Got a new shoe pouch for the Nike+ sensor. This one is supposed to be easier to put on the shoe. It is nicer than the first one and it comes in a choice of colors, naturally I chose pink.

Got a new shoe pouch for the Nike+ sensor. This one is supposed to be easier to put on the shoe. It is nicer than the first one and it comes in a choice of colors, naturally I chose pink.

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You may remember in a previous post that I mentioned I ran about a mile and a half and that was a lot because I hated running, wasn’t good at it and it was the farthest I ever ran in my life? Well, I have continued to run, and I am actually surprised that I was even able to run a mile, but yesterday I ran a little over 4.5 miles. This was a gradual build up and I have run 3 miles a few times and I attribute this new found motivation to Nike+, I just hope it sticks.

I have been thin my whole life and I am not sure what happened (probably age, laziness, eating like crap), but I got fat. People still say I am skinny and think I am crazy, but they don’t know what they are talking about, so I am hoping running will be the thing that gets me more toned. It’s not my weight, but the condition the weight is in.

The Nike+ thing is fun, and it is motivating. It does require an iPod Nano (which I already had) and a sensor thinga-ma-jiggy. It does not require the Nike shoes (you can buy a little shoe thingy) and I would NOT recommend the sports-band. Husband went through two Nanos and four sports-bands and it still didn’t work. If I am still with it during Christmas time I may ask for a Garmin Forerunner 405.

Your iTunes will have a Nike+ tab and will keep track of all of your runs - distance, calories and time. You can join challenges, trash talk, and do the training. It is basically a running community and it is nice to know there are people who are worse runners than me. My excuse in the past was that running will kill you because I always think of that Jim Fixx guy who dropped dead from running. Granted I was very young, but for some reason I remember it. At least I think it was Jim Fixx, let me Google it real quick….yeah, it’s Jim Fixx.

I have one really good suggestion for women too - wear a friggin’ running bra. The last thing I want to see is a twenty-something running down the trail with her “pancakes” flopping up and down on her chest. I have learned that men’s nipples can bleed, I had no idea. My Husband runs, or I should say has started running again, and it hasn’t happened to him (yet) and I have never heard him mention it. He does wear Under Armor under his running shorts though, apparently guys chafe.

The picture above shows the armband (this is for the older Nano and was very difficult to find), the little shoe pocket, the sensor, and the Nike+ thinga-ma-bobber. So far it has worked well for me, just remember when you calibrate to go by a known distance, not by what the Nano is displaying, and set your weight or it will not keep track of calories burned.

You may remember in a previous post that I mentioned I ran about a mile and a half and that was a lot because I hated running, wasn’t good at it and it was the farthest I ever ran in my life? Well, I have continued to run, and I am actually surprised that I [...]

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So there I am in the gym locker room minding my own business, preparing for a dip in the Jacuzzi.  I was there earlier than usual because I had taken a long needed day off and I figured I’d take advantage of the “slow” time at the gym. I can’t say I was correct in this assumption, because when I initially walked in the whole second row of treadmills and a few in the front row were in use.

Keep in mind I normally don’t go into the locker room to change, matter of fact I normally only go in there to do my mat back exercises (they have an area for situps and other mat exercises in the locker room). I usually just bring a water bottle and my headphones and I don’t shower until I get home. Check in, exercise, get out that’s my normal M.O. at the gym.

Even though to me the gym was not “slow” the locker room was empty, just the way I like it. No sooner had I placed my bag in the locker did some lady come in and grabbed the locker about three lockers down from me and seemed to be on a mission. I got the impression that she took this locker every time she came in regardless - they have numbers on the locks they give you for temporary use that correspond to locker numbers, hers did not match. She was so close if she sat down it was likely going to be in my lap.

OK, no I am not that anal, I don’t go to the locker number corresponding to my lock number either, the point is that the whole place was empty and she had to come by me (same concept as when you park in the middle of nowhere in an empty parking lot and when you come out some dumb-ass is parked right next to you), and yes if the roles were reversed I would not have picked a locker next to her. My main goal is to have some privacy and to give others the same so I would have chosen a locker in a completely different area, even though I too try to use a locker in the same area every time I do use the locker room.

There I am slightly irritated that she has no concept of giving somebody space and didn’t seem to care, but the trooper that I am I pressed on. I changed and went to the jacuzzi, did a little swimming and came back to change. I can’t say I was gone but MAYBE 15-20 minutes and guess who was back near the lockers. Yes, it was her. She was back and with a vengeance.

Not sure if she had a class she was getting ready for or what, I really tried not to pay attention to what was going on, but since she was practically sitting on me it was hard not to miss. I think she must have been getting ready for a swimming class because what happened next will forever be burned on my retinas.  She bends over, I mean like all the way over, and she had nothing on. Nothing, naked, zilch. Remember how close she is, her ass was, how you say, dimpled. She was a wide-body and all I kept thinking of was, “you could put marbles in those things” like the old metal Chinese checker boards.  

OK, OK, so it’s the women’s locker room at the gym, I get it, but good God, have some decency, shame, something, and give me some friggin’ space!

I guess you can say this is not the first, um, encounter in the women’s’ locker room at a gym. My friend and I used to use our employers gym and we saw some pretty shameless women “running around.” They are all fat and naked, and saggy and dimply. All I kept thinking was, “come on! I may see you in the hall later.” The look on my friends face when she saw them was priceless and she is a total people person. It was definitely a “Shock-and-Awe” moment.

I may not be perfect, but I don’t go traipsing around naked in public places irreparably damaging peoples’ retinas, and now that I think about, I don’t think I have ever seen a woman who shouldn’t be ashamed of traipsing around naked, traipsing around naked in a women’s locker room. Maybe if they did the fat, saggy, dimply ones would stop.

The human body can be a beautiful thing and very nice to look at, but some have no business being seen naked in public places without at least attempting to cover it up. I mean it’s bad enough looking at some of that stuff fully clothed.

So there I am in the gym locker room minding my own business, preparing for a dip in the Jacuzzi.  I was there earlier than usual because I had taken a long needed day off and I figured I’d take advantage of the “slow” time at the gym. I can’t say I was correct in [...]

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