<p>I have no idea how one can ride 110 miles in a swim suit! Truly an iron woman!</p>
<p>Safe travels, MOfWC! The early morning temperatures in Phoenix should be nice for running this time of the year.</p>
<p>This last part made me think I was reading The Onion.</p>
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<p>2.0 miles tonight - ugh, the darkness is beating me - getting to the point that ill have to run before dinner. Love running at dusk but not in dark.</p>
<p>To the basement for me. Nice workout.</p>
<p>I saw a YouTube of Redskins QB RGIII doing the ugliest chinups ever, so I figured, “why not me?” Used it as motivation to do three sets of 5. The fifth one in each set wasn’t a work of art. So sue me!</p>
<p>Found the video. Oh my.</p>
<p>Did I mention I saw someone jogging backwards on the treadmill one of the last times I was at the gym? Today there was a woman going sideways. Not my thing, but hey, if it works for them, lol.</p>
<p>MomWC, happy trails! I will send you the “whirlwind” mojo and before you know it, it will be over and you’ll have some time to catch your breath ;)</p>
<p>That Oreo study explains a lot. That is why Oreos are on the contraband list for this house :)</p>
<p>All the talk about hunt season had me do the hill yesterday instead of the dreadmill because I want to get in my fall color before sporting fluorescent orange. It was lovely, and my time was quite a bit faster than average last year considering the hill. So I extended a leg of the trail laterally and discovered which neighbor is most likely the source of much of the hunting racket. He has a tree cammo stand rigged up facing west. I think I’ll scout the other direction today, or maybe on a more leisurely hike this weekend, and see what my best deer season trail is. Then again, we already know from winter tracking that I and the deer take the same trail :)</p>
<p>idad–you GO on the chinups! I am now able to do a decent one–only one–but I do them morning and evening so I am gradually improving. Time was I couldn’t do one AT ALL.</p>
<p>Related to Oreos–there is a recipe in this morning’s paper for “Tiramisu with Twinkies.” Ugh. UGH.</p>
<p>This morning is a walk and coffee with several ladies in the neighborhood. :)</p>
<p>As much as I enjoy sweets, I will say that I have for the most part, been satisfied to have a normal portion and then be done. I know many people talk about eating a whole sleeve of cookies at a sitting - I’ll count my lucky stars that I can stop at 2!!!</p>
<p>There is a guy who I see at my gym on the treadmill who alternates between going forward (normal), backwards and sideways - all in one workout. I don’t know how he keeps his balance! He’s not going fast more of a walk actually, but he stays on a LONG time!</p>
<p>Going backwards is supposed to “reset” your gait and to engage a different muscle group, so when you turn around, it would be easier to practice new technics. That’s what I was told by the trainer who gave me a few running lessons.</p>
<p>When I was in HS band and we were “in training” for the Rose Bowl parade (5 miles) they had us march backwards part of the time to rest some muscles and use other ones. Supposedly.</p>
<p>The guy going backwards seemed to be very athletic. He looked relaxed running (both forward and backward) and didn’t appear to be breathing hard at all, even though he was going at a good pace. </p>
<p>I imagine it would be difficult to sustain the sideways motion the gal was doing for any amount of time at all. That doesn’t look like fun.</p>
<p>I have had to run backwards and sideways on the tm for PT. Maybe the guy had been injured?</p>
<p>Certainly possible, but I have no idea. I noticed because these were the first times I’ve seen anyone running backwards or sideways on a treadmill.</p>
<p>I worry about staying on my feet going FORWARD!!!</p>
<p>The streak lives on. After flying all night (2 flights) to Phoenix and being incredibly dehydrated (I slept so didn’t drink enough on the flights) I ran 2 miles along Camelback. Dry but not too hot. That’s done. I so desperately don’t want to run the Indy Marathon on Saturday that I looked into flights straight home from here and would also have to fly my daughter home from Indy since we’re her ride. The prices were prohibitive, so it looks like I at least fly to Indy. Whether or not I run remains to be seen. I’m just exhausted, and Friday will be 2 more flights to get there…</p>
<p>MOWC- I hope you are able to rest/hydrate over the next couple of days and give your self permission to skip the run is that’s what is best for your body. Great pics from Kona!</p>
<p>MOWC, yeah, if one were to fall backward and bonk the noggin on the control panel that would not be a good thing.</p>
<p>R&R in Indy, what do you think? Sounds like a good idea to me. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing the pics.</p>
<p>In my two or three times trying out a treadmill, it was all I could do to NOT go sideways or backwards or off the end of the thing in a heap. My treadmill technique needs a lot of work (that it is not likely to get).</p>
<p>I had just finished whining to my co-worker (in-house law partner) about my flights and how dehydrated I had gotten when we asked the concierge for a lunch recommendation. She (the concierge) said “Didn’t I see you go out and run awhile ago?” BUSTED!!! Not really- he knows I do the streaking stuff, but I wasn’t going to mention it… This time of year in Phoenix is nice! But there’s the summers…</p>
<p>I’ve been doing a little googling and one site claims “retro” running is popular in Japan and Europe (personally, I have no clue if that is true)? I think it doesn’t seem like the safest practice on a treadmill. And in case anyone is wondering, no I wasn’t putting someone on – this is something I saw at the gym.</p>
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<p>I had to just be determined that I was going to do five, even if the last one was ugly. </p>
<p>Doing the first one is still, by far, the hardest step.</p>