A shout out to a friend and frequent RS commenter who is running her first marathon today.
Category Archives: Exercise
Placeholder II
Update – Title changed. Apparently I wasn’t even being original, Placeholder. If I were less uptight, I would skip this post and let the blogsphere turn without me for a day. But I’m not, so I can’t. (“Surely I can arrange my life to say something, even if it’s ‘Hi There’ each day.” [Where?]) HiContinue reading “Placeholder II”
New Equipment: Weights
1lb weights to build up my fingers and wrists, per new riding paradigm [MSSP]. Riding does not require brute strength. I don’t wish to yank on the horse’s mouth with Hulk-like fists of doom. Riding requires endurance. The longer I can survive making subtle adjustments, the less likely I will be to start waving myContinue reading “New Equipment: Weights”
New Features
Book Posts As a contribution to their ongoing marketing efforts, I have put a page of Books by Guest Posters in the header. Shop, read, enjoy. Exercise Accountability For those who might wish to follow my resolution to exercise [9th Day], I have started a log at the bottom of the sidebar. To save space, IContinue reading “New Features”
On the Ninth Day of Christmas: 9 Pounds a-Droppin’
My third goal for the year* is to lose weight. I don’t obsess about, or even pay much attention to, my weight on a daily basis. I use the scale at the YMCA when I go swimming. When that number begins to creep over 150 lbs, I find there is a correlation with parts ofContinue reading “On the Ninth Day of Christmas: 9 Pounds a-Droppin’”
Gearing Up For the Dark Days
Cold. Unseasonably cold. This is the upside to having pasture ornaments. Go to barn. Pat noses. Tell ’em you will see ’em tomorrow. Or when it thaws. Retreat to house. No competition plans to be delayed. I know, I know, it’s colder where you are. It’s all in what one is used to. Where IContinue reading “Gearing Up For the Dark Days”
Field Walks
My walks around the field have morphed yet again. Originally, I walked around our pasture in preparation for jogging around same. It beat jogging on the road. When the jogging habit failed to eventuate, I kept walking. It’s good exercise for body and mind. Often when I get my knickers terminally twisted, I will goContinue reading “Field Walks”
Virtual Brush Box 