Run, Lucy, Run

Damn.

Ah, springtime. Flowers, fresh air, and beautiful sandals I can’t afford.

1 comment April 25th, 2008

I certainly don’t need it….

….but this is so damn cute.

Do you think I could convince Ashok to help me clean with this?

I’m keeping my fingers crossed for cooler weather for the L.A. Marathon this Sunday. Good luck, Brian!

1 comment February 29th, 2008

Week Recap

I have decided to take on a task for this week.  Inspired by Runner Susan, I am going to attempt to photograph everything I eat starting this morning and ending Sunday night.  Although for me this doesn’t involve any sort of diet, I think it will help me get an idea of how well, or not well, I am eating.  This week will be a tough one too, since I have several late night opera rehearsals that will get me home around midnight at which point I usually have a secret pig out party in my office with the cat as my only witness.   Perhaps the possibility of photographic evidence of my late night binges will slow me down a bit?  I sort of doubt it.

So far my goals are going pretty well.  I got 5 workouts in last week (4 runs, 1 ab/yoga).  For my long run this week I did 6.5 miles and although they were pretty slow at least I got them done.  I am trying not to focus too much on speed in the long runs-since April will be my first half marathon ever, I just want to finish more than anything else.

Shopping….well, I did buy a couple of things on clearance at Target for Ashok (a $3 shirt and a $6 raincoat, come on!) but I didn’t buy any more shoes for myself-I will survive with just the adorable red sneakers and not invite any of their relatives to come and live with me.  Curbing the shopping is hard, it  is a bad habit that has developed over years and will probably take just as long to get under control.

In a very busy weekend we managed to get in some time at the park on an absolutely beautiful day.

We had a picnic lunch that included quiche for Ashok which he ate with his little finger sticking out after asking around for Grey Poupon.  He is fancy like that.

And just to clarify something I mentioned in my last post, Ashok: The Sequel is not yet in production and due to the WGA strike is likely to be delayed for some time.  In other words, I am NOT pregnant.  Thank you.

2 comments January 14th, 2008

Resolutions, Shoes

I was looking through my archives a few nights ago trying to figure out if I made any resolutions last year. Aside from a few lousy jokes about more whining and complaining and more adorable baby pictures (both counts:  accomplished), it doesn’t look like I made any real attempt at change last year. This year I only have a couple, and I won’t call them resolutions. Let’s call them Realistic Goals for 2008.

1. Work out more days a week. I have been pretty consistent with running three days a week, sometimes four, but I haven’t been doing any other kinds of exercise and I’m starting to feel it. I’m going to shoot for 4 runs a week and one or two days of either yoga, ab work or walking. Goal #1 should be made easier by Goal #2 which is….
2. …to run a half marathon this year. I have been toying with this idea for a few months and now that Brian and I are talking (just talking!) about the possibility of Ashok: The Sequel some time in the not so distant future, I think it’s time to bite the bullet and get a half under my belt before I can’t wear a belt any longer.

After doing some research and absolutely falling in love with the idea of this race, (a weekend in Santa Barbara! Wine!) only to discover moments before giving them my money that I have a late rehearsal the night before and would never be able to make it up there in time to get a decent night’s sleep, I finally settled on The Great Race of Agoura Hills. Not as fancy a location and unfortunately, a more challenging course but the timing is right. Also, the course goes through the hills right near where Brian and I got married, so there’s some nostalgia factor there. I went through some back issues of Runner’s World and found a training plan that should work for me (I’ll be doing the short program). I’ll need to start that plan in about three weeks which gives me a little time to get my mileage up to where it should be. It feels good to have made this decision and have a big race to work towards.

Right, the shoes. I bought these over the holidays:

I loooves them. Obviously, they are not for any sort of exercise other than bouncing around town, but they are so ridiculously comfortable. They basically feel like wearing slippers AND they make my giant size 9 feet look practically petite. I may have to get another pair in black even though they’re not on sale any longer. Which brings us to Realistic Goal #3:

Less shopping.

Yeah, not going so well so far. Although, for the month of December I controlled myself quite well. This ban, or let’s say “reduction” (we are talking about Realistic Goals, after all) applies to clothes and shoes for myself as well as for Ashok. It is often hard to control myself when I find cute little things in the baby section at Target, but the truth is he has plenty of clothes and wouldn’t know the difference if I dressed him in paper towels tomorrow morning. (Not that I would do that. Paper towels are very 1986.) For myself, there are just certain stores I need to stay the F away from so that I’m not even tempted. I’m allowing myself a couple of necessities like a raincoat (yes I live in Los Angeles, but hey, it rained this week!) and new concert black pants (most of mine don’t fit right anymore and the ones that do are looking sorry). Hopefully, finding those will keep me occupied and kill that jones I get for smell, sound and taste (don’t judge) of new clothing. We’ll see. Addiction is powerful.

1 comment January 9th, 2008