karinajean finesses some fall

[karinajean]

Even though I feel like I'm consistently bagging out on week 4 of the challenges, I've been challenging STRONG.

 

the last couple of challenges I did so great! I hit goals, pretty much! I did the things, all of them! I kept doing the things!

 

BUT.... after months or years or whatever I don't even know of just running and doing martial arts (OK IT'S A LOT OF RUNNING AND A LOT OF MARTIAL ARTS,) I need to mix things up.

FALL is for FIGURING IT OUT.

 

 

WHAT *IS* NEXT, DUDES?

I don't know. that's kind of the point.

But I can tell you that I did some bodyweight squats (somewhere between 30 and 100) in boxing on Sat. at the dojo and it wrecked my legs big time. I thought I wasn't getting DOMS because I was so super fit! NOPE, I am not getting DOMS because I AM NOT CHALLENGING MYSELF.

 

so here's to challenging challenges.

 

GOAL 1.

Do Bodyweight Workouts.

Go back to the academy, or pick a darebee exercise, and do it 2x a week.

 

GOAL 2.

Plan for next things.

it's fall, it's dark in the morning, I don't want to get up and run in the dark. Get a schedule together and figure out if I'm going to start lifting weights or what. Can i fit in eskrima lessons on sundays? can I find 2 days to do heavy lifting (such as I am able to do) at the dojo while my husband is in school?

 

NOTE ALSO that I am committed to running until 10/1, because there's a 10K I kinda want to do then. aaaaaand I still am going to be doing tkd as much as possible.

 

GOAL 3.

for real, work on the house.

sweep the floor every week

work with Fourteen to get his room straightened out .

work with husband to get OUR room straightened out.

work on the blue room which is currently a big disaster area and needs to be Eighteen's room when he comes home from college for break.

work on the attic, which is rapidly returning to big disaster area from carefully cleaned and beautified new space and I just can't allow that to happen!.

 

I don't have to do any of these things all the time (except maybe sweeping the floor) but I do have to plan these things in.

 

here we go, fall! I got this!

[karinajean]

Day 1 - didn't run. I meant to, but my legs, omg my LEGS. those squats were really killing me. (the exercise we were doing was a punching combo on heavy bags and then my instructor threw in some squats to, you know, practice ducking. so it was like: jab-squat-spring up-jab-cross-knee. and then we did some other stuff and back to the bag and we did something like: low kick-high kick-jab-squat-spring up-elbow-jumping knee. OMG). We did go to lunch with my dad and did some home chores and I also went to a friends and gleaned from her pear and apple trees, so that was all good stuff.

 

Day 2 - that's today.

My legs hurt OMG THEY HURT. so I didn't do any running in the morning.

Also I'm feeling kind of calamitous because

1. my right foot keeps locking up

2. I grabbed a cast iron pan accidentally at high temps and burned my hand last night

3. I was riding my motorcycle to work and it broke on the highway and I'm worried it's broken forever and

4. when I got home from the motorcycle breaking I stepped on SOMETHING and got a super painful large diameter splinter into my heel.

 

and my LEGS OMG MY LEGS.

 

but I was able to go to the chiropractor and she adjusted my ankle/foot (apparently a bone was out of whack) and also I put a BUNCH of aloe on my hand and it's nearly perfectly healed already and there''s NOTHING I can do about the motorcycle right now but I DID get the splinter out of my heel.

 

I did NOT eat that well. I had a protein shake for breakfast but then I had 2 pieces of cornbread (not yankee cornbread with white flour and sugar, but Appalachian corn bread cooked in a cast iron pan and with only corn flour and no sugar) with butter and honey for lunch, and I made mac and cheese for dinner (with lots of green beans BUT STILL).

 

Tomorrow AM I want to get up and go for a run, 3 miles if possible (i.e., if my foot doesn't lock up and I don't have to crawl back home). Then TKD in the evening.

Wednesday I need to get up early and drive north 1 1/2 hours to go to the doctor with my mom. that means really that I can wake up at normal time if I get right out of bed and do a bodyweight thingy.

Thursday is tough b/c of early morning drive to construction site, but there will be TKD in the evening.

Friday AM I'll do a running thing.

Sat ought to be dojo sat. but I don't think I can fit it in because of friends birthday celebrations in brooklyn.... so if I'm not doing dojo, I should do the bodyweight things.

and there! just like that week 1 is all set!

 

[starpuck]

My dear my dear my dear!  I am here. 

And you'll never guess who has had killer leg DOMS all week from getting back to lifting, AND skating again after 3 weeks off, AND doing it in new skates?

 

YOUR TWIN!

 

Also, damn gurl.   At least you got a few weeks worth of crap out of the way in one day?   Um, is that a thing?  Like... to make it seem less terrible.

 

Take care of your feet before you go running and make things worse.  Play it by ear ok?  SHEEZ.

 

[Jonesy]

12 minutes ago, karinajean said:

then my instructor threw in some squats to, you know, practice ducking

 

For funsies! 

 

12 minutes ago, karinajean said:

Also I'm feeling kind of calamitous

 

Kalamity Jean?  

 

You are going to wake up, your foot is going to be solid and you will get your 3 miles in! What a busy week.

[Lara]

10 hours ago, karinajean said:

so it was like: jab-squat-spring up-jab-cross-knee. and then we did some other stuff and back to the bag and we did something like: low kick-high kick-jab-squat-spring up-elbow-jumping knee. OMG

Ha! First time I've found the usefulness of my self-defence lessons: I can totally understand your pain

 

12 hours ago, karinajean said:

FALL is for FIGURING IT OUT.

 

 

WHAT *IS* NEXT, DUDES?

I don't know. that's kind of the point.

This is so exciting!

[karinajean]

11 hours ago, Starpuck said:

My dear my dear my dear!  I am here.  And you'll never guess who has had killer leg DOMS all week from getting back to lifting, AND skating again after 3 weeks off, AND doing it in new skates?

 

YOUR TWIN!

 

Also, damn gurl.   At least you got a few weeks worth of crap out of the way in one day?   Um, is that a thing?  Like... to make it seem less terrible.

 

Take care of your feet before you go running and make things worse.  Play it by ear ok?  SHEEZ.

 

 

  HI!!!

omg we are even LEG TWINS!

I was gentle on it this morning. it was a good shake-out run, and I didn't do a full loop JUST IN CASE.

 

 

 

11 hours ago, Jonesy said:

  For funsies! 

 

 

Kalamity Jean? [emoji4] 

 

You are going to wake up, your foot is going to be solid and you will get your 3 miles in! What a busy week.

 

  HA! yes. this is exactly me yesterday.

 

 

22 minutes ago, zenLara said:

Ha! First time I've found the usefulness of my self-defence lessons: I can totally understand your pain [emoji3]  

This is so exciting!

 

  I'm hoping for excitement!

also I hope that *talking about* fighting is the best way your lessons are useful. As much as I love learning this stuff, I never want to have to use it. the conundrum of the fighter, I think!

 

I've been reading the level 1 boards and something that @Hazard is so good at doing is asking about the MAIN QUEST. and I haven't had a main quest in a really long time. so, in the spirit of FIGURING OUT FALL with FINESSE I think I should work on that, too.

 

today was much better! I was able to get up and run. I felt a little nervous about my foot so I did 2 1/2 miles instead of the 3 mile loop, and focused on hitting all the pokestops and filling my bag. I WAS going to go down this very dark trail in the park to stick some pokemons into gyms but a police car crept up behind me as I was running down the street to the park and being that the park is closed until sunrise, I decided to skip and continued on my run. Didn't want to add "#5 had to have an awkward conversation with a cop when I went into a park after hours" to my list of calamity.

 

still haven't looked at the motorcycle, still expecting the very worst (aka it's broken forever). I'm doing some google searches to find out what is considered "high mileage" for my bike and people are saying that 1/2 the miles as I have is high?!

 

ALSO yesterday I was talking to my husband about the foot injury and the positive outcome of my chiropractic adjustment, and we had this conversation (backstory I have a bone on my right ankle that sticks out further than the same bone in my left ankle):

 

UM LOLZ.

DON'T TELL OK?

 

 

 

[Twilight]

Friggin superhero is right, holy crap.

 

I hope your bike will be ok!

[Hazard]

 

Oh hey, KJ's challenge is up! Woot!

 

29 minutes ago, karinajean said:

 As much as I love learning this stuff, I never want to have to use it (in a real confrontation), the conundrum of the fighter, I think!

 

Ftfy.  And, agreed.  That's exactly how I feel about my firearms.

 

 

[karinajean]

33 minutes ago, Twilight said:

Friggin superhero is right, holy crap.

 

I hope your bike will be ok!

 

JUST WALK IT OFF, YOU'LL BE FINE!

21 minutes ago, Hazard said:

 

Oh hey, KJ's challenge is up! Woot!

 

 

Ftfy.  And, agreed.  That's exactly how I feel about my firearms.

 

 

 

thanks and yeah!

[raptron]

14 hours ago, karinajean said:

I thought I wasn't getting DOMS because I was so super fit! NOPE, I am not getting DOMS because I AM NOT CHALLENGING MYSELF.

DOMS is a better indicator of NEW THINGS than challenge. I promise! It does not mean you haven't been challenging yourself, just that you haven't been doing these movements. BUT USING THE FIRE UNDER YOUR BUTT IS ALWAYS A GOOD PLAN. <3 

 

 

[Lara]

4 hours ago, karinajean said:

I never want to have to use it. the conundrum of the fighter, I think!

Yep, I feel the same.

 

4 hours ago, karinajean said:

but a police car crept up behind me as I was running down the street to the park and being that the park is closed until sunrise, I decided to skip and continued on my run. Didn't want to add "#5 had to have an awkward conversation with a cop when I went into a park after hours" to my list of calamity.

#caughttrespassingcatchingpokemon  I'm sure it's a thing

 

Frigging superheros indeed! 

[Lightning]

Waiting to hear good news about the motorcycle.  I haven't been on one in years but I can still remember the feeling of freedom and badass.  Hope it turns out to be fixable and affordable.

 

[RogueLibrarian]

HIIIII THERE

 

I'm all on board for "let's figure out the next thing."

 

I love the Darebee stuff. Let us know what workouts you end up doing!

[karinajean]

Hi!
It's been a week.
Tuesday / tkd went fine, and Wednesday I didn't do anything except do the 200 mile round trip to the office north of me. I got home at 8, super tired.

This morning I did a 20 min yoga and then drove SOUTH 90 miles for meetings. Then back north and I ended up at tkd.

My weird foot pain came back yesterday, I think it has a lot to do with the driving... so I'm trying to do better with stretching. I have a foot/leg massage scheduled for tomorrow, I hope it heals me (no pun intended!)

I have been doing pretty good with food, but I haven't figured anything out yet. Eh! Tomorrow is Friday, that's such welcome news.


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[RogueLibrarian]

You're doing great! A day with yoga and martial arts in it sounds like a day well spent.

 

I hope your foot is better. How is your bike?

[Jonesy]

What a week and so much driving! No wonder your foot hurts. 

 

Enjoy your massage!

[karinajean]

I did a silly thing and made a picture illustrating The Natural Range of a KarinaJean. At any given time during the week I will travel within this area.

 

 

You're doing great! A day with yoga and martial arts in it sounds like a day well spent.

 

I hope your foot is better. How is your bike?

 

I haven't even tried to figure out what's wrong with it.... I really should! but I think I'm afraid to find out it was a stupid thing that I did or didn't do that wrecked it.

I'll do it this weekend, though.

 

What a week and so much driving! No wonder your foot hurts. 

 

Enjoy your massage!

 

thank you! it's a 30 minute reflexology massage and I'm going to ask her to focus on my feet and calves.  I think they could really use some attention.

 

[Twilight]

Ah yes, the freerange KJ. That's a lot of travelling! 

[raptron]

I WONDER WHO I CAN CONVINCE TO GO ON A FALL FOLIAGE HIKE IN WESTERN MASS TO MEET UP WITH KJ~~~~

[Hazard]

9 hours ago, karinajean said:

I did a silly thing and made a picture illustrating The Natural Range of a KarinaJean. At any given time during the week I will travel within this area.

 

Oh now, that's cool!   You just Animal Planeted your life.   

 

[annyshay]

16 hours ago, raptron said:

I WONDER WHO I CAN CONVINCE TO GO ON A FALL FOLIAGE HIKE IN WESTERN MASS TO MEET UP WITH KJ~~~~

Uuuuugh. Why didn't we do this when I still liiiiiived there. /whine

 

Also, hi KJ! Hi!

[Mad Hatter]

 Ohai you free range superhero you!

[Lightning]

The first thing I thought of when I saw your map was how many diners you could hit on that route!  Gravy fries and burgers with an egg on top. 

[karinajean]

AHOY

it is I.

 

I'm struggling with doing things. partly because I'm tired and feeling overwhelmed at work - there was a lot going on with the end of our fiscal year. I had to do an end of year evaluation of myself (I did pretty good but of course I can think of lots of ways I can do better). I haven't been running tho I have been going to tkd. I drank a lot this weekend. SO WHAT IS GOING ON.

 

I'm popping in to say hi and look at some threads but also to write down my goals and then put them into my hobobujo because I need to start SOMEWHERE, and not looking at my goals frequently is obviously not working with respect to me actually DOING THINGS. oy!

 

also I am collecting shiny things and bought a subscription to doyogawithme.com because the price is going up at the end of the month and I have really appreciated the free stuff I've gotten from them for over 1 1/2 years so I'm giving back a little. and now I'm like: OH MAYBE I SHOULD DO A YOGA CHALLENGE!!! but really what I should do is SOMETHING THAT I WROTE DOWN THAT IS A GOAL. ANYTHING. JUST DO A THING.

 

ok! goals jot, then read a bit, then bedtime so maybe tomorrow am I am not a wreck and can do something.

[annyshay]

Glad you popped in. Can we see your hobobujo? I always love your spreads.