How is one to maintain a New Year's resolution when very kind friends deliver treats like this??? Notice the giant block of chocolate, and the missing cookies from the plate. Yeah, we'll just say that we will save this resolution for Lent. The non religious, 40 day period once a year,where I go without junk food...stay posted it begins on Ash Wednesday. And no, I am not Catholic, I just like to have a good challenge).
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Chocolate!
How is one to maintain a New Year's resolution when very kind friends deliver treats like this??? Notice the giant block of chocolate, and the missing cookies from the plate. Yeah, we'll just say that we will save this resolution for Lent. The non religious, 40 day period once a year,where I go without junk food...stay posted it begins on Ash Wednesday. And no, I am not Catholic, I just like to have a good challenge).
all natural
Ahhh...my first post PT Gradation run. I decided to celebrate by not listening to any music and taking along our trusty, sniff everything dog, Smiley. I also decided to try out some hills since I haven't actually done any hill running since November. It was a short 2.5 miles but had some pretty good hills. I felt nice and strong. However, I could certainly tell that it has been some time since I have done any hill training.
Tonight I feel a bit of strain on my hip but not too shabby. Things are looking good. I hope to gradually get back to my old normal runs.
Tonight I feel a bit of strain on my hip but not too shabby. Things are looking good. I hope to gradually get back to my old normal runs.
Friday, January 4, 2008
New Year's Fog
(Me, January 2007...where did that longer hair go??)I truly love to make new year's resolutions. I'm sure many of you already know that I like to have goals and, I loves even more so to complete them. This year however, I am finding myself with a very long list and a very little patience to put them all down. Does this mean that I am beaten before I even begin?
Here are a few of the ones at the top (that I am willing to divulge):
1. Find more balance in everyday routine stuff. Not skimping on the important stuff and eliminating the unimportant.
1b. Spend more time really playing with my kids...not being preoccupied with other thoughts and simply play in the moment.
2. Run! Run because I love it and stretch like a crazy woman so that I won't get injured again!
3. Do not accrue any other furniture re-finishing projects (I think that I can do all of them but seriously, unless I want to be a clutter collector, I must stop) until I have completed the three I currently have in the works.
4. Be Content. Be grateful for all that I have and enjoy it.
5. Be graceful and kind to others. I really shouldn't try to understand the whole picture when all I really see is the tiny sound bites of their lives.
6. Show My hubby that I really love him, more often. He does so much for our family I need to reflect my gratitude more frequently.
Well, this is it...almost. There is still the lingering: eat less junk food, exercise more efficiently, take smiley for more walks, do the laundry periodically rather than trying to do it all in one day, plant an awesome garden that will bring me loads of produce, make serious progress on our food storage and monetary stores, paint the upstairs in the house, de-clutter the downstairs dungeon closets and kiss my kids everyday. The list goes on...Truly I will try to be better this year than the last and will look for opportunities to improve.
Hill Ride
Today's class was mostly hills with some interval work included...HR was targeted for 60-80% increasing to 90-95% during the peak intervals making sure that they recover on the 30 sec breaks. Encourage a steady pace and HR control. If having a hard time recovering, make sure to recover before next interval.
Warm up (5 min)
2:00 seated flat
1:00 seated climb
1:00 Standing Climb (Pos.3)
15 sec seated downhill (transition back onto that hill, into the next set)
This next set repeat 4x
30 sec Standing (pos.3) on a hill
30 sec (drop 1 gear) transition to (pos. 2) standing on a hill
After repeats- 1min downhill
Repeat entire hill series set 2 times
Flat road 1 minute
Interval sets
30 second pickups on cadence 30/on 30/off (repeat 5 times)
Find flat road 1 minute
Intervals on a hill
Start with standing hill (pos 2) 1 minute
Add one gear, pickup cadence, transition to (pos 3) standing run on a hill (hold 30 sec)
drop 1 gear back to standing (pos 2) on a hill (hold 30 sec)
Repeat set 4 times, increasing resistance with each set
Finish off with a repeat of 1st hill set, with increased pickups on the hills...
Recover-cooldown
Warm up (5 min)
2:00 seated flat
1:00 seated climb
1:00 Standing Climb (Pos.3)
15 sec seated downhill (transition back onto that hill, into the next set)
This next set repeat 4x
30 sec Standing (pos.3) on a hill
30 sec (drop 1 gear) transition to (pos. 2) standing on a hill
After repeats- 1min downhill
Repeat entire hill series set 2 times
Flat road 1 minute
Interval sets
30 second pickups on cadence 30/on 30/off (repeat 5 times)
Find flat road 1 minute
Intervals on a hill
Start with standing hill (pos 2) 1 minute
Add one gear, pickup cadence, transition to (pos 3) standing run on a hill (hold 30 sec)
drop 1 gear back to standing (pos 2) on a hill (hold 30 sec)
Repeat set 4 times, increasing resistance with each set
Finish off with a repeat of 1st hill set, with increased pickups on the hills...
Recover-cooldown
Thursday, January 3, 2008
PT Graduation!!!
Woo hoo! Today I graduated form PT! That does not mean I can run a half marathon tomorrow but it means that I will no longer be paying $30 twice a week to get my hip worked on.
Since the Christmas break I have been feeling considerably better...not perfect but much improved. I am really excited to start increasing my milage, slowly.
I taught a spin class tonight...30 min class, I did a road terrain with some hills and a draft line. Seriously, the 30min class goes by so fast I feel like I have to quit right when I'm warmed up. The class was nice and one of the PT assitants from my PT office came to my class. It was fun to have the roles changed...me on my turf rather than him telling me what to do!
Tomorrow I teach spinning but Saturday I plan to run!
Since the Christmas break I have been feeling considerably better...not perfect but much improved. I am really excited to start increasing my milage, slowly.
I taught a spin class tonight...30 min class, I did a road terrain with some hills and a draft line. Seriously, the 30min class goes by so fast I feel like I have to quit right when I'm warmed up. The class was nice and one of the PT assitants from my PT office came to my class. It was fun to have the roles changed...me on my turf rather than him telling me what to do!
Tomorrow I teach spinning but Saturday I plan to run!
LIma beans
"Mom can we have Lima beans for dinner?" Says Oscar two days ago...
Last night we had them and I will say that he liked them and ate a whole bowl full. It is so funny to me the things that he likes when he sets his mind to it...unlike the very delicious chocolate chip pancakes this morning (he ate cereal instead!). Go Figure.
Last night we had them and I will say that he liked them and ate a whole bowl full. It is so funny to me the things that he likes when he sets his mind to it...unlike the very delicious chocolate chip pancakes this morning (he ate cereal instead!). Go Figure.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Holiday Excercise
OK, so I am late on the report of my holiday exercising...it is however, all tucked away into my brain that monitors such tasks.
Here is what I did...
Dec 22: 3.178 RUN! Woo hoo I did a close to 5K and it felt really good. I had begun fighting a cold but the run went well.
Dec 24: Taught my Christmas Eve Spinning class to a bunch of mixed riders...very fun but I was certainly not feeling well and it was hard to breath. I remember not really being able to talk much because I had a sore throat and so I used more hand gestures to get them to do what I wanted.
Christmas day: what should have been a 5K run with the hubby for the HBJ run, turned into a nap on my bed for two hours...sore throat and laryngitis. NO exercise and no energy.
Dec 26: No exercise...still in recovery mode
Dec 27: Taught a spin class: note still not feeling well and no energy. I endured...
Dec 28: My brother Don was in town and came to my spinning class. I was still not feeling great but was beginning to get my voice back. Could definitely do more during the class than before.
Dec 29: A 4 mile run on a very snowy path. Felt great and I really didn't feel my hip the whole time! Feeling better, still have a cough.
Dec 31: Spin class feeling much more alive, although I still feel a little funky and lack energy. Ugh! Overall pretty good class...took them on a nice hilly journey on a draft line with other riders.
JAN 1: The Seaport Striders "morning after" run. Ran 3.5 miles at a nice pace...around 8:30 pace (I think). Felt nice although the wind was pretty chilly on the way out...I only needed to put a sail on and I could have flown back to the finish line.
Today I have rally done nothing! Tomorrow I hope to wake up and do a little run on the treadmill before I have my next PT appointment. Hopefully I will be wrapping up this recovery stuff and be back out on the roads again...after all, I have some New Year's goals ahead of me that hopefully include the snake river half on the first weekend in March, and a possible marathon in April...We shall see.
Here is what I did...
Dec 22: 3.178 RUN! Woo hoo I did a close to 5K and it felt really good. I had begun fighting a cold but the run went well.
Dec 24: Taught my Christmas Eve Spinning class to a bunch of mixed riders...very fun but I was certainly not feeling well and it was hard to breath. I remember not really being able to talk much because I had a sore throat and so I used more hand gestures to get them to do what I wanted.
Christmas day: what should have been a 5K run with the hubby for the HBJ run, turned into a nap on my bed for two hours...sore throat and laryngitis. NO exercise and no energy.
Dec 26: No exercise...still in recovery mode
Dec 27: Taught a spin class: note still not feeling well and no energy. I endured...
Dec 28: My brother Don was in town and came to my spinning class. I was still not feeling great but was beginning to get my voice back. Could definitely do more during the class than before.
Dec 29: A 4 mile run on a very snowy path. Felt great and I really didn't feel my hip the whole time! Feeling better, still have a cough.
Dec 31: Spin class feeling much more alive, although I still feel a little funky and lack energy. Ugh! Overall pretty good class...took them on a nice hilly journey on a draft line with other riders.
JAN 1: The Seaport Striders "morning after" run. Ran 3.5 miles at a nice pace...around 8:30 pace (I think). Felt nice although the wind was pretty chilly on the way out...I only needed to put a sail on and I could have flown back to the finish line.
Today I have rally done nothing! Tomorrow I hope to wake up and do a little run on the treadmill before I have my next PT appointment. Hopefully I will be wrapping up this recovery stuff and be back out on the roads again...after all, I have some New Year's goals ahead of me that hopefully include the snake river half on the first weekend in March, and a possible marathon in April...We shall see.
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