http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com This is GeekGirl's Universe. You just live in it! Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:27:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I did it. I broke down and bought what can only be described as booty shorts, daisy dukes, hot pants. After coming home with bloody thighs after my long run on Saturday I decided that enough was enough. I had to find something better than my Nike Tempo shorts. I've ... http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com/?p=1696 This morning I had a pretty big speed workout on tap. I needed to do 4-5 x 4:00 @ moderately hard pace (no clue what that is) and then 3 x :40.  By the 3rd 4:00 repeat I was questioning if I was going to finish this workout. Fortunately, I'm ... http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com/?p=1693 I've alluded to the fact that I've been busy working on a couple of projects. I'm finally ready to roll out one of them. Please check out my new blog: Sustainable GeekGirl So, why would I start a new blog? I've always been interested in Environmental stuff and I'm constantly worried ... http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com/?p=1686 My mileage still isn't where I want it to be and with 10 weeks left, I'm starting to freak out just a little bit. As of Friday morning I had decided to throw in the towel. I'm loving my runs during the week, but honestly I loathe my long runs. I ... http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com/?p=1681 This week and part of last weeks running was sidelined a bit due to my right leg tightening up and my heel hurting. I also had a pretty severe pain in my quad. When I took a step back to realize what was going on I realized that it was ... http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com/?p=1677 I refuse to talk about my long run today. What I will say is that I will pay a lot more attention to what I put in my body, will work on recovery a lot more, and will work on staying strong mentally. My right leg tightened up the entire ... http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com/?p=1673 When I started started running again, in '04/05, I thought that the treadmill was horrible. Only little pussy weekend warriors hit the treadmill. For the most part, I still think that is true. If someone is doing under 3 miles on the treadmill and that's the only running they're doing ... http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com/?p=1667 I've lived in this apartment for 4 years. I never knew that I had a massive avocado tree in the back yard. Hooray! While back there talking to my landlord and picking up fresh avocados, Gio was busy eating fresh avocados that had fallen off the tree and fell open. ... http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com/?p=1662 Warning: Rant coming! I'm noticing more and more people on bikes now. I'm honestly pretty indifferent to that fact. Most of the roads here have a bike lane, so they're not really interfering with traffic...IF they follow the f**king rules of traffic. While on my way to Whole Foods, I was almost ... http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com/?p=1658 So. Yeah. This week I had no motivation. It was pouring rain the early part of the week causing me to move some of my runs around. In doing so, I wound up missing one run. Not a major one and this was a rest week, so I'm not really ... http://www.theadventuresofgeekgirl.com/?p=1653