Monday - Cross
Felt icky and stayed home. This cross-training isn't working out as well as I'd like. Hrm.
Tuesday - Run 5 miles
5 miles, check. Pouring down rain - and I mean POURING down rain! Went out just as it started and came in just as it was tapering off. Sheesh.
Wednesday - Run 10 miles
Rest day. Rain, cold, ick. When did we move to Seattle?
Thursday - Run 5 miles
Did ~6.5 over lunch and then a soccer game in the evening. Total miles probably 8 or 9 - though the game is less of a "run" and more of a "saunter". Ah well.
Friday - rest
Rest day (for sure) and took my sweetie to the airport. It's gonna be a tough weekend.
Saturday - run 10 miles
6 miles (or so) around town - felt HORRIBLE. I think I'm still sick ...
Sunday - run 20 miles
I *think* we ran 22+. We were out for abour 4:15 and climbed all the way to Skyline and then did an out and back from Wunderlich to Huddart. What a beautiful trail - but holy cow, IT'S MUDDY! Lots of slipping, sliding and even a face plant. I went out with shoes that were on their last legs (so to speak) and they didn't come home. Straight in to the bucket after I rinsed them off. Also blew out a Gu packet in my Camelbak - which meant I only had 1 Gu rather than 2. Man, I was feeling that one! Regardless, it was a good run. I think we're totally ready for the marathon.
Kittens and Mittens - finished!
Success! Splendid, wonderful, success! The mittens felted up BEAUTIFULLY in the washer. I'm amazed at the difference in size before and after. I resisted the temptation to do them one at a time, but I do have a picture with my hand as a gauge. Anyway, pix of the finished mittens when I get them. I'll almost certainly make a hat to go with it - but whether or not I follow the accompanying pattern remains to be seen. I'm so thrilled!
I may well have caught the felting bug as I'm already dreaming of interesting fair isle pattens to do with these yarns that could then be felted into beautiful beanies and toques and other wonderful stuff. Geez. Another way to spend my time ...
I may well have caught the felting bug as I'm already dreaming of interesting fair isle pattens to do with these yarns that could then be felted into beautiful beanies and toques and other wonderful stuff. Geez. Another way to spend my time ...
Marathon Training - Week 12
Monday - Cross
No yoga for me this week, feeling cruddy. :-(
Tuesday - Run 5 miles
Run 5 miles, check. Back to sleep ...
Wednesday - Run 6 miles
Run 6 miles, no check. Mowed the lawn and did serious yard work for an hour - I'll call that "cross training" :-) Referee a slowwwwwwwww game tomorrow night, which means I'll need to go for a run before the game.
Thursday - Run 5 miles
Ran a HORRIBLE 5 miles at the reservior (think I'm still sick) but got another 2.5 refereeing. I hesitate to call that running, but there it is. With the weather being as warm as it is, I'll definitely be running tomorrow ...
Friday - rest
definitely took this one seriously. Rested, I did.
Saturday - run 6 miles
Snowshow for 4 miles, and a total time of ~2h. Certainly a good workout!
Sunday - run 12 miles
Went the 7 extra miles and did another loop in Woodside. Same as last weekend and this tops me off for the week!
No yoga for me this week, feeling cruddy. :-(
Tuesday - Run 5 miles
Run 5 miles, check. Back to sleep ...
Wednesday - Run 6 miles
Run 6 miles, no check. Mowed the lawn and did serious yard work for an hour - I'll call that "cross training" :-) Referee a slowwwwwwwww game tomorrow night, which means I'll need to go for a run before the game.
Thursday - Run 5 miles
Ran a HORRIBLE 5 miles at the reservior (think I'm still sick) but got another 2.5 refereeing. I hesitate to call that running, but there it is. With the weather being as warm as it is, I'll definitely be running tomorrow ...
Friday - rest
definitely took this one seriously. Rested, I did.
Saturday - run 6 miles
Snowshow for 4 miles, and a total time of ~2h. Certainly a good workout!
Sunday - run 12 miles
Went the 7 extra miles and did another loop in Woodside. Same as last weekend and this tops me off for the week!
Circular Knitting and Jogging ...
Sounds interesting, doesn't it? How on earth does one "jog" and "knit"?
Basically, this is a age-old problem for those of us who use either circular or double-pointed kneedles to knit. It's a real treat on things like hats and mittens to be able to knit in one piece from the get-go. Also, on sweaters, you can knit the front and back all in one piece and then use a technique called "steeking" to essentially cut open and knit-in the sleeves. Makes those go fast fast fast.
All this sounds wonderful. But, there's a problem. Knitting in the round is essentially knitting in one, big, long spiral. There's a lean to the left as one row gets placed on top of the other. This, dear friends, is the "jog". Crochetting doesn't have this problem as there's always a "lift" at the end of a row to account for this. I've been really frustrated at how noticeable this problem becomes - particularly when colors change. It's annoyed me enough that I'm still planning to knit sweaters as separate front and back pieces so that I have a shot at getting things straight!
Well, it's time to conquer my fear and dive in to solving this problem. Funny, tho - a person as in to running as I wanting to give up jogging! :-)
I found a few links that talk about the problem:
At this point, I can't guarantee that any of these work. I won't be incorporating them in to the mittens I'll be finishing this weekend, but I may try to do something with the sweater I'm hoping to finish. I need to do some deconstruction on the shoulders before I head for the dreaded "three kneedle bind-off" to fix that seam.
Yeah, I never liked jogging anyway.
Basically, this is a age-old problem for those of us who use either circular or double-pointed kneedles to knit. It's a real treat on things like hats and mittens to be able to knit in one piece from the get-go. Also, on sweaters, you can knit the front and back all in one piece and then use a technique called "steeking" to essentially cut open and knit-in the sleeves. Makes those go fast fast fast.
All this sounds wonderful. But, there's a problem. Knitting in the round is essentially knitting in one, big, long spiral. There's a lean to the left as one row gets placed on top of the other. This, dear friends, is the "jog". Crochetting doesn't have this problem as there's always a "lift" at the end of a row to account for this. I've been really frustrated at how noticeable this problem becomes - particularly when colors change. It's annoyed me enough that I'm still planning to knit sweaters as separate front and back pieces so that I have a shot at getting things straight!
Well, it's time to conquer my fear and dive in to solving this problem. Funny, tho - a person as in to running as I wanting to give up jogging! :-)
I found a few links that talk about the problem:
At this point, I can't guarantee that any of these work. I won't be incorporating them in to the mittens I'll be finishing this weekend, but I may try to do something with the sweater I'm hoping to finish. I need to do some deconstruction on the shoulders before I head for the dreaded "three kneedle bind-off" to fix that seam.
Yeah, I never liked jogging anyway.
Kittens and Mittens
Yup, that darned sweater is still sitting in my project box just waiting for me to unknit the whole thing. To help assist my procrastination, I started a pair of mittens from Knitty (link in the sidebar). These mittens are knitted up extra large before being felted. The gauntlet style and ribbing has really tested my patience, but the upside is that I've discovered a BEAUTIFUL new yarn from Cascade. A wonderful peruvian wool that knits up wonderfully.
The first mitten is done - and it currently looks like, and is the size of, an oven mitt! Check out the picture on the right. The guys gave me all kinds of crap about it (not much to do but knit when it's snowing so durned hard) and I kept assuring them that "it'll shrink - honest!" Man, I sure hope so. Picture is pre-felting. I'm trying to decide if I felt them separately so that I can do a "before" and "after" version of this. Hrm. That would imply time to actually knit this one up!
The jury's out on the hat - it's likely when I see how well the mittens felt up. Plus, they're so darned cute.
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