Sort of day off

I was pretty worn out today, actually. So I decided not to run. Instead, I went over to Texas and walked up and down it three times. Would have done a couple more trips, but I needed to clean up so I could meet my friend to go see Zootopia!

Big Gym Day!

Maybe I should say long! I was there for about 2 hours today! I decided to walk on the treadmill after lifting. So that added about 40 minutes to my normal lifting routine. Might need to up my calories a bit. I feel like the weights I'm lifting should be getting easier more quickly than they are. I'm trying to cut but still build muscle. But muscles need enough food to use as energy. I think I'll try adding 100 calories to my daily total goal and see if that helps me make some gains in the muscle department. We shall see! It was weird there today, I felt like I was in an alternate universe. I didn't recognize the majority of people there AND there were a lot of people there! Usually I know everyone by sight and there's like 10 people! Anyway, it was good.

I'm here!

Sorry for my lack of posting! I've been doing things but just not sharing!

Today was a running day.   I was so busy with work that,  even though I was dressed to run by 8:30, I didn't run until 1:30!  Thankfulky it was a cool day (by SD standards!) so running that late was fine

Gym tomorrow! Really am enjoying weightlifting.

Got on the scale today and was shocked to see I gained 3 pounds overnight! So I stepped of.   Waited.  Stepped back on.   No,  in fact,  I did not gain 3 pounds over night.   Weighed again just to make sure.   Must have stepped on it funny the first time.

Real Progress Today

I ran a full 2 miles this morning with no coughing!  That's really progress!  And then I did 50 pushups and 50 situps and I've been stuck on 25 each there, too, since being sick.  So, all in all, a very good Monday morning for me!  Of course, I'm not a Texas girl!

So Wow: Texas Hill Edition

I haven't gone over to Texas for a couple of weeks and decided to do so today. And I did a lot better than I expected! Ran up 3 times and I only stopped to walk once. It was about mid way on my second time up. I walked about 100 feet. How I went the third time without walking is beyond me! Then I walked up (and down!) three times. Because I wanted to get my 10k! Which I accomplished. So now I'm going to super chill for the rest of the night. Which is my nice way of saying it's time to be lazy!

More of the Same

Been getting on the TM each morning but not back to 2 full miles yet.  That's my goal for Monday and on.

Gym

Yep,  already another gym day.   Went well.   I've been doing some new arm things and am using low weights.   It's challenging,  though. I'm going to give it two more weeks to adjust to the new stuff,  and then I am going to up my weight for bicep curls and bench press  I'm at 15 lbs for each (using dumbbells,  so 15/each hand) and I want to up that to 20.

I did increase the weight I'm using for the goblet squat today.   I went from 13 to 18.  Not a huge jump but I could really feel it!

Upswing!

I have to say, I was feeling darn low yesterday and again today. Then, today, I realized......take a sinus pill! So I did around 12 pm. I only took one, though, because it keeps me up. I did feel a difference, though. So I'll take them again tomorrow if I feel the need. But, also, the gym helped me feel better, too. Must have gotten my blood flowing or some such. I did my new weight routine. It was challenging. I have a couple of things I'm doing with 5 pound weights. At first I thought that would be too little weight but the end reps of each set were really challenging. One of my gym nod guys told me I was looking "tiny"! I did use the hotel gym on Saturday. And we did so much walking. So much walking. On saturday I was at 19,500 steps! I couldn't believe it.

Back at it - sort of

I did get on the TM both yesterday and today but had to quit running at 1 mile because I started coughing.  Guess this isn't completely out of my system yet.  I do feel so much better than I did earlier in the week but not at 100% yet.  So I will just keep at it until I get fully back on track.

Slow run

Oh, did I ever wait till it was too hot to run! I mean.....I've run in hotter! But it was just a little bit toast to run at my best. Also, I am a bit sluggish from the gym yesterday so that's going to play a part in the sluggish feeling, for sure. But I did it! Not sure what I'll accomplish while in Vegas. Lots of steps, at the very least!

Back to the gym!

Seems like forever since I've been to the gym but I know it's only been a few days. I have a new routine I've worked out and I did that today. Not totally sold on it. We'll see. It will probably need some tweaks. Anyway, feeling better here and back at it!

Sick Leave

Good ole Mom shared her cold with me so I am taking some sick leave here.  I ran Friday but then this came on me Friday night and I'm miserable at the moment.  Hope to get back into it on Tuesday but only time will tell.

Gym gym

As in: at the gym. I like going to the gym. It seems more "for reals" even though I do the same stuff here! I did change one thing today. I have been doing body weight squats but today I went back to the Smith machine and used that for my squats. I added 20 pounds of weight. Time to start increasing the weight on my squats. I'm really noticing a difference in my leg muscles now. It's exciting!

Home Gym!

Home gym day today! Just didn't have time to get to the for reals gym. So I did the usual here. More of those split squats - super challenging!! But I like them. I was only doing 3 sets of 6 per side. So 6 right, 6 left - 3 rounds of that. And today I accidently did 12 on one side so I had to do 12 on the other! Went back to 6 for my last set though!

More of the Same

I almost went outside this morning (it was 53 here this at 7 am) but decided to stay in.  My excuse?  The driveway is so wet from melting snow.  The road is free and clear but didn't want to muddy my shoes!  So did the TM and exercises again.

I beat the rain!

I really debated running today but, ultimately, I did it to try and warm myself up. I woke up this morning feeling like I'd been hit by a truck! Very stiff and sore all over. We had massages yesterday so I'm thinking it just really loosened me up or.....I don't know. I can't understand why a massage would make me that sore but I really think it did! Anyway, I was thinking "I'm way too sore to run" and then I decided to just go really slow in an effort to get some blood circulating. And it did help a lot so I'm glad I did it. And I beat the rain! Finally, we did get rain. Well, it has been raining a bit over the weekend, but nothing impressive. Today it really rained. And we had thunder! Very fun! You know, maybe that massage hit me so hard because I've had such a stressful couple of weeks and I'm just full of knots and tenseness.

Great Gym!

I had a really good gym today. Just the usual stuff, although I did add in Bulgarian split squats. Exceedingly challenging!! I've been trying to do some lower back strengthening work but the things I'm doing seem to be tweaking my right lower back. I'm going to try some different things - well, more different things! Until I can find something that doesn't make that spot sore. Yesterday was dedicated to hills. I went to a small hill and ran up it as fast as I could (and down it slowly) for 20 minutes. Then I went over to Texax and walked that 3 times. It was good!

Sunday Report

I did take yesterday off and we did go to Duluth.  So today I am back at it.  Did my usual and it went well.  Going to be in the 50's later this week!  Dare I hope I might get outside one day?  Time will tell.

Busy day!

Busy moving around, I mean! I went to the gym at lunch today - very few people there. It was a good workout and it feels different, more challenging, at they gym. Then I realized that my dumbbells here are about .5 pound lighter than what I use there. Not a huge amount, but it makes sense that it would seem more difficult after 2 or three of the lighter sessions. After work I went over to Texas and walked it 3 times. Got my 10k and called it good!

Good gym and run

Well, fake gym!  Sometimes, if I'm pressed for time, I pull out my weights and do gym here. Works out just fine, actually!

Yesterday I had a really good run with a good-ish time. I was really pleased about that. Wasn't 3rd place good, though!!

And now I'm going to play video game!

Wobbly Legs

Wow.  You take a week or so off from running and your legs just feel wobbly when you start up again.  At least they do when you're 68!  But I did 2 miles again this morning plus my exercises so feeling good about it.