Boxes

I think I know what S is getting for Christmas this year. It turns out a box is the best toy ever!

Pole: 1, My car: 0

There was an incident. It involved a pole. I won't name the guilty party, but now my car is in the shop. I hope it takes less than a month to fix (which is how long it took last time).

Happy Halloween!!!

From the monkey boy.

vibram fivefingers shoes

Here's me at the top (if you look closely you can see my little nerdy feet).Here are my shoes on the trail.

I bought a pair of vibram fivefingers shoes to run barefoot in. I wore them climbing Mt LeConte this weekend. The Alum Caves Trail is 5.2 miles to the peak and then back. The best way to describe wearing the shoes is really, being barefoot. I found them mostly fun. I probably should have picked a shorter hike for their first long use though.

I've only run a few miles in them. I'll update when I've run more.

Pros:

Comfortable.

The full-coverage did keep the rocks out.

Very light (compared to hiking boots).

I usually felt like I was just strolling along, that was fun.

Cons:

You can't wear socks, my feet were cold when we started.

I slid on some of the rocks going downhill.

I really had to be careful on some of the rocks, one wrong step can really hurt.

They really, really smell right now. I need to put them in the washer. I don't know if this is the shoes or me.

My calves are so sore it's crazy. I think it's from using them to stabilize my ankles (instead of letting my shoes help) and from just walking differently during a climb.

Calories by Day

Here are the past 30 days of my eating. That huge peak is the hamburger, etc that I ate right after the Chattanooga Triathlon. I have another race on Saturday, I'm looking forward to another hamburger peak.

Food Lessons

Not good: Glenny's Low Fat Soy Crisps.

Here's some warning signs I should have seen (while in the grocery store):
an entire bag has 140 calories.
It says "Tastes great" in more than one place
Low fat soy? What was I thinking?

Good: Ben and Jerry's single-serve containers.

These aren't exactly environmentally friendly, but I lack the self control to stop at exactly one serving. That makes these a godsend.

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