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  • Back to Gym Class

    Having finished out the second week of the Couch-to-5K running plan, I find myself re-evaluating why I'm doing this. Why am I torturing myself? Because, frankly, it is like tortue. I strongly suspect I did something nasty to my knee going up that one hill on my street and a weekend in Baltimore's In

  • User Post: Back to Gym Class

    I started running with my brother yesterday. As I suspected it reminded me very much of why I hated gym class so much. Before the end of the first five minutes I was huffing and puffing. My lungs burned. My side ached. The dog needed to pee. Okay, so I didn't have a dog in gym class, but still. Goin

  • Because Gym Class Wasn't Torture Enough

    I've been out of school for nearly a decade now, and, despite that gap, I still have traumatic memories of gym class. Back in Elementary school, twice a year we'd have a 'Fitness Test' that included sit ups, push ups, pull ups and the ubiquitous mile run. In middle school, the twice yearly test was

  • Help a new mommy out! How do I feed my kid?

    The munchkin's six months old now and she's been semi-successful with eating rice cereal. Now, the pediatrician wants to add strained fruits and veggies to the mix. The info sheet she gave me says three meals a day, and when she has her pincer grip down, to give her snacks in between.Now, what I did