I believe in the Law of Exercise – if you do it often enough and try hard enough, it will get better/easier/you will improve at it. (This law keeps me going through multiple loooooong and arduous comebacks.) More (/smart) training leads to improvement. Times get faster and runs get easier and your PRs get faster, etc. etc.

The Law of Exercise applies to things other than running too! Specifically this weekend: rock climbing. I’m getting better at it!
You may remember that I started climbing again in October. I don’t go often enough – just once every week or two – so my progress has been relatively slow. But last week I did two days: Wednesday night and Sunday afternoon. And I’m happy to report that I am improving! The nice thing about climbing is that improvement is so obvious – either you make it to the top or you don’t. Climbing routes I couldn’t do a month ago are easy for me now, and I can consistently climb 5.9s! (This is not a climbing blog, so I won’t get into too much detail, but basically there’s a grading system rating each route, 5.0-5.14.) Climbing is a nice change of pace from running. It’s mentally and physically challenging, and works your whole body: arms, core, back, and legs.

Saturday afternoon 6x6 came over for some much-needed baking time. We made two things, both of which I thought were major baking fails, but actually turned out ok. Check back tomorrow for some St. Patrick’s Day green food, and probably next week for the most unreal bars I’ve ever encountered in my entire life (good thing they were a gift…otherwise I’d be 10 lbs heavier by now…).
Saturday night I met up with a friend for Ethiopian at Meskerem in Adam’s Morgan. We ordered:
Bozena Shurro (Meskerem's highly seasoned milled chick peas (Shurro) is simmered in berbere sauce with cubes of lean beef.), Misir Azifa (Pureed lentis are served next to a rare combination of finely chopped onions and green chillies mixed in vinaigrette sauce.), and Gomen Watt (Chopped collard greens simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berber sauce.)
It was delicious! The Misir Azifa is surprisingly cold and tangy and probably my favorite. (Ha, previous blogs tell me that I've ordered it before!) If you haven’t had Ethiopian food, I strongly suggest you do so ASAP!
Sunday was dominated by refugees (preposition practice time!), the aforementioned rock climbing, and dessert delivery.
And now it’s Monday…can I have another day of weekend please?