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Peeing in the road
We were joking around at work today, teasing one of my co-workers that she has pinkeye. (She really doesn’t.) Of course, I immediately heard my grandmother’s voice in my head saying “You’ll get a stye in your eye if you pee in the road!” I’ve actually mentioned that to Rodd a couple times in the past, but it appears to have been a uniquely Midwestern superstition. Have you ever heard it? I know I’m not the only one; there are a ton of Google results. What a funny thing, huh?
Week 19
The first race of the year is under my belt! Sunday was the Mother’s Day Classic 8K, and you’ve probably already read my race report. This is my taper period for the Half-Marathon, so I’m taking things easy. I’ve done two other runs: an easy 5K through the neighbourhood, and a treadmill 5K at race pace. Feeling good. Only three days to go…
May 8: 5.67km
May 9: 8.09km
May 12: 5.62km
Total this week: 19.38km (12.1mi)
Total in 2010: 404.72km (253mi)
To meet my goal of running 1000km in 2010, I should be at 365km. Plenty of cushion.
The big decision, of course, is what’s next. Oh, there’s the Bay Run in August, of course, and the City 2 Surf a week after. But what about the spring? Could I do… the big one? I’d been thinking about Melbourne, which will be 21 weeks after the Half. But then today the website for Sydney launched, and they’ve changed the course in a good way. So I’m torn. But Sydney is only 18 weeks away, and I’m not sure I’ll be ready to start training right away. Melbourne is safer… right?
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My Daily Sydney – a lovely blog post from my friend Lyn with photos of her daily commute from Redfern to UTS. It’s a part of Sydney that I see every day and that never gets put on postcards.
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I’ve been trying to upload a PDF to my Google Docs account but I keep getting a “Server Rejected” error. It appears to be a common problem right now. I found a way around it though. If you email the PDF to your Gmail account as an attachment, you’ll have a link to “View” it that will open it in Google Doc Viewer. Then when you go back to your Docs folder, it’ll be in there.
Sewing Classes: I just booked in for a couple classes at The Sewing Room in Surry Hills. I’ve been bookmarking all these things for years that I want to sew, but I just haven’t been confident enough to dive in. And you know me – I love to indulge my inner Hermione. So I’ll be doing Sewing Class 2: Sling Bag and Sewing Class 3: Zippers, Casings and Buttonholes. The goal is to then move on to garments like skirts and dresses!
The Pickleback is apparently the name for having a shot of whiskey followed by a shot of pickle brine. On one hand, EWWWWW. On the other hand, I do like pickles.
