Sunday, April 24, 2016
A Bit of Beach Therapy
Sunday.
After a dark winter, the sun is finally out again and I am feeling more like myself again. Not only was it just dark and dreary, but on Dec 19, 2015, and just after I had completed my third half marathon, I hurt my IT band pretty good and it has taken me literally months to get it to a workable, runnable comfort. It has been slow going. My schedule changed at work, still weekends off, but working 9-530 is just not for me. I need the early shift with weekends off--of course--but mainly it's the light I need and the time to get into the gym after work at a relatively decent hour that works best for me. At any rate enough of the whining {:-)
Working out.
Well, my work outs have been slowly returning. I miss my twice-a-week classes with Sasha, which are now only once weekly and my Thurs Yoga-Tai Chi with Kate. I am working out a personal schedule for myself to get back on track though. I've just picked up 2 DVD's that I think are very good. Yoga with Rodney Yee and Tai Chi with Scott Cole. So far, I do like their instructive styles.
Running has been a slow come back after my IT Band debacle and even so, I find myself slightly less motivated to get out and get it done...WHAT?!..This is what I've been asking myself as well. So, I have my eye set on another Half, this one in Canby, OR-about an hr or so North of here. It'll be in Aug this year and will run right thru the Dahlia fields at Swan Island Dahlias, this should be amazing! Training officially begins Saturday, May 1, 2016. I've set myself up to run Tues/Thurs with a long run on Sundays-->Let's do this!
Paying it Forward.
I'm still connected with the IR4 group and my sweet Angels who I run for are doing splendidly. Also still keeping up with every 8 wk blood donations and contributing wherever else I can. I am soon to be getting a dog! This fact may not really go under this heading as the dog is really supporting me rather than me supporting him, but he will be brought home from a rescue shelter and will be able to run with me.
And, just as I believe I will always be doing, I'm still working on my stride and my breathing. However, I have had a bit of a realization. I've come to realize that I need not race every race out there. I know that seems even a bit odd to me, considering my competitive nature, but there it is. I can simply run for the love of the run! This is one of the things I love most about running--to just be myself, compete only with myself!
Gardening.
This year I decided to give a larger garden scheme a go. Jean's husband made a couple of planter boxes for me and I've started my veg from seed. Right now everything is in containers in the windows and are so ready to go outside. Now I just need to be home long enough to get them re-planted out there! I've got Kale, tomatoes, carrots, and container beans, sweet peas, lettuce--all of which is growing with much abandon--I love it!
In the Kitchen.
Ha! I haven't been home long enough to do anything in the kitchen lately. I'm thinking I could probably make some effort to do something different once in a while...I guess {:-)
On the Needles.
So, I've been busy knitting every chance I get. I've completed my Lionberry Shawl , Antarktis, Thinking of Waves
and a number of other items. I'm currently working on a Ponchini
which I'm making with madelinetosh Merino light in the Daffodil colorway. I am absolutely obsessed with this yarn!
What I'm Reading.
Ever since I found and read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, I have found and read everything I can of his. This author has a way of pulling his reader into the story and not letting him go until the story's ending...but is it the end? I am currently reading his The Midnight Palace which is another, can't-put-down, read.
Looking Ahead for new Adventures.
So yesterday's adventure took me to Newport. It was cloudy, but I need a bit of, what I like to call, Beach Therapy. I simply needed to be at the coast to gain some inspiration and from the sea. I find the sea to be very relaxing and quite cathartic, especially after the darkness of winter. My soul needs the refreshment that only the sea can provide. The drive over was wonderful. It rained, the sun shone , it poured. I got drenched. But I wouldn't have it any other way. On my way home last night I got to thinking about where else, along the coast, that I might want to explore. I'm thinking of venturing out again, after Mother's Day weekend, along the Southern coast of Oregon. I'm also thinking it will most likely be Bandon; I'll probably stay overnight. I want to explore the beach there on my own terms. I also want to be able to stop anywhere along the way down and check out other areas, who knows, I may not even make it all the way down but rather stop somewhere along the way...we'll see.
Rocinante and I are ready to go again...soon!
Okay, enough for now. Tomorrow begins a new week full of new possibilities.
I leave you with this...
"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude."
~Jeanne Moreau
After a dark winter, the sun is finally out again and I am feeling more like myself again. Not only was it just dark and dreary, but on Dec 19, 2015, and just after I had completed my third half marathon, I hurt my IT band pretty good and it has taken me literally months to get it to a workable, runnable comfort. It has been slow going. My schedule changed at work, still weekends off, but working 9-530 is just not for me. I need the early shift with weekends off--of course--but mainly it's the light I need and the time to get into the gym after work at a relatively decent hour that works best for me. At any rate enough of the whining {:-)
Working out.
Well, my work outs have been slowly returning. I miss my twice-a-week classes with Sasha, which are now only once weekly and my Thurs Yoga-Tai Chi with Kate. I am working out a personal schedule for myself to get back on track though. I've just picked up 2 DVD's that I think are very good. Yoga with Rodney Yee and Tai Chi with Scott Cole. So far, I do like their instructive styles.
Running has been a slow come back after my IT Band debacle and even so, I find myself slightly less motivated to get out and get it done...WHAT?!..This is what I've been asking myself as well. So, I have my eye set on another Half, this one in Canby, OR-about an hr or so North of here. It'll be in Aug this year and will run right thru the Dahlia fields at Swan Island Dahlias, this should be amazing! Training officially begins Saturday, May 1, 2016. I've set myself up to run Tues/Thurs with a long run on Sundays-->Let's do this!
Paying it Forward.
I'm still connected with the IR4 group and my sweet Angels who I run for are doing splendidly. Also still keeping up with every 8 wk blood donations and contributing wherever else I can. I am soon to be getting a dog! This fact may not really go under this heading as the dog is really supporting me rather than me supporting him, but he will be brought home from a rescue shelter and will be able to run with me.
And, just as I believe I will always be doing, I'm still working on my stride and my breathing. However, I have had a bit of a realization. I've come to realize that I need not race every race out there. I know that seems even a bit odd to me, considering my competitive nature, but there it is. I can simply run for the love of the run! This is one of the things I love most about running--to just be myself, compete only with myself!
Gardening.
This year I decided to give a larger garden scheme a go. Jean's husband made a couple of planter boxes for me and I've started my veg from seed. Right now everything is in containers in the windows and are so ready to go outside. Now I just need to be home long enough to get them re-planted out there! I've got Kale, tomatoes, carrots, and container beans, sweet peas, lettuce--all of which is growing with much abandon--I love it!
In the Kitchen.
Ha! I haven't been home long enough to do anything in the kitchen lately. I'm thinking I could probably make some effort to do something different once in a while...I guess {:-)
On the Needles.
So, I've been busy knitting every chance I get. I've completed my Lionberry Shawl , Antarktis, Thinking of Waves
and a number of other items. I'm currently working on a Ponchini
which I'm making with madelinetosh Merino light in the Daffodil colorway. I am absolutely obsessed with this yarn!
What I'm Reading.
Ever since I found and read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, I have found and read everything I can of his. This author has a way of pulling his reader into the story and not letting him go until the story's ending...but is it the end? I am currently reading his The Midnight Palace which is another, can't-put-down, read.
Looking Ahead for new Adventures.
So yesterday's adventure took me to Newport. It was cloudy, but I need a bit of, what I like to call, Beach Therapy. I simply needed to be at the coast to gain some inspiration and from the sea. I find the sea to be very relaxing and quite cathartic, especially after the darkness of winter. My soul needs the refreshment that only the sea can provide. The drive over was wonderful. It rained, the sun shone , it poured. I got drenched. But I wouldn't have it any other way. On my way home last night I got to thinking about where else, along the coast, that I might want to explore. I'm thinking of venturing out again, after Mother's Day weekend, along the Southern coast of Oregon. I'm also thinking it will most likely be Bandon; I'll probably stay overnight. I want to explore the beach there on my own terms. I also want to be able to stop anywhere along the way down and check out other areas, who knows, I may not even make it all the way down but rather stop somewhere along the way...we'll see.
Rocinante and I are ready to go again...soon!
Okay, enough for now. Tomorrow begins a new week full of new possibilities.
I leave you with this...
"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude."
~Jeanne Moreau
To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.
Jeanne Moreau
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Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/beach.html
To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.
Jeanne Moreau
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/beach.html
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/beach.html
To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.
Jeanne Moreau
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/beach.html
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/beach.html
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