It's warm
Its been a stable 75-80ºf around here lately. Its 10pm now and its 81º! I just got back from a quick jog by myself. Heather and I have been running every other day (schedule permitting). She's out of town for a funeral back home so I went by myself tonight. Last weekend I bought a Nike+ SportBand and hacked my non Nike+ compatible shoes to work with the pedometer. Worked fine I think!
We haven't set a regular routine for running, but like I said, we're aiming for every other day. However, on Mondays I ride 20 miles (19.8miles in reality I think) with a small group of riders after work. This week I set my best time for the ride for this year! Approximately 56 minutes! Thats without cutting most red lights and stop signs (I don't cut unless I know its absolutely clear).
Running with Heather is really fun and relaxing for me because I get to pretend I'm a coach. I'm in better shape than she is, and she wants to be in better shape, and has been in better shape. She is driven but has been a smoker for years and has sports induced Asthma. She even had a small attack on a run a couple weeks ago. However, she's making noticeable improvement and I pay more attention to her audible breathing while we run to make sure she doesn't over-do it.
Chicago is still a tough city for me. It feels like the summer is already starting to come to an end, even though its got a couple more months of warm night-time weather. Maybe it is because I know winter is coming, and winter here is real, not like in California. I need two jobs, one here in the spring and summer and one back home in winter so I can alternate.
I also want to get a cat. I also want to get a mountain bike. And another road bike. And a car... The mountain bike is more likely, and actually rational. Since a bike is my main transportation, having something with knobby tires to get through the snow will make life a bit more bearable for me. But my bills and surprise purchases always get the bulk of my paychecks.
I had the best chicken sandwich of my life last week. And then Heather and I got in a huge huge fight. But that came and went. Can't hold on to either (the positive and the negative, not 'let go of heather'), just have to let them go.
We haven't set a regular routine for running, but like I said, we're aiming for every other day. However, on Mondays I ride 20 miles (19.8miles in reality I think) with a small group of riders after work. This week I set my best time for the ride for this year! Approximately 56 minutes! Thats without cutting most red lights and stop signs (I don't cut unless I know its absolutely clear).
Running with Heather is really fun and relaxing for me because I get to pretend I'm a coach. I'm in better shape than she is, and she wants to be in better shape, and has been in better shape. She is driven but has been a smoker for years and has sports induced Asthma. She even had a small attack on a run a couple weeks ago. However, she's making noticeable improvement and I pay more attention to her audible breathing while we run to make sure she doesn't over-do it.
Chicago is still a tough city for me. It feels like the summer is already starting to come to an end, even though its got a couple more months of warm night-time weather. Maybe it is because I know winter is coming, and winter here is real, not like in California. I need two jobs, one here in the spring and summer and one back home in winter so I can alternate.
I also want to get a cat. I also want to get a mountain bike. And another road bike. And a car... The mountain bike is more likely, and actually rational. Since a bike is my main transportation, having something with knobby tires to get through the snow will make life a bit more bearable for me. But my bills and surprise purchases always get the bulk of my paychecks.
I had the best chicken sandwich of my life last week. And then Heather and I got in a huge huge fight. But that came and went. Can't hold on to either (the positive and the negative, not 'let go of heather'), just have to let them go.
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