Don’t come between a Crossfit Hobbit and his food
…Or any athlete for that matter.
Hobbits and Crossfit Athletes are much alike
Tag: health
The Summer Sun in the South takes no prisoners
Charred to a crisp
This is the second time I’m making reference to the scorching summer sun. That’s because it’s actually brutal.
U.V. in New Zealand reaches high levels (today it is predicted by NIWA to peak at 11 on the scale). 
These levels are reached thanks to proximity to the Antarctic ozone hole, earth’s elliptical orbit (which takes us closer to the sun in our summer than the North), and cleaner air (pollution acts as a buffer – what a twist).
You could have tip-top melanin production down here, and still come out crispy at the end of the day. Sunscreen, sunglasses, hats, and shade are essential for survival in our summer sun. Go without at your peril.
Running in Winter
Pick it all up on the way back
How do runners in snowy winter climates handle it? The cold is lovely, 10/10 would enjoy again, but you do have to rug up. And when you go running, of course you sweat. So either you wear minimal clothes and trust yourself to heat up on the way, or you start out all snuggly and later strip it off.
??
Don’t know. But good on you for getting out there in the snow.
Overconfidence at the gym
When you’re pasty in summer but trying to stay fit
Keep to the shadows, stay in the shade!
When you’re bone-pale and pasty, you have a love-hate relationship with summer. You either have to keep to the shade at all times, making strategic dashes from one dappled area to the next, or you have to dip yourself in a vat of sunscreen.
Going for a jog around the block also becomes an exercise in strategy: which area affords the most shade? Should you get up at 6am to avoid the sun? Or should you cover every inch of skin?
Nasty sun.
New Unit of Measurement
Pizza is a new unit of measurement
Today you run 3 slices of pizza. Tomorrow you walk a cupcake. This is a new unit of measurement for running that is a simpler alternative to calorie tracking.
I’m not saying I’m right, but I’m right.
Always Cake
Cake at all times of the day
There’s never a wrong time to eat cake. Hungry? Eat cake. Bored? Eat cake. Have cake? Eat cake.
Don’t Stop Until You Reach Your Goals
Reach your goals…
Whether it’s fitness or pizza. Mostly pizza. Entirely pizza.
Stages of Running
Stages of Running: the emotional rollercoaster
“Gonna go for a run, yeah. Gonna ace this no sweat.”
“OH WHY? *huff puff* WHYYYYY??”
“I DID IT! I’m so fit.”
These are the three stages of running one tends to go through. Arrogance plunging into despair, and euphoria when it’s all done. Rinse and repeat ad infinitum.
Let them eat cake
To eat cake, or not to eat cake…
From humble bready beginnings to towering monstrosities of confection, we love cake.
“Let them eat cake!”– Marie Antoinette
“You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”
The word ‘cake’ comes from Scandinavia: in Swedish, ‘kaka’; in Danish, ‘kage’.
Back in the old days, cake used to mean a small round roll^. It was nothing like the delicious sugary treat we gobble down today. When refined sugar became mainstream, and icing was invented (in the 17th century), the modern-day cake was born.
Quotes about cake
Accused of uttering this callous exclamation, Marie Antoinette did not, in fact, say “Let them eat cake.” This quote first appeared in Jean-Jacques Rosseau’s ‘Confessions’, attributed to a ‘Great Princess’ who was actually fictional^. His book was written in 1762 when Marie Antoinette was 9 years old at the time.
Ridiculous. Of course you can. This oft-misquoted line should read: “A man cannot have his cake and eat his cake.” first written in a letter from Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, to Thomas Cromwell in 1538^.