Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sunday Musings

It's been 1.5 weeks since my last injection. I'm expecting to be able to resume running at the 3-6 week mark, so that's 1.5-4.5 weeks to go. Time seems to go by really slowly when you're an injured runner. And while I'm happy for all of you who are running and racing, it's also hard to read about everyone else's running adventures. So I do apologize for my recent lack of comments and hope you are all doing well.

I had high hopes for spending a few days cycling this week, but the weather has not cooperated. The wind has been horrific. I'm not talking breezy, I mean all-out gusty nasty non-stop 25-40 mph wind. The kind that knocks over heavy patio furniture and trashcans and blows cushions and trash all over the yard. Sigh.

The one day that wasn't windy was the day we had tickets to see the Isotopes, our minor league baseball team. That was fun. We had also gone to the season opener. I'm hoping to go once or twice a month when they are in town. Fun stuff.

My cross training has been of the home maintenance variety. I gave up on finding a color for the great room for now and am focusing on another section of the house. Today I'm planning to start painting the office. But before I could even get started with that there was come cleaning up to do and some wall repair. Plastic containers to store stuff and plaster/sand paper are my new friends.

I made a last minute decision to fly to Ohio to visit my mom and other family for Easter, which is also her birthday. Husband and Daughter are unable to come with me, so I'm traveling solo. I'll miss them, but I feel good about making this trip. I don't get back very often.

This brings me to my last topic. I have two ipods: a shuffle and a nano. The shuffle doesn't have a lot of room for songs, but it's the one I run with. I change up my playlist every so often, clip it on, and go. The nano has my full music collection. It's the one I take with me when I travel. Lately the nano battery life seems to be unacceptably poor. I'm considering getting something to replace it, but it's not as easy as it seems. The newest nano is more like a shuffle and the touch screen doesn't seem very easy to use. The itouch is too big. Why o why, must they constantly redesign these things?

13 comments:

  1. We've had that crazy wind here too! I am so tired of it.

    Here's hoping you can run again closer to the 3 week mark than 6!

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  2. You are handling being injured better than I would be...
    I take a lot of my music off my nano..maybe this is sucking the battery life? (being full?)

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  3. I hate that when they muck about with stuff that was FINE how it was! Have a safe trip to Ohio and take care

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  4. I agree...when they change things so often, it can get frustrating! Hope you are back into running soon!! :0)

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  5. Have a safe trip to Ohio! We just got back from Toledo today. Hope the weather is better for you than it was for us. :)

    You you checked the prices for a refurbed older generation iPod on eBay? I usually wait until a new version comes out and then buy the old one for cheaper. I'm not a huge fan of the current Nano either.

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  6. My Nano (the little square one)came free with my Mac many years ago, but the battery is starting to go too.

    Have you looked into buying a refurbished older model or just seeing if you can find one of the older models on Amazon? I've considered doing that because I'm not sure I'll love the new Nano.

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  7. Have a very Happy Easter, Lisa! Safe travels.

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  8. I hope your weather was better then ours when we were in Toledo, it was cold and windy!!! Have fun

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  9. i feel you on being injured, i've been there many times and it's oh so difficult. i don't blame you a bit. hang in there, and i hope you heal up quickly.

    as for the iPod, i found my nano started crapping out on me too. i just got a shuffle, which i use just for running, but the one i got has 4g of space so i have a LOT of different playlists on there and there is plenty of room. and it was cheap!

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  10. What is up with the crazy wind?!? I had to run my half on a day when there were gusts up to 45mph. Fortunately, we were sheltered by a big hill for much of the race.

    I hope you enjoy your trip to Ohio. I'm hoping to spend more time with family this summer.

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  11. I'm still wondering what happened to Spring. A lot of people have been talking about the wind in the mid west. We've been having cooler than normal, cloudy weather on the coast.

    Have a safe and fun trip, and HAPPY EASTER!

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  12. thought about barefoot or minimal running to reduce injury?

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  13. ever thought of going barefoot or minimalist to reduce injury?

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