Rachel Pietraszek

Rachel Pietraszek

Legal Tech. Web Enthusiast. Turophile.

Forgot to post this yesterday

Our treadmill sensor was down, so I went back to logging my run on my watch only. On my watch I am fast like Sonic.
Posted on February 22, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on February 22nd, 2020

Getting Rid of Netflix

I’m getting rid of Netflix, so I’m trying to get through all of the content I want to watch by mid-March, when my subscription expires. I just watched #Cats __the__Mewvie and how did I NOTKNOW about Princess Cheeto?! The cat is adorable (all the cats are adorable honestly) but these photos are AMAZING, I’m obsessed. Princess Cheeto is art.
Posted on February 21, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on February 21st, 2020

Botnet, the Social Media App Where you are the Only Human

"According to the makers of the app, when you post, all the comments are made by bots trained on thousands of"real conversations." For a dollar each, you can buy bots that will troll you or make dad jokes. It’s deeply refreshing in some ways. All the minutiae that I post about is treated like the most fascinating and mind blowing content to this army of bots. I love being popular."


Posted on February 14, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on February 14th, 2020

Done better, done worse - happy Valentine’s



Posted on February 14, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on February 14th, 2020

Database of old book illustrations


(The Lass That Loved a Sailor)

Oldbookillustrations.com is a library of thousands of old book illustrations, with searchable name, artist, source, date, which book it was in, etc. (via kottke.org)

Posted on February 7, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on February 7th, 2020

First Run of 35

I guess this is my running blog now? I don’t know but this is happening.
It was my birthday on Tuesday, so this is my first run as a 35-year-old. It’s not my regular day either, I had to bump it up by a day because I’m busy tomorrow.

So here we are, and I found this run IMPOSSIBLY difficult. I have been pushing my pace quite a lot, trying to improve my speed. As you can see I’m a full six minutes faster than last week. But as you can also see I had to stop twice (total run time) to get my breath and re-hydrate, so I was pushing the pace too hard, I think. I’ll need to start ramping my time up more slowly.

So yeah, that’s my 10K this week. And maybe I’ll find some things to post that aren’t about running soon.

Posted on February 6, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on February 6th, 2020

When your coworkers absolutely smash your birthday


Posted on February 4, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on February 4th, 2020

We Got a New Treadmill Sensor


Last week we got this treadmill sensor by NPE.
And damned if it doesn’t turn out that I run even slower than I thought I did.
Runn syncs with a variety of running apps; I’m using the excellent ismoothrun, which also syncs with your Apple Watch and contributes to your "rings".

So okay, the downside is I’m about two-and-a-half minutes slower per kilometer than I thought I was, according to the Runn sensor. I’ve been told that I might find I’m a bit faster once I start running outside, which I plan to do once the weather gets better, around the end of March/beginning of April.
The upside is I can run for an hour and a half straight, which is a big achievement for a girl with asthma, who used to do literally anything to get out of gym class in school.

I also picked up some new shoes last week, and tried them out for the first time today. And I have to say, they are excellent. They are very cushion-y. Whatever"CUSHLON" is, I could feel the difference over my two year old Adidas, for sure.

Posted on January 31, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on January 31st, 2020

Work-from-home Coworkers


Posted on January 30, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on January 30th, 2020

Exercise Book Archive


1930s, United States of America
Fom the Exercise Book Archive, a project which"allows everyone to discover the history, education, and daily life of children and youth of the past through this unique material."
Everybody is invited to contribute.

Posted on January 27, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on January 27th, 2020

Progress!


Posted on January 24, 2020

Rachel Pietraszek Posted on January 24th, 2020

Becoming Someone who Runs

On Wednesday I registered for my first ever 10K. It’s in May. This was thanks to the encouragement of my husband, who ran the same 10K two years ago, and who is going to run it with me this year. (I definitely would not have even thought to register without his support, for I am, by and large, extremely lazy.)

Today I ran my fastest (indoor) 10K ever.

For a"real runner" this isn’t a great time. In fact, it would be considered pretty slow. Okay, very slow. But it’s the fastest I’ve ever run, and I’m pretty proud of myself. I’ve been running consistently (two to three times a week) for about a year and a half. I’ve been running approximately 10K once a week since October. I’m going to start ramping up now for the 10K race. But the fact that I could run 10K on the treadmill today and not keel over, not even want to stop and walk, felt like a real accomplishment.
Yes I would like to be faster before my run, and yes I will need a lot of training to get there. But today I’m feeling pretty pleased with my progress.

Posted on January 17, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on January 17th, 2020

Last night I dreamed about eating spaghetti sandwiches


I even dreamed that there was a wikipedia article for them.
I was pleased to learn this morning that this is, in fact, the case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_sandwich

Posted on January 16, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on January 16th, 2020

More Christmas gifts from friends


Posted on January 7, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on January 7th, 2020

Tweets that are also web hosting jokes


Posted on January 2, 2020


Rachel Pietraszek Posted on January 2nd, 2020