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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The world is not made for narrow calves
This is my formal apology to Tara. For the last two years I have been on the hunt for a really cute tall black boot with a narrow calf. I foolishly believed that such a thing existed (and sort of still do) . For some reason, shoe designers seem to think that just because I have a size 10 foot I must be a very wide calfed person. Not the case! To look at these boots with these ridiculous calves I want to laugh - it looks like I have chicken legs. Tall, shapely legs are a bane.
And this brings me back to Tara. Sorry, honey, I can tell you're going to be tall and likely will have that skinny frame for life and will forever be searching for boots that are made for narrow calves. I will make it my mission that these things change by the time she's looking. A decade ago you couldn't find an inseam longer than 32 inches. Now I can easily find a 34 inch inseam; perhaps it's just a matter of shouting louder for boots to me made narrow.
I shouldn't have to pay upwards of $50 on top of the price I pay for each boot just so it can look the way it's meant to. Maybe only models have this issue, and since they have every customization at their fingertips it doesn't bother them.
And this brings me back to Tara. Sorry, honey, I can tell you're going to be tall and likely will have that skinny frame for life and will forever be searching for boots that are made for narrow calves. I will make it my mission that these things change by the time she's looking. A decade ago you couldn't find an inseam longer than 32 inches. Now I can easily find a 34 inch inseam; perhaps it's just a matter of shouting louder for boots to me made narrow.
I shouldn't have to pay upwards of $50 on top of the price I pay for each boot just so it can look the way it's meant to. Maybe only models have this issue, and since they have every customization at their fingertips it doesn't bother them.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Running... away from the gym
I have been bad. Very, very bad. I signed up at my local Goodlife and was religiously walking in the door there at 7:20 each morning. Then came the holidays, the trip to NYC to visit MSH and it's week 2 of being back home and I haven't yet been to the gym. How bad am I?!?!
All of this will change starting tomorrow. I will put the kids to bed at a decent hour so I can get enough sleep to wake up at 5:30 and get to the gym at 7:20. Done.
When I was at the gym I was working on getting faster. Right now my fastest pace is 6.5 mph, I'd like to be at 7mph. I know that's not super fast but that would be fast for me. So, I have been doing some speed work. I run at the pace I want to be at (say my goal for the week is 6.6mph) for as long as I can then I slow down to 3.5mph until I'm mentally ready again to go at the new speed. So far I've been pretty successful. I didn't realize that being away from the gym for such a short amount of time really slows me down. I suppose it's like anything in life, use it or lose it.
On another note, this is the warmest January that I can recall in a long time. Well, other than the one last year in Saba, but that doesn't count.
All of this will change starting tomorrow. I will put the kids to bed at a decent hour so I can get enough sleep to wake up at 5:30 and get to the gym at 7:20. Done.
When I was at the gym I was working on getting faster. Right now my fastest pace is 6.5 mph, I'd like to be at 7mph. I know that's not super fast but that would be fast for me. So, I have been doing some speed work. I run at the pace I want to be at (say my goal for the week is 6.6mph) for as long as I can then I slow down to 3.5mph until I'm mentally ready again to go at the new speed. So far I've been pretty successful. I didn't realize that being away from the gym for such a short amount of time really slows me down. I suppose it's like anything in life, use it or lose it.
On another note, this is the warmest January that I can recall in a long time. Well, other than the one last year in Saba, but that doesn't count.
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