Wanderings

  • This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is about paths made for walking. One of my favorite activities is to walk. And I try to go for walks every week day during lunch time. Around my office building there are a few different trails.  Some are of gravel, some are paved. And my favorite is one Read more

  • Last week I was on vacation in California. The hotel we stayed in was in Newport Beach, but we also visited Disneyland, San Diego and Santa Monica. And walked a lot!!!! I did not track the walks, except by one, but I was always wearing my fitbit, which can give you guys an idea of Read more

  • Yesterday we went to University of Washington campus to enjoy the view of the blooming cherry trees. And the trees were so climbing friendly!!! My kids couldn’t resist and climbed on a few of them, with our help. In one of them, I decided to try to climb too, but after both kids were at Read more

  • Spring is in the air

    Last week I avoided going for walks, in order to take time to recover from my little dare-to-jog-on-a-half-marathon injuries. Friday I was feeling good though, so I risked walking with a friend to a cafe about 1 mile away from our offices for some lunch. The way there passes through a trail around a wetland Read more

  • Last Saturday I had my second Half Marathon ever. It was much tougher than the first one, in spite of the awesome sunny but cool weather, compared to the rain and cold of the first one. And I know exactly what made it tougher. Ambition! Because I pushed my body more than I should have. In 2011, I had Read more

  • Pre-race expectation

    What a better way to start a blog than in the night before my second half-marathon. I like to walk and I have been participating in smaller races for the past 2 and a half years. Tomorrow morning I’ll be participating at the 2013 Lake Sammamish Half-Marathon. The first one I did was about a Read more