Training Week 247
Highlight of the Week: Doing a super fun and challenging trail race with Rachel in Kansas! Monday | July 7, 2014: teaching strength classStrength: Kettlebells and plyo box w/boxing, Difficulty: medium, Felt: goodTuesday | July 8, 2014: 3 m run (w/Anne)Loc:...
Random Thoughts Thursday 54
This post did not transfer during my 2018 blog migration. Original post and comments are here. Data got his cousin Dexter a toy mouse for Christmas, and we were really cracking up over these pictures of her playing with it! She looks like she has boxing gloves on in...
Ten Tidbits Thursday
I did not want to get up to meet the Grayslake Running Club (GRC) this morning. I was just exhausted. So I got out of bed to sign in to the GRC website and take my name off of today’s run, and realized, since I was up, I might as well go! Plus, I don’t...
Sony W-Series Walkman MP3 Player Review and GIVEAWAY
I received a pair of blue tooth enabled wireless headphones for Christmas and have had a lot of issues with them. I emailed Adam to ask him what he thought of his Sony W-Series Walkman MP3 player, because I loved my Sony Walkman MP3 player, and though I might as well...
Music’s effect on energy
Where/when do you listen to music? I used to rarely listen to music. In the car, for sure, and then sometimes while running/exercising. But I never listened to it while walking to work or riding the train, even though I wondered why so many people I would see walking...
Hi! I’m Kim, a 40-something-year-old living in northeastern Illinois with my husband Steven, and our cats, Khaleesi, Apollo, Starbuck, and Eddard aka Ned. My current main hobbies are running, painting rocks, flying, reading, and eating. I follow a vegan lifestyle and am employed by the federal government. I write about a variety of topics and consider this a “life” blog – a place I can share anything that’s on my mind. Please visit the “About” page to get a better idea of who I am! 🙂