Tuesday Jul 8 |
 | Track (Treadmill) 29:49 [3] 3.0 mi (9:57 / mi) | |
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| Wanted to do a run today, but with acupuncture after work (lasting over two hours, including drive to & from), the only time I could was at lunch. Hot outside & I didn't want to have to drive to the trails & I didn't really want to get all sweaty, so I resorted to the treadmill. I always feel like the treadmill is harder than running on the ground, for whatever reason -- that's opposite of what the experts say. Go figure.
I didn't have a scrunchie in my gym bag so I had to let my hair go flying. I hate that. I don't pull my hair back for cross-training, and when I do run away from home and have my gym bag, I usually keep my hair up and the scrunchie gets taken out much later and rarely gets put back in the bag. So, eventually I end up with none. I'll try to rectify that situation.
Wore a skirt. That was kind of fun. |
| Weights (Nautilus) 10:00 [2] | |
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| Used the machines for my legs & core. Didn't get to the abductor/adductor because it was in use. |
Monday Jul 7 |
| Cross training (recumbent exercise bike) 47:00 [3] | |
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| I brought two magazines, thinking I'd finish Mother Jones. But there was still plenty left (all about prisons ... pretty sad).
Tried to push a bit harder than usual. |
| Weights (Dumbbells) 5:00 [3] | |
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| Arms, wrists, shoulders. |
Sunday Jul 6 |
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| The bad Flip This House house is under contract. Good luck to the buyers. |
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| We took Max mini golfing for the first time today. He was enthusiastic, and occasionally held the club correctly and hit the ball well. Not bad for a 3 1/2 year old rookie.
Nadim beat me soundly. :-( I was well off my game today, though I started off with a par & then two holes-in-one.
Humid, overcast.
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Saturday Jul 5 |
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| We were going to bike to the bagel place again, but it was misting when I got up and raining lightly but steadily in the morning. So we just drove instead.
In the afternoon, our realtor took us to see five houses we wanted to see (two that I'd seen with her husband on Wednesday that I thought were worth considering and wanted Nadim to see). There was one brand new to the market that I was especially excited to see (location=great; family room+kitchen addition; beautiful backyard; low price). Of course it didn't live up to my hopes. It's a nice house, just has some issues (like a tiny third bedroom, no master bath, and no easy way to expand the house). Still, a nice house that I think will sell this week.
The best houses were the two I'd seen before. Our realtor, who told us she doesn't show houses much any more (her husband usually handles that part) because she's so opinionated (and she is...), agreed that those two were good houses and she thinks we'd be happy in either. The smaller one is in a better school district and much closer to work for me. The other one has been beautifully renovated & has a huge yard. And it's a lot cheaper. But further out (outside the Beltway! Ack!). Both are in nice neighborhoods.
Don't have to decide now; in fact our realtor is very uncomfortable writing an offer until we pass the home inspection so she knows our deal doesn't fall through on the selling end. |
Friday Jul 4 |
| Trail 52:02 [2] | |
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| Lake Fairfax Park. Nadim suggested taking Max to the water park in this park, which is close to my in-laws (where we were going for a birthday celebration/lunch afterwards). Water fun doesn't much appeal to me, so I brought my running clothes and went for an easy trail run while they were playing. I had lots of time so I ran what constitutes a long run for me these days. After rounding the lake, I went up the hill & through the campground (Nadim & I both had the same thought: sometime later this summer we should camp here, as Max's first experience of sleeping outside). Once I picked up the trail from the campground, I was in the woods, and mostly alone (saw one hiking couple & a slow mountain biker passed me). The trails were pretty nice, and the woods looked really great.
It wasn't too hot yet and even in the woods I could feel a breeze. The park was very crowded with holidaying people, but the woods were blissfully quiet and peaceful. Yes, ankle was a bit achy. |
Thursday Jul 3 |
| Trail 26:24 [13] | |
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| We got let out of work 3 hours early :-) so, after a bit of window shopping at the mall, I stopped at Scotts Run for some nice trail running. I really did not want to go long, aiming for 20 minutes. I'm trying to build back up very slowly, so I don't aggrevate my ankle any worse than I have to. The park is fairly hilly, so I had to work a bit harder than I perhaps wanted to, but it was fun anyway. When I hit 20 minutes, I stopped & walked. |
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