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Thursday,
November 23, 2006--THANKSGIVING
It's been a month since the marathon and today was the first day I've been back out on the pavement. Jen and I ran the first 2 miles together; and then I dropped her off back at home and completed another 2 miles solo. The weather is absolutley GORGEOUS today! Records highs are expected. Sunday,
April 9, 2006 Nutrition has been back on track sooooo much more this week:0) It may not have been perfect, but what IS perfect? I am trying to essentially follow the BFL nutrtion, and I feel I have been, for the most part. There was only one day when I splurged for lunch, and ate the school's chicken patty. Monday,
April 3, 2006 I've had a terrrrrrible week. The girls were gone to my sister's, so Paul and I were off our own schedule quite a bit. Let's see----after last weekend we added Applebees to our menu on Tuesday night; Becky's Ribs on Thursday, and Twin Oaks broiled fish on Friday. Oh yeah--not to forget the 3 Amaretto-sours on Friday, too. Ahhhhhh yes....and WHO could forget the pan of Rice Krispy bars all day Sunday, too.?!?!?! Oh, and did I mention that I wasn't able to workout since last Wednesday too?!??!? Paul "took me out" when playing volleyball last Wednesday night. He invaded my "setting space," and I paid for it by landing on his foot and rolling my ankle. So, I was done running for a while. Hind-sight is always 20-20; I suppose I could have lifted UB and done at least something....hmpf. *sigh* Okay; so I'm back. I ran my first couple of miles today since my ankle incident. It wasn't too bad; I was a little aprehensive for the first few minutes, but then I upped the rhythm since I was feeling so good. Monday,
March 27, 2006 So Sunday rolled around---and at least I accomplished the workout, and was pretty good on nutrition. I enjoyed today's run! Mainly because I was able to tryout my new ipod! Yeah.....after finally figuring out how to get the songs onto it that I want! (I only needed a tutor session from one of my students!!!) Golly gee. We are childless this week, and it's tough. Not only do we miss the girls, but OUR schedules are also thrown off. Anyway---off to get some more 'workout' music onto my ipod. Monday,
March 20, 2006 I have a meeting afterschool tomorrow, so I won't be able to get my workout in directly afterschool as I have been doing. I just need to be sure I'm motivated tomorrow night after the girls are in bed to get it in. It's not a tough one, either! Only 25 min EZ! Saturday,
March 18, 2006 I ran this morning with Julie--we also ran on Wednesday and Thursday after school. We walked yesterday in order to give our legs a bit of a break, but then met up early this COLD WINTERY morning! My quads were really feeling the cold air, afterall, it was only 2 degrees outside. I was pretty impressed by our return time, however. We jogged to the corner in 10:30, and then took about 100 meter walk before starting up again. We hit Wabrowetz's hill (about 150 meters, pretty steep) and didn't let up too much. Our return leg matched the time going out (10:30), so we must have picked up the pace a bit considering we walked, but I didn't realize it. My legs felt pretty okay, other than the cold quads. Oh yeah, I had a bit of a cramp in my right calf, too. I have been working on my training schedule, and I am almost complete. I hope to finalize it today and get it posted. Julie (babysitter) is planning on running just about every race with me---April 29 (Wisconsin Rapids 5K); May 21 (Green Bay 5K); June 10 (Baldwin 10K); July 22 (Wildrose Half-marathon); October 14 (Ashland's Full Marathon). I will most likely be fitting in a different 5K in early July, too. My sister and I will run that one together. I wouldn't say I'm doing the complete BFL plan---just the nutrition. It's so simple to just remember "one carb, one protein." I have yet to do any serious weights--I hope to eventually start up a routine, but all of my workout time is being limited to running right now to build up some miles on my legs. Whewy! They sure still feel like jello! Hopefully in one more week, they'll feel like they actually have some strength to them. Tuesday,
March 7, 2006 I've finally tinkered on Yahoo-Geocities enough today to realize that my website addy has changed. What a headache, but I'm glad I got it figured out. For those of you finding yourself reading this, first of all: HI! Secondly, I got really obsessed during my first challenge back in 2003 and was on the BFLChat and BFLgroup website ALL THE TIME! I couldn't stop thinking about BFL! I'm glad I'm back--I'm glad to see some familiar names still at it on the BFL site, and I will keep up ties to an extent. My life is busy enough--there isn't anyway I would be able to find time to get as obsessed in all the Internet hoopla like I did last time--specially if I want to keep my marriage in tact! :0) A big difference too between then and now--I don't have the Internet at home, so all my correspondences need to be accomplished during the hours at school. Okay---last night :0( Did not work out--no surprise there after yesterday's journal. I WILL do a workout tonight! I will even attempt to do both my cardio AND weights (simple full body - 1 move each part). I did "cheat" today by eating school lunch (hamburger, fries). *Shaking head* I'm trying not to kick myself too hard for that move. I will get there, I will! Monday,
March 6, 2006 To top it off, it's 9:50pm right now, and I didn't workout today (NOR yesterday.) Golly, golly, golly. I'm not pleased with myself. I gotta get back on my schedule and nutrition tomorrow. Hmmmm, I'm having a difficult time really getting this 'challenge' underway. I don't want to put it off until Spring, when I KNOW things will be easier, because I will do my running directly after school. Perhaps I just need to start using that time already! Ho-hum....one day at a time.
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