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Starting Weight: 152 (1/29/08)
Previous Weight: 133
Current Weight: 132
Weight Loss: -1
Total Loss: -20 in 120 days
Current Goal: 130
Lbs to go: 2
Wow, I've lost 20 pounds! I met my mini goal! That is incredible. To think, in early 2007 I was 160 lbs (probably more but that is the highest I have recorded). I was borderline obese. I should check with my doctor and see what the highest weight she has recorded for me is. I bet it was higher than 160.
Accomplishments this week:
- Completed my 3rd 5k
- Ran 30 minutes--C25k Week 9--without walking (3 times)
- Ran 2.31 miles without walking
- Ran 6.5+ miles total (~9 with walking)
- Biked ~9 miles total
- Fit into a size 2 skirt
- Lost 1 pound
- Met mini goal: 20 lbs lost
Hydrading after my 2.31 mile run!! Frak yeah!! That's the longest I've ever run in a row without walking by .31 miles. Thanks Jason for helping me push myself.
I took this photo to prove to someone that we were all still at the bar. I accidentally sent it to the Flickr, but hey, it's here now.
And I would like to add that at this point, we had all been on the lanai for something like five hours.
El banco central británico en una soleada mañana de un jueves en la City.
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All hail Douglas Adams! Join in on towel day to show your appreciation for the humor and insight that Douglas Adams brought to all our lives.
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This picture amuses me up to no end. Let me tell you, though, it is way too hot here in sunny Florida to be wearing this crazy getup outside. As luck would have it, my neighbor was just getting into her above ground pool and saw me through the fence as I was setting up the tripod wearing my robe. She probably thinks I am crazy. Oh well. I think this has inspired me to read the rest of the trilogy. I think I've only finished 2 or 3 of the 5 books (yes, there are 5 books in his trilogy because he was fun that way).
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Why a towel to honor this great writer? To quote from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value - you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a bush, but very, very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.
More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
Jessi and I were at a BBQ at a friend's house this evening. I saw one of the kids wearing this and knew I had to ask if I could borrow it for a 365 shot. Fortunately, my friend knows what a weirdo I am. :oD
Perhaps you remember my brief stint as a brunette...
My curiosity got the better of me, and I had to go check out the trailer toilets at the Richmond Central Target. And it may be the finest mobile commode setup I've ever seen.
In this photo, I'm signalling my approval of the spacious bathroom accommodations.
Richmond VA
My curiosity got the better of me, and I had to go check out the trailer toilets at the Richmond Central Target. And it may be the finest mobile commode setup I've ever seen.
In this photo, I'm signalling my approval of the spacious bathroom accommodations by taking a photo of myself in the mirror. A mirror! In a portable bathroom! Man, that really is classy.
Richmond VA
I went to the Farmer's Market to stock up on fresh, local produce after the race. I wore the t-shirt from the race. I really do not like t-shirts much, but my race shirt was soaking wet. I love the light shining on my face on the left.
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
I completed my 3rd 5k today. I did not do as well as I would have liked, but I finished! The warm and humid weather, along with part of the course being hard-packed sand and brick road contributed to my longer time.
Stats:
Distance - 5K
Chip Time - 42:57 (Clock - 43:30)
Pace - 13:49 minutes/mile
Overall Place - 1144 / 1344
Gender Place - 602 / 761
Division Place - 93 / 108