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Week 51/52- Yeah No

I struggle with December.

I lose all motivation to do much of anything active. I don’t know if it’s the holidays, if it’s the cold, the fact that I always seem to get sick in December. This December seemed to be more funk-a-delic than usual.

I have run twice in the last 2 weeks for a total of 5ish miles. I started 2 Beachbody workouts but didn’t finish either. One time was because the phone crashed but I didn’t bother restarting it either. 😛

I’ve been reminded that work is chaos around the holidays. So very busy. I learned that you can check into Urgent Care in the middle of night even though they don’t open until 8. I almost went to Urgent Care a few times, it was a rough week.

It wasn’t all bad though. I had a nice chill Christmas with the family. I might finally be starting to feel better- knock on wood. I upgraded my computer- maybe blog post will be more consistent. If I can figure out how to get the new one working that is. Just when you think you are tech savvy. Or when you realize how many passwords you don’t have memorized or logged anywhere. Oops.

All in all, I am kind of in denial that 2019 is almost here, wasn’t I just in San Diego? It should still be October. I have big plans for 2019, I just feel like I needed a little more cushion before it started. Double oops.

How was your week?
Do you struggle with December or is it just me?

How to WIN Laundry Day

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Nobody likes to smell… Or at least I hope not.

There have been a few times I have finished a long run in the middle of summer and kind of scared myself. I only do laundry once a week so I always tried to plan my long runs around laundry day but sometimes life happens. As I only have space for one laundry hamper everything goes into the same one which then makes me wonder what kind of cross contamination is going on with my laundry.

Plus I have a tendency to only wear the clothes that are on the top of drawers so that means the same shirts, shorts and pants. Over and over and over again. Anyone else do that?

So yeah, sometimes I was concerned about how clean my clothes were. I always follow all the directions- wash on cool or cold, inside out, gentle cycle, line dry, etc. but still I wondered.

Enter WIN Detergent.

WIN is specifically designed for the materials found in active wear. Most laundry detergents are designed to be multipurpose. Which is great but sometimes our running gear could use a little help.

From the website-

The very properties that allow fabrics to wick moisture away cause them to attract oils.
As bacteria from your skin consume those oils, they create gases which give synthetics that telltale sweaty smell.
WIN has ingredients not found in most supermarket detergents that are optimized to remove oils from synthetics.
Not only do those oils cause odor, they impede performance. By removing them, WIN makes your apparel wick better and last longer.

I’ve been using WIN, the scented version, for about a month now. It has a very light scent- in fact I can barely smell it. But then my nose doesn’t always work so well. But I can say that my clothes have no lingering running funk smell on them! Woo hoo!

I really gave WIN a test when I left my race clothes from Holiday Half in a plastic bag for the next few days because I was still traveling. Oh boy. It passed the test!

Now the directions say to use half a cap for regular loads and a full cap for large loads. I tend to use more than directions call for. That’s more due to my brand new piece of crap washing machine than anything about WIN.

And WIN is available on Amazon and you can ship it with Amazon Prime! Sorry, joined the Prime crowd this past month and may love it a little too much. 😛

Use discount code RAVE4WIN to save 20% off any WIN purchase through January 15, 2019.

Do you wash your gear right away or let it wait?

Week 28-Of Birthdays and Bears

Anyone notice that I went from week 26 straight to 28 last week? No? Good.

Oops. 😛

Even with the posts to refer back to, it’s inevitable I goof every year.

Ok, last week. What happened? Oh right, I was in a funk most of the week and it was my birthday. Great timing there. No real reason why, just feeling funky, my goal was dig my way out and not inflict it on anyone else.

Monday- Rest Maybe? I don’t know, I don’t remember anything special. Blame the funk.

Tuesday- Rest I had good intentions of running but I had a late afternoon neurologist appointment and I didn’t leave the Dr’s office until almost 6. I was still 3 towns south of home and traffic was not my friend. Combine that with the 100+ temp when I finally made it home and things just didn’t pan out.

Wednesday- 4.26 miles It was 86 degrees when I started running that evening but it felt ok. I was super tired and kept bartering with myself. Just run 1 mile. Ok, how about 2? Then it was you can turn around at the 5K mark. In the end I ran the majority of my original river path route. I make some adjustments these days due to increased homeless activity in the river bed. I do realize I am running by myself.

Thursday- 3.5 miles Birthday miles! I was meeting my family for a late dinner at a local burger joint so I was planning on squeezing in some miles at the lake path. I almost bailed on the first lap. The heat has created an algae bloom on the lake and certain sections are ummm, a little ripe. In the end I just tried not to breath in those sections. 😛

Then it was off to calorie heaven.

Friday- Nada Like most Fridays.

Saturday- Birthday shopping. I spent some time bumming around SLO with my mom doing some shopping. Did I mention that I have awesome coworkers and they gave me a gift certificate to the Running Warehouse for my birthday???? New shoes! I also ate way too much food.

Sunday- 5 miles Had a rough start to the morning due to the over indulgence the day before. It also felt way warmer than it should have for only being 80. I had hoped for 6 but my stomach and internal temp just wasn’t having it. I stuck with a slow 5 and was cool with that.

I was not cool with finding out after my run that there had been a bear sighting in the area less than 12 hours before. A BEAR! Apparently it strolled right up to a doorbell camera.

I ended the week by going to see Skyscraper.

So, 12.8 miles for week. Not great but less crap-tastic than last week.

And now it’s time to get serious in so many ways.

How was your week? Last movie you saw?

Rambling On 36

Join me for a ride on the funk train. 🚂

If only I timed these posts better, that number up there would be funny. Welp, it still kind of is.

I’m in a bit of funk this week. Not sure why. It could have something to do with that number up there. If this post goes up on time, it will be going up on my birthday. Sometimes I really forward to my birthday, this year? Meh.

That same funk delayed some comment responses- sorry!

The fair starts next week. How is that even possible?? It should not be fair time yet. However, I am not complaining that fair food is almost here. Funnel cake- yes please. Now if I could just pull off the Florida Georgia Line tickets…

I’m debating a race on Saturday- just a 10K. But it’s on the beach. Remember that last beach race 2 years ago? The half? Asthma attack city. I’m on the fence. Thoughts?

I miss reading. I used to read all the time but lately every time I pick up a book, I don’t seem to finish it. This is something I really need to work on. Well I read plenty of fanfic online but I don’t think that really counts.😛

I have a training plan for San Jose, woo hoo! But more on that next week… errr, the week after next.

I really should have asked for Friday off, why didn’t I do that? Silly Slacker.

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Rambling On 34

Friday, everyone!!!

This week has been special- I’ve put my pajamas on inside out twice, reversed which eye my contacts go in (again) and had a rock chip my windshield.

I also realized or remembered that I am still claustrophobic when it comes to medical devices. 😂 I finally had my CT for my abdominal/ flank pain and was surprised how far into the machine you had to go. I damn near freaked out. One second I’m fine then I’m trying not to hyperventilate. 😂 Oops.

The last local school graduates today and is it sad that I am excited that that means my commute should be a little shorter now?? For a few months I don’t have to drive through active school zones in the 3 towns. It’s the little things.

We were given permission to wear jeans all summer for work but in my office, we were all like- nah. We’re such oddballs but hey we can be oddballs together. 😀I’ll stick to my dresses Monday through Thursday.😀

My summer guilty pleasure Is back- American Ninja Warrior. I just can’t help myself- I love it.

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