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November 30, 2001
My knee was a little sore this morning so instead of riding to crissy field with
Stacie to look at bikes we just took the car. I'm glad I gave me knee just a
few extra hours of recovery because it felt much better by the evening. I rode
down to Justin Herman plaza and did Critical mass with joe hayes and his sister.
Then we broke off and headed uo to Filmore and Washington. The hills nearly killed
me. I was trying to keep up with Joe Hayes. I should have just taken my time. We
were going to see out friend Pamela Palma's photo exhibit. I was so red faced by
the time I got there! I did a really stupid thing and tried to ride along the right
side of a UHaul which had it's blinkers on to turn right. If Joe Hayes hadn't have
been there I would have surely parished. Note to self: UHauls and Taxis are death
on wheels. I told Tom and I don't think he was too thrilled hearing about my
near death experience. He made a deal with me that he doesn't tell me about
stupid things he does on his motorcycle and I don't tell him stupid things I do
on my bike.
My legs were so tired from the hills I barely made it home. I seriously
contemplated getting off the bike and walking but I stuck it out. Tom had a DiGiorno's
pepperoni pizza waiting for me when i got to his house. I was a very happy camper.
My muscles are so sore, I can barely move. I am not looking forwad to tomorrow's
8:30 run in the rain in Marin.
| warmup | run | x-train | stretch | crunches | pushups | upper | lower |
| | | 1.5 hr bike ride | 10 min | crunches | pushups | upper | lower |
November 29, 2001
Everybody is very happy with the
website I did for our TNT team. So I am very happy. Yay!
Ooooh! I got the pictures back from Run to the Farside. There
are some good ones in there. Check
them out!
Today I went to the Polo fields and did 4 laps before Stacie got
there. I did some sprints and situps too. I was a very good girl today.
I feel really strong this week. Then me and Stacie did a lap and then
ran to over by the Fulton windmill and back. We walked a lot of the
way back though. But that was a good 5 miles. Other than a blister
and an insatiable hunger I feel great. I think I'll take a nap though.
10 miles in two days is a lot. Especially when hills are involved.
| warmup | run | x-train | stretch | situps | pushups | upper | lower |
| | 1 hour 15 min | | 10 min | 30 | 30 | | |
November 28, 2001
I made a site for the SF run team! Check it out.
I went to Rancho San Antonio for a trail run today. I think I was a born
to trail run. I am never more at peace than when I am running down a trail.
I get so happy I feel like crying, and I have sometimes. I have to remember
that's what started me running all those years ago, it's what is most
important to me. Having friends to run with is fantastic. Having a
challenging training schedule is great. But I have been worrying
so much about doing my training for the day that I forgot how important
it is for me to spend a little time in the headlands by myself.
So for as long as I'm freelancing, I'm going to go for 1 trail
run a week. It'll also be a great way to get my hill training in. Today I
did the trail I used to do on my lunch hour when I worked at Apple.
It felt like a homecoming. I miss those trails so much.
I fell on the trail for the first time today. I stubbed my toe
on a rock and went flying. Luckily I'm a good faller. When I was a
kid I wanted to be a stunt woman so I'd do all these elaborate falls
and I got really good at it. So as I was on the way down I did a shoulder
roll. It was more like a shoulder kerplop but it saved my wrist and knee
from certain doom. I got a nice shiner on my forearm and the side of my
knee but I feel pretty lucky. I showed the girl at Sports Basement who's
doing Iron man and she wasn't impressed at all. I felt sort of dorky to
be complaining about it but it hurt! Plus I like showing off my
injuries. All my friends know that :)
I've never had running friends before. I've never had fellow runners
to talk to about my running adventures and now when I get around runners I
feel like I can't stop babbling. I'm sure it'll mellow out pretty soon but
I feel like such a dork. In a way I feel like I've found my long lost tribe
and I'm so excited to have people around who have been there that all I can do is dork out.
| warmup | run | x-train | stretch | crunches | pushups | upper | lower |
| | 1 hr 15 min | | 10 min | | | | |
November 27, 2001
I had grand plans of getting up early and running to Kezar instead of
riding my bike but I had managed to leave my shoes at Tom's so I had
to ride my bike anyway. It seems to take me so long to warm up that I
thought the run to Kezar might help. I hate having to stop when Ger
keeps going. She's a good training buddy. She's got more stamina than
me and always makes me feel like I'm not working hard enough. I feel
like a whimp around her. I bet that surprises her! Hi Ger!
This week my sore muscle of the week
appears to be my shins. I thought my quads were going to win out but
once they warmed up they were fine. So I was a pretty whimpy runner today.
I ran up and down the bleachers today about 10 times to help with the
shins. It actually feels really good. I always thought I'd feel really
dorky doing that but I didn't at all. I seem to be becoming less shy with age. At
the Far Side 5k I was walking around asking people if I could take their
picture. I would have never done that a year ago. Maybe San Francisco is finally starting to turn me crazy.
I miss trail running, I'm getting sick of the track but I don't want to run on asfault.
I might go down and see my friend Bryan tomorrow
and go for a nice trail run in Rancho San Antonio. Just like old times.
Ger and I stretched for a long time today. We rarely ever do
much stretching and it felt really good. We've got to start
doing it every time.
| warmup | run | x-train | stretch | crunches | pushups | upper | lower |
| 10 min bike | 45 minutes | | 10 mins | 60 | 20 | | |
November 26, 2001
I've decided to do the Mardi Gras Half Marathon in New Orleans
on February 17th. It's 13.1 miles. I've never been to New Orleans
and plane tickets are so cheap right now I really can't pass up
the opportunity. I'm very excited. Time to burn off all the Thanksgiving food and get to work!
I've decided to have a party at my house on saturday December 8th to raise money.
Join us! Check out this page For more info.
I had to do homework all day long today for my Java class so I switched
my Monday training for Friday. I'll do a bunch of crunches and pushup
before I go to bed so I don't feel so lazy. I swear taking one day off
makes me feel like a lazy slob. I feel like I have to be doing some sort
of work-out every day. I think it's just post Thanksgiving woes.
November 25, 2001
Today was the Run to the Far Side 5k in Golden Gate Park. I wore my
cow costume. I got some pictures but it'll take a while to develop
them. The race was good. I ran pretty well. I walked for a minute
at the end of the panhanlde and once to talk to Paul and Downey
but that's all. Tom got a photo of me at the finish line. I finished
at about 35 minutes. It was a lot of fun. I want to do that again!
Next time I'll do the the 10k.
I warmed up by running to the race start at 8th Ave from Tom's
house on Oak and Stanyan. I was a bad girl and I really didn't stretch
much. I better be careful. There was lots of loot there. I got a
t-shirt, poster, lots of drinks, cookies, powerbars, propaganda.
It was just like a convention only more food oriented. Everybody
was walking around shoving bananas in their faces. It was cool. The
only people I saw that I knew were Jen Burke and my mentor Bill. Tom
saw Amer and said hello but I didn't get to see her. i should have
tried harder to meet up with people before the race. I was all alone
in my cow costume and I felt kinda silly.
| run | xtrain | stretch | crunches | pushups | upper | lower |
| 3.6 miles | | | | | | |
November 24, 2001
We had a mentor run today in the park. I bought a new sporty long sleeve
shirt and some non cotton socks yesterday and I wanted to try out my waterproof
windbreaker so I was all excited about running in the rain. But I didn't get
my wish. The weather was actually beautfiul. It was a little chilly and there
were lots of puddles but we didn't get a single drop of rain. I lost the pack
and led two people astray, then I ran down this trail and they missed my turn
off. I'm not such a great leader i suppose. They used to call me sans-Alanna
when we'd go snowboarding/skiiing. We'd all be together at the top of the
slope but I'd always end up taking a different turn or loosing the pack somehow
so when they'd get to the botton they'd say We're sans-Alanna. Pretty soon that
was my nickname. I guess the same goes for running now too.
I had a good stretch today but I didn't do any crunches or pushups, I've really
got to get in the habit of doing it every day. Thanksgiving really threw a wrench
in the works.
I decided to do the New Orleans Half Marathon. I'm very excited.
| run | x-train | stretch | crunches | pushups | upper | lower |
| 3 miles | | 10 mins | | | | |
November 23, 2001
You better believe I'm not getting anywhere near a scale today. Good
thing I have a 5 mile run on saturday and a 5k on sunday.
November 22, 2001 - Thursday Happy Thanksgiving
I made an announcement that I'd be at Kezar at 9 if anyone wanted to
run but I figured no one would show up so for my run I ran to kezar.
When I got there it was all locked up so I'm glad no one showed up.
It was a good run. I've got my energy back for the most part. By the
time I got back I felt like I was just getting warmed up. Turkey day
was great. I had just the right amount of people. There's so much bad
food left over though. What am I going to do with it all? I'll never
loose 20 pounds with this stuff around. I thikn I'm pawn a bunch off
on my boyfriend. I wish I had bought a bunch of those glad tupperware
containers so I could send leftovers home with everyone.
| run | x-train | stretch | situps | pushups | upper | lower |
| 4 miles | | 10 mins | | 20 | | |
November 21, 2001 - Wednesday
I forgot to say the other thing what Ger said about loosing fat. You should
think of 1 lb of butter. So that means that since I've lost 4 pounds so far
it's the equivalent of 16 sticks of butter. That's pretty grose. Where does
the fat go? Do you poop it out as well as sweat it out? You can't possibly
sweat out 2 lbs of fat out your skin in one week. That means I have fatty poop.
It's raining today. I wanted to go for a bike ride with Lisa but no go.
I'm going to the gym later on. I'm waiting for my powerbook though so I feel
trapped in my own house.
I ended up doing 80 pushups and 120 crunches. I thought I might vomit. I
did some squats but that's about it for the day. My computer never came. :(
November 20, 2001 - Tuesday
To burn off 1 lb of fat you have to burn off and cut back on 3600
calories. I burned off 2 lbs last week. This means my body wanted 1000
calories a day more than I was giving it. And I ate like a horse.
That's a lot of work my body is going through. That's pretty impressive.
I've been worrying about how hard the next three months are when I
should be focusing on nothing but today and tomorrow. I'm worn out, I
only did 2 very slow miles today but I feel good that I got out there.
I'm doing fine. My strength will come back. I've just got to take care
of myself. I'm trying to drink tons of water and get lots of rest.
I
might get my new powerbook today. I'm so excited. Then I can write
these entries from wherever I am. I think the slogan for the powerbooks
should be "Wherever you go, tere you are" Because that's how I'm gonna feel.
Tomorrow I'm going on a bike ride with Lisa (Heather's neighbor).
I'm excited to be out and about. Hopefulyl it won't rain.
| run | x-train | stretch | crunches | pushups | upper | lower |
| 2 miles | | 10 mins | 60 | 40 | | |
November 19, 2001 - Monday
I am miss super-duper cranky pants still. My pants just seem to be getting
crankier. I've been worn out for the past two days so I took today off.
Tomorrow is a buddy run at Kezar. It seems like every week I have a different
sore muscle. This week it's my calves. This means that once each set of muscles
gets through with being sore it'll never hurt again right? Sounds good to me.
We had a clothing clinic yesterday. The Metro Sport dude went over shoes
and clothes we should get for the winter training season. Running can be expensive.
It seems like this training is going to be harder in many more ways than I
thought possible. Most of them psychological. I've gotta figure out how
to not be such a cranky pants. Once I figure that out maybe everything
else will be easier. Right now I'm stressing about fundraising, sore muscles,
feeling worn down, feeling tied down for the next three months, worried if
I get one more thing added to my plate I'll collapse. I'm worrying
too much about all of these things. I should just try and get into the groove
and stop my worrying.
DAY OF REST
November 18, 2001 - Sunday
I'm very worn out today. We watched the meteor shower last night
until 4 in the morning and I had a coached run at the marina at 8:30.
The run was ok, I was a little slow but I made it through. I got back, tried
to take a nap for a couple hours but wasn't very successful. I've been
feeling spacy, overheated and nauseous ever since this afternoon. I think I might
have worn myself out this week. Yesterday I felt full of energy and fantastic,
today I feel terrible. So I'm taking it very easy today. I napped most of
the day and I'm just going to read my java homework tonight. No situps
or pushups for me today.
Tomorrow I'm supopposed to go to a TNT buddy run. I can tell you right
now it won't be the 6am one the way I'm feeling right now. So I don't know
if I'll make any of them because I have class and I haven't had time to do
homework. I may have to take tomorrow off and work out on Friday to make
up for it. Tom's worried I'm going to spread myself too thin. It's nice to have
someone looking out for me. He's right, but I don't know what I can cut. I'm
hoping to get a full-time job soon and I'm definitely going to continue the java classes.
There are 6 of them and if I don't take one every semester, I'll never finish.
Maybe I should bite the bullet and take the super crazy crash course. All 6
classes in one semester. I could live off the old credit card for a while.
It's a thought.
| run | x-train | stretch | situps | pushups | upper | lower |
| 3 miles | | 10 mins | | | | |
November 17, 2001 - Saturday
Ahhh Saturday. I got to sleep in a little bit today. Tom, Lisa, Michael and I had soyriso and eggs
for breakfast. It was surprisingly good for a pork immitation. I got a lot of work done
today so I'm feeling less stressed. I still haven't started my Java
homework though and tomorrow I have a coached run so I bet I'm going
to be wiped tomorrow.
I increased my pushups by 20 and ran around the neighborhood
for a half hour or so. I wasn't as hungry today which was a big relief
since I feel like I'm going to eat up my bank account. Anyone got good
recipies for protien bars?
I broke $300 on the cookie sales last night. Even though the race
is really far away I'm starting to feel like reaching my goal is
going to be painfully hard. Hopefully I'm just being really hard on
myself and it won't be that bad.
| run | x-train | stretch | crunches | pushups | upper | lower |
| 30 mins | | 10 mins | 60 | 40 | | |
November 16, 2001
I've started taking vitamins. They seem to be helping. I'm less tired
and I seem to recover from workouts faster. I'm taking flax seed oil for
omega-3s, a multivitamin, calcium and a glucosamine/chondroitin combo.
That's a lotta pills. I've never taken an omega-3 or 6 before. They're
supposed to help with chardiovascular and circulation. Maybe my face won't
get so red if I take them regularly. And maybe My leg muscles will warm up
faster. Right now it seems like it takes them 15 minutes of running for
them to stop complaining.
I've lost 4 pounds in the last 3 weeks. My metabolism seems to be
speeding up a little since I started lifting weights. I wish people would
stop telling me how to eat. I know they only want to help.
I'm so scared I'm going to get all sick again like last spring unless I just
eat what my body tells me to eat. That was not a good time for me and I don't wish to repeat it.
I went to Apple today to sell some biscotti. I only sold 5 bags but I saw a bunch of old friends.
I still have some bags if anyone's interested.
| run | x-train | stretch | situps | pushups | upper | lower |
| | eliptical 30 mins | | | | 10 mins | 10 mins |
November 15, 2001
Got up and did a buddy run at Kezar. We had a new addition today. Michelle
joined us for the first time. She's going to try to make it regularly now
too. Ger came too. We did good today despite how we felt. We ran farther than I think we've run before.
I felt really sore and tired but I just tried to keep going. My calf muslces
feel like they've doubled in size and they're kinda of sore today.
I started sending out letters today and I sent in my first donation form.
$241! I'm already more than 10% done with my minimum. If I raise $500 by a
certain date I'll get a 1 month pass to 24 hour. I need it. I only have 9 more
visits to the Koret center left on my card and I'm trying to save money so a 1
month pass will help a lot. Sign up for the Run to the far side on the 25th!
It's only a 5k (3.6 miles) and it's going to be lots of fun. you can sign up
here: RadioAlice.com
| run | x-train | stretch | situps | pushups | upper | lower |
| 40 mins | | 10 mins | 20 | 20 | | |
November 14, 2001
I ate a bowl of cereal today at 8am and went downtown to see my acupuncturist.
By 12 o'clock I was agonisingly hungry. I tried so hard to steer myself to
someplace where I could get some healthy food but it was no use. I gave
into my urges and had a cheeseburger. It was so damn good. Then I got
home and tried to work but I was so tired I couldn't get anything done
so I laid down and woke up 3 hours later. My body is obviously going
through changes. I hope things start to normalize or I won't be able to
get anything done. I decided I needed the rest so no excersizing for me today!
November 13, 2001
I almost slept through the morning but I jolted out of bed, jumped on
my bike and made it to Kezar on time.
I ran a mile before Ger showed up and then we ran two more. I was
kinda tired today. Yesterday's exer-cycle was hard. Tomorrow I may go
for a bike ride with Heather's neighbor Lisa.
I'm freaking out about work. All of a sudden I have tons to do this
week. I'm just trying to keep from going crazy. It's probably not as bad
as I'm making it out to be. It's healthy to feel a sense of urgency,
but I'm over-doing it a bit. Calm down Alanna! Everything will get done!
Harry Potter is my way of escaping reality. What happens when I finish the fourth book?!?
I was going to make biscotti this week, I owe several people batches.
But I don't think it's going to happen this week.
| run | x-train | stretch | situps | pushups | upper | lower |
| 3 miles | | 10 mins | 20 | 20 | | |
November 12, 2001
I actually have work today! I went to the gym and lifted some weights and
rode the excer-bike. I've decided to start putting tables in my
journal so it's easier to track my progress. I'm really stressed this
week with work. I need to make sure I take time out to excersize and
work hard when I have the time. If I get through this week it should be
calmer next week (even though Thanksgiving is coming... gulp). I'm really
excited to do the Run to the far side in Golden Gate park. Stacie is doing
it too. Even though it gets way too much use, I think I'll wear the cow
costume again. I'm going to be sweating like a pg though.
The biscotti was such a success I
have to make several more batches this week. Looks like I'll be doing
more deliveries on Wednesday. If you're interested,
email me.
| run | x-train | stretch | situps | pushups | upper | lower |
| | 30 min bike, 5 min stair | | | | 10 min | |
November 11, 2001
Today Tom and I went to the fleemarket off Jackson in Oakland. I got some
incence and some bamboo, Tom got a window squeegy. Nothing too exciting.
After that we stopped by Stacie and Joe's house. They were in the process
of moving and we got to meet Joe's family. After that we headed off to Berkeley
to look at road bikes and
decided they cost a lot of money.
Sunday night I went running at Kezar around sundown. I sprinted 1/4 of
each lap for the first 5 laps. I ran a total of 2 miles without stopping.
When I got back to Tom's my face was a bazaar shade of red. I looked like
Violet from Willy Wonka. My pulled muscle is completely healed!
| run | x-train | stretch | situps | pushups | upper | lower |
| 2 miles | | 10 min | 20 | 20 | | |
November 10, 2001
Today was the kick-off meeting. I met my mentor and some of my teammates.
They tortured us with videos of sick kids and adults who looked like
hairless skeletons. They also made us yell GO TEAM! a lot. I'm not too
crazy about all that stuff. My cynical side takes over. I was a little
hung over from Stacie's party too so that didn't help. I definitely wasn't
in a cheering mood. I got our workout schedule and starting out it's
actually less than I've been doing for running and cross-training but I have to get into
the habit of doing situps, more stretches and get to the gym regularly
for weight lifting.
| run | x-train | stretch | situps | pushups | upper | lower |
| | hike 1 hour | | 20 | 20 | | |
After the meeting I helped Stacie move into her new
house in Fruitvale and we went for a hike at Juaquin Miller park. It was
rainy and beautiful. We pretty much had the place to ourselves. I'm
glad we decided to hike in the rain. We had hesitated when we saw that
it was raining outside but Stacie grabbed a couple jackets and I had
hats in the car so the rain didn't bother us one bit. It was actually nice.
November 9, 2001
Boy oh boy are the cookies going over well. I sold 24 bags today and
I only made 22. I now owe my roommates 2 bags. I could have sold more
if I hadn't run out. Gotta make more! Tonight was Stacie's party. It's
weird how many people have run marathons. I met someone who had done Team
In Training before and someone who was about to run the Honolulu marathon.
Tomorrow is the kic-off. I get my workout binder and meet my coach
and mentor. I'm excited but nervous even though I'ver been training
already, tomorrow is becomes more real. They're gonna kick mu butt!
November 8, 2001
Nobody was at the buddy run this morning. I kept looking at the gate
like a lonely puppy waiting for her owners to get home. I thought I
saw Michael jog into the stadium but it was just some guy. I decided
since I had the place to myself that I would run 4 mile. But after
the second or third lap my pulled muscle started hurting really bad.
I ended up doing a mile and a half and had to walk a lot of it. I
guess the elliptical trainer is a hell of a lot less impact so it
didn't bother me yesterday. I want to go on a bike ride but I don't
think I'll have any time until sunday. Tomorrow I have a meeting in
Corta Madera in the morning and then I have to spend the day
delivering cookies. Saturday is th kick-off meeting and afterwards
I'm going to help Stacie move so I can check out her new house. Maybe
I can go for a ride sunday morning.
After the kick-off meeting my coach is gonna make me work real hard
every day. I'm sort of nervous about it. I feel pretty whimpy this week.
I just want to stay in bed and read Harry Potter.
November 7, 2001
This morning I went to the gym. I lifted a bunch of weights and
did the eliptical trainer for 40 minutes. I didn't lift too many
weights on my legs, I'm still worried about my pulled muscle. I realized how in shape
I used to be and how even though I've been excersizing a lot, I'm
still not as strong as I used to be. Soon... soon...
The bake is on! I started making biscotti this morning after my workout.
I was starving and felt like baking so I started baking a day early. I've
got 3 batches in the oven as we speak. If you'd like to order some biscotti,
please do it today or tomorrow morning. Go here
for more info.
November 6, 2001
Today Stacie, Lisa and I met for a buddy run. Lisa couldn't find
anywhere to park so by the time we got to the track it was 8:20.
Stacie had already run for 20 minutes. My leg is still very sore
so I ran two laps very slowly and I was done for the day. The back
of my leg felt numb. I think that's a bad thing. Afterwards we went
to Lava Java for a bagels and cofffee. Stacie treated us today
because we were picking up boxes for her to move with. We saw GC,
Emily and Michael on our box collecting travels. For the rest of
the day I wrote as much java code as I could at Tom's work. It's
much easier to study here than my house. I think I should do
this once a week. When I try to study at home I feel like I
should be working out. I need some separation.
I'm now up to 12 orders of biscotti. I think if I bring a bunch
to Guru I can get people to buy more. I'm sending out a reminder
email tomorrow for people to place orders.
November 5, 2001
I had the blues today. Just general life/work blues.
I realized I should always do my workout in the
morning. I makes the rest of the day better. I felt like I couldn't do
much because of my pulled muscle. I was going to lift some weights but
I ran out of time before class. I'll do some push ups before bed. My leg is
still sore. I'm going to give it a test run tomorrow morning at our
buddy run. Only 5 more days until the kick-off meeting.
November 4, 2001
Today I just did stained glass and some studying. I walked quite a bit
and decided my leg is pretty bad. So I gave my very sore leg a rest.
November 3, 2001
Tom and I carried rocks and moved dirt for his sister's new flagstone patio.
I considered it my weight training for the day. My arms aren't sore but I
pulled a muscle in my leg. The patio looks great.
November 2, 2001
Me tired today. I'm taking the day off. Tomorrow I lift rocks in Tom's sister's garden. She's landscaping.
November 1, 2001
Boy, I didn't want to get up today. The alarm never went off so I missed
my buddy run at 8. Sorry Lisa! I slept in a little and headed down to Kezar about 9:30.
My legs are pretty sore from yesterday's bike ride plus last night was
Halloween-beer-fun-time so 2 miles was enough for me. I stopped by a bike
shop and got a new back light for my bike. Now maybe I won't get run over
in the fog!
I walked to the Crowbar for Jon's going away party. It's about 4 miles with some mellow hills.
Everyone thought I was crazy. Th Broadway tunnel sucked but the rest was
nice. I walked up Geary to Franklin to Broadway.
October 31, 2001 - Haloween!
I really didn't want to go for a bike ride today. I was sleepy. I had a
big lunch and I wanted a nap. But I forced myself to get on my bike. I
rode up Arguello, through the Presidio towards the Golden Gate. It was
extremely foggy and very beautiful along the coast. I realized it was
the first time I've ever intentionally ridden my bike in the fog. The
fog makes the world feel very quiet and peaceful. The fog was so thick
I couldn't see cars too well and I decided they could see me either so
I turned around at Battery Boutelle (pronounced boo-tay as in John big
boo-tay). I discovered the coastal trail runs along the cliffs there.
I 'll have to go running there. I didn't wear enough clothes so when
I got back I was all chilled so I curled up in bed with my heating
pad and took a nice long nap. For Halloween we just hung out at the
Gold Cane on Haight street.
I've already gotten 8 orders for Biscotti. Keep 'em comin! See the
biscotti page for more details.
October 30, 2001
I raised my first $25 today! Best of all I got it by doing a good
deed. I was walking through the Home depot parking lot and I found a cellphone.
I picked it up and started to take it inside to leave with an employee.
It started ringing seconds after I picked it up so I answered it to see
if it was the owner. I ended up driving it to the owner's place of
business out in the Richmond district. They were so thankful they
wanted to give me a present so I asked them to make a donation. $25 down, $3075 to go!
We went on another 8am run at Kezar this morning. We are all getting
stronger and faster. My stomach feels a little less squishy today. I'm
feeling brave enough to start my weekly weigh-in page this Friday.
October 29, 2001
Today Lisa and I went for a run through the panhandle, into the park and through the
Botanical Gardens. I feel really strong now. I felt like I could keep running
for a couple hours. I'm hungry all the time now though. Feed me!!!
October 28, 2001
I took today off from excersize. I got a new pair of warm running pants and a
new sports bra, weee. I made homemade chicken pot pie and carved pumpkins.
That was enough of a workout for one day.
October 27, 2001
I had a bit of a hangover from Friday night. So no running for me today.
My back and stomach are sore from bike riding twice in one week. Not to mention my butt.
I just wanted to enjoy one of my last free weekends in months.
 October 26, 2001
Critical mass was great fun. We met a Digipop and rode downtown together
in our costumes. Here are some pictures.
I dropped my digital camera and I think it's busted :(. I think I might
have gotten on a couple news shots. There were some pretty cool costumes,
I'm sad my camera stopped working. We were going down Howard and this
Taxi driver decided he couldn't wait for us so he tried to drive down the
street with thousands of bikes. He ended up running over the back tire
of this guy's bike. The guy was ok but the bike and taxi were very messed up.
October 25, 2001
I got up and ran at 8 this morning. We have a little running buddy date
on Tuesday and Thursdays. It's been just me, Stacie and Lisa but today
Ger joined us. We didn't run too far which was all right with me. I was
still sore from the bike ride the day before. Running was followed by a
bagel and coffee at the Crepevine. That's the best part about buddy running.
I feel great today. Life is good. It always seems like the moment you
let go and let life flow, a lot of magical things happen. I got more freelance work
today which will make it easier to focus on training, stained glass, and my
java class without having to worry about looking for a full-time job.
Tomorrow
is Halloween Critical Mass. I'm going in my cow costume. Check back for pictures.
Lots of my friends have already said they would donate money for the cause!
October 24, 2001
I rode my bike for about 2 hours down along Ocean beach and through Golden Gate Park.
The ocean was especially spectacular today. I promised myself I would study Java all day
but it was too damn beautiful outside. I realized I'm much stronger now than
I was 9 months ago when I quit my job. The hills didn't bother me so much.
October 23, 2001
Today I attended the informational meeting for the Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society's Team In Training Program. I was very wary at first. I almost
got up and walked out before it started. I found out I would have to raise
a minimum of $2,100 in order to run. I started thinking, maybe I just want
some excersize, this all seems like a huge commitment. But I decided to presever.
$2,100 ain't so bad and I can have fun thinking up ways to get the donations.
I think I'm going to like the fundraising part.
Earlier in the day I had run 3 miles with Lisa at the Polo fields. I found out
the sand track is .75 miles around. That means that I've been running a lot farther than I thought.
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