Thank you to all who participated in the Sparkly Soul Giveaway! As you know, I’m a big fan and love to shout their praises near and far. Bonus: they’re sold at Flywheel, where you can find me at least once a week.
My poor wallet.
Addicted. What can I say?
Drumroll please…
2, 5, 17 are winners! I mean, you’re all winners but they won the headbands 🙂
Most of you love a nice, long run but I’m glad to see one speed workout represented in the winners circle. Yay for speed demons!
Please email me with your name and address so that I can send you your fabulous prize. Can’t wait to see how you sport your sparkle on your next run.
How did all of you fair with Nemo? I know some of my friends in Connecticut are still underneath several feet of snow (yikes).
“Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! Snoooooooooow!” ~How I was woken up on Saturday morning.
Hopefully, the rain is helping to clear some of that away. Some of you ran. Wow. I did not run. Instead, I went out to play in the snow in my new boots.
New boots! = fun snow day
Most people will cringe when they read what’s next. I did my “long run” on the treadmill on Friday as the nasty sleet was falling from the sky. It was only 7 miles since I’m doing the half marathon in May, not the full, and I ran it alongside Birdie.
While treadmilling, Birdie and I decided that there comes a limit to our ability to run on a treadmill at any one stretch. Also, we witnessed some seriously terrible trainers actually injuring clients and decided that it was no longer the treaddie that would keep us from running indoors, but seeing bad trainers hurt people.
I feel like this is how everyone thinks it has to be. Thanks, Biggest Loser.(Image courtesy of MuscleMag.com)
That has to be my #1 pet peeve: watching terrible trainers do dangerous things. You feel me, right? And here are the others, in no particular order:
- Needlessly dropping heavy weights
- Flexing into the mirror
- Inappropriate gym attire (more cheeks than I need to see)
- Spitting into the water fountain
- Spitting in the pool
- Blowing one’s nose in the pool
- Bogarting a machine
- Circuit training on every machine in a 15-foot radiusÂ
- Singing along to your iPod
- Smelly gym clothes
- Coffee
- Not putting weights back
- Putting weights back in the wrong spot
- Bad form
- Loud trainers/training partners
- “That guy” who gets on the treadmill RIGHT NEXT to yours when there are 15 others available
- Know-it-all gym patrons
- Trainers who hit on patrons
- Dirty gym equipment
- Showers without hot water
…and many, many more.
What are your workout pet peeves? Did you run in the snow this weekend? I went to Danielle’s spin class instead and ROCKED it out with JB. Just writing about it is making me hungry…mmmmm, pancakes.
Now go out and run!
