run

2 miles
18:48

pandas on a slide

this will brighten up your day!!

morning run

2 miles with a big hill in the middle.

19:10

4th of july run(s)

2 miles - 18:02
800M- 4:05
400M - 2:03
400M-1:57
400M cool down - 2:25

total run: 3.25 miles

'merica

funny looking animal of the week!

run

2 miles
18:42

killer cardio!

did this workout I found online this AM. Tough! Total run mileage: 3.13 miles

run and dog walkin!

ran to Liberty Humane Society and walked Mecca and Mighty!!!

Mecca was very mellow and did not want to walk very much.
Mighty was the opposite!! He was awesome. I want to adopt him and call him "Taco."

run there - 1.3 miles 11:44
run back - 1.25 miles 11:42

morning run

2 miles.
18:48.

tennis!

woke up early this morning and headed over to the park for a rousing hour of tennis with Hoover! (just call us Venus & Serena).

wod

warm up: 5 min on the bike

2 rounds of:
50 double unders
40 deadlift (40#)
30 kb swing (15#)
20 wall ball sit ups (12#)
10 burpees

1 last round of:

25 double unders

20 deadlift (40#)

15 kb swing (15#)

10 wall ball sit ups (12#)

5 burpees

fleet foxes cover call me maybe

run

2 miles
17:58

beautiful morning for a run!

run

2 miles
17:35

buffalo run

2 miles.
18:41

then ran with reese for a bit!

run

2 miles
18:17

I may be slow, but at least I'm consistent.

run

2 miles.
18:42

runaway. the national.

morning run

5k
28:28

funny looking animal of the week

"What'd you say? I couldn't hear you!"

- this guy

Money I Spent This Weekend

There is a really great blog about money called The Billfold that I've been following lately. About once a week, they have people post about "My Last Hundred Bucks," basically where they spent their last hundo.

I thought I'd do a version called "Money I Spent This Weekend With My Friend In Town..." Here goes:

Friday:
$12 to see Amy Poehler speak at the 92nd Street Y
$14 at City Crab for Lobster Mac & Cheese & a glass of wine
$21 for drinks at The Lamp Post

Saturday:
$4 lemonade at Smorgasburg
$6 taco at Smorgasburg
$5 fried mozzarella balls at Smorgasburg
$48 bar tab for lots of drinks for friends at Crown Victoria
$35 dinner & drinks at Hatchi
$21 cab ride to WTC PATH (don't usually travel in style but it was late and had a friend in town)
$5 cab ride home from PATH

Sunday:
$4 bagel
$1.50 Gatorade after my soccer game
$24 for a new racerback bra!
$48 for dinner at Hill Country for me & my friend
$30 for 2 tickets to ASSCAT3000
$4 for ice cream

GRAND WEEKEND TOTAL:
$282.50
Actually not too bad for a really busy weekend of fun!

Side note: Also won $198 off my $3 US Open bet for Webb Simpson, so I'm gonna say the weekend was a great success overall.

bike ride

6.5 miles. about 40 minutes

wod

ran 1 mile (8:10)

30 reps of the following:
thrusters (30#)
box jumps
wall ball sit ups (12#)
kb swings (15#)
burpees

shovels and rope. gasoline.

and now for something completely different! love this

funny looking animal of the week

hiiii

wod

1 mile run - 8:22
50 trx squats
25 pull ups

trx ab work

run

ran to humane society and back. 2.5 miles. 22.12

walked tuti and block! cuties


tuti

block

run

2 miles
18:23

morning run

1.5 miles
13:10

wod

row 500M
30 bench press (40#)
row 1000M
20 bench press
row 2000M
10 bench press

24:10

mrs. doubtfire as a horror film

amazing!

funny looking animal of the week!

wod

1.5 mile run
12:38

abs on trx machine

dawes. a little bit of everything.

Spartan Sprint!

Today we drove up to Tuxedo, NY and did the Spartan Sprint! 3.5 hilly miles with a bunch of fun obstacles. It was tough but we had a good time (and got very muddy)...

Felt good & like those work outs have been paying off, cleared every obstacle except 3 (can't rope climb, missed the target on the javelin throw, and fell off while I was traversing a wall). That meant a total of 90 burpees in penalties!

Overall, a good time.

BODY PUMP

Took a body pump class during my lunch break. It was interesting, lots of different sets with a bar and weight that worked different parts of the body. Think I will be feeling it tomorrow...

adorable looking animal of the week

the hudson edition

wod

5 min bike warm up

5 rounds of:
10 box jumps
10 dead lifts (40#)
10 kb swings (15#)
10 wall ball sit ups (12#)

9:19

5 min bike cool down

run

2 miles
17:38

jax run

ran with mal!

2 miles
18:48

30 60 90 class

did a class at the gym tonight with my coworker - it was killer! before we went I said "I hope there are no push ups, I'm beat from the other night." so of course the ENTIRE class just about was different forms of push ups - push up to plank, push up to squat thrust jump, push ups with weights...

great workout though! im beat

JAX tomorrow !!! :) :) :)

help yourself. sad brad smith

funny looking animal of the week!

wod

did a killer work out with my coworker tonight:

run 1 mile
60 push ups
five minutes on the stair machine
100 trx squats
1000M row
25 jumping pull ups
5 min on the bike with hand weights
50 dips (assisted)
150 jump ropes
25 wall ball sit ups (12#)

jersey city sunday night

run

ran to humane society
walked 3 doggies!
ran back

total run: 2.5
22:40

gingers have souls!

morning run

2 miles
18:22

she & him. fools rush in.

run

1.5 miles
13:50

wod

run 1 mile
row 1000M
run 1 mile

total time: around 24 min
total run time: 15:54
total row time: 4:35

funny looking animals of the week!

Mother's Day edition?

run

4 miles.
37:13

morning run

2.5 miles
23:17

run

1.5 miles
13:14

funny looking animal of the week

Black Keys - Lonely Boy

wod

30 wall ball shots (12#)
30 pull ups
30 kb swings (20#)
50 sit ups
50 back extensions
row 1000M

some abs on the TRX

Alison Brie & The Girls - Call Your Girlfriend

another one!

Alison Brie & The Girls - "I'm On Fire"

covering the boss

funny looking animal of the week!

tired monday edition!

run

1.53 miles
12:58

kitchy kitchen

some really great food videos on this site!

saturday 5k

27:58

bought it!

my new swimsuit's on it's wayyyy!

happy birthday to an awesome brother!!!

run

1.5 miles.
tough to get going today.
14:40

wod

2 rounds for time of:

30 burpees
20 push ups
30 sit ups
30 squats
30 lunges
30 kb swings (#15)
1 mile run

tough one! didnt time it...runs were about 18min total

She's 22. Norah Jones.

off Norah Jones's new album "Little Broken Hearts."

morning run

2 miles
18:03

Ray LaMontagne - Empty

funny looking animals of the week

a trio of owls.

Daughter. Landfill.

morning run

light 1.5 miles
13:55

wod

row 1000M (4:45)
50 back extensions
50 sit ups
50 squats

trx ab work

wod

"Burpee ladder"

run 400M
10 burpees
run 400M
11 burpees
run 400M
12 burpees

etc, etc.

Did as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes. Got through 5 full rounds and almost finished the run on my 6th round.

funny looking animal of the week!

a tiny baby octopus! Thanks Adam!

run

2.2 miles
19:21

wod

3 rounds of:
25 walking lunge steps w/10# overhead
25 box jumps
25 sit ups
9:53

1 mile run
8:48

Dermont's Writing Challenge

DERMONT'S WRITING CHALLENGE: Write the beginning of a story from the point of view of a first person narrator who refuses to do what he/she is told to do. What will your character do instead? What lengths will your character go to in order to avoid completing a direct order? Why/How does your character make things hard on his/herself?

Begin with one of the following phrases:

I was supposed to. . . .

My father insisted I . . . .

Don’t tell me what to do. . . .

Everyone always wants something from me. . . . .

SHARE IT HERE. ROCK ON!

(via soulpancake)


I decided to try this out... here's what happened:

My father insisted that I leave the light alone. “But it’s blown out!” I yelled down back down the stairs, determined to help remedy the situation. His response was meant to be final: “Just leave it!”

But I couldn’t just leave it. I was only going to be home for two days; it was the least I could do to help out. I reached up to unscrew the light bulb. The next thing I knew I was holding the entire fixture in my hand. The only thing keeping it attached to the ceiling was a thin blue wire.

“Uh oh,” I said, used to talking to myself as I accomplished household tasks, both an inherited trait and also a subliminal coping mechanism for living alone. But I wasn’t alone this time.

“What did you do?” My father had apparently heard the reaction meant only for my ears. I quickly tried to call down that everything was fine, but it was too late. I could hear his heavy steps already making their way up the stairs.

And for some reason, I started to laugh. Here I was, holding an entire light fixture above my head, with my soon to be frustrated father on his way to the scene, and I couldn’t stop giggling.

He arrived at the top of the stairs, squinting through his bifocals at the mini disaster. He took the light out of my hands. “I told you to leave it!” he grumbled. “I was trying to help!” I honestly felt that his attitude was a little extreme; after all, maybe the fixture he installed shouldn’t have been so easily removed from the ceiling. All I did was twist it…

“Just go downstairs.”

And just like that, I was banished from helping fix my mess. Deemed useless. I fled to the living room, where my brother and mom sat on the couch, watching my shameful retreat. They did not try to stifle their smiles.

“What did you do?” Mom was inquisitive.

“I accidentally pulled out the light fixture.”

This seemed to be hilarious to my brother, who burst into laughter. I slid onto the couch, curling up next to my mom, transforming into her baby girl. I was safe here.

She sighed and ran her hand through my hair.

“What are we going to do with you?”

Honestly, I didn’t know myself.

funny looking animal of the week!

wod

run 800M

5 rounds of:
10 pull ups
10 dips

run 800M

m ward. there's a key.

baby laughing at a vacuum!

sunday 5k

28 min

of monsters and men. love love love

Just downloaded their album. Good good stuff.

run

4 miles
37:41

Drake's Re-Bar Mitzvah

Things I didn't know that I now know:

1. Drake is Jewish.
2. You can get Re-Bar Mitzvah'ed?
3. Drake had adorable dance moves as a child.

wod

5 rounds of:
25 second wall stand
30 squats

10 min on elliptical
abs.

puppy yelpin'

funny looking animal of the week

Foo Fighters - "These Days"

This one's on my spring MIXTAPE PLAYLIST!

morning run

4 miles
37:33

wod

50 box jumps
50 wall ball shots (8# ball)
50 back extensions
50 deadlifts (50#)
50 push ups
25 burpees
50 sit ups

around 18 min

ran 1 mile
9:23

first wod in a while. tough to get back into it!

chicago vs chicago - round one

I like this. I like anything with Nick Offerman in it, really.

funny looking animal of the week!

this is the saddest looking owl in the world.

morning run

2.25 miles
20:17

morning run

2 miles.
17:33

wod

warm up: run 1 mile (8:13)

3 rounds of:
12 wall ball shots (12#)
10 push ups
12 sit ups
TRX planks

50 back extensions

run

3 miles
25:20