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All kinds of stuff... white wicker armoire, antique wood desk, 3-drawer white dresser, various Ikea things (mostly Expedit, but we also have two foam mattresses and a full size bed frame). a little green coffee table. TV. if you're actually in the market for anything I can email you a list if you PM me an email address.

I'm following this but am moving at the end of the month so not sure what I'll be able to make - if I can though, I'm there! (p.s. anybody in the market for any furniture....? we're selling basically a whole apartment worth of stuff)

See you at brunch!

okay I'm really more of a book nerd but hopefully this quoting will flag you guys so we can confirm if the circuits are happening or not!

actually struggling a bit because I need to be in Greenbelt at 2, I live in Alexandria, and parking downtown gives me severe anxiety, so I think I will just come to meet for brunch, I think that will be easier for me to handle. so - anyone who had their heart set on circuits let me know, otherwise I will plan to be at Bayou at 11:30!

is anybody actually planning on doing the circuit workout? I can come walking instead with you all!

So somehow I never saw any of the replies to this thread, HDLevs - and I ended up using dumbbells at that gym so can't speak to it! I hope yours worked out for you.

Facebook link is not working for me... I'm here only. But I'm in!

I can probably take point on the circuit workout assuming I'm on the same page as to where it actually is (around here: 38°55'17.5"N 77°03'06.5"W because what is more nerdy than lat/long....) Local 16 is at U St/16th St NW, a few blocks from the U St metro or sort of triangulated between the Woodley park, Dupont, and Shaw stops. the 16th St bus might actually be the best way to get there from the Mall.... unless your walk takes you to Archives, which is on the yellow line. The circuit folks will have a bit of a stroll of their own to get there. Have we agreed on timing yet? 10 for active, maybe, and 11:30 or 12 for brunch? or earlier. I might need to bail early on brunch though. but someone should be in charge of making a reservation.... excited!

a previous attempt at this meet-up also suggested a group circuit workout at the little workout park along the rock creek main path over by Connecticut Avenue, which could be a nice more out-of-the-way option until the cherry blossoms pass.

oh boy DC friends if you stalk me I'll spend some time updating this soon.

I'm in! Don't know about running tours of the monuments, but they do free bike tours, my boyfriend has done one before. Might be a bit crowded this time of year, though.

Did a 4 mile run on Thursday morning (!) (#fitnessfirst!) before I took my programming class. ran the last mile in 10:30 which is speedy for me! I wanted to shorten the run during the entire run but I kept moving forward and took a few more walk breaks instead. I was feeling pretty fatigued all week (hormones probably.) Friday was horseback riding and then Saturday I had an intro to outdoor rock climbing class which was AWESOME and left my entire upper body sore for the whole of yesterday. So I didn't run but I'm okay with that. As I said, fatigue. Today feeling back to normal so far so depending on afternoon humidity I'm going to either run outside or treadmill 3 miles. and get in my GS workout. And maybe some yoga.

My mom and my brother can BOTH school me on the pull-up bar haha. so I want to try to impress them plus, you know, compete on Ninja Warrior someday... (and also MUSCLES) did my 3 miles and GS yesterday despite having to run an awkward pedestrian-heavy route since it got dark (conference call went way over time) and feeling my legs shaking like mad on the asst pistol squats. and some bruised back pain from falling off a horse on Monday. whoops! So today is earmarked for rest + yoga later before bed unless I'm hanging out in DC after my meeting and before my Ruby on Rails installation party (taking a bootcamp class tomorrow to kickstart a certain life plan of mine) and find myself raring to run around the mall (which is possible). I need to review the rules of the mini-challenge/s but wanted to post these here and think about participating: Endurance Feat - Usually something based on time or distance - run 1.5 hours on trails Strength Feat - Usually something based on poundage - 10 perfect standard push-ups Speed Feat - Usually something based on reducing the time required to complete a task. Could also be a dexterity-based challenge - run a sub-30-minute 5K! Combat Feat - Very individualized. Could be a strength-based feat, a dex-based feat, something in the martial arts or yoga. - will have to think about this one. Considering something to do with jump squats. or maybe burpees. or maybe crow pose. or handstands.... Healing Feat - A non-physical goal. Could be diet-related, something spiritual or meditative, finance-related. Totally up to you. - Keeping my apartment clean might win this category.

today - horseback riding, moderate intensity, ~1 hr, GS workout, partial IT band rehab routine. tomorrow - 3 mile run (use new watch!), hill repeats?, GS workout

I fizzled on my last challenge BUT RESPAWN and learn from it! My long term fitness goals are basically to be a Ranger, aka dirtbag, aka running and rock climbing with some horses thrown in, maybe. Fitness goals for this challenge are to 1) train consistently (running) for the 5- or 10-mile trail run and road half-marathon I'm going to do in the fall and 2) build upper body & core strength. Also, eat some more vegetables and stop letting the library charge me late fees. DETAILS running - mostly following Hal Higdon's intermediate running plan. Run 3-4 miles 2-4 days a week, plus a long run and a speed workout. Speed workouts are new to me. I will do my first one next week. Long runs started yesterday with 6 miles, continue next weekend with 7. I need to map out distances for the LR i.e. how far to go each run (I think I have more than 7 weeks before the half, so I'll be adjusting distances between 8-14 miles once I get up there.) ALSO - trail run. At least 2x month for an hour. I'm in DC and there are really plenty of places with trails, I just need to work out transportation to/from with an eye on smart recovery (i.e. not letting myself get dehydrated or hangry). upper body & core strength - I'm starting over with the Nia Shanks "Get Strong" program which I started for the first time with the last challenge. It was definitely working, but I went away for a weekend and then needed to increase my intensity and I hit a wall of hard because I couldn't figure out how to do that with the furniture in my apartment. This time I'm going to figure that out before, not during (I think I can use the stairwell in my building for asst pistols and elevated push-ups. And I should just be able to lower my starting height for doing bedsheet doorway rows to intensify those until chin-ups are an option.) ALSO yoga at least one 20-minute session per week (focusing on hips, back) vegetables at least one meal every two days that is veggie heavy (i.e. green smoothie, salad, roasted veggie platter). (I go up and down with my healthy eating. Which is OKAY because at least it's not disordered anymore. but my skin especially thanks me for the leafy greens.) it should not be that hard to keep up on renewing my library books. BE PREEMPTIVE, instead of waiting to renew them until they're due, get anything due that week renewed at the same time when I'm on the website. cool! ankle exercises and foam rolling at least 3x week. go to the climbing gym at least twice (once will be for ropes test, once just for fun) RECORDING other than posting periodic updates on here, I want to start the habit of writing down every workout. I'm thinking traditional notebook, but I might try to find an app, or just use an evernote note. this has been haphazard for me in the past and though I have automatic tracking for running via mapping applications, there's a lot of satisfaction to be had scrolling through the past weeks and seeing every day you did something with your body. so that is going to happen. It is probable that I'll come up with some other things I want to work on during the next six weeks to add to this, so stay tuned...

this week... Sun - rest Mon - get strong + riding Tues - get strong + a terrible run Wed - get strong real late at night (rallied! because I knew I'd be mad at myself if I didn't do it) Thurs - 10 mile bike ride Fri - riding + gentle yoga I'm doing a mud run on Sunday (woooo!) and traveling tomorrow to get there. I think I'm going to take a rest day tomorrow and hop into the 2nd block of the get strong program on Monday. Also, I read the Happiness Project (by Gretchen Rubin) this week, which was great, and has me thinking about all the little and not-so-little things I want to do to improve my everyday life. Today, I decided to start wearing a watch again in order to be more aware of the time in the mornings (when I'm getting ready for the day in the bathroom/closet without a clock if I have somewhere I have to be) and the evenings (so I can keep tabs on going to bed earlier!). It's the little things!

check in time! I missed one day of the get strong program, but took it as an early rest day and jumped back in the following day. so I'm still considering that I'm an A for that. I did a half hour of yoga last week too, so that's one session for the week 4/30 - 5/7. Haven't gotten in a trail run yet, ran for the first time really since my half on Friday - yay! still love running. looking into improving my wicking wardrobe so running in the DC swamp humidity won't be a nightmare to avoid (I'm a bit of a drama queen when it comes to the heat down here in the mid-atlantic region) the get strong isn't really enough daily exercise - it takes me maybe 15 minutes to complete the circuits, so I'm adding either - pylo squats + planks - running - yoga - riding - to the days that I'm doing the GS workout. and new goal -- one meal every two days that's either a fluffy salad or a green smoothie to keep my veg consumption up.

2/2 days so far for my goals. did my rows today with a weird grip on either side of the door jamb, then the internet showed me that I could knot a sheet and close it in a door and use that! so that will be tomorrow. Also had a successful horseback riding lesson today. still really tired though...

JOUSTING yesx1000. Eventual horse riding goal is to joust someday. Probably just at a quintain would be fine. And I don't think I'd have the patience to train the horse I'd ride from scratch thought I'd certainly want to be comfortable on it! When I rode a few times when I was younger, I was secretly scared of the horses. Nobody taught me the right way to groom or tack so horses were these mysterious creatures - the barn I'm at now is far more holistic in their teaching so I'm more comfortable with them, though they're still VERY large, majestic creatures to be treated with some caution.

when I got the NF email about the new challenge starting, I thought to wait until the next one since this past weekend I ran my first half marathon (wooooooo! still so pumped) - BUT now I'm here with no serious tangible future goal so... challenge! Life (fitness) quest -- currently angling towards being a trail-running-rock-climbing machine, i.e. endurance and enough strength to pick myself up. I would LIKE to be able to do one full chin-up by the weekend of May 22 (I'll be home for my brother's graduation and said home has pull up bars. My mom can do one, my brother can do many.) IF that isn't feasible, then by Thanksgiving (ostensibly the next time I'll be in that house) I want to be able to do at least 5. which seems doable. Specific goals for this challenge: - daily feet/ankle strength/mobility exercises. I'm a big proponent of the newfangled minimalist shoe movement. I've done months of physical therapy for posterial tibial tendonitis (L ankle, sounds lame, but when it gets bad my ankle will give out, sometimes when I'm driving (stick)) and in the past few weeks leading up to my half I started getting pains in my R arch. annoying. fragile. So I'm committing to marble pick-ups, resistance band work, balancing, and toe raises for BOTH feet. Daily. scoring: 7 days/week - A, 5 days/week - B, <4 days/week - C - Nia Shanks "Get Strong!" program (she's the "lift like a girl" lady). this is a 3-day-on, 1-day-off program for 8 weeks. The biggest challenge here is going to be having places to do assisted pull-ups. I bought a set of resistance bands, but they're no good for pull-ups. (anybody want to buy them off me? ) Today I walked to a nearby park and did inverted rows hanging on to the swings. scoring: no missed days - A, 1 missed day/week - B, 2+ missed days/week - C - go for a trail run 1-2 hours long at least 2x per month scoring: did it - A, went once - B, went more than twice - A+ - yoga session 20 mins at least 1x per week scoring: did it - A, 1/2 weeks - B, more than once/week - A+ - also, I've been really tired lately. Oddly so. Going to use the sleep as android app to track my sleep every night for the next 4-5 weeks and be more aware of my late night activities (i.e. tidy and shower BEFORE I'm ready to just fall into bed. Typically I'll decide I'm ready for bed and then it takes me another hour of prepping for the morning, loading the dishwasher, showering, etc, before I'm actually there.) scoring: am I less tired at the end of the week? - A in addition to the get strong program, I have loose plans of running a few times a week (3-5 mile sessions), going to a few swordfighting classes, hitting up the rock climbing gym, riding horses 1-2x a week, playing squash, and maybe swimming some laps. but the big goals for the end of spring are my feet and my arms. starting strong so far! going to do a bit more research on suspension trainers tonight, then cleaning & feet & bed.

cool, I've got my degree in structural but went into real estate development after graduation instead of taking the EIT exam and planning for the PE. I think sometimes about going back to get certified, though. I miss the math!

awesome.

go you! how was the weekend? I love how detailed you are with your goals and daily reports. What kind of engineering do you do?

I ride horses! Have been since August, English/dressage style (thought I still wear fringed leather chaps). When you do it right it's really such a good full-body workout. And horses are great. It was something I wanted to do when I was younger but couldn't get to the barn/afford it - so when I became an adult I committed.