Category Archives: Trying Out

Trying Out: Six Pack in 30 Days

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Cosand

Last year I tried Splits Training. It was fine. I learned a few new stretches. However, I began their plan believing that I would be able to do the splits in thirty days. Instead, it was a thirty-day program promising … Continue reading →

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Trying Out:  New Adventures, Old Markers

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Cosand

I have been in this city for a fair number of decades, but I do not claim to have seen all the sights.  I had a few hours between work and visiting with a friend, so I set out to … Continue reading →

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Trying Out: Massage Parlor (Or, Getting Rubbed the Wrong Way)

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Cosand

I have this weird opinion that I should be able to turn my head roughly one hundred and eighty degrees.  I think that when I try to lift my left arm, it should not go numb.  I am against gigantic … Continue reading →

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Trying Out: 2017 Index

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Cosand

Trying Out: The Wrap-Up I survived. I told myself I would try to do something new or challenging every week. Some were a bit much. Some were rather mundane. But I did one each week. (I did take a week … Continue reading →

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Trying Out: New (Year’s Eve) Park (Week 53)

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Cosand

Trying Out: Wayne Golf Course Bothell’s Brand-New Park (Week Fifty-Three) I had never walked through a golf course.  Oh sure, I had taken the one week course in high school P.E. which consisted entirely of trying to hit a ball … Continue reading →

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Trying Out: Half-Marathon (Week 52)

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Cosand

Trying Out: One More Long Run (Week Fifty-Two) As I have stated before, my history of running wore my knees out.  I logged eight or so miles once a week and ten times a year I would go for a … Continue reading →

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Trying Out: Ice Skating (Week 51)

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Cosand

Trying Out: Skating on Thick Ice As I alluded to before, there are plenty of holiday activities to partake in when trotting around Seattle.  We may not be New York City, or a Capra-/Rockwell-esque town, but we have ice skating, … Continue reading →

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Trying Out: Washington State History Museum (Week 50)

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Cosand

Trying Out: Tacoma’s Historic Past (Week Fifty) When my friend and I were attending the Jet City Show, we drove past a rather spiffy looking building.  Tacoma is all well and good as cities go, but I had not planned … Continue reading →

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