Miramar

Hi! It's your girls reporting in! We had such a fun day today - but busy and we're both ready for bed.

We did go up to Miramar today. I believe we waited till the hottest part of the day to head up. But we did it and had fun. I really like it up there.

We also got to RoadRunner Sports today. Angie took the shoe test and we'll test her purchase for real tomorrow. We bought them with my VIPness, so she has a great return policy if she does not love them!

Thanks for the birthday card and gift! We had birthday dinner tonight and I opened it - very fun! I see running gear in my future!

XO

Fun Times!

Well, you know my big news! I have amazing surprise company! It's great!

I got up this morning at the regular time and just did a short 3 mile run this am. It was good and nice out. And then I went to work to "do just a couple things." and ended up there till 3. But that's the way it goes! Wonder Twin Ang had super fun sleeping in (till 6....ha!), running the Kensington route, walking to a coffee shop in Kensington, eating a salad for lunch, and killing zombies!

Tomorrow: Miramar! We are both excited!

And I'm Back!

Really! Today is the first day I feel GREAT and I had a really great (but still a bit slow....) run. But I really felt good out there and felt strong. And I did not feel strong on Monday or Tuesday. So it was a really happy thing to feel like I was kicking asphalt today!

I did a 7 mile run this morning. Thought I was going to have to stop for a bathroom break after mile 1! Guess I've been drinking more liquid in the am. But I powered through it and....well, they say your body reabsorbs pee if you don't go! So maybe I was extra hydrated too.

Now I'm ready for a healthy dinner. With tomatoes! Yeah - who am I???

I keep meaning to ask how your glide is working for you. Good?

I hope you had a fantastic day off!

Hills and 80 degrees!

I was, as you know, SORE! So I took the day off from my am run. It was nice - slept in till 6 am.

And then I ran hills at lunch! Oh, wow, am I out of hill shape. I did the hill 5 times and it was very very hard. Add to that the fact that it was very very hot! 80 today! It was just beautiful out there and I am so glad I could get out!

Back to the am run tomorrow!

Ouch!

Well, darn, 7 miles may have just been a tad ambitious for my first day back. You may be thinking, "Julie probably took today off if she was ever so sore from her run." Well, let me tell you, you would be WRONG. Of course I didn't take a recovery day.

And I'm really extra sore!

I did 4 miles today and it was work ever second. And I'm running slow so there were a lot of seconds!

It was wet when I went out there. Not actively raining, but it had just finished. I didn't get rained on, even though I was prepared with my "rain gear".

I am taking tomorrow off from running. I am going to sleep in a bit and then do hills and lift weights after work. That's the plan as of now at any rate!

Hurry up 7 PM!

Cause that's when I'm going to bed! Wow, I'm tired. I ran today and had a busy (and full!) day at work. I'm worn out.

I had a really good (though slow) run this morning. It was so nice to be back out there! I even hopped right out of bed because I was so excited! I left around 6:30 and did a 7 mile run! Pretty great for my first showing in quite a few days. Pretty slow miles, but that's OK. I did a mix of the Madison route and the Kensington route. I did 2 full Madison laps, one Kensington, and then 1 Madison 1 miler.

I brought my gym bag to work with intentions of doing hills, but I was just too worn out! Soon though.

I suspect I did too much today and I'll be feeling it tomorrow. But, heck, who needs 1/2 way!

Good Morning

Beautiful morning!!! Perfect SD weather in Wisconsin! Sunny, +50 when I went outside to run...yes, I said OUTSIDE!! I ran around the block. 6 miles. It was a beautiful day out there but it was very hard. Next Monday I'm supposed to bump it up to 8 miles so we'll have to see how that goes.

Annnnd.......I'm back!

Hello fellow Fitnatic! Yes, it is me - your long lost posting friend! I'm back! I have something to report! I exercised!

I did not run, though. I thought that might be a little too ambitious and, honestly, getting dressed took a lot of effort. I wasn't sure how much umph I had in me.

So I went to the gym and I got a really good workout. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical and then I did upper body weights. Machines mostly, but a couple of dumbbell things. And it felt good and I was really a sweaty mess!

Yay!

Good Morning

Yeah, just good morning today. Cool (+37) and some wind but no rain or snow. Still not +40 so ran on the TM again. 4 miles today plus the exercises. Had a great night's sleep and the workout was fine and, dare I say, fun? Hope you have a good day.

Good RAINY Morning

So I did 4 miles on the TM again today plus the exercises. Had a good night's sleep and it all went well this morning. I was surprised when my guy told me I was half way already! Lost in thought I guess. I was thinking about Lake Miramar and running that in my mind. +36 here this morning but raining out. Still below my threshold of +40 anyway. Wonder when I'll ever be outside again.

Glad to hear that you are feeling better!

Good FROSTY Morning

Foggy and frosty out there this morning. Temp was +25 when I got up at 6:00. So back to the TM again today. Didn't sleep well and it felt like hard work this morning but me and LeAnn Rimes did it anyway.

Good SNOWY Morning

Well, they were wrong! We've got 3 inches or so on everything and it's still coming down like mad. This is surreal. Feel like we're living in the Twilight Zone.

So, needless to say, I ran on the TM this morning. Did 4.1 miles and recalibrated the ipod to the TM again like I had it all winter. That was right on when I ran outside in SD before I screwed it up so I'm back to that and we'll see. Also did the full complement of situps and pushups which I have been neglecting.

Hope you're feeling better.

Good COLD Morning

+30 here again this morning. Where is our spring? It's lost. Have you seen it?

So this was my first bike riding, cross training day. My schedule called for an easy 4 mile ride but I thought I would do 6 ... until I got out there! Too damn cold!! I went 2 miles north and turned around and came home. So I did what I was scheduled to do but I didn't enjoy it. I'm going back to my 40 degree rule. TM tomorrow I'm sure. We're supposed to be getting up to 2 inches of snow tonight! This is nonsense.

Glad you like the song. I do, too. Sure hope you are feeling better today.

Good Morning

Only +29 here this morning but not much wind and I really wanted to run outside so I did. Put on long johns and running pants, short sleeve t shirt, long sleeve t shirt, and hoodie sweatshirt. Ran around the 6 mile block. Time wasn't so pretty (68 mins) but it's hard to run in all that stuff! The important thing is that I did it! Ran the whole way, hills and all.

I had trouble with my sensor again though. Wouldn't activate so had to go through the setup and relinking procedure. Wonder if it's going bad. Had that trouble in SD one morning, too, as you might recall! And I had recalibrated it on Saturday after the Osceola 5K but it was off a tenth of a mile per mile this morning. I know this route is 6.1 miles from garage door to garage door but when I was done it said 6.65 miles. So recalibrated it again and we'll see what happens.

Oh, and I wore my new sunglasses but had to take them off at 4 miles because they kept fogging up from body heat! Couldn't see a thing! Do you have that problem?

No, I didn't know I was running that fast on Saturday. I was surprised at my time.

Hope you're feeling better.

Taking a few days off......

Yep, you read that right. Now you know I'm sick. I am really not feeling well. So I'm just not going to push it.

I'll keep you up to date though.

I went to urgent care today and I'm working from home tomorrow.

Race Day

Well, we did it! All 4 of us ran the Osceola 5K this morning. It was cold. +30 or so with 2 inches of new snow on the ground. The streets were wet but not snowy. No problem. I ran my best 5K yet. 29.33 I think it was. Lots of people there and lots of people were surprised to see me there so that was fun.

I couldn't keep the right ear bud in my ear this morning though. Very odd. They've stayed in great the last 3 days but not today. Had a knit cap on and maybe that was the reason.

Anyway, a great morning all the way around.

Good Morning

A short run for me today because tomorrow is a race day. So, I just did 2 miles this morning and then my exercises. Tomorrow will be the 5K in Osceola and it will be cold, cold, cold!!! +34 out there now and very windy and going to be worse tomorrow they say with some sleet/snow in the mix in the morning. Ick! I hate this weather!!! But we're going to do it.

Have a good day!

Mixed Route

I had a fun run today - I did a mixed route. I ran the Madison route twice and the Kensington route once. I liked doing that - made it different and less mundane. I did the Madison part first, today, because I was hoping I would miss that 805 traffic. Still was a lot, though, so I'll just have to deal with it.

I didn't even wear long sleeves today. Just a t-shirt. It was really nice!

Good Morning

I did it again! On the TM. 4 miles. Only +29 out there this morning and windy. Not raining today though. Also did the full complement of push ups and sit ups which have been very hard the last 2 days. Then I realized why. I hadn't done them for 10+ days! Really neglected them while on vacation so back to it and it's work.

I meant to say yesterday that I like those new earbuds! Very much! Yesterday the right one fell out one time was all. And this morning they both stayed in the whole time except for when I hit the cable with my hand and pulled them both out! Smooth move. But they seem to be working great. Certainly the best I've found so thanks for advising me!

Bad news...I gained 2 pounds in California! I'm not gonna thank you for that!

Good Morning

Back home and back at it on the TM! It was +48 out there this morning but windy and raining so, once again, I fired up the old TM. Did a full 4 miles plus the full complement of 60 push ups and 60 sit ups (which I neglected terribly while on vacation). It was work! What makes me think the TM is easier than running outside? The surface is softer but the pace is relentless. So it felt like work but I got it all done.

I had a GREAT, GREAT time running with you every day! Look forward to doing it again!

Good Morning

Another week begins. We didn't run together today but we both ran. I did 4 miles on the Kensington route and then added the Felton mile to get to 4. Pretty cool out there this morning so I was glad I wore my long pants and long sleeve shirt. I warmed up, of course. This isn't Wisconsin after all!

Thanks for a great week of running...and all kinds of other things, too!

Great run!

We had a great great run today! Well, some shorter then others but you know! Our 4 mile pace (based on my mis-calibrated tool) was 9:47 per mile. Better yet, we were really consistent throughout our run. Looks like we did a really good job of maintaining pace.

Tomorrow will be fun! We'll have a great time at Miramar. Sleep well!

Good Morning

We're back home in San Diego and did the Normal Heights flat run this morning. 4 miles for some and 5 miles for others! Great morning to be out there!

I'm tired!

Whew! I'm worn. My running partner is wearing me out! Great run today. I thought the weather was just right. Took awhile for me to warm up in my long shirt.

I'm still laughing about that black vehicle (what was that????) with the hand prints. It is funny when I see stuff like that.

OK, the route today contained cranky non-wavers. What the?!? Wave, people!

Good Morning

And, again, we did a great run together! 4 miles all flat. Pretty easy for us experienced runners but fun. I wonder what we'll find in 29 palms tomorrow.

We did it!

Well, this was my most fun run in quite some time! Thanks for going with me......no matter how far we did (or did not) go! Although I wish my calibration would just be RIGHT.

I thought it was really humid today. It was wet out. But not ghost/fog wet.

Then I ate an entire bowl of ramen.

We did it!

Yes, we did! We ran 5.5 miles together outside in beautiful San Diego! I love it here! Thanks for holding back to keep up with me.

The end of my lonley days!

I didn't even have ghosts in the fog to run with today! Because it was just a nice blue sky. Really nice day here.

I saw almost all of my waving people this morning. Just missing the people I call G&P (in my mind!).

I accidentally ran too far today. I have zero idea how it happened and Jessica says I'm weird that it even COULD happen!

See you in about 15 minutes!!

Lake Miramar

I really intended to do a longer run yesterday, but I was having such stomach cramps I just did one time around. But I figured out why my stomach hurt. It was my fuel belt! I had it high on my waist - and tight. And once I thought, "maybe it is that...." and moved it to my hips, it felt a lot better. And I will remember that. Because I pretty consistently feel stomach cramps when I'm there and I pretty consistently have my fuel belt went I'm there!!! Man, sometimes it takes me time to figure things out. I'm a slow Sherlock Holmes.

Some guy practically killed himself racing me. I was not trying to keep ahead of him, but I will admit I picked up my pace a bit. As a point of pride. But he tried to take me for at least 2 miles, if not a bit more. I could tell when he was reaching his run end.....and then I just kept going! I only have maybe another 1/4 mile to do. And when I came back around, well, he did not look good!

Geesh! He must have been insulted that he couldn't pass me and was willing to die to make sure some girl did beat him!

Tomorrow will be my last lonely run.......

Another Milestone

I ran around the block this morning! The 6 mile block!! Yes, I did!! Every step of the way even up the hills. Time wasn't so great - 1.06.26 - but that's my usual pace on the TM so it was fine. I really did it! This was not on my training schedule for today but have been thinking about it for a while because that route and run has been a huge mental block for me. Really wondered if I could do it. So I just decided to try it and get it over with. And I did! It was +37 when I left the house but the sun was out and not very windy. Wore a hoodie and gloves but had to shed the gloves and drop the hood down at the one mile mark. This was the first time I've run outside since Thanksgiving Day last fall. Felt great to be out there! Hurray! Hurray!

Hot!

As I mentioned, last night was an AC night. Today was hot, too. Really hot at the office. Wish we had AC there!

But it sure made for a nice run this morning. A little warm. I had to take off my long sleeves. Saw most of my usual people out and about today. Then I did the ab part of that pilates video. I cannot even tell you how hard it is! Really really a challenge.

And that was it. More tomorrow!

Oh, I really like that movie a lot. Really touching and inspiring! And I did not realize he was one of us!

Good Morning

No, you were not the only one crying! A couple of really sad parts but what a great story! I can't imagine doing anything like that. But it certainly gives me hope that I can do a half marathon.

I wanted so badly to run outside this morning but we have 2 inches of new snow out there!!!!!! It's +31 and going to +45 this afternoon so it will melt off (hopefully!) but there it is. So did the TM again. My last 3 mile run (except for 2 5K runs coming up in April and May). Starting next week my standard daily run will be 4 miles and then 5 and 6 miles on Saturdays and Mondays. I'll start that in San Diego!