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"What’s for lunch" post
| August 17, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Once again the picture doesn’t do it justice….sigh. I’m just too impatient to deal with the correct lighting and backgrounds. After all these posts go up because I don’t have the time to do a real post! I should mention that I’m VERY lucky and live in California where fresh produce is both easy to […] more
Cool vet fact of the day
| August 15, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
This is a quote from one of my assigned reading cardio textbooks: “…a strong emotion can lead to precipitous hypotension with syncope (i.e., fainting). Conditioned reflexes can also elicit cardiovascular responses. For example, it is possible, by reward conditioning, to train an animal to increase or to decrease its heart rate.” One more thing to […] more
What I’m up to….
| August 15, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Yesterday I rode. It’s been hot and humid here – much more humid than I can remember it being most summers. We may have started late, but Farley and I are getting plenty of heat training. I hope that each one of you, is at last once in your life blessed with as fun and […] more
Summer 2012 in pictures
| August 12, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
School starts tomorrow (yes, I think it’s way early too…now accepting sympathy cards and cookies.) and while hopefully I’ll still be involved with the researcher and lab that I worked for over the summer, my major involvement in the lettuce project is done. Here’s a quick picture summary of Mel’s fantastic, awesome, let’s-repeat-this-annually, summer. The […] more
First Aid – with pictures!
| August 10, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
If you are a bit squeamish, you may not want to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the post. I will warn you. My barometer for gory things that might offend is based on what makes my boyfriend ill, as I seem to have lost my “what is appropriate for the general […] more
"What’s for lunch" post
| August 10, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
As you might have guessed these posts tend to go up when for some reason I won’t be able post something more substantial. In today’s case, my calves hurt (from riding in shorts), I’m still sore from working out Tuesday, I’ve had a migraine since yesterday, and then to top it off, when I was […] more
Update – nathan hydration pack
| August 9, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Remember the pack I bought? I used it on my fast paced ride that I wrote about yesterday. Bottom line? It works GREAT. I didn’t even notice the pack, I carried it half full of water, allowing for plenty of sloshing. Here’s the results: The good -It didn’t bounce-It didn’t slosh-It didn’t leak-I didn’t even […] more
