but I used to not be strong enough to do real push ups, or at least not do more than one or two. So, I kept doing my girly push ups.
But I know I’m stronger now, thanks to weight training, so I decided [...]
What do I have to do
Posted in attitude, body image, exercise, health, reflection, thoughts on July 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
to look in the mirror and not see a fat girl looking back?
What do I have to do to like how I look in clothes?
What do I have to do to like what I see in the mirror, and not see flaws and bumps and bulges and mom arms and a thick middle, no matter [...]
Last day of vacation…
Posted in exercise, links, shopping, toys, work on June 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last official day of vacation…or unemployment, however you want to look at it. And I think I will soon be a bike commuter! We are very near a bike trail that goes up to downtown Durham, and it’s easy to get to my Duke office building from there. Tim would have to drive me maybe [...]
running four miles fast and a lot of push ups…
Posted in attitude, exercise, money, moving, running on June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
can cure almost anything.
I’ve always been one to turn to exercise when I’m angry, upset, whatever. A hard workout, loud music and a lot of sweat have a way of getting rid a lot of emotions or at least helping you work through them. Running for me helps me keep my head on straight. [...]
and they’re off and running….
Posted in Tim, exercise, health, running, shopping on June 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We are treadmill owners! Our lovely new treadmill just arrived, and is set up on our sun porch exercise room. Out there we have the treadmill, the total gym, free weights, yoga matt and ping pong table. And it has a separate AC unit, which is vital considering how warm that room gets.
We are both [...]
