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September 23, 2004
More gym pet peeves
I mentioned a couple of weeks back about how I hate when smelly people work out next to me. Still true. But today I realized another gross hygiene thing that I hate: people who breathe out of their mouth while running on the treadmill and force their stinky breath onto innocent gym-mates on the elliptical next to them. Ugh! I may be asking for too much, but how do these people not notice their own smelliness??
OK, enough of that rant. Personally, I smell pretty good right now since I just showered and got ready for two back-to-back business school events: a wine club happy hour and an Asian club SUSHI party! (I'm excited about the sushi part. I've been missing sushi since we left our favorite neighborhood sushi bar on our street in D.C.)
This morning I was in the pool for about an hour, but I broke it up into swimming and pool running. I'm getting more into pool running. I just have to be thinking constantly about going hard enough to keep my heart rate up. Aside from a weird smile bordering on leering look that I got from the guy who seems to be the permanent lifeguard, the water workout was fine. It actually went by more quickly than I thought it would.
I was busy with classes throughout the day and then I did the elliptical and lifted when I was done with school. I had a bigger-than-usual lunch today and felt a lot more energetic at the gym. I need to remember to pack more food to bring with me. We actually have a very good cafeteria but I can't afford to eat there more than once a week. I don't really like sandwiches (I know, weird) so if anyone has good, healthy (but not too healthy) lunch suggestions, I'm happy to have them! I tend to get in a rut and bring the same thing all the time. I think I will branch out into hummus next chance I get :)
Speaking of eating--or not eating--this Saturday is Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement when it is customary to fast basically all day. Since I am hungry pretty much 24-7, it is a hard one for me. In all other years of fasting I've done a short run in the morning (like 3 miles or so) and I hope to do that this year as well. I better go eat a lot of sushi to stock up...
Posted by becky at September 23, 2004 6:18 PM