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If you're a large woman in America, your whole life is an opportunity to feel self-conscious, embarrassed, resentful and way too big. You can hide in the corner or on the couch, you can go to therapy, or you can put on your lycra bike shorts and get out there and move.
—Jayne Williams, Slow Fat Triathlete

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July 5, 2006

weekend warrior permalink

It's the day after the 4th of July, and you know what that means. I went back to work after listening to firecrackers firing all night, the animals freaking out, and I'm just not that into it. To make matters worse, I need to have my ears pressure-cleaned as everything sounds like it's happening in a galaxy far far away.

I had a good long weekend where I was a bit too much of a weekend warrior. But still, there appears to be no permanent damage, so hey.

Thursday, I did go to the gym and I did a double circuit on the lifecycle weight equipment. I did a couple of chin-ups too, and I figured I might ache a bit for a couple of days. That actually lasted through Sunday!

Friday, I ended up going into work in the morning to finish up some stuff. I walked in, which was so humane, so very pleasant. Though it was odd: as I was crossing the Steel pedestrian bridge, I came upon a wounded rat. It was still alive, and it couldn't move.

I left work shortly before noon and rode the bike into Hollywood and got my hair done. Then I rode into Irvington to see Career Dude. and then home.

Saturday morning, I decided to walk 9 miles. I thought about doing it with PFit, but it just didn't thrill me, so I ended up walking from the house through Irvington, Lloyd, Buckman, Ladd, and Brooklyn... basically from Williams & Fremont to Holgate & Milwaukie. It started off wonderfully: no one was out, the air was cool, there were lots of trees, but I made the mistake of stopping for breakfast on the way back, and time ground to a halt. Suddenly it was hot, there was traffic, and I was tired. I made the whole distance, and I happily took a cold bath, and then I slept the whole afternoon away.

Which is my body's way of going, WTF were you thinking, exactly?

The rest of the weekend was a little lower-key: cleaning, decluttering, hanging out with my loved ones, some biking around. It was pretty great.

Posted at July 5, 2006

Comments

Sounds like a productive weekend! It's making me think twice about posting on how I sat on my a$$ and drank beer all the while ; )

Posted by: Lara at July 5, 2006 4:59 PM

Sounds like a fubulous weekend (except for the rat.)

Posted by: neca at July 6, 2006 8:15 AM