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    • very superstitious

      Posted at 8:40 am by jasminedesirees, on February 2, 2015

      Last Sunday we took a much needed break from unpacking and trying to get our lives organized to actually go outside and enjoy life for a few hours.

      We went over to check out the Superstition Mountains at Lost Dutchman State Park, about a 40 minute drive east of Phoenix.

      We did the Treasure Loop Trail, about 2 miles in total, so not very ambitious, but there are a bunch of different trails, so we’re definitely going to go back and check out as many of the other ones as we canĀ in the next few months.

      Apparently come June Arizona turns into a terrifying hell-scape of venomous rattlesnakesĀ and 120 F temperatures.

      So not exactly peak hiking conditions, you might say.

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      Posted in Arizona, exploring, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged Arizona, fitness, hiking, Lost Dutchman State Park, superstition mountains
    • hiit

      Posted at 8:43 pm by jasminedesirees, on September 13, 2013

      I wrote about BodyRock a few months ago, and how much I liked the workouts, but they kept changing the format. I checked back in with them recently, and they have a new site called The DailyHiit that provides daily workouts with trainers who are actually doing the workout with you to keep you motivated.

      It is almost amazing how much my capacity for doing squats increases when I’m doing it with someone, even if that person happens to be virtual. When I’m alone I’m easily distracted by anything other than squats, like staring out the window or being hungry and needing a snack, so it’s hard to really get a good workout in.

      Check out the dailyhiit here, so far I’m really liking Karen’s videos, she is very cute and peppy, but she looks like she could kick my ass if she wanted to. I did her “transform yourself” workout video 4 times in a row and I could only hobble for almost three days afterwards, it’s a good one.

       

      Posted in life | 0 Comments | Tagged dailyhiit, fitness, health, workouts
    • tri-harder

      Posted at 4:25 pm by jasminedesirees, on May 21, 2013

      I’ve wanted to do a triathlon for as long as I can remember. And by wanted to do, I guess I thought about it abstractly in the same way you would think “I’d like to have the power of flight” or “I’d like to be able to wear 6″ heels all day and not want to die”. Things that are nice in theory, but basically impossible.

      I even had triathlon down on the list of life goals I made when I was 13, but I really never thought I would do it. Luckily I had a really good partner to do it with. We didn’t train anywhere nearly as much as we should have, but we did eat a lot of carbs the day before, and we bought oreos to bribe ourselves with when things got tough during the race.

      The swim was by far the worst part, my goggles were leaking, I got kicked a few times and I swallowed so much salt water that I had a sore throat the next day, but we actually did the swim almost twice as fast as we had planned. The transitions were a bit shaky, when I got off the bike to start the run I felt like a newborn baby giraffe, wobbling around, but after the first few kilometers it was not bad.

      I’m so glad we decided to do it, we were definitely nervous going into it, but as soon as the gun went off and we started going, that stuff kind of fell away. You forget about the other people (when they aren’t kicking you in the knee) and just concentrate on yourself and getting through that next section.

      All in all, it was a great experience, and it was actually pretty fun. If you had asked me the day after I ran the Marathon if I would ever do another one, I would have punched you in the face. But honestly, I would definitely do another triathlon, and I’m excited to start looking around for my next challenge.

      Before…
      Setting up at 4 am
      Our trusty steads
      “It looks like I’m wearing a condom on my head”
      1364 representtt
      Sweaty and tired, but finished
      sexy
      Posted in Hawaii, life | 2 Comments | Tagged athletics, fitness, Hawaii, triathlon
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