Since I’m too lazy to walk over and run on a treadmill in this below 0° weather… I’m taking a 10 minute break to blog it up over lunch.
Nothing too exciting is going on this week other than the fact that it’s ridiculously cold out. Temperature in Anchorage, Alaska is 41° today. Temperature here: [...]
Saving the planet and my ass at the same time.
Yesterday I woke up super late (11:30ish) and felt kinda crappy from the previous night out (Angry Japanese Minnow Farmer+Olde Main’s Off Kilt-er = not a good combo). Anyway, I was in Ames and I needed to get to Des Moines and accomplish 3 things [...]
My mom tried to tell me that Eugene, OR has just as bad of weather as we do. So I’m conducting an experiment.
Every Monday I’m going to take a screenshot of the 5-day forecast from both places and post it. Could be a terrible winter here vs. an unseasonably warm one there…but I’m going [...]
I’m meeting a friend for brunch today so I got up early to try to get a run in. Didn’t do so hot on 6 hours of sleep with the ice and the wind, but 5K will do.
Of course, I swear my Nike+ KNOWS when I’m tired or when I’m not motivated and decides [...]
I ran out to Camp Courageous and back for the first time since I ran the marathon. Nothing too exciting, except it was about 40° out and beautiful…but foggy. Kinda dangerous, but I’m still here, so oh well.
It was freak-ing cold out… (8°)
Got some new under armour for Christmas. A Sub-Zero cold gear mock in — what else? — Calee pink.
Long story short — the new underarmour rocks. I have another subzero mock in teal, but it’s the “compressed” style (so it’s tighter around the torso) [...]
Seriously.
Just went for a snow run. A REAL snow run. It must have snowed 4 inches last night and I swear to God this town doesn’t own a plow.
I went out in the country again for the most part, which again, wasn’t so bad, but there were some snomobilers that assumed I’d get [...]
…and the boyfriend wanted to move to Alaska to go to school. No thank you.
Went for a run in about -2° weather today. Not as bad as it may sound, actually. There was no wind, which made things a heck of a lot easier. There was a lot of snow and ice though so [...]
So this post seems pretty petty after the weight of my last post, but nonetheless, I’m excited about my recent boot purchase.
I blogged about thinking about buying boots a while back and never bought ‘em. I found the perfect pair, but then found a [...]
shoes. shoes. omg shoes.
I need some boots. I’m trying to replace my Leopard Print boots (which my friend Niki blogged about here.) Long story short–the BF hates them…and my feet are too wide now.

Hi there. I'm Calee. Not Caylee. Also known as chimes or the chimes. I'm 27, a designer, a runner, a self-proclaimed fitness queen, a craftster, a foodie, a music snob — some might call me a hipster. Here's the unabridged version.
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