The holiday has come and gone and I am tired. I have only done one yoga class since Christmas. Everyone else has been going to boot camp or out running zillions of miles ( even in the rain). I have eaten far too many sweets and washed them down with too much wine. But I wouldn't trade my memories for anything. It was a great holiday.
So today was the last chance work out before Christmas. We were in for quite a surprise. The Twelve Days of Christmas carol, we had to do it like you sing it repeating each day until finally we all were ready to drop but finished. Where does she come up with these work outs? This was a good one, and we all left the gym sweaty but happy.
Boot camp today, thought it would be easy... it wasn't. We were doing burpees and planks and push ups. Can't wait to take Amy on Friday.
The gifts are wrapped, the baking done and now I have time to enjoy the holiday and wait for everyone to arrive. This also means I had time to take advantage of this beautiful day with a temperature going to 79 to get out and run. My gosh, how long has it been? It was just perfect being out, I wasn't even going to complain about how hot I was. I ran into Christy on the trails and she joined me.
I knew I should have had Christy take my place at boot camp today. It was hard, very hard. We were doing mountain climbers into push ups, shoulder presses and lunges , squats with weights , plank and the very last thing was 100 sit ups. Take your time she said. Remember to breathe, don't grab your knees. This was hard for everyone but we all did it!
Last night just as we were getting ready to leave for dinner we had a leak in the ceiling. Just what i need when i have 9 people arriving next week for Christmas. We called a plumber and he gave us some advice, said to read the meter and if it wasn't going around it was not a water pipe leaking it was probably a leak while the bath was running and had soaked the insulation which was now dripping. Well it was a pipe and my husband turned off the main valve after I went to bed. I need to run.
This is the time of year we should have this sign posted in the kitchen, with all the holiday baking going on there is a fat chance that we'll be putting on some pounds. I just got my wake up call at boot camp today which was fitness day. I was up on the scale more than I wanted.
Woo Hoo ! The contest is over this week and they will be selecting the winner for the goal contest. I'm hoping they will pull my name. I have completed every challenge we were given and this week I had to do my 25 push ups and run a 10 minute mile. That one was bothering me, I didn't think I could do it but Jenny said to suck it up and just run. I chose to do it outside in 38 degree temperatures only because I have trouble running on the treadmill. Did my mile in 9:58 minutes!
Friday night Jenny, Christy and I were signed up to run a night time race in Denton. The race started at a park and then into a neighborhood and back into the park for the finish. This was a 4.2 mile race.
We had time for a race picture before we lined up. Jenny was towards the front and Christy and I were about half way back. The first part of the race had us loop around a lake and there was one place that it was very dark. Once we left the park we were in a neighborhood where a lot of the houses were decorated with lights for Christmas. It made it seem really festive. However there were several places where there was no lights and one was a long hill down. I always worry that I might trip so slow down.
Jenny was the first to come in with a time of 33:23
I was checking my watch for the time and finished with a 57:33
Christy brought up the pack with a time of 58:xx
The medals were like the shirt logo. You could almost hang this on the Christmas tree.
My time got me first place in my age group
I survived the Women's Half Marathon and...
the Turkey Trot last week but two days of boot camp has brought me to my knees. I guess it's because even though I was running I hadn't done any weights for 2 weeks.
Mondays camp was out side because the weather was still warm so we did sprints and lunges and squats and Indians.
Today was inside because the temperature was only 38 degrees when I left for camp. We did lunges, box jumps, squats, leg press and a few other killer things. My legs feel like noodles.
I guess I need to make a note to myself. Don't skip weight workouts when on vacation.
Now we are ready to do some shopping at the Expo.
Jackie was there and was nice enough to stop what she was doing for a picture with us. If you're interested you can go to her site http://www.jackiemcfee.com/ to see her products.
Sunday morning we were up early and ready to race. The hotel was near the start line so we didn't have far to walk. We had time for a group picture and then Amy and Jenny went for a warm up run.
Jay has Patty do some stretches to warm up.
We found corral 6 and waited for the start, seemed like it took forever.
Soon we were on our way. Jenny started in corral 1 and Amy in corral 2. I was hoping I'd see them on the course.
We are heading for the Pier and spotted our support team. We lost some time at mile 3 when we had an 8 minute wait for the Porto potties.
We made it past the half way mark. Both of us were doing good, no aches or pains.
Seemed like it took forever to get into the stadium. Patty kept asking when we'd get there and I said just take it one step at a time. We even sucked it up and ran part way around.
Once out of the stadium it was all down hill to the finish. We were feeling strong and enjoying the moment.
We did it !!! I was so glad that I was able to do this with my sister for her 70th birthday celebration. That night we went to the Colombian Restaurant on the Pier to celebrate some more.
It's time to bring out the suitcase, tomorrow we leave with 4 days until the race. Whenever we bring out the suitcases the dogs know something is up. I think Coco would really like to go with but she doesn't get along with her Florida cousin, they both want to be the Alpha dog.
This time next Sunday I'll be finished with the half marathon and you will find me sitting on the beach with an ice cold drink in my hand. Sounds heavenly doesn't it?
So the only one happy with today's weather would be a duck. It is just pouring out side and is suppose to rain all afternoon with a drop in the temperature. Luckily we were able to have boot camp out side before the rain started. We did sprints carrying weights, sit ups, lunges and planks. After three sets of these we headed in side for some leg work, box jumps, squats and bike.
Well we did it, we bought the car. My husband wanted red and I didn't care what color it was. We'll be driving it to Florida next week.
This morning I had 12 miles to do. I wasn't real excited about it but it helped knowing Amy also had 12 on her schedule. With the time change it was light earlier but the temperature was in the low 40's so I was waiting for it to get a bit warmer. Finally at 9:30 I headed out, ran past the police station to the end of the trail and then back. I was getting warm so went inside to the restrooms and switched my shirt from the keep warm side to the keep cool side. Yes it really works. I followed the trails then headed for the streets and then back on trails. There was some wind which made it harder to run but kept going. When I got near my street I was close to the 12 so ran until the Garmin hit 12. YES, it's done.
Did you remember to set your clocks back? It doesn't really matter, I'm still up early. The only nice thing is it will be lighter earlier, bad thing darker earlier.
I don't know about ewe, but the week has really slipped past and I had to stop and think about what I did.
We were just remarking at boot camp this morning that we can't believe it's November already. Where has the time gone.
Took a very short run today. I'm having problems with my left leg, don't know if it's the new shoes or too much working out. My race is in 3 weeks so want to be in good shape. I've decided to cut back one day on my boot camp until after the race. I'm getting spooked about injuring myself.
Yesterday the first thing on my agenda was to get my long run in that I missed on Sunday. I was suppose to do eleven miles so headed out on the trails and then the streets. I wasn't sure how far 11 miles was ( a lot farther than I thought) but figured if I went a certain way I would come pretty close to the 11. I was wrong, I finished with 9.50 miles. Guess I'll have to do better next time.
This morning was boot camp with Heidi and J.C., we were inside doing a Tabata workout. It always amazes me how long 20 seconds seems when you are being timed. This was a good work out and I really felt it in my legs. We did squats with overhead press, push ups, wattle squats
I was at the library this week and found this interesting book by Janet Wright in the health section. It lists a 100 food, drinks, herbs and spices that have an impact on your health. There are six chapters that cover health improvers, detoxifiers and digestion, fitness enhancers, weight shifters, brain boosters and mood, and life lengthers. Each page features a food and gives the list of nutrients in that food along with the benefits of the food and a recipe to use.
Yesterday I had hills on my schedule. I was to jog for 15 minutes and then run 2 minutes uphill at a hard effort; jog back down and repeat for 3 more times and finish with a 15 minute jog. I never realized how hard hill repeats were, ouch! My legs were so tired all day and still were sore in the morning.
Beautiful day for boot camp. We were outside playing poker again only this time she switched up some of the exercises. Today it was burpees, push ups, sprints, wiggles, Indians and squats. After five exercises we were given a 30 second rest.
We're putting out our Halloween decorations today. I've noticed on my runs that lots of people have decorated this year. I had to search for the rabbits mask, couldn't remember where I had stored it.
Tomorrow these three ladies are running the Nike Women's Marathon in San Fransisco. They are such an inspiration to me. Always getting their runs in, up early every Sunday. I hope you all have an awesome time. Good Luck.
