side crow

side crow (Parsvavakrasana) pose makes me feel very weak and un-ballanced. I just can't get it, it's all about ballance and getting your hips WAY up in the air, but today my arms and shoulders just couldn't take it... sometimes I wonder how good that could possibly be for your wrists as well, but hey, I'm a beginner so what the hell do I know?

I do know that Yoga today helped loosen up my hips which have been tightening up quite a lot lately, and my low-back feels MUCH better as well. It's hard for me to consider yoga or stretching to be a "real" workout. I'm trying to convince my brain that they are VERY important parts of a distance running training program, but it's very hard to wrap my brain around that fact even when I feel better after a yoga session than I have the rest of the week prior. (see above)

Lots to do this evening, hoping to get my bike into the shop to get a new fork (I want to get rid of my suspension fork because it's heavy and I don't need it because I don't go off road) ordered... or just say fuck it and decide to buy a road bike which my mt. bike will never be despite my modifying it extensively (by extensively I mean I put on road-slicks, clipless pedals and am getting a fixed (non-suspension) fork to save weight) in that direction... I should just get a road-bike, shouldn't I?

I also need to buy some pants. I hate to say it but I have 3 pairs of pants that fit me as my two pairs of khakis are really WAY beyond their serviceable life and it's getting a bit too chilly for skirts anymore, so its time to buy some more pants. I imagine I'll be buying 10s, which is fine... my brief stint in the land of the 8 was very satisfying, but right now all I want is pants that fit... not pants that will fit 6 months from now... maybe... if I'm really really good... you get the idea... and for some reason I really want a new pair of boots... but we'll see if the budget allows for that since I also need to buy "back-to-school" clothes for the rugrat.

alright, back to work... later!

Posted by Lexy at September 1, 2004 02:52 PM