Following the pseudonami we experienced (and, fortunately, survived without any kind of damage whatsoever) here in the islands, the weather has seriously gone downhill. It’s been windy, rainy, or both just about every day since Saturday–the tsunami day–which, ironically, was absolutely beautiful. Rain makes both cycling and running very, very difficult. In some cases, it […]

I’m missing my bedtimes. I haven’t submitted to the forces that throw me from my workout schedules but I’m not totally free of those failures either. The weather has been exceptional–until Sunday–but work has been more of an issue than I thought it would be and keeping up my blogging (including here) and writing code […]

I went out with a bunch of my Twitter friends for dinner on Friday night and got home past my bedtime, when I found out that Hawai’i was under a tsunami warning. So much for sleeping early and getting the weekend off to a great training start. Instead, while I worried I would have to […]

I’m not out of my funk yet. Despite my joy over my recent bike maintenance spree, not all is well. I’ve actually fallen twice in the last week–both at practical standstills without injury–after going a few months without one (and that one was when I was struck by a car). I’ve also missed one run […]

This is a cross post from my other blog, Uncommon Cents, which is about personal finance: I’m a runner. I’m not great at it by any means, but I do it. In fact, I just finished my third race of the year, the Great Aloha Run, even though I didn’t do as well in it […]

I’m improving, even though I feel like I’ve stepped backwards in some ways. Consistency, as I often say, is the most difficult thing, and recently I’ve not been as consistent in my workouts or diet as I’d like to be. It’s not totally back to the drawing board, but I have to find ways to […]

It’s a milestone entry, coming right at the time I decided to battle inertia and get serious again about training. I’ve already blogged about my failures in training starting with Oakland and the difficulty I had at the Great Aloha Run. I also have had some special occasions, including a baby shower and a friend […]

I’m stiff and sore, but not from working out. In fact, working out is helping; it’s just the usual stress and strain of being a social worker that’s getting me this go around. It is many times one of the more difficult jobs in the world. In addition, between working two jobs, maintaining three blogs, […]

One of my Twitter buddies @Lavagal has not only been inspiring those of us who follow her for months and months with her early morning exercise regimen, recently suffered an injury to her Achilles tendon which will keep her out of action for months. She had already registered for some upcoming runs and rides and […]

The weather is starting to turn, and it’s not helping me out. While it didn’t rain hard by any means today, it was enough to screw up the traffic, which screwed up my time schedule, and cost me a bike ride. In addition, while running in mid day has been a lot better on the […]