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Month: February 2010

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @steverunner Would love to chime in, but I’m at work! You guys need to schedule one when those of us in Oz are more available. 🙂

    Which is more embarrassing: That when people have a vague Star Wars question, I’m the one they ask – or that I actually KNOW THE ANSWER?

    For the record, I have not received any AGM materials yet either!

    One hypothesis: if you didn’t get your AGM papers, did you elect to get electronic newsletter? I did. Perhaps an overlap there?

    As an experiment, I’ve worn mascara like 3x in the past 2 weeks to see if anyone noticed. No one did. This is why I don’t bother w/ makeup!

    @redambition Well, that’s what I was thinking. Maybe someone would comment that I looked more alert? Less tired? But nope, nothin’.

    Details of Jude Skeers workshop have been sent to IC email list! See, we know how to efficiently deliver information. 🙂

    Momentous occasion here, Guild Members: http://www.knittersguildnsw.org.au/achievement-certificates. *dances*

    @Kat13v That’s because Twitter added a full stop to the link. Remove that and it’s fine. 🙂

    Route Info: What’s the best way to drive to Kiama on a Friday night? How long is it gonna take?

  • RunningBlog: Week 7

    If you’ve been listening to the podcast, you’ll have heard all about The Saga of Kris’s Right Foot over the past week. It started with tenderness/pain in my right arch while I was running, then that turned into sharper pain on the outside of my right heel. Last Friday I went to see Dr. Maja Markovic at Sydney Uni Sports Medicine. She poked and prodded my foot and took a look at my shoes. She said that my plantar fascia felt tight, and she advised a bone scan to rule out the serious stuff (stress fracture, heel spur, or full-blown plantar fasciitis). I went in for that on Tuesday. They dosed me up with radioactive technetium and then took pictures of my feet and legs over the course of a couple hours. (Though it was a weak dose and I was only radioactive for less than a day, they told me to avoid standing near any children or pregnant women! Fun.) On Wednesday I got the verdict: no serious bone problems and no PF. Hooray! Dr. Markovic has cleared me to run again. Basically, we think the problem was just that I’ve been overworking my feet (specifically my arches with the forefoot running). The scan showed some inflammation on the outside of my right foot, presumably because I’ve been favoring the arch by shifting my weight to the outside. (That’s also why my heel has been hurting.) She’s given me a routine of massage, stretching, strengthening, and icing to do, and she also wants me to see a podiatrist before I buy new shoes. But I can ease back into running again.

    Of course, I caught a cold on Monday so I’ve got to get over that first. If it’s not one thing, it’s another!

    Feb 17: 2.5km
    Total this week: 2.5km
    Total in 2010: 137.2km (85.75mi)

    The only “workout” I got in this week was walking home from work yesterday. I don’t normally count walking in my weekly total, but given the doctor’s orders to start back slowly, I think this one counts. My 20km cushion in the 1000km Challenge has evaporated, and I’m now exactly on track with where I should be. I told you it’d come in handy!

  • Build by Wendy Dresses

    Built by Wendy Dresses. I want that book!

  • Cake Balls

    Hey Sis: “Cake Balls on a Roll in Texas.” I like the photo of the ones with sprinkles on top. I’m also amused that it sounds like the backlash has already started in the US, and the damn things haven’t even made it to Sydney yet!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @carbolicious HOLY CRAP, that thing is disturbing!

    @imdominating @carbolicious Rodd wants me to put microchip in Edward Monkey that says “I’m allergic to vag” when it’s near the Bella Monkey.

    Just completed a 2.64 km walk with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/aCrMsm #RunKeeper

    @cdeagle A little tender, but I think that’s because I’ve been favoring it all week. Trying to walk normally and stretch things out…

    @carbolicious You are TALKING, sista. (And you haven’t seen the awesome interchangeable wigs yet!)

    There is no cold so bad that a cup of tea and a stack of Windmill cookies won’t make bearable.

    @imdominating @carbolicious They look awesome. Just need to do RPattz hair and fashion a couple more props…

    Morning drama: Petey snuck out the side door & we had frantic 5min trying to catch him again. Scared the crap out of him.

    480 driver made me run up&down the block, then drove right past the stop. Caught him @ stoplight and yelled til he let me on. JERK!

    @witty_knitter The same, but I have stretches and exercises! Will post update today.

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Just completed a 2.51 km walk with RunKeeper

  • Vote for Hickey!

    My neighbour Tony Hickey (who actually lives in our old flat!) is running against Tanya Plibersek in the next federal election. Very cool! I hope he wins. 🙂

  • Geek Girl Runner Episode 003

    The third episode of the Geek Girl Runner podcast is now available! Right off the bat, I just have to apologise for the voice quality in this one. I caught a raging cold on Monday night, and I just didn’t want to wait any longer to record so I sound quite stuffed up. I was also radioactive (yes, seriously) and possibly feverish so I probably ramble a little more than usual. At any rate, thanks to everyone who listened to the first two episodes and gave feedback. This episode features: my (non-)training update; emails, comments, and shoutouts; and a discussion about running injuries.

    Show links:
    Wikipedia: bone scan
    Mother’s Day Classic – join the Geek Girl Runner team!
    Lindfield Rotary FunRun
    AAPSM treatment for plantar fasciitis

    Thanks as usual to Nick Arthur for the use of his song “Little Donut Party”. Please give me some feedback and let me know what you think!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Ooh neat. Here’s what they gave me: http://bit.ly/15qTi2. Very pretty… for a man-made unstable isotope.

    Worst part of radioactive bone scan: pulling off the medical tape over the ouchie on my arm. Yanked out about 1000 hairs!

    I’m headed for Round 2: Nuclear Boogaloo. Should have the verdict soon enough…

    Definitely no fractures & no plantar fasciitis! No bone issue at all. So it’s soft tissue. Hopefully doc will clear me to run tomorrow.

    @cdeagle Apparently PF usually shows up where it attaches to the bone. They didn’t see any of that.

    @AusVintageGrrl That’s what I’m hoping. Today marks a full week of rest. I may have hurt it with self-massage though.

    @carbolicious I just got a spam email from your Yahoo. You got a virus?

    @thisismywww It’s been there for ages. It just hides at the top and you have to flick the screen down to see it. 🙂

    Putting together Geek Girl Runner Episode 3 right NOW!

    Geek Girl Runner Episode 3 is now available! http://bit.ly/9gjdZ3 I think it may be the world’s first radioactive podcast.

    Great news: I am officially cleared to run again! Well, as soon as I kick this frackin’ cold that is.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Just got my last @knitabulous yarn club package. Yay!

    My @knitabulous package: http://twitpic.com/13bsr3. LOVE! St Brigid is going straight into that awesome project bag…

    On top of everything else, I suddenly have a sore throat. I really, really don’t need to be sick right now.

    @cdeagle Fix it up on the website! You can drag the points around. 🙂

    @cdeagle That looks way better! I often find I have to do that in the city when trees/buildings interfere with GPS.

    @cdeagle Still tender and slightly swollen. Going in for bone scan tomorrow morning. 🙁

    Watching Biggest Loser. Snook: “If some dudes beat me up on the oval, I’d go Ender on their ass and poison their lunch boxes.” BWAHAHAHA.

    Taking my sore foot and my sore throat to bed. We’re only 6 weeks into 2010 and healthwise it’s SUCKTASTIC.

    Heading to Newtown to get a bone scan on my foot. There’s no way this diagnosis is going to be good. I’m actually hobbling today. 🙁

    I’m going to be radioactive for the next 24 hours! Pregnant women and children beware. (Doc says I probably won’t get superpowers. Damn.)

    No glow-in-the-dark, AFAIK. But I’m trying very hard to read thoughts on the 426 bus. Not much luck yet.