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  • Geek Girl Runner Episode 006

    Welcome to another installment in my increasingly sporadic running podcast! Sorry for that whole month-long delay. Oops. Life caught up to me in April, as you’re about to hear. Thanks again to everyone who’s been in contact in the past weeks; it’s really meant a lot. This episode features: what I’ve been up to when I haven’t been podcasting; my training update; emails, comments, and shoutouts; and a couple random bits at the end. Look, it’s really more important that I finally RECORDED THE THING than it is to have a perfect three-act structure, right? Right. 🙂

    Show links:
    Our trip to Canberra
    Masterpieces from Paris Exhibition
    Knitting Camp 2010
    Sydney Half-Marathon
    Mother’s Day Classic
    You Don’t Have to Run Alone – podcast by Ted Beveridge (with Chloe’s Corner!)
    Running With the Pack
    Iron Brandon
    Running the Narrow Path
    CORSO LA META – podcast and blog by Jimbo_W
    Triathlon Mind Training – podcast and blog by Ironmanjay
    The Secret Life of Kris – blog of the Other Kris

  • Moomins and the Comet Chase

    Moomins and the Comet Chase. That site – not to mention the movie – looks so amazing that I don’t even mind that it made me install Silverlight. Hooray for Moomintroll and Sniff and the Hemulen! I can’t wait.

  • Mother’s Day Classic

    Mother’s Day Classic Meet-Up
    Here’s the course map. What do you guys think of meeting up at 7:30 at the fountain in Hyde Park? It’s not too far from the start, and that would give us time to snap a couple photos, stretch, and head over to the starting line. (I have no idea how many folks are on the GGR team. I wish the MDC website would display it somewhere!)

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Let’s go run a half-marathon, shall we?

    Halfway through 14-miler. You can follow me live here: http://rnkpr.com/a5d3k3

    Going to Broadway for a much-needed – and DESERVED! – massage. Otherwise I won’t be able to walk tomorrow.

    @getupgo I vote Adam! I’d totally order that meatball burger in a restaurant. Looked yummy!

    @randomknits I *loathe* Jonathan. They are definitely giving him the “inept evil genius” edit.

    @theadrianflores Totally agree, except for the 5 sec of Keyboard Cat. 🙂

    @drkknits Oh no! That sucks… All the best people are breaking bones lately, right @SallyPompom?

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Just completed a 22.03 km run with RunKeeper

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Huh. If you put in stitch markers, you don’t have to rip your lace back every five rows when you bugger it up. WHO KNEW?!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    I’m entering @Crust_Pizza #CrustFreePizzaFriday because I’m going out tonight and I can’t be bothered cooking afterwards.

    Tsukasa man told us that their lease is expiring and they’ll be gone as of June. NOOOOO! THEY BE TAKIN’ MY SUSHI! @toastman

    @knitness Hey Ness – what yarn brands did they have? Anything good?

    Scope Creep is ever so much easier to take when the dev takes you to the pub and pours two beers down your throat first.

    Waiting for my @crust_pizza. HUNGRY!

    @tinkabel Of course not. We paid for it. 🙂

    Selling point of the day at Eveleigh Markets (spotted on several signs): “As seen on Masterchef last night!”

  • Shared today on Twitter

    You guys are MISSING OUT on the beautiful “Hello” duet the Snook and I are doing right now. Time for MORE WINE! #Glee

    Syd Ravellers: I got a sneak peek inside the Granny Square fitout tonight: http://bit.ly/bTYqb3 It’s looking pretty good!

    RT @Opheli8: The top traded stock yesterday was MobileActive -yes, the one I work for! // Woohoo! Me too!

    @yankinoz The price more than doubled. (We announced an acquisition.) That’s a good thing, right? http://bit.ly/ckTCkD

    @frillseekerjen Finally! I recorded every episode last month looking for you guys. I’ll get Rodd to record tonight’s. 🙂

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Steve Jobs on Flash: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/. He leaves out the most pervasive argument for me: 99.9% of Flash on the Web SUCKS. I turned it off in Firefox a month ago and the experience has been amazing. No more crappy ads flying in to cover my screen. No more autoplay videos with sound. Having no Flash is a net good for me.

  • RunningBlog: Week 17

    Still NOT SICK. Yeah, I feel crummy occasionally and there’s more than the average amount of mucus, but I’m NOT SICK. My powers of denial are strong. While I was at knitting camp last weekend, Fiona and I went out for a run that instead became more of a hike. We followed a steep and narrow trail up to Robertson’s Lookout at Mount Keira, stopping every ten minutes to pick the leeches off our shoes. (Yes, really.) The view was fantastic though. We ran the rest of the way back down the mountain to camp. On Sunday I got in my long run for the week, a 16km jog through Newtown, Enmore, Marrickville, Tempe, and Sydenham. (It’s really, really weird now that a ten-miler doesn’t feel like that big a deal!) I did 3:1 run/walk and still managed a 7:30/km pace, which is 45s faster than the 19km run I did a few weeks ago. Yay for cooler weather! Yesterday I did a nice easy morning run and then had a session at Spudds in the afternoon. I am BEAT.

    April 25: 6.70km
    April 26: 16.02km
    April 28: 5.35km
    Total this week: 28.07km (17.5mi)
    Total in 2010: 357.99km (223.7mi)

    To meet my goal of running 1000km in 2010, I should be at 327km right now. So I’m maintaining my nice cushion.

    We’re only 2.5 weeks out from the Sydney Half Marathon! This week will be the longest run of my training: 22km. Yes, I’ll actually be going slightly farther than the actual race distance. I’m looking forward to it, actually! Then the following weekend will be the Mother’s Day Classic 8K. I’ll be in my taper period here, so I’m not going to push it too hard. I’d just like to run the whole thing comfortably so I can feel confident leading up to the big race.