Recap: this week's workouts

Sunday 3/2:

Walked from my apartment on the Lower East Side over to Soho, around Soho, and then to the Angelika Film Center to watch The Counterfeiters (just okay). 1.2 miles, give or take.

Thursday 3/6:

Basketball game. We had six players and no point guard until about 7 minutes into the first half. I was 0 for 97 from the field. I definitely need to hit an open gym or just practice my outside shot for about seventeen hours straight.

We lost, but by less points than the previous time this team beat us. However, no angry fight with them at the end of the game, and the ref was less egregious than before. So, that's something.

Friday 3/7:

Clubbing. Dancing for a good 2+ hours straight to Benny Benassi. I remember the days when I'd club until 7 a.m. and pack Icy Hot. Ah, to be in one's twenties ...

To do list:

• I'm trying to make my own version of lightly flavored, gently sucre'd post-yoga water in order to put all these plastic bottles roaming around my apartment to use and save on Vitamin Water. Test recipe at Foodums.com.
• Need to upgrade my running system and get new sneaks, decide on whether I am going to run with socks or run barefoot (need to get advice of my former basketball teammate Erica, who is now a manager at Jackrabbit Sports on 14th street), and get the Garmin GPS heart rate monitor Awesome Machine. Why do I feel like triathlons are in my future?
• Prep for yet another Miami trip. This one's a week and I'm staying the weekend. Considering packing my snork gear. (Why not?)

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(That is a glow stick.)

Workout recap

Was in Aruba the past week sans Interwebz so here's a roundup of my recent workouts:

• Tuesday 2/12: 7:45 p.m. hoops game. I think we won. I definitely scored some points.
• Friday 2/15: Got a lot of swimming done in Aruba. It counts. My heart rate was up there. Although I definitely like the strokes that involve lying on your back better. My friend Rachel commented that my swimming is stronger and more confident this year, which we attributed in part to the swim class I took at Baruch this past fall. Even though I only made it to three classes I have to agree.
• Saturday 2/16: Went for a run on the beach for half an hour at sunset. It was sprinkling rain which felt super-nice. Must admit that the sprinting and lifting have made me thicker which I do not like, so I guess it's back to yoga and distance runs. Oh, vanity. I wonder if there's an exercise I can do that only makes the hindparts get big? I miss my sprinter booty.
• Sunday 2/17: 4 1/2 hour brunch / snorkel cruise. Ton of snorkeling in. Fishies are adorbz!
• Monday 2/18: Lots of swimming, including some snorkeling. I like feeling the burn in my thighs when I powersnork.
• Tuesday 2/19: More swimming. Burnt my back while I was at it, in an unenlightened move that involved no suntan lotion. DUH.

That's it. I'm in the market for a device that tracks distance run as well as heart rate, perhaps with an iPod synch, and also in the market for new running shoes. Am considering doing the corporate challenge in mid-June.

Looking forward to a run next Thursday while I'm in Miami for work.

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I have no idea what that is. I tried to make a snorkel fin. FAIL

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Hoops game

Basketball game tonight. We had 9 players on a court that was really small and didn't have a three point line, which sucks on a number of levels:

• My best game is a running game. I'm crazy quick on the court and it's the fast breaks and the full court press that differentiate me.
• Our team plays better when we're a little bit exhausted. Hard to get exhausted with a deep bench and a short court.
• We have a number of guards that can sink threes, but it's difficult to know where to stand without that line.

We should have gone full court man from the beginning of the game, which is what I suggested, but whatever.

Games like this make me wish for a good game of street ball with the boys.

We lost by one point.

Curiously, a guard for the other team was Yale '07. She, however, will not be attending Feb Club on Friday.

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