I'm glad.....

That today is over! Man, I was amazingly crabby. I could hardly even recognize myself. Just very crank, and very down. I know that part of it is that work has just become a place I dread. I also am working on about day 4 (I guess) of not sleeping. And that just breaks me after a few days. But I don't want to take a sleeping pill because they make me brain dead and I have some much homework. Also, I think I was just plain hungry! So, glad to be home. Glad to be going to bed soon.

Now, on to the good stuff!

I had such a great run today. The other day I decided that my new goal was to run 10 minute miles over four miles. Usually I slow down when I tack on that fourth mile. Anyway, I did four this morning and my time was 40:26! I was darn amazed! So I'll keep it up but maybe soon I'll need another new goal!

I didn't run hills today. Just didn't have it in me.

I intend to take tomorrow "off" and jump rope. Still have not decided what to do about my pushups. But we will all know tomorrow!

Well.....hello!

I know you are reading! Welcome back!

I had a great run this morning, let me tell you! Pretty sure it was due to your comment about my time to beat.

My morning run was accomplished in 28:31! That is the best time I've ever had on my home course! I just can't believe it! Felt great and I knew I would be under 30, but I didn't expect that time. Funny, I had someone try to stop me this morning - wanted to ask me a question, I guess. But I said "Sorry - I'm busy!" and kept going. Also, I don't feel any need to talk to random men at 6 AM. Go up to Adams Avenue. Seriously.

Ran hills at lunch. It is just so much cooler right now. Much more enjoyable.

Here is where I'm having a hard time - 100 pushups. Today was day 2 of week 4 and I really struggled. The sets were: 14/16/12/12/18. That last one just about broke me. I'm considering doing day 2 again on Friday and day 3 on Sunday. That will change my workout rotation, but I'm OK with that. I'm just thinking that one more day might be what I need to not really blow at 17 and 18 of the final set. Open to advice, though!

Another update

Well, darn if you guys didn't totally make my day! So nice to have you back!! I've been keeping up with the exercise but you will notice that I missed a day or two of posting.

Well, Monday I ran and it was under 30 - AGAIN!! And today, as well. Guess that just might be my new standard. It was funny that this morning I felt like I would be over 30 because I felt gummy. But I made it with about 15 seconds to spare!

Man, let me say again that these pushups are hard! But I'm keeping at em. Tomorrow will be day two of week four.

I ran hills yesterday and today at lunch. I'm thinking of adding a couple more to the mix. Or maybe I'll just work on speed a bit. Undecided.

Welcome back!!!

Good Morning

Well, my leg is still bothering me so I am taking some days off here. I did run 4 of the 6 mornings on the farm and really enjoyed it out there. But I'm getting tired of limping around all day long. So, am hoping some rest will make it all better. Besides, it's hard to get a run in while traveling. We are in Dickinson, ND this morning.

Runner Girl - you are doing so great! And now jumping rope, too? Wow! Maybe I should try that. Wonder what that would do for me leg. And your time is great! Keep up the good work and I will be joining you again as soon as I can.

hi im on my way home from mt and i will make a bigger post later

Ah....Technology!

http://jumpsnap.com/

This is apparently a for real product. Get ready everybody - Merry Christmas!!

Update

Well, I've been slacking! Not on my exercise - but on my posting. It was just a really busy week this week and I have been extra worn out. So I let this lapse.

So, what have I been doing? The usual! And some unusual! Thursday I did a four mile run, but I paced myself a little slower. If memory serves, it was around 42 minutes for the entire thing. Then I did hills at lunch. Seems like it is cooling off a bit finally. Makes lunch hills better, that is for sure.

Friday I did something really different! Friday has become my day off, I guess. But I had to do my pushups. So I pulled my jump rope out of the closet and did 100 jumps in between each set. Let me tell you, jumping rope is about 1 million time harder then I thought!! I did do 100 between each set but I was so sweaty and out of breath! And my heart was just pounding. Much better exercise then I thought. And I am still sore today. My arms actually hurt. Not the pushup way, though. It is different so I know it is from jumping rope. I recommend it!

Today I ran in the AM. Before noon even! I know. Crazy. Who am I??? I actually ran around 9 so I did it before the heat of the day, although it was still humid.

So, that is the rundown.

I'm so glad to get your emails! And I'm glad you are running on the farm - sorry your knee is still giving you trouble though. You better get home - I bet it will be fine there. Something different in the air!

Pushups

Man! Pushups are hard! I did day 2 of week three this morning and I really had troubles. I'm going to stick with the program until I hit a day I cannot complete. If and when that happens, I will go back a week. We shall see.

Another great run today. Under 30! Pretty consistent - three days in a row! What was really cool is that I felt really strong when I was running. I thought 'This is my goal. I have reached it right now! I'm strong!' It was great.

Twofer!

Lucky you! I forgot to post last night, so you get a two for one!

Yesterday I had a great run - my time was 29:41. Today's time was 29:55. Yesterday I ran hills. Today I did something different - I ran stairs! I thought it was pretty darn lame, actually. But no more. Just a few hours later and I am really really sore!

Hope you are having a fun trip so far! Thinking of you.

Good Morning

I don't normally run on Sundays, as you know, but I did today because I know I won't be doing it tomorrow while I'm on the train and I basically slacked off this whole past week since Monday. Anyway, I did the 2.5 miles on the treadmill again this morning. Could have gone outside but just didn't feel like it. It was 65 out there so not nearly as cool as yesterday when it was only 50! Leg bothered me some but I just kept going until I was done.

Will be packing today and watering flowers and garden. We're leaving the house about 9 pm so this will be my last Fitnatics post for 10 days! I'm going to miss you! I'll try to send an email once a day to let you know of my progress.

Saturday Stuffs

Well, naturally I waited for the hottest part of the day to run today! Well, maybe not the hottest. But it was darn hot! I went around 11. I was really excited because at my first watch checkpoint, I was on track to do 30 minutes! And it was hot but I figured I could finish strong.

Oh, sir, did I figure wrong! That last mile was agony!

But I did it. And I'll do it again tomorrow. My pushup schedule will be off next week because I need to see how many reps I can do tomorrow. That will determine how I train next week. But if I do pushups tomorrow I'll do the training on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday next week.

Big eating today! Lunch with girlfriends and then dinner with Bart's peeps for Mike's birthday.

Good Morning

I'm back on track! Did a full 30 minutes on the treadmill this morning so that's 2.5 miles. Felt some strain in the right leg (above the knee but on the back side of the leg) when I started out. Lasted for a few minutes but eased off and was fine after that. And I'm not limping! So, not sure what this is all about. Maybe just strained that muscle back there and needed some time to be ok again. Felt good to be doing the time! Have a good day.

Day Off

Well, this is the second Friday in a row I've taken off. That will be A-OK with me as long as I make it part of a real schedule - not just a prelude to a weekend of slack! So I plan to run tomorrow and Sunday. Just hopefully NOT when it is 90 out!

I did my pushups today, though. So I just finished week 2. Only four to go and I'll be doing 100 pushups!

Worn!

Well, I do believe I'll take tomorrow as my freebe for sure! I'm tired. I've not slept well this week, and it is showing.

I did get up again and run this morning. I knew I was not going to push myself for speed, so I did 4 miles rather then 3. And I did them slow. I may have been able to push myself for more speed, but that was the deal I made before I left and I stuck with it.

I did end up running hills at lunch. I just needed to get out of the office, in all honesty. I also saw an amazing car accident. I was coming down the hill - in fact, I was just about to make my U turn and head back up the hill. And a guy at the stop sign apparently decided "oncoming traffic be damned!" and made his turn. Sadly for him, another car was currently occupying that space. I was so close I went over to each car and made sure they were OK. People do not joke about speed on that road! They were fine and all the busy bodies were already out so I went back to running my hills.

That was my excitement! Oh, I helped my friend decorate her cookies tonight. I only ate one, so no blowing it there. She fed me too. Meatloaf!

Under the wire!

OK, does 30:00 count??

I tried to go to the batting cages at lunch today but they were infested with YOUTH! Geesh! Don't they know that geezers want to hit? I was just totally not in the mood for hills, so I went back to the office and did homework! Exercise the brain!

I'm pretty school overwhelmed right now. I just have a lot going on and it is taking me away from homework! Like....work! And tomorrow I'm helping a friend with cookies for her daughter's baby shower. So, yes, I'm taking human interaction over homework. Who am I??

My point is that I'm going to do a four mile run in the AM and just study through lunch. I'll miss shaking a leg at lunch, but that is OK now and then. I'll just make up for it in the AM!

Oh yeah!

I did it again! Two days in a row! Pretty exciting.

Beautiful morning here today. Nice and cool. I extra appreciated this fact since I knew it was going to be on fire later! Again!

I did those "core" exercises I emailed to you guys. They seemed pretty easy. I'll keep em up for a few days, though, and see if they have any impact.

I did run hills at lunch. I sure could tell it has been a few days since I've done that! As in, it felt good!

I've been upping my meat intake in the hopes that it will have an impact on my energy level. I think it may be helping. I've been getting more calcium, too, and that helps with a lot of things - including, believe it or not, mood! I'm trying to be less cranky. I am POSITIVE it is working. If it isn't, don't tell me darn it!!! I don't want to know!

Good Morning

No running for me this morning. Knee is still bothering me but not nearly as bad as yesterday so am thinking I just need to take it easy here a couple of days. Woke up at 6:00, looked at the clock, thought about the knee, rolled over, ....and didn't look at the clock again until 8:20!!! I can't remember the last time I was in bed that late in the day. Knee felt pretty good when I first got up but seems to be bothering more now that I'm moving around.

So, have fun today you two! I'll be thinking of you.

Woo Hoo!!

Well, I've blabbed my news already! But I'm so excited that I did my run under 30 here! I know I've done it in Wisconsin, but there was just something about doing it on my home course with only internal motivation that made this great!

My time was 29:56:41. The new time to beat!

I didn't run hills at lunch because it is freaking HOT out! This will last for a bit. I'll continue to bring my gym gear, but I won't force myself out there if it is too hot.

Good Morning

Another beautiful morning here and it was not 87 when I ran! Only about 68. Gorgeous. Took our friend Billy Joel with me today. Did my 2 miles in 18:44 but starting to feel it a little in my right knee so wonder what's going on there. I felt it some on Saturday, too, and think I may have twisted it a little running in the field on Friday morning. Won't be doing that again. Too uneven out there. Good for walking but not for running I think.

Have a good day ladies!

87!

I'm glad I did it but, man, am I glad I'm done! It is 87 outside - in the sun. Of course, in San Diego it is ALL in the sun! I had about .5 of a mile to go and I thought "Shoot. I really should not be running anymore it is soooo freaking hot and I'm so thirsty!" But then I realized that I would have to WALK back and heaven forbid I do something so time consuming as walk!

I was at my garden for about two hours today. About 45 minutes of that was our meeting where I just sat and wished I was elsewhere! I think a lot of the people take it as an opportunity to visit. And there is some political drama of course. Well, it is necessary. And it is done for another month! I think that the guidelines say I only have to attend 3 out of every 6 meetings. I'm going to check on that!

So far I have only accomplished one statistics problem since I've been home from my run. That's OK - I will get it done today, I'm positive. 100% positive.

Good Morning

Good morning. Angie and I ran the Fitnatics route this morning and she beat the pants off me today! I don't know what my time is either because I must have pushed a button on the watch somehow in the last mile. I know I was at 19.53 at the 2 mile mark but after that I don't know. It's hard for both of us to believe that it was only a week ago that we had our 1st annual run! Seems like a month ago.

Have a good day.

Day Off

I usually do not allow myself to make decisions while I'm still in bed, but I sure did it today. I was just worn out and I've worked out hard all week so I didn't run this AM. I did get up at 5 though!

Getting up at 5 is really working well for me. I'm accomplishing a lot.

Also, I did day 3 of 100 pushups. I'm on my way!

Goal for the weekend is to run both Saturday and Sunday. One day at the beach, if I can swing it. It just depends on how much energy I have. Hey, I'm old!

Whew!

So, I gave myself a very serious talking to last night and I could really tell the difference in my attitude today. It went a lot better because I just didn't let work bother me as much.

I got up at 5 again today and my morning really went the way I have been planing! It is just taking practice to get into the groove. I had a really good run (30:18) and also studied for about an hour and a half.

Did the ol hills at lunch. It was busy out there today. Must be that exercising is the thing to do! We are soooo ahead of the curve!

Gardened a bit tonight. Only about 30 minutes, but it was good to get outside.

And now it is possible I'm going to bed. I'm tired and doing nothing functional related to homework.

Crankism

Well, shoot. If work isn't making me crabby! I didn't do hills today or go to the cages. And it is totally my fault. I let myself get wrapped up in work. SIGH.

But I did run this morning. 30:18. I must get more decrepit in San Diego. Must be something in the air! I also worked on my pushups. This was day two of week one.

Sorry this is short and sweet but statistics calls!

Got up at 5 AM again today.
Got up at 5 AM again today.

;)

Edited to add: I keep forgetting to mention my garden. I worked there last night and tonight.

hi

i did the 5k thing with mom today and tomorrow im going to summer stretch and doing a push up thing withmom and dad on the 19 im going to montana for a week and stuff so i will not talk a lot like i always do.......haha :)

Good Morning

It really felt like work this morning but I did a 2 mile route anyway. Took Brooks and Dunn with me today. Time was 19.18. Have a good day y'all.

I hope you are sitting down! Part deux!

Yes, I drank white milk again today. Yes, it made me gag again today. No, that is not why you should be sitting down to read this post. I weighed myself today and I weigh my pre-vacation weight! How the heck is that even possible??? With everything I ate I thought I would be up at least 5 pounds. Amazing!

I ran the usual 3 miles this morning. But I'm slowing down! It took me 30:08 this morning! Then I ran hills at lunch. I think a guy driving past me almost passed out when he asked me how many I do and I told him 7!

Got up at 5 again this AM. This will really work out well if I can keep it up.

Pretty good eating day today - I had a very small handful of corn chips that I am trying to make myself feel guilty about....but I don't really!

I got up at 5 again today. And it was hard again today! But I really want to keep it up. I never thought getting up at 6 would be a habit, so I just need to keep practicing getting up at 5.

Lead Shoes

This morning I woke and had a delicious cup of coffee! I strapped on my lead shoes and took off for a 2.4 mile run. I ran pretty slow down the hills and then my legs woke up and my shoes turned to feathers...I powered back up and LOVED every minute of it! Yay!

Happy running team!

I hope you are sitting down!

This morning.....I drank MILK! WHITE MILK! It was as disgusting as anticipated! So...I won't try that again! I was attempting to add some nutrients to my life. I guess I will just have to deal!

I did successfully get up at 5 this morning. Strangely, it really was not as easy as I thought! But I did it and I did get solid studying in. I'll try it again tomorrow.

I had a great run this morning. 30:07! No 5k time, but still darn good. I'm also working on 100 pushups in 6 weeks. I started today. I guess we will talk in 6 weeks!

I did run hills at lunch. Funny, it seemed really easy. I wonder why???!!!

Good Morning

It's a new week and I'm up and at it. Ran a two mile route this morning in 19.10. Went south on 180th, then east on 140th. Like the route generally but HATE the hill coming home! But have decided to vary my route some so this will be in the mix now. Also did 20 pushups and 20 situps when I got home. Took Abba with me today and enjoyed them so thanks for that. Have a good day y'all!

I'm clean!

I didn't run today. And I ate a lot of food! But I'm back in SD now and I went to the grocery store to stock up on healthy food for the week. So I'm all set to make a comeback!

Ahh-mazing!

Today was such fun! Thanks for all the motivation! So, when I ran the City of Trails of 5K my time was 30:13 and today my time was 29:53. All UPHILL! Thanks Dad!

jk jk jk

hi it is josh i ran the 5k and i need to take a nap

I Agree - We Are Amazing!

That was fun! My time was 28.42 which is also my best time ever. Remarkable for such an old man! But the amazing thing is that I really enjoyed it! Thank you for organizing this 5K run!

We are amazing!!!!

Thank you Dad!! The 5K was so much fun and I'm so glad we did it!

My time was 14:43 + 14:44! 29:27 for me! A personal best and, let's face it, freaking amazing on those hills!!!

Best Time!

I'm really am pleased with my running time the last two days. Especially today! I was under 30 minutes AND I ran alone! Yesterday when I ran with Angie I figured I was just motivated by running with a partner. Today it was just me! Yay!

It is so enjoyable to out here. I just love the trees. The flowers. The lack of skunks. The dead fish smell. The list goes on and on!

Tomorrow is our big day and I cannot wait! Good luck to both of us! As if we need to rely on luck.........we have our practice to rely on!

Good Morning

Well, let's get back to this! Now, that our trip to Virginia is over and we're getting ready for the big run on Saturday. I did the 3 miles this morning in only 29.30! I can't believe it either. All time best record for me. I did, however, gain 1.8 lbs while on vacation so will need to work on that end of things some. Feels good to be home, though, and back in my routine.