Welcome to Nerdsville

And I am its Mayor.

Here in Nerdsville, you can openly admit to being a nerd, a dork, an oddball, and maybe even a dullard. Here, bedtime stories are read from reference books, and the Nerdsville Times Best Seller list will only include text books and magazines.

You will not get weird stares from anyone as you take a walk during your lunch break while reading a magazine cover to cover. In fact, you'll fit right in!

Haha. I really am a nerd. My latest favorite past time is reading a magazine front to back while taking a walk during lunch time. I'm actually quite fast; I pass plenty of people while reading! And it's a great way to stay entertained w/o an iPod, a great way to fit in exercise, and a great way to catch up on the latest issues of Triathlete Magazine and Runner's World all at once! Talk about killing 3 birds with one stone!

This month's Triathlete magazine has a story about the founder of Fuel Belts. I'm fortunate because by the time I decided to pick up running, iPods, Garmins, hydration systems, Gu's, Gatorade, lightweight sneakers, tech shirts, and... ah...errr....tampons.... have all been invented. Can you just imagine being a runner 28 years ago? That's probably why long distance running hasn't been too popular untill recently. Running in all cotton clothes that cling to your skin like plastic wrap, no iPod to pump you up through the rough patches, no Garmin to tell you how fast you're going, no yummy shot blocks to eat. I probably won't have picked up running either! Thank goodness for progress! Can you just imagine what it'll be like in 28 MORE years? They'll probably have Garmins you can hook up directly to your brain, and shoes that won't ever wear down or something cuh-ra-zy like that :) I found this article on Runner's World that kind of talks about the same thing. Run hard!

Knee update:
My knee tendonitis is starting to feel much better. I am taking ibuprofen three times a day, and trying not to bend my knees as much as possible. Which is quite a hard task when you work on the third floor and have to use the stairs. I cancelled my run yesterday, and stuck with the elliptical and strength training. Even the elliptical hurt a little bit after ten minutes, so I stopped at 15 min and moved onto strength training.
I was THISCLOSE to taking another rest day yesterday. I was so tired; I even fell aspleep at my job! oops. I'm feeling really sluggish and aenemic. It is that time of month afterall. However, I did make it to the gym, and though I was yawning like there's no tomorrow, I managed to have a decent workout.

Standing cable rows (3 sets, 12 reps, 80 lbs)
BOSU Ball mountain climbers variations (3 sets)
Biceps curls (various weights, various reps)
Side bends (2 sets, 12 reps, 25 lbs)
Skull crushers (2 sets, 10 reps, 12 lbs each hand)
Resistance band triceps (2 sets, 12 reps)
BOSU Ball plank variations (2 sets)
Triceps kick backs (1 set, 10 reps, 10 lbs)
Incline bench abs
Reverse sit ups
Stretching

As you can see, no legs! I was too tired and too uninspired to think of leg exercises that didn't involve any knee bending, so I skipped it. I just stretched the F out of them, cause they were still feeling tight from Sunday's race. My arms are kind of sore today, so I guess it worked!

I don't know how the rest of the week will look like, exercise wise. I am so busy and tired from work, and I can't run, and even the elliptical hurts, and it's only like, 55-60 degrees here, so WAY too cold for the pool. I just hope to keep some level of fitness up this week. We'll see.

I always thought running was hard. Who knew that NOT running would be harder?
Oh the things you learn :)

Happy Wednesday!