<p>Thanks! I’ll wait another couple days before doing weights.</p>
<p>At one point Thursday night as I was lying in bed, I kept thinking – I hate getting old, I hate getting injured, I never want to lift another weight again. I don’t think I would do well with chronic pain!</p>
<p>Some of you may find this online course from Stanford “Statistics in Medicine” of interest. </p>
<p><a href=“http://online.stanford.edu/course/statistics-medicine-Summer-2014”>http://online.stanford.edu/course/statistics-medicine-Summer-2014</a></p>
<p>This is the “hike” D took her dad on this weekend.
<a href=“Hike #2007, Driveway Butte”>http://www.nwhiker.com/Hike2007.html</a>
Note that her dad hasnt hiked for years. It increases in elevation about 1000’ per mile.[
<p>We are going camping in the same area in a few weeks, but I am consulting a Creaky Knees guide first.</p>
<p>Got a Runsie for half price on eBay- new with tags, it’s a pretty colored light blue/aqua and actually really cute. I would never run in it. It’s a little tough to get on, and getting it off a sweaty body in time for any kind of bathroom stop would be impossible. It will be even cuter if I lose the weight I’ve gained.</p>
<p>Total fail at the gym. I tried the bike and it took 2 bikes to find one with working audio system for the TVs, and then it seemed to have a hitch in the pedals. I lasted 10 minutes and hated the seat. Tried the elliptical and decided I’m not ready for it yet and hated it anyway. Did a few weights, but the after work crowd was there and I just couldn’t seem to land on the bench or machine I needed. Gave up. Indoor exercise is going to be difficult for me right now. Will swim in the morning.</p>
<p>We need onesie photos! I bet you actually look good in it given how much you try to exercise even when injured.</p>
<p>I will just enjoy knowing that there are people out there brave enough to purchase a onesie. </p>
<p>Our swim instructor brought up that race this morning, ohiopublic.
Personally, I think women who are 34 weeks pregnant should consider themselves doing great if they can get in & out of a car.
Raising the bar that high, reminds me of my mother in law admonishing me because I had my H drive me to the hospital, because she knew a woman who drove herself while she was in labor.
Which sounds stupid & dangerous. X_X </p>
<p>I ran right up until delivery with both of mine- but not track racing! </p>
<p>Yes, Runsie photos! It does sound cute, MoWC.</p>
<p>Gym today for an interval cardio workout, stretching, and just a mile walk on the treadmill. </p>
<p>I had to be on bedrest with both of mine.
Rode my bike to swimming.</p>
<p>Ohio - I saw that. Amazing! 
I did sprint once while being about that much into my pregnancy, but that was to get away from a creep and it was, luckily, more like 200 meters. </p>
<p>Yay to half price Runsie. MOfWC, I feel your pain about gyms. Thank goodness for my metric treadmill - it has not been taken even though the gym was packed. ;)</p>
<p>Managed to pull myself out of bed early to get exercise in before work today. A rain had gone through a couple hours before and happily, the air was still a little cool and breezy. Got the run in, the dog walked, breakfast and lunch packed for work, showered and out the door with my wet curly hair by 7:30am - not too shabby! </p>
<p>Another vote for photos, MoWC!</p>
<p>I am enjoying my visit to Bar Harbor. When the weather is good, I really don’t think there is any place more beautiful. Last summer while on a walk, I discovered a cute little B and B on a side street right
in town. You can see the water from the front yard. I inquired about prices and discovered they were very reasonable! So this year I reserved a two-bedroom “suite” for my son and myself. $149 a night! I will restrain myself from telling the owner she could charge more.</p>
<p>Anyway, we are within spitting distance of the Shore Path, so I ran on it this morning. It was already warm, 68 degrees, but the ocean breeze was very cool. There are sea roses all along the path, so I enjoyed the scent, too!</p>
<p>Last night, we ate on the deck of a restaurant high on a hill above the town. Beautiful views of the ocean and islands. I ate too much, though. I need to stick with the fruit, protein shakes, etc., that I brought with us.</p>
<p>Off to the beach now!</p>
<p>My outdoor 49.5 meter pool has lap swimming access (after you sign your life away) from 6:30-8:30am. I really need to be getting ready for work by 7, so that doesn’t give me a lot of time. I got over there about 6:20 this morning in hopes that I could get in (it’s card access and programmed) and the gate was enough ajar that I got a little bit of a head start. Beautiful morning and it’s really nice to be outside with the trees. 1325 meters long course DONE! I’m getting my swimming endurance back, but I don’t just love it. The reason I swam master’s in Dallas was that it made it so much more fun and challenging, but I can’t do that here and I can’t do 2 of the 4 strokes with this injury anyway.</p>
<p>I would put up pictures with the Runsie if it wasn’t such a pain to do so. I feel like mine fits pretty much like the 3rd picture down in this article. <a href=“Lululemon Addict: More Speedy Runsie Pics”>http://luluaddict.blogspot.com/2013/07/more-speedy-sunrise-pics.html</a></p>
<p>MaineLonghorn that sounds AMAZING. Looking forward to the 4th weekend at our home-away-from-home near the water in a couple of days - envious of your sea roses view!! </p>
<p>MOWC, I give you lots of credit for (literally) diving back into swimming - not easy to jump back into a sport at that intensity/length! Raising a toast (ice cold water) to anyone who rises early to hit the sidewalk, trail or pool before most of the world gets out of bed!!! </p>
<p>Thanks, abasket. I HATE getting into cold water. Fortunately, this pool isn’t all that deep and is fairly warm. I think it is perfect. A more “real” swimmer than me might find it too warm. I was comfortable by 25 meters. </p>
<p>OK, just caught up on the last several pages of posts. Although I stand by my previous comment that I don’t foresee any runsies in MY future, the photos you linked to, MOWC, are actually pretty cute.</p>
<p>Cardio and weights for me this morning. There was a guy who hogged one weight machine for probably 25 minutes, which got to be a little annoying.</p>
<p>pizzagirl – I’m with everyone else who says 3 hours a day is too much. I know for a fact that trying to do that much would just turn me off completely to any and all exercise. That Orangetheory looks very interesting – D does CrossFit, but it seems way too intense for me. I checked the locations – there’s one in Boston, but none in RI. Perhaps in the future?</p>
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“Hey, do you mind if I work in?”</p>
<p>Missing Deb922 - are you out there??? </p>
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<p>This drives me crazy. There are a lot of young people at my fitness center, and they often sit on one of the machines, do their 10 reps, and then read their phone/text for 10 minutes before doing the second set. I’ll use four other pieces of equipment before they finally move along. </p>
<p>And then there are those who put huge weights on a machine, use it, go off and use another piece of equipment and keep coming back to the original one. I’m never sure if I can use the machine inbetween.</p>
<p>What is the proper fitness club etiquette? I know they are not supposed to do these things, but I don’t feel comfortable calling them on it, either.</p>