Short Weekend
May. 20th, 2013 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicI normally only work W-F, but I'm doing M-W this week and next so that I can travel on the weekends. That means I only got a 2-day weekend this week, and that is not enough time! I mean, I didn't have any pressing tasks, so it's not like things were left undone...I just haven't gotten nearly enough do nothing time. I really value my do nothing time. But work is mercifully slow this morning, so I'm taking it pretty easy and trying to figure out my week.
My main concern for the next two weeks is working out HARD. A) Because I want to get into better shape, and B) because I'd really like to be comfortable in my dress at Emily's wedding. When I tried it on to show my parents last weekend, zipping it all the way was a challenge. I think that dropping 5 pounds or so should make it fit comfortably again, so I'm trying to behave foodwise and really push myself with exercise. Even in my down time, I've been sitting on a stability ball at home instead of in a chair or in bed so that I'm engaging my core that extra little bit. I think I'm doing okay, but I definitely need to stick with it pretty strictly for the next 12 days. Since I'm traveling Thursday through Monday, I need to cram in as much good stuff as I can before we hit the road, and then resolve to run and do pushups and such in Montana. Since I'm trying to get in the habit of going to BodyPump twice a week, I'm going to go Monday and Wednesday this week. Trying to decide what I'll do tomorrow. I'll be sore from Pump, so probably just a good cardio workout is best. I guess I'll run on my lunch break...I was thinking maybe yoga after work, but I dunno. Maybe I can do both. We will see.
Chris came down from Seattle for the weekend, and we played in the 2-session open pairs on Saturday. Our afternoon session was totally solid, but then both of us had some hiccups in the evening and we dropped from first or second to sixth in the event. Still a fine showing, but we totally could've won it. Oh well. We didn't have teammates for Sunday, so instead we just had a chill Portland day. Chris is trying to get in better shape, too, and he requested that we run together. I took him to the waterfront for the 3-ish-mile run along the park and over the Hawthorne and Steel Bridges, but we didn't realize the Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon was going on at the time, so we had to alter our course due to road closures and the race path. I felt like kind of a chump being out there running but NOT doing the big event that was going on, but whatever. It made me want to do it next time, though, which is funny because I've never had any desire to do that race in Portland. Too hilly. Weather is too much of a question mark. But I kinda got the itch for it. Anyway, we did 3.4 miles at Chris' pace, which is a little slower than mine. It felt great! I was only going a little slower than I usually do, and I felt like I could've gone for many more miles. Surprising what a huge difference a small change in pace makes.
We went to the Adidas employee store after that, because I had a pass from running a 5K that they sponsored. It's tiny compared to the Nike employee store (both companies have HQs in Portland, and if you're lucky, you can get an employee to hook you up with passes to the stores -- and 50% discounts on basically everything the company makes), but it still had a lot of good stuff. I'm really wary of changing shoe brands, so I didn't shop for any running shoes, but got lots of great gear. Compression sleeves, a couple pairs of workout tights, some ridiculous t-shirts...Chris got shoes. A good time was had by all.
Our next stop was the food carts downtown, and then we went to Mary and Josh's house and played some Dominion and Tigris & Euphrates. Chris headed back home in the late afternoon, and I collapsed into a game of Civ for most of the rest of the night. I did venture outside for a bit to join the neighbors and just hang out. They all have kids who play together in our street (it's isolated, no traffic except people coming and going from their garages), and they often hang out on the sidewalk with cocktails in the afternoons. I decided to join (no cocktail, though, still gotta fit in that dress) to get to know them all a little better. It's a great neighborhood and it's great how close everyone is. I'm not so much a part of that group because I don't have kids that are playing with their kids, but fuck it, I'm joining 'em. They're good people and I'm happy to feel like part of the neighborhood.
For a short weekend, I did have a lot going on, and I even got a reasonable amount of sleep. I won't complain, I guess. But I'd never object to extra snoozing.
My main concern for the next two weeks is working out HARD. A) Because I want to get into better shape, and B) because I'd really like to be comfortable in my dress at Emily's wedding. When I tried it on to show my parents last weekend, zipping it all the way was a challenge. I think that dropping 5 pounds or so should make it fit comfortably again, so I'm trying to behave foodwise and really push myself with exercise. Even in my down time, I've been sitting on a stability ball at home instead of in a chair or in bed so that I'm engaging my core that extra little bit. I think I'm doing okay, but I definitely need to stick with it pretty strictly for the next 12 days. Since I'm traveling Thursday through Monday, I need to cram in as much good stuff as I can before we hit the road, and then resolve to run and do pushups and such in Montana. Since I'm trying to get in the habit of going to BodyPump twice a week, I'm going to go Monday and Wednesday this week. Trying to decide what I'll do tomorrow. I'll be sore from Pump, so probably just a good cardio workout is best. I guess I'll run on my lunch break...I was thinking maybe yoga after work, but I dunno. Maybe I can do both. We will see.
Chris came down from Seattle for the weekend, and we played in the 2-session open pairs on Saturday. Our afternoon session was totally solid, but then both of us had some hiccups in the evening and we dropped from first or second to sixth in the event. Still a fine showing, but we totally could've won it. Oh well. We didn't have teammates for Sunday, so instead we just had a chill Portland day. Chris is trying to get in better shape, too, and he requested that we run together. I took him to the waterfront for the 3-ish-mile run along the park and over the Hawthorne and Steel Bridges, but we didn't realize the Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon was going on at the time, so we had to alter our course due to road closures and the race path. I felt like kind of a chump being out there running but NOT doing the big event that was going on, but whatever. It made me want to do it next time, though, which is funny because I've never had any desire to do that race in Portland. Too hilly. Weather is too much of a question mark. But I kinda got the itch for it. Anyway, we did 3.4 miles at Chris' pace, which is a little slower than mine. It felt great! I was only going a little slower than I usually do, and I felt like I could've gone for many more miles. Surprising what a huge difference a small change in pace makes.
We went to the Adidas employee store after that, because I had a pass from running a 5K that they sponsored. It's tiny compared to the Nike employee store (both companies have HQs in Portland, and if you're lucky, you can get an employee to hook you up with passes to the stores -- and 50% discounts on basically everything the company makes), but it still had a lot of good stuff. I'm really wary of changing shoe brands, so I didn't shop for any running shoes, but got lots of great gear. Compression sleeves, a couple pairs of workout tights, some ridiculous t-shirts...Chris got shoes. A good time was had by all.
Our next stop was the food carts downtown, and then we went to Mary and Josh's house and played some Dominion and Tigris & Euphrates. Chris headed back home in the late afternoon, and I collapsed into a game of Civ for most of the rest of the night. I did venture outside for a bit to join the neighbors and just hang out. They all have kids who play together in our street (it's isolated, no traffic except people coming and going from their garages), and they often hang out on the sidewalk with cocktails in the afternoons. I decided to join (no cocktail, though, still gotta fit in that dress) to get to know them all a little better. It's a great neighborhood and it's great how close everyone is. I'm not so much a part of that group because I don't have kids that are playing with their kids, but fuck it, I'm joining 'em. They're good people and I'm happy to feel like part of the neighborhood.
For a short weekend, I did have a lot going on, and I even got a reasonable amount of sleep. I won't complain, I guess. But I'd never object to extra snoozing.
