Well, I just finished my first run back in TX. It was muggy and started raining on me towards the end. It was nice being back in the neighborhood though. It's nice knowing how far each stretch is, being able to run at night with no worries and just being home. It wasn't the easiest run though. With rain in the area, my joints were screaming at me. Sudden changes in atmospheric pressure means I am in pain and then when I try to run, my joints laugh at me. My left ankle was the worst but both knees joined in by the end of the run. While I love the rain, I hate what it does to my body. It's one of the reasons arthritis is a bitch. Exercise can reduce the pain but the pain makes it hard to exercise some days. It's a sucky cycle.Anyway, it was a tougher run than it should have been but I got it done and still finished with a good average pace(for me) even though I know I was running a lot slower than I have been. I guess that is a testament to how far I have come.
Anyway, on to the discoveries mentioned in the title. Today has been full of interesting finds and pleasant surprises. First of all I found some fun, super easy recipes that I am planning on trying soon while blog hopping. Once I test them out, I will probably post more about them and credit those authors. Tonight while trying to get things in order and set up to really start working hard these next few months, I decided to take my measurements again since I haven't done it in a while. The last time I tracked them was in March so I decided to take a new "base line" so I could see my progress over the next few months. Well, I was SHOCKED when I saw that in the last 3-4 months, I have lost 7.5 inches in my waist. I didn't lose a ton in other areas but at least there was a change somewhere. The last few months, the scale has been stuck pretty much so it's been hard, but now I know things have been changing. I'm also interested to see what the scale says on Saturday once everything evens out and calms down. Looking back over old measurements, some numbers had gone up but at least they are coming back down now. Mac will be home in 4 months so I am really kicking it into high gear. Plus, it should help me with the half marathon too as long as I am smart and don't over do it.
Also, today when I was on the Princess FB group I discovered a link someone had posted. I clicked on it because it said it was for a women's gps watch and I have been searching for something I liked with no luck yet. This is the video I saw on their Kickstarter page after clicking the link.
I thought it looked really awesome and I was bummed that it isn't currently available. At first I thought about just keeping tabs on them and seeing if they reached their goal and hoping that I would be able to order it one day. Then the more I thought about it, the more I wanted it and the more I wanted to help them be able to make them. I decided to go ahead and become a backer at a level high enough to get me a watch with gps stick if they get all the funding they need. I figured it was a win-win situation because if they don't reach the goal, I won't be charged, but if they do, I will be getting an awesome gps watch in the spring.
I have been wanting to find a good gps watch for so long and I have yet to find anything that I liked. All of the ones out there are huge and clunky and not really what I want or need. I know Garmin has some smaller models but they are still much bigger than anything I would wont to wear. On top of that, I can't handle the bands on them. The running watch I currently use looks a little funny because I swapped out the plastic band for a cloth wrap band. Even though it is much more comfortable, it can still be really hot because of how thick it is. Most GPS watches would be impossible to change the band on and I would hate to wear it. I also really liked the idea of a separate GPS component but had a hard time finding a watch that had one that would be easy or comfortable to wear. I love that the GPS stick for the Bia can be clipped to my running belt or bra strap and be out of the way and light weight. That also means that if I don;t actually want to wear the watch, I can slide it in my pocket instead of having to make sure it is out so that it can "see" the satellites. I also love that it has a safety tracker that will send info to someone if something happens to you and a tracking feature for races so friends or family can track you as you run. Another major bonus is that both pieces of the unit(watch and gps stick) are water proof! That means you can use them to track swims, not worry if you get super sweaty or dump water on your head as you run with out a care. I really think this little gadget has the potential to be AWESOME and I really hope they can find the support they need to get it off the ground. Please take a moment to check out their product and story and consider backing them especially if you are in the market for a GPS. If not, you can always give a little and just get a tech t-shirt.
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