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I've decided against doing the Keep Austin Weird 5K
The race is at 6pm. Unless some freak cold front is supposed to blow through by next weekend, it sounds entirely miserable. And I'm not dying to see any of the bands playing at the festival, so the choice was easy ( Read more... ) -
Anniversary
Today is my three-year anniversary at my current job, the longest solid stretch of time I have ever worked at the same place (I was at my last job for about 4 1/2 years, but I left and came back twice). It is slightly surreal to me that I've come to the same office, sat at the same desk, and done pretty much the same job virtually every weekday for ( Read more... ) -
Who gets sick in the summer?!
I've managed to pick up some yucky cold - my nose is all congested, especially when I lie down, so I've gotten next to no sleep for the past two nights, and I have a sore throat. This sucks. -
Ouch
Just found out that the Moonlight Margarita Run is $60 for both the run and the party. Supposedly the party is worth it, and I certainly want to support the Town Lake Trail Foundation, but ... damn. Maybe I'll just do the race ($30) and do a birthday dinner somewhere else after. Or maybe there are better ways to spend my birthday. -
I heart crazy people
I love that even in Texas, there are people insane enough to schedule evening running events in the middle of the summer. Check out this lineup:
Keep Austin Weird 5K June 28
Bat Run 5K July 13
Moonlight Margarita Run 5K August 7
Nike Human Race 10K August 31 ( Read more... ) -
Giving up?
One of my favorite episodes of Seinfeld is the one in which Jerry tells George that wearing sweatpants in public is like announcing to the world that you've given up. I don't really ever wear sweatpants, so there's little danger of that happening, but today I'm wearing my yoga pants at work and I have to wonder if they send the same message. It ( Read more... ) -
Best. story. ever.
These guys are so clearly my soul mates. Should "soul mate" be one word?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-typo-guys-0521may21,0,701362.story -
kayaking?
I think the area around the upper Guadalupe got some rain over the weekend, because it spiked decently on Friday/Saturday and currently still has enough water to be paddle-able (maybe a bit scrapey). I don't know if it will stay high enough through next weekend, but it's worth checking ( Read more... ) -
ouch
In Friday's yoga class we did some pretty deep hip openers/stretches. They mostly felt great, and I know I need to work on that area, but I think I went too deep and/or held too long on one stretch - I could feel it a little more than I probably should have deep in my left ... well, the left side of my butt, right around where I think the IT band ( Read more... ) -
Note to self
It's best not to check river flow rates when storms are moving through the area. I keep seeing spikes and getting all excited. But really, it's been so dry that the spikes are something like a river going from 30 cfs to 100. Not terribly helpful ( Read more... )