Listening to my body for once!
Author: Kris
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RunningBlog: A Decision
I’m not going to run the Gold Coast marathon this year. I’m not going to run any marathon this year. I know this sounds stupid, but it feels incredibly FREEING to say that. I know I said I was going to. But as soon as I said it, I felt weighed down by it. The next seven months stretched ahead like the worst homework assignment ever. It wasn’t like that last year. I don’t know what changed. But lately running is feeling less fun and more like a chore. It feels like something I only do because you guys expect it, and because I’ve made my running so public. It doesn’t help that I keep adding a new injury every six months. I hurt my right knee ten days ago, and it’s still not recovered. Every day that I don’t run, I feel a terrible guilt knowing that I’m “falling behind” on my goals. Isn’t that silly? I went out for a run this morning knowing that I shouldn’t, just because I felt ashamed at not getting in any miles this week. (I got plenty of exercise, just not running.) That’s just stupid, right? Who am I doing this for, anyway?! So when I got back to the house this morning, wincing as my knee climbed each step, I said to the Snook, “I don’t think I want to run the marathon.” And he said, “Okay.” And I immediately felt SO MUCH BETTER. I feel like that’s a big sign that I’m making the right choice. Right now to run would be to force the issue, and I don’t feel like forcing it. I want to have some fun. I want to face some new challenges. I will continue to run, but I’m not going to set any expectations on it. That feels good to me.
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Shared today on Twitter
Dear Rotary Cutter: You are THE BEST and I don’t know why I never realised it before.
@jrgibson1 Wow. I’m not involved in this fight at all, but you’ve definitely made a disappointing impression. I’m unfollowing.
My two “nonesuch” blocks for @ocherdraco’s January Design for the MeFi quilting group are done! http://t.co/wEO4I7Wu
I’ve decided to destash some books over on Rav: http://t.co/gFWhnimN. All good stuff; none of my daggy 80’s intarsia books, I promise!
@drkknits I need hipster panniers for my bicycle, actually. 😛
@drkknits Panniers on which I may, in fact, PUT A BIRD.
Sassy Nostalgia Corner: Christina Kelly Reunites With Sassy Cover Girl, Mayim Bialik http://t.co/vAcYTe6g // I had that issue!
Matthew McConaughey Discusses The Reincarnation Of Dazed And Confused‘s Wooderson http://t.co/AcXRtBCv // cc @carbolicious!
Got up at 6am to go for a run. Made it 800m before knee started hurting. And then the rain POURED. I walked home, drenched. That sucked.
MONDAY: YOU SUCK. #surprisepuddle http://t.co/UdS4SKS6
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Shared today on Facebook
Rainy day patchwork! These are my blocks for the MetaFilter quilting club January design. (What do you reckon, Susan Garberick? My first ever attempt at paper piecing!)
Got up at 6am to go for a run. Made it 800m before knee started hurting. And then the rain POURED. I walked home, drenched. That sucked.
MONDAY: YOU SUCK. #surprisepuddle http://instagr.am/p/hgv7Z/
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MONDAY: YOU SUCK. #surprisepuddle
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Selling Stuff
Buy our stuff! I’m destashing some knitting books over on Rav, and the Snook is selling off a PlayStation and games over on eBay.
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How-To: Portlandia Put a Bird on It Brooch
How-To: Portlandia Put a Bird on It Brooch – According to a few people I know, Portlandia is a show that the Snook and I really, really need to watch.
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Shared today on Twitter
@knitterjp @witty_knitter @mrs_sockvictim “We only keep small meterage of each fabric to ensure exclusivity.” BLEURGH.
Paper piecing is super fun, and makes your patchwork blocks way more accurate. WHO KNEW?! (Eunny Jang, that’s who.) http://t.co/jOT35WC8
@drkknits @mrs_sockvictim Not sure about that. I have monkey bits to sew…
@drkknits Me and her, we’re LIKETHIS.
@msgusset She’s in my Metafilter quilting group. She made the paper template I used for that block. 🙂
Chowdah. CHOWDAH!! #dinnerisserved http://t.co/utDFaODF
The bed was perfectly made in the morning. Luckily I caught the culprit red-handed. http://t.co/3ZtxffqU
How-To: Portlandia Put a Bird on It Brooch http://t.co/Rk1KPTaJ (cc @drkknits and @mrs_sockvictim)
@toastman Yes, but it was the more secretive, evil cat.
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Shared today on Facebook
Chowdah. CHOWDAH!! #dinnerisserved http://instagr.am/p/hA0ED/
The bed was perfectly made in the morning. I walked in to find THIS. Luckily I caught the culprit red-handed…
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Chowdah. CHOWDAH!! #dinnerisserved
