To Yoga or not?

I was going to try the yoga class today, because I read that it is helpful for runners. I sure could use some stretching. When I got there the ladies were going in , some with their own mats. "Maybe I'm not ready for this class I thought" So instead I decided to get a cardio workout by doing the elliptical machine.I did 30 minutes for about 2 miles. I know its not the same as walking but it counts for moving. After that I went down stairs and did a hundred sit ups. I was near the yoga room, so of course I peeked in and guess what! Some of the ladies weren't even doing anything. Next time I'll do yoga.

Humberto brings humidity

In case you haven't heard, a hurricane hit the coast of Texas near Galvastin early this morning. Now we didn't get rain but the humidity is certainly high today. I was going to do a thirty minute run but managed only 27:16. I ran 1.95 miles with a pace of 14:20 and my best pace of 9:33. I Was going to go farther but when I got to 2499 and turned to look back the sky was very dark and I didn't want to get caught in a storm.

Before my run I trained at the gym with Shayla. We worked on the chest today.

EWE CAN DO IT!

Today was a nonrun day. I decided to go up to the pool and do some laps. I didn't have a number in mind. At twenty laps I thought of stopping but then all I needed was 17 more and I'd have a 1/2 mile done. Back and forth I went, back stroke, crawl, side stroke and sometimes I just ran. We do whatever we have to to get the job done. And when it is done there is a good feeling. Aah, today I moved. We are all working toward the same goal, the finish line at Disney and I know we will all make it.

Seems like Fall

The weather man said a cool front was coming and boy was he right. Perfect weather to run in, but first I had my training secession at the gym with Shalya. Today we worked on triceps and biceps. Whew, I didn't know those wee little muscles could make you sweat so! After a quick stop at home to get my watch and ipod I headed up to Kids Kastle to start my run. The temperature was around 67 degrees. I finished in 37.54 minutes, 2.59 miles with a pace of 13.43. I really felt like I was running more than walking thanks to the cool weather.

Yesterday I did an hour on the bike at the gym. I went about 87 rpms and did 11.75 miles.

The grass is always greener...

Since the humidity has been so bad I thought I would go up to the gym to do my long run. After all, I would have air and toilets. I started on the tread mill and then must have hit the stop button, because everything stopped. Okay, I restarted it and was doing fine, walking at 4 mph and running at 5 mph and then I started to slow it down and again it stopped and everything was wiped out. I stepped over to a new tread mill and was doing fine. This one seemed to be working. Around the 2 mile mark my stomach started to cramp and it felt like I might need the bathroom so I decided just to stop. I'm guessing I did around for miles. I'll have to make it up this week.

On a better note I came home and made a beautiful rustic peach tart for dinner.

Race Day

Christy and I did the 5K at Farmers Branch today. It was a beautiful park and Lots of paths with big, huge trees so I thought I didn't need my hat, wrong. We didn't race on the paths, we were on roads with few trees and lots of sun. The humidity was bad, I was dripping sweat and because I had no hat it was going in my eyes, not fun. The next thing to go wrong was my bra strap came undone.

Now try fixing that while the sweat is going in your eyes and you are trying to run. I continued on with running and walking and to my surprise I came in third in my age group of 60-64. Not bad for an old lady!

The gazelle and the lion

There is no work out today, I am resting for my 5K tomorrow.However I don't want to leave you with nothing so following is a quote I found and which I like from Maurice Greene(attributed to Roger Bannister shortly after running the first sub-4mile)

"Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must move faster than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and knows it must mover faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't mater if you are
the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up, you better be moving."