Thursday
Piece o' work

First time for everything

I'm on a new schedule at work where I take off a couple of hours early a couple of days a week; the idea is to use that time to hit the gym and still get home before bedtime. Heh. I normally work a 10-hour day and, well, I figure I'm doing good most days if I have the energy to throw in a load of wash when I get home -- especially in this dark time of the year. I do much better in the energy department in the warmer, brighter months.

Yesterday, I made my first-ever playlist at jog.fm for cycling; actually, it's my first-ever playlist .period.!

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It made for a most enjoyable 36 minutes! I am iDeprived, so I purchased all the MP3s from Amazon, stored them on the cloud, and downloaded them to my phone.

Wow, a pretty eclectic list, eh? That's how I RPM! I meant to do them in reverse order, but that's how they landed in my phone and I didn't take time to fiddle.

It was soooooo cold last night, but we had Knit Night at the coffee shop, anyway. I wasn't the only one to brave the cold and we ended up with a nice group. It's never the same group, and I love that! I worked on seaming the little striped sweater and I should get that finished today!

Happy Weekend!

 

Posted by on 20 January 2012 | | Comments (7)

Comments

Robby

Music from the 80s kicks butt for working out. Even the 'kids', you know, in their 20s and 30s say so around here. Adele also has a couple of awesome songs. Good for you for hitting the gym.

Posted by: Robby | 20 January 2012 at 11:00 AM

Carole

I hope the shortened work day makes you happy!

Posted by: Carole | 20 January 2012 at 12:12 PM

margene

You picked a great accompaniment to help you through a work out. It's great you've decided the best way to motivate yourself with music and the earlier hour. Way to go!

Posted by: margene | 20 January 2012 at 01:37 PM

Elizabeth

It is cold! I kinda miss my knit nights. One never did catch on in my new town, although a few of us tried.
These are the hibernating months - it's hard to be motivated after even a shortened day.

Posted by: Elizabeth | 20 January 2012 at 04:26 PM

kmkat

Music helps so much when working out! I had one INXS song that had the perfect tempo for the stepper machine. I would put it on repeat for the entire 20 minutes.

But the only song on your playlist that I remember is MJ's Beat It. The 80s were a bit a blur for me -- two little kids...

Posted by: kmkat | 20 January 2012 at 07:54 PM

Jocelyn

Big woot for you and the playlist! It's so funny you're in this world of trying to compile a good one; I've spent lots of hours in the past few weeks working on a good running playlist, one that gets me moving above and beyond my usual zones. Now that I'm relying on current dance hits--plus "Debaser" by The Pixies--I'm threatening to snap a hamstring with my enthusiasm.

Posted by: Jocelyn | 20 January 2012 at 11:56 PM

Patty

Want to...great pick. I hit the treadmill Saturday with the headphones-which I never do and boy did the music make the difference. Ugh...doing what we need to do! ;-)

Posted by: Patty | 24 January 2012 at 08:50 PM

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