Thinking about running tends to bring back painful memories of the President’s Physical Fitness Test. The one-mile run was by far the most torturous event for me, as I could almost always count on being pretty much last. Gym class in general was not a happy thing for me, ever. In fact, the only good [...]
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The Pain of Progress
Posted in fitness on March 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Five Stages of Hiking
Posted in Bulgaria, fitness, sustain this! on December 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This is what happens when you go hiking with three outdoorsy Bulgarians, someone who rides his bicycle everyday and possesses the temperament of a mountain goat, and someone who just went to Athens and ran 42 kilometers for fun. 1. Denial. They said it was an easy hike! You can handle it. Just a few [...]
Pierogi
Posted in America, fitness, Food on August 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve had a hankering (yes, a hankering) for pierogi lately. I thought I would try to find a YouTube video with a recipe and instructions. I found the following. Only in Pittsburgh would this happen. Just in case it is not clear from the video, this is, indeed, a clip of people dressed in giant [...]
Time to buy an MP3 player…
Posted in fitness, frustration on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have never owned one. I generally just stole my sister’s IPod when I went to the gym or out for a walk. I figured I could get by here without one, but I have already determined that this is going to be two years of bus rides, train rides, and my wanting to block [...]
