172. I like portmanteaux! (Clever ones like "shinjury." NOT dumb ones like "webinar.")
171. I love the smell of pine. And coniferous trees.
170. I like using train tickets for bookmarks.
169. I like the way the fuzzy leaves of violets feel.
168. I like the way the entire bathroom smells when you put up a new shower curtain.
8.23.2011
7.18.2011
Point A to Point B
167. I like remembering the way supermarkets looked a long time ago. (I guess this can apply to any building that gets remodeled, but I'm having vivid memories of PathMark on Route 15 in north NJ circa 1992.)
166. I like the Hudson River Greenway.
165. I like kayaks. (But I still might like canoes more.)
164. I like using train tickets as bookmarks.
163. I like tying granola bar wrappers in a knot when I've finished eating them.
166. I like the Hudson River Greenway.
165. I like kayaks. (But I still might like canoes more.)
164. I like using train tickets as bookmarks.
163. I like tying granola bar wrappers in a knot when I've finished eating them.
6.11.2011
The 40th Annual Mini10k! Central Park, 8:00am, June 11, 2011
Ten reasons why I had an awesome race this morning:
1. The world's first all-female 10k in NYC in 1972 had 78 runners. Today I was one of 6,000 women. It's always amazing and I always get a little teary at the start.
2. It was not 100 degrees!!! Though I was wishing it would rain a little because I was still pretty hot.
3. Until mile 2 I would say my leg was slightly uncomfortable, but then I didn't feel it and it didn't ever hurt.
4. KT Tape, I'm sticking with you. Literally.
5. The guy on the side of the road playing "Chariots of Fire" theme on the trumpet was awesome.
6. I have no idea why I take the uphills so well, but I sure am happy I do.
7. I will never underestimate the power of a calf massage.
8. It was what my mind and body needed to convince myself I'll be able to run the marathon in 5 months.
9. I don't know my exact splits, but they got shorter every mile. My first mile was 10:26 but my average page was 9:43.
10. I knew I wasn't going to have a PR, but this actually ended up being my second fastest 10k ever!
1. The world's first all-female 10k in NYC in 1972 had 78 runners. Today I was one of 6,000 women. It's always amazing and I always get a little teary at the start.
2. It was not 100 degrees!!! Though I was wishing it would rain a little because I was still pretty hot.
3. Until mile 2 I would say my leg was slightly uncomfortable, but then I didn't feel it and it didn't ever hurt.
4. KT Tape, I'm sticking with you. Literally.
5. The guy on the side of the road playing "Chariots of Fire" theme on the trumpet was awesome.
6. I have no idea why I take the uphills so well, but I sure am happy I do.
7. I will never underestimate the power of a calf massage.
8. It was what my mind and body needed to convince myself I'll be able to run the marathon in 5 months.
9. I don't know my exact splits, but they got shorter every mile. My first mile was 10:26 but my average page was 9:43.
10. I knew I wasn't going to have a PR, but this actually ended up being my second fastest 10k ever!
5.26.2011
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Sev-en!
162. I like that rough mornings can be fixed by listening to The Decemberists' "June Hymn" while looking at a slide show of mountain and nature photographs.
161. So, when I run I habitually sing the counts of the music to the tune of the song I'm listening to. And I really like when the number matches up with the beat. Especially when it's "sev-en."
160. I am a sucker for a sense of community
159. I like trying new things! Like rock wall climbing. It was not pretty, but you've gotta start somewhere right?
158. I like volunteering.
157. I really like volunteering with kids.
156. Maybe this one is a cop-out, but I like liking things. It's much better than disliking things.
161. So, when I run I habitually sing the counts of the music to the tune of the song I'm listening to. And I really like when the number matches up with the beat. Especially when it's "sev-en."
160. I am a sucker for a sense of community
159. I like trying new things! Like rock wall climbing. It was not pretty, but you've gotta start somewhere right?
158. I like volunteering.
157. I really like volunteering with kids.
156. Maybe this one is a cop-out, but I like liking things. It's much better than disliking things.
4.21.2011
I am a procrastination station.
155. I like the kind of envelopes with good tasting glue. Why do some envelopes taste so bad when you lick them, while others are so palatable? Someone needs to have a monopoly on envelope glue. The good kind.
154. I like that I'm able to have entire hypothetical conversations in my head in French. (However, the second I'm in a situation where I can speak it aloud to someone I forget everything!)
153. I like cello music. It's my favorite-sounding string instrument. If music ran through my veins instead of blood, it would be cello.
152. I like the following dialogue in The Graduate: "This whole idea sounds pretty half-baked." "Oh, it's not. It's completely baked."
151. I like the smell in the air when I run past The Sports Club/LA on 61st street. It's a combination of pool chlorine and IcyHot.
150. I like the Penguin Cafe Orchestra station on Pandora.
149. I like Pandora.
154. I like that I'm able to have entire hypothetical conversations in my head in French. (However, the second I'm in a situation where I can speak it aloud to someone I forget everything!)
153. I like cello music. It's my favorite-sounding string instrument. If music ran through my veins instead of blood, it would be cello.
152. I like the following dialogue in The Graduate: "This whole idea sounds pretty half-baked." "Oh, it's not. It's completely baked."
151. I like the smell in the air when I run past The Sports Club/LA on 61st street. It's a combination of pool chlorine and IcyHot.
150. I like the Penguin Cafe Orchestra station on Pandora.
149. I like Pandora.
4.04.2011
High-Five
148. I like documentaries about mountaineering. I also like when people injured on during mountain climbs survive grueling ordeals. I think about them and their broken legs and frostbitten faces when I feel like complaining that some body part or another hurts during my long runs. Then the shin splints don't seem so bad.
147. I like to read the Approval Matrix in a counter-clockwise direction, starting with Highbrow/Despicable.
146. I like taking my vitamins for the neon pee.
145. I am a huge fan of oatmeal.
144. I like waking up rested an hour before my alarm goes off. Taking my time significantly improves the quality of my mornings.
147. I like to read the Approval Matrix in a counter-clockwise direction, starting with Highbrow/Despicable.
146. I like taking my vitamins for the neon pee.
145. I am a huge fan of oatmeal.
144. I like waking up rested an hour before my alarm goes off. Taking my time significantly improves the quality of my mornings.
3.15.2011
"The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society"
143. I like passing runners wearing the same shirt as me, and I like it even more when they realize it too and we have a little "nice shirt" head-nod.
142. I've learned I always like alliteration.
141. I like group emails.
140. I like spumoni.
139. I like quotes by John Muir and Kurt Hahn.
138. I like dailymile.
137. "By noon. By noon or 1:00...By 1:37 exactly, Joe."
136. I like using asterisks. (And every time I say that word it makes me think of that episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" where discuss pronunciation.)
135. I am addicted to running clothes!
134. I like work days that move really quickly.
133. I like all of my doctors. I really lucked out getting some pretty awesome medical professionals working on my machine.
142. I've learned I always like alliteration.
141. I like group emails.
140. I like spumoni.
139. I like quotes by John Muir and Kurt Hahn.
138. I like dailymile.
137. "By noon. By noon or 1:00...By 1:37 exactly, Joe."
136. I like using asterisks. (And every time I say that word it makes me think of that episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" where discuss pronunciation.)
135. I am addicted to running clothes!
134. I like work days that move really quickly.
133. I like all of my doctors. I really lucked out getting some pretty awesome medical professionals working on my machine.
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