Hello, Soleus, Nice To Meet You

Feb 22nd, 2012 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

I ran with my new Merrell Pace Gloves. Guess which muscle you don’t use much when you run in padded shoes*? I wasn’t sure I was going to yet considering I just started to be able to bend my knee normally again. I really wanted to try though. I did C25K Week 4, which I [...]

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The running does *not* continue

Feb 17th, 2012 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

OMG, my knee. I haven’t run since a week from Wednesday — the day I actually hurt my knee. It got worse. A lot worse. The pain of bending it too far. The pain of straightening it out. The pain of anything rubbing against it, including water from taking a shower. The pain of the [...]

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The running continues

Feb 9th, 2012 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

I’ve been continuing to run on the schedule I set up, even on Monday despite being so tired I actually head-nodded twice on my drive home*. It gave me enough of an energy spike to wash all the dishes though. I also ran on Wednesday, despite falling on my knee earlier in the day, cracking [...]

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I’m about to become one of *those* moms

Feb 4th, 2012 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

The dread that I felt at one time about this event has tamed some, only because I still refuse to ever own a mini-van and I don’t care how awesome I think my kids are, I will not advertise it in sticker form on my car. My laptop hard-shell case, perhaps, but my car stays [...]

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Whole30: The End

Feb 1st, 2012 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

I ended my Whole30 by being a big cheating cheater. I had a slice of bread. I had batter-fried baby artichokes, gnocchi* and creme brulee. We only get together every 5th Tuesday to go out and eat, so what the heck. The next one isn’t until May. Today I’m back on paleo with dairy. I [...]

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