Wednesday, January 9, 2013

First Wednesdays Problems.

Awwww, its the first FWP of the new year.

BLERGHHH!

1. My first attempt at speed work was last night.  The schedule called for four 800m repeats.  Easy enough, right?  WRONG.  Do you know how difficult it is to run even moderately fast for four minutes?  It's really hard.  My splits were embarrassing, and the whole ordeal just made me sad and nauseous.  BOOOOOO, speed-training!
This smirk is actually meant to convey rage.  It's difficult to communicate through facial expressions.
FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

2.  Last nights failure to generate speed was supposed to followed by 6 miles this morning.  It's Matts day to deal with the dog in the AM, so i was gonna get up early, and go knock those 6 miles out!  
What actually happened?  I punched the alarm clock and slept until 8.  The time i am supposed to leave for work.  AWESOME.

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

3.  My new years eve outfit was marred by my mutant toe...
Although i was highly impressed by instagram's ability to disguise ole blackey.  #runstyle

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS

4.  I don't have to worry about my toe in fancy shoes any more though, because waffles ATE THOSE SHOES...

So apparently this is what i get for owning expensive shoes.  R.I.P., Jeffery Campbell sparkle heels...

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

5.  I threw a coworker a surprise baby shower this week, and i made cake-pops for all my coworkers.  Being OCD, i wanted to bring exactly 24 cake-pops.  Knowing that Matt cannot contain himself around cake-pops, i made a few extra to be sacrificed to him to save the others.  But then i fell asleep.
And woke up to this:
I CAN NOT COMMUNICATE HOW ANGRY THIS MAKES ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS!!

6.  I know oatmeal is the staple of healthy living, but i can't get on board.  Whenever i eat it, i feel like the guy in alien.  I am fairly certain that one of these days, the oatmeal will rip through my stomach and start running around my office.  Oatmeal does not seem to agree with me.  It's heavy and dense, much like that cursed pizza dough.  I hate it when my surplus of healthy food just makes me feel too full. le sigh.
FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

7.  They are remaking Evil Dead.  I do not approve.  Why do we have to constantly mess with perfection??  Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi not only approve of this, but they are also producing it.  But this means nothing as I DO NOT APPROVE.  When did my opinion become so meaningless in hollywood?  What is going to happen when they make a B class horror movie with an A class budget??

I'm totally going to go see it anyway.  sigh....
(they have the preview trailer on youtube - i didn't post it because it's fairly gruesome, and might offend some people - but check it out if you dare!)

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

8.  I was running errands the other day with a friend, and she changed my radio station from NPR to one of the pop music stations in hopes that Ke$ha would come on.  (it did.  twice.) I guess i forgot to ever change it back, because i started jamming to pop music this morning.  This song came on, and i was totally loving it so i shazamed it.  It was Justin Beiber.
WTF IS GOING ON?????????  I feel so wrong.  And i just want to dance.....all i need is a beauty and a beat...OMG SERIOUSLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

9.  Marathon training.  If anyone so much as grazes my shins or knees, i wince in pain.  Why does it hurt so bad?  WHY?!?!??!

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

10.  So i have a personal new years resolution that i didn't post on here as to not offend anyone, but involves me trying to avoid purchasing anything manufactured in China.  Every time i buy something made in China, i am only hurting US design jobs (like mine) and US manufacturing jobs (like my brothers, who is currently laid off again).  So, while i am fairly certain it's impossible, i am going to try to buy US made items as much as humanly possible.  Sadly, i am in need of a pair of running pants.  I own one pair, and that is sort of ridiculous.  I have been searching everywhere, but every freaking pair of running pants in made in China!!! WTF? Needless to say, there might soon be a pantless runner cruising the lakefront path.  (spoiler: it will be me.)  FOR AMERICA!!!!!

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS

2013 - a year of much-anticipated problems!

23 comments:

  1. Based on my dealings with them, I think RelaxReflect items are designed & made in the US. Or at least it's worth asking. And then if you order you can use the referral link on my blog :)

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    1. I will email them right now! If they are US made, i am ORDERING!

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    2. I saw your post on their Facebook page. I have talked to them in the past. I think they make everything themselves in CA :) Very cool company. I love my Bad Ass tights from there :)

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  2. My dog has also eaten 3 pairs of my shoes (and a few sports bras, pairs of underwear, etc.) over the years. Thankfully she stopped doing that about a year ago. Hopefully Waffles stops this habit soon!!!

    I think Oiselle stuff is made in America too. I know most items are but I'm not sure about the running tights. Their tights are amazing!

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    1. I know their shirts are US, but the pants i saw were China :( I will email them though - maybe they could make a shirt into a pair of pants for me.

      Also, this is why i love having friends that are all ambassadors for stuff! :D

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    2. They just posted on their blog that 60% of their stuff is made in the USA. Tights must fall within the 40%. Wah wahhh...

      And for the record, I find speedwork on the treadmill to be a million times harder than outside. That is probably the reason why you didn't have so much fun on your speedworkout. Haha

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  3. All I can say is thank you...I am dragging after od-ing on the cookies I made "for my boy" this morning and I was trying to talk my sorry butt out of a slow run (after being sick yesterday) some how through this I am now motivated.

    ha!

    The laughs? The shoes? The cupcakes? hahaha who knows?

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  4. I thought New Balance products were made in the US but maybe that's only the shoes?

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    1. It's only the shoes (from what i researched) and they can only guarantee 70% of the shoe being US made. Why are pants so difficult, America??

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  5. At least my dog only seems to have an obsession with cheap sandals and pillows, although pillow stuffing is THE worst to cleanup.

    Good luck on your pants search and let us know if you find anything!!

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  6. It's probably best that you were not able to run the day after your first speed work session. They can be brutal on your legs and may take more than 24 hours to recover from. That said, marathon training is mostly about leg punishment, and I am into over-training, so I would probably have run! :-) Did you go to an actual track? Anyway, if I am running along the lake and see someone wearing a ginger fox hat, humming Justin Bieber tunes without any pants I'll assume it's you (or at least a copy-cat fan of yours)!

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    1. I did this one on a treadmill. Next week i am doing it on the lakefront, and then after that probably a track. Trying to figure out what works best for is/is the most convenient/least awful, haha

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  7. Ohhh Waffles.... those shoes were fabulous!

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  8. What was Matt thinking when he took that ONE cake pop?! Come on ;) LOL!

    I like that song too. I like a lot of pop. Oh wells. I have bad taste ;)

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    1. Yes!! He should have eaten the whole gd row and hoped you didn't notice! that's totally what I would have done. ahem.

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    2. I can honestly say i would have never even noticed if he had just eaten the whole row! Or at least removed the damn wrapper!

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  9. Damn I thought you danced the night away and ruined your shoes. Who'd think Waffles would have them for a snack.
    I've never had oatmeal and never will. Ever.

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  10. Not finding products make in China is really hard. There are certain products that I won't buy from China & companies that tout Made In The USA for years then start making their products in China make me mad. But for clothing, I would hunt down stuff in thrift stores, because you are not buying a new product and China won't be paid twice for the product.

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  11. I was going to say that I loved your heels, but I see that Waffles loves them even more. You can probably take them to a shoe repair place and have them fixed. My husband gets his work shoes re-soled.

    Your cake pops looked amazing! I wish that mine turned out that great.

    If I see any running pants made in America I will let you know. I also dislike buying products from China.

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  12. I'm not into oatmeal very much, either. But I do like oatmeal with lots of toppings and mix-ins, like dried fruit, nuts, chocolate chips, etc., etc. If it weren't for the toppings, I would never eat oatmeal!

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  13. Why do dogs ALWAYS chew our favorite shoes? Jerks.

    I start speedwork next week. I'm in denial.

    Tough Chik is made in the US but they don't do "pants" thus far. I'm going to try Maggie's link for RelaxReflect. She says they will prob make them long enough for my legs if I ask. I'm just on a running clothes spending hiatis at the moment. We'll see how long that lasts.

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  14. FYI - I can't eat oatmeal w/o some milk. It does a great job of making it more digestible. Otherwise, it's like eating wet cardboard. I know other people use orange juice.

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