Yeah, but it's a DRY heat...

[sinanju]

snippy and I went driving around today making purchases. We bought a second barbell for our basement exercise set-up, so we can have one set for the weights I use and one for her, a few more weights to use, two more dumbbells (so we each have a pair). I bought a new pair of Nike running shoes, a couple of terrycloth headbands and (at her request) a reflective mesh tank top for visibility at night.

We've been working out for a month or so, and we've already noticed an increase in fitness and energy level--and so we're encouraged to keep it up. I've also gotten the running bug again. I used to run way back in college, and I want to try my hand at it again. I tried off and on a number of times since I stopped running in college, but always had difficulties with shin and leg pains.

It wasn't until a few years ago that I learned that running shoes are good for only about six months of continuous use, and then the "spring" is gone. Well...duh. Hello, McFly. No wonder my old running shoes didn't work like they used to and I couldn't run much after that first glorious summer. So I'm gonna try again with new shoes.

It's hot out. We're back the house now, with snippy lying on the futon bed in front of the air conditioner lurxuriating in the coolness. She doesn't handle the heat well at all. Having just recently visited home and gotten a reminder of of just how bad hot and humid weather is, the hot but dry weather here in Portland is a cakewalk by comparison. For me, anyhow.