Running With Dogs

It's my little guy's birthday today. He's four.   He's supposed to be all mellow and laid back and what-not. He's not. He's crazy and energetic and everything a Bernese Mountain Dog is NOT supposed to be. My freak-boy. Being a not-normal-BMD has its benefits. I can take him for runs with me, providing it's …

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Luck Of The Irish

I don't normally run races in my town. Not because I don't want to, but because they're rarely available. Every year the color run comes here, and there's a pretty good turn out, but the last two races I registered for here were, shall we say, less than stellar. So I should have known better. …

Coming To Terms

You all know how much I love my data. During my workout last night (HIIT), I came to the conclusion that I'm going to have to let the "weekly intensity minutes" go. Intensity minutes are figured based on heart rate during an activity. There's a minimum heart rate required to count as "intensity." That number …

Training For Nothing

For the past two-ish years (since January 2017) I've been in a non-stop cycle of training for one thing or another. When I had the cold from Hell after my race last December and was pretty much knocked on my ass for a couple of months my workouts went right out the window. With the …

Dreaming Of The Day

I've been so cold lately. So Freaking Cold! The weather is stupid. It's stupid COLD! I've been trapped indoors for all my workouts for what feels like an eternity. My mood is SUFFERING from having to do all my runs and bike rides inside! Running and biking were meant to be done outside. In nature. …

How Fast Is Too Fast

I follow a blog and read this post last year, then got sick and wasn't able to incorporate it until now: https://mileswithmeghann.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/10-minute-fat-burning-treadmill-workout/ I was intrigued, but knew that as it was lined out, there was no way I could do the whole thing in one fell swoop. So in true Cristy fashion, I adjusted it …

It’s Not Me, It’s You

I'm NOT losing my mind. (bold statement) My Garmin is doing WONKY things! I mentioned the other day that it didn't seem to be tracking my heart rate correctly, and before you mention the accuracy of a wristband heart rate monitor, let me just say that I KNOW the wristband is not the best way …