Sunday, July 17, 2011

Mucho Updates

Hi! I've been doing stuff, but I have not updated! So one update on my weekend is what will happen, I guess. I didn't get home till about 9:30 on Friday and, frankly, I'm just feeling a little down or bummed. I blame work. I just don't like it there. But I've been thinking of school things and it is interesting what you said a couple of days ago that maybe I'd become a pilates instructor. Because Angie said to me a couple of months ago, "You should be a physical therapist." And I have been thinking....yeah! I should! But it is scary because, no matter what education I seek, I'm going to have to quit my job. And how do you do that when you're an adult!?! Fear is holding me back and I think it's why I've been feeling so low this weekend.

Enough of that!

By the time Friday rolled around, I was tired! But I still got up at 5 so I still made myself run. It was short and slow. I only did 3 miles. But that's OK. I got out in the great wide world.

Then I had pilates on Saturday. I love it so much and it was sooooo hard. She really challenges me. And when I don't do things perfectly (because they are difficult beyond my ability) she says, "The next time we do this you will remember today and you will really know how far you've come!" But she also tells me when I'm doing super great or doing things exactly right.

And I really do think my foot is better. And she told me that she gets really rapid/positive feedback from her clients with plantar fasciitis.

Now today I did The Stairway to Hell again. 40 minutes on interval. And it was hard. I had it set too high at first and when the fast time came I was running. I turned that WAAAAAY down! But I was dripping sweat when I was done. Totally good workout. And I finally found it online. This is what I'm talking about:

http://www.amazon.com/StairMaster-SM00140-001-SM916-StepMill/dp/B001AS4YVC

2 comments:

Dad said...

I know it's scary to think about but nothing worth while comes without some effort and risk.

Glad you're enjoying the pilates. And getting good at it, too! Congratulations!

So you just climb stairs on that thing? It looks brutal! And $5600? Wow. If you can do 40 minutes on that you can do anything!

Runner Girl said...

Well, now, that's the truth. If I don't take a risk I'll just be whining about risks this time next year!

I was surprised by that price, too! Glad I'm only paying 10 bucks a month!

And they have 4 of them!