What Was I Thinking?

Jingle Bell Run

2011-12-23T13:37:00.002-06:00

I picked up these Christmas socks for us to wear at the race and was glad I had them on since they kept my legs nice and warm during the race.

My mom, me and Allie before the race.

Allie and my dad before the 1 mile fun run.

This is my mom and I during the race.

We did this race two years ago and so my mom and I decided that we would enjoy the race and take it easy. This is also the 12th race for me this year so I did finish one of my goals and also finished up Just for the Bling of it challenge. This was a great race hearing all the jingle bells jangling throughout the race.

Dallas Turkey Trot!

2011-11-25T21:06:00.003-06:00

I had gotten there early and was able to get a turkey costume since my shirt I did the feathers were falling off of it.

As you can see this was where "all the turkey's" had to go to be counted. They did get the record with 651 people who had dressed up as turkey's and stayed corralled together in one spot for 10 minutes.

Even someone had dressed their dog up as a turkey.

Tina, Stephi and me. Tina had asked me if I would do this race with her so I walked it with them. We finished in 1 hour and 10 minutes not bad for it being so crowded and also walking in the turkey costumes. That was hard to do.

We walked passed Thanksgiving Tower what better building to walk past on Thanksgiving Day made you think about what you really were thankful for.

I loved this costume it was made of balloons, how clever was that.

I thought these were cute made out of felt. I hadn't done the Dallas Turkey Trot in a couple of years because of the crowds. When I finished the race I was thankful that Tina had asked me to do this with her and also was thankful that this was my 11th race for the year.

Dorthy's Dash Race Report

2011-11-23T00:15:00.004-06:00

This was the first time that my mom and I had done this race. It was a nice race and have just figured out that I need to learn how to pace myself better because I start out to fast. I finished this race with a time of 42 minutes. The shirt is long sleeved. As we were leaving the race we asked if we could take the dog's picture and found out that the dog's owner is Dorthy's grandson which makes the dog Dorthy's granddog. How cool was that .

My mom waiting for the race to start.

Vineyard Race Report.

2011-10-05T21:44:00.002-05:00

This was the third year that my mom and I have run this race. This year the race course was different from the previous years races. When I finished the race I looked at my Nike plus bracelet and it didn't have the correct distance so maybe when the race course was set up there was a part of the course that was left out but oh well I still had a great time for me. I really like running this race but for some odd reason this race was one of the worst races that I had run this year. Who know maybe it was because it was the 9th race that I have done this year. I started the race out running but had to stop and walk because I felt like I was going to get sick and if I quit this race I couldn't count as part of the challenge that I had signed up for called For the Bling of it, where you commit to running 12 races in a year. So I then decided to try and walk run which wasn't too bad. I did finish this race under 40 minutes so was very glad for that the gun time was 39:23. I love the race shirts this year they are long sleeved so I can use it to put over another shirt in the winter or if we have really cool weather by itself.

This is the winery that sponsored the run.

This picture is after the race.

Here is my mom after the race and she finished third in her age group so she now has three wine glasses.

Run for the Children 5K Race

2011-09-18T19:57:00.002-05:00

This was the logo on the shirt. The race benefits Scottish Rite Hospital and also does scholarships for children in Lewisville ISD (last year they gave out four scholarships).

The Lewisville Grand Theater with the sun coming up.

So this was my 8th 5k race that I have done this year since I joined for the Bling of it challenge which was to run 12 races in a year. So I didn't have to travel very far and I did this race with my mom. We had done this race in 2009 so we weren't aware that they changed the route which had a lot more hills on the course. I ran some of it but mostly walked it because my hip was hurting me but I think that I may be close to not having my hip hurt so we will see how that goes. Through out the race I had a seven year boy running in front of me and next to me along the course he was really excited to be running a race which was very neat to see his excitement.

I finished with a time of 43:58.

Pink Soles in Motion 5K In the Park

2011-09-04T08:41:00.006-05:00

This is the shirt that I got and it is also a tech shirt.

When I picked up my race packet I also saw this headband and am always looking for a good headband that doesn't fall off my head.

Here are my new shoes that I got as well.

I had been looking at this race for a while and just wasn't sure if I had wanted to do so when I had the day off I decided to sign up for the race which benefits the Pink Soles in Motion 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk Team which is a very big team because there were many from the team participating in the 5k race as well. The route wasn't bad it was using the paths around the park which was really nice because I got to see a mother duck swimming in the pond with her ducklings. The heat wasn't that bad but I did walk some. I ended finishing the race with a time of 43:27.

Virtual 5K Race

2011-07-04T12:43:00.004-05:00

I had heard about this virtual race through a challenge that I had signed up for the year. The challenge was called Run for the Blingof it (runfortheblingofit.blogspot.com) if you want to check it out) you have to run 12 races in a year and what a better way to be motivated to run some races? Right. Well this race is race number 6 for me. I went up to the gym to get it done because I knew that it was going to be kind of hot outside. The host of this race even sent everyone a cute bib to wear if we wanted to. This was my first virtual race to participate in and so I was determined to do it. I finished my 5K in 43:01 not bad. So I wouldn't get bored and to also make the time go by I would walk .25 miles and run .25 miles.

The Perfect Race

2011-06-18T18:59:00.002-05:00

My mom and I had run the Dad's Fest 5K Race this race is for the dad's and to also raise awareness for Prostrate Cancer. We had done this race last year and was thinking that since it was in the same place that the route would be the same, well they had changed where we had started and finished. We had lined up and wished each other good luck and see you at the finish line for the first mile I had ran the whole mile it was tough with the wind blowing but had made myself a deal that if I could just get through the first mile then I could walk if I wanted to so after the first mile I went to alternating walking and running. Around mile 2 I had caught up to my mom and we had decided that our goal was to just finish this race due to the conditions of it being hot, windy and also having so many hills. Well it was my time to run so I had pulled ahead of her and then she caught up to me when it was my walk break and I thought that she was going to pass me but she didn't and then it was time to run and so I finished before she did for the first time in along time. My mom is faster than me and that's OK. Then after the race I usually have to wait around for the awards ceremony to see if she had placed in the top three in her age group which is most of the races that we do but she just wanted to go home instead of wait around which was fine by me.
So I had the perfect race today even though the race was hilly it was windy and hot.

FireFly Race Report

2011-06-05T20:33:00.003-05:00

This race started at 9PM at night and it was only my second night race to run. I had gotten to the race early to pick up my race packet and also to find a parking spot since they capped the race at 3500 people either doing a 5K or the 10K race. I choose the 5K race since you had to finish the 5K in 30 minutes or less or you wouldn't be able to even do the second part of the 10K. In the race packet are these cool little arm bands that have lights on them to wear during the race. I was having some hip issues and decided to go get it checked out since I have been dealing with this for some time and the doctor thinks that it is just tight ligaments and the pain should go away with some stretching and taking some medicine to help with the pain and if it doesn't get better to call him back and will go a different route so with that I walked more than I had wanted to. I also think that it was the weather as well since it was hot and muggy.

Here is the race map they had it mapped out to how many cones and barricades they would need the first time I have seen this on a race map.

Here is the light band they had given every one two of these and it was so cool to see just the lights blinking up ahead of you. It was also very cool that they had the mile markers lighted up so you could see how far you had done.
Here was the shirt.

I finished this race in 43 minutes not bad considering that it was hot and muggy.

Running Mom's Rock 5K Race Report

2011-04-23T20:28:00.002-05:00

My mom and dad came out to cheer me on and take pictures. Thanks Mom and Dad for the pictures and support!
The race started right out in front of Barnes and Nobles up at the shops of Highland Village or also known in our house as the shops. We circled around the parking lot and then headed out on to a path and through a neighborhood and then back around and the race ended at the street behind Barnes and Nobles right in front of the movie theater. It was a fun race because I saw a couple of friends which makes more fun to be running a race with friends. My mom was signed up to for this race but had hurt her back and didn't want to run in the race to cause more problems. It was very humid and hot which made it a hard course. I walked a lot in this race due to that and also just getting over a respiratory illness. After the race we went and had dinner at Rockfish on their patio while waiting for the awards ceremony and also the raffle drawing.

The start line up:

Here I am making the turn on the street. I was supporting my local gym TUF (www.tufbodies.com)

This is the race shirt a black tech shirt. I also got a running hat that says running mom rocks! ( kind of appropriate since I am a mom)

There was a photo booth that was letting people get free pictures done. Here is my mom , dad and me.

Take the First Step Race Report

2011-04-09T11:18:00.005-05:00

This was a FREE 5 K race , now who could pass up a free race. This race was put on by the Denton County Health Department to help people commit to being active 5 times a week. What a cool way to promote fitness. This was also the first race that I had did by myself, I usually do races with my mom but she had Runner's Yoga up at TUF( www.tufbodies.com) and didn't want to miss her class. This is the back of the shirt. This is the course race, on paper it didn't seem to hard to do two loops around but as I was running it was kind of hard. Some people were walking in groups and would take up the whole path across so if you wanted to pass you had to go on the grass.

After I had done the first loop and was on the second loop, I really had wanted to take the 1 mile race loop and finish the race, but then I would have just cheated myself out of miles and that wouldn't have been right. So I kept plugging away. I had to walk some since I hadn't been running in a couple of weeks. They had local High School Cheerleaders cheering everyone at different spots along the course so it was kind of neat to see someone do a back flip to encourage you to finish the race. I finished the race with a time of 42:06 (clock time since it wasn't a chip timed race).

Hot Chocolate 5K Race

2011-01-16T19:45:00.004-06:00

My mom and I before the race. We were glad that we could be inside to wait for the race to start since we had gotten to the race a little early.

I finally got something at a race (even though its not a medal). I enjoyed drinking my hot chocolate while waiting for the medals to be given out.

Here's my mom with her medal which is in the shape of a coffee cup to go along with the theme.

This was the first year for this race. The race was an out and back route which had us going over a big bridge twice. I was very excited that I had run the whole race and didn't stop for a walk break even though when I got to the bridge a second time my mind was telling me it was OK to walk up the bridge. I finished the race with a time of 40:37.

Happy New Year

2011-01-01T18:00:00.004-06:00

Allie had written her new years resolutions in school and thought it was cute that for one of her resoulutions was to gain weight because her mom wanted her to gain weight. I wish that could be one of my new years goal but I actually need to lose weight instead.

So for 2011 some of my goals are going to be...

1) run a 11 minute mile

2) to go from green level to blue level in nikeplus.com

3) to run 500 miles this year

4) to run a half marathon this year ( am not so sure on this one but am going to put this out on the table )

I think those are very attainable goals to work on this year. Who knows I may decided to add some more goals to the list depending on how many of these goals I have finished before 2011 ends.

Vineyard Run

2010-10-04T16:54:00.006-05:00

This is race was at the Delaney Vineyards in Grapevine. This was our second year to run this race. My mom had a goal of winning another wine glass so that she would have a pair. She came in first place in her age group. Way to go Mom! This race was not a personal record for me in time but I ran this race the whole 3.1 miles up and down the hills. At one point I wanted to stop and walk and my mind was trying to convince me that I needed a walk break. I told myself that I had come this far without stopping that I could finish the race without a walk break. My finish time was 40:04:21 chip time, 40:40:24 gun time or 40:12 Nike plus bracelet.

This was taken after the race inside the Delaney Vineyard.

My mom and I had to pose for a picture by the vineyard.

New Goal

2010-09-19T20:38:00.002-05:00

Since I had accomplished all the goals that I had set for myself this year before the end of the year. I needed to set a new goal so instead the gym that my mom has been doing her boot camps at was having a couple of contests. My mom and sister Jenny talked me into signing up for the Eat Clean contest so I agreed to do it. Of course I didn't know what I had signed up for in till it was too late to back out after they had given me my first assignment of turning in what I was going to eat for the week boy was that hard to figure out only took my two hours to figure it out. I got through my first day OK only changed a couple of things that I had planned to eat hopefully I won't be changing every day. I will give this a try and if I don't like it I only have to do it till December (that's when the contest ends)...

If you would like to check out where we have been doing our boot camps you can go to www.tufbodies.com

Roof Dog Race

2010-09-12T12:46:00.003-05:00

Last week my mom asked me if I wanted to run the Roof Dog race with her on Saturday and I said sure why not. We got to the race early to pick up our packets and chip. I wasn't sure if I was going to like the chip around my ankle while running. The course winded throughtout a neighborhood up and down streets and then back to the main street to finish where we started. This race was a hard one due to it being hot and humid. My chip time was 43:19 (not bad for walking way more than I wanted).

Weekend Warrior Yoga Class

2010-08-22T20:42:00.003-05:00

I have never tried a Yoga Class before and was told that this class is geared toward people who run, bike or play sports during the weekend. So I decided to give it a try and had a great time doing it. I was glad that the class was small so I didn't feel intimated if I was doing a pose wrong. So now after taking this class I can mark another goal off my list for this year. I think this may be the year that I mark all of my goals off my list. Actually I went to my New Year's Goals post and have accomplished my goals for the year so I will need to make some new one's to help me not lose focus on why I exercise and run and that is for me to become healthier and to lose some weight along the way.
So will be thinking of a new healthy goal to finish out the year with.

UNT 5K Touchdown Race

2010-08-21T11:46:00.006-05:00

Kathleen and I before the race!

This was the starting line and finishing line as well.

I ran/walked this race with my good friend Kathleen. I didn't' realize that I had left my Nike plus sportband at home in till we were almost at the race up at UNT (Universtity of North Texas) and wasn't going to turn around and go home for it. This race was a neat race because you started out at the football stadium and ran around the campus. Our unofficial time was 41 something but when we looked after the race and after our pancake breakfast the time was posted but could only remember the pace which was 13.32 so I am thinking our time was42 .03 not bad for mostly walking this race.

Boot Camp at T.U.F.

2010-08-16T13:33:00.002-05:00

I was the only one at Shayla's boot camp this morning so it was my own personal training session. Shayla worked me hard today (even had sweat just dripping off of me). So Shayla had me start out doing 20 squats using a bar across my shoulders and then do 5 push ups with my toes on the mat. I did this 5 times and then moved on to reverse lunges holding 2 20 pound dumb bells in my hands and did 5 on each leg and then did 8 squats with shoulder presses using 15 pound dumb bells. I did this for 5 times as well. Then finished off with 100 sit ups , 25 crunches, 25 reverse crunches, 25 c-crunch and 25 bicycles (both legs counted as one). Then finished up with a nice stretch. What a way to start out my Monday morning.

Week 5 of Transform Yourself Challenge

2010-06-14T19:27:00.002-05:00

I am at the half way point of this challenge and was very nervous with the new exercises but went up to the gym to try them out.
It was back and Abs today...
wide grip pull up ( used the assisted pull up machine) 3 sets of 10,8,6 reps.
close-grip seated cable row 3 sets of 10,8,6 reps
Dumbbell pullover 3 sets of 10,8,6 reps
plank 3 sets of 30 seconds for each set
V-sit 3 sets of 30 seconds for each set.

I decided to not do any cardio today since my legs were still sore from Saturday's workout.

Transform Yourself Challenge Week 4 update

2010-06-13T20:05:00.002-05:00

This has been a busy week for me with school ending so I end of doing some of the workouts on the rest days and having rest days on the workout days due to be exhausted from the end of the school year stuff that must get done at work.

Day 1: shoulders and abs

1) smith machine military press. 3 sets used 20 pounds for 15 reps, 40 pounds for 12 reps and 50 pounds for 10 reps.

2) one-arm dumbbell lateral raise 3 sets used 15 pounds for all three sets one set at 15 reps, 12 reps and 10 reps.

3) cable front raise 3 sets used 22.5 for 15 reps 27.5 for 12 reps and 27.5 for 10 reps.

4). reverse pec-deck flye 3 sets and used 40 pounds for all three sets one set at 15 reps, 12 reps, 10 reps.

5).abs exercise which was a tri set; exercise ball crunch, lying leg lift and dumbbell oblique crunch (used a 10 pound weight for this exercise) 3 sets of 15 reps of each exercise.

Day 2: chest and biceps

1) machine chest press: 3 sets used 4o pounds for 15 reps, 50 pounds for 12 reps and 60 pounds for 10 reps.

2) cable crossover: 3 sets and used 15 pounds for all three sets one set had 15 reps, 12 reps and 10 reps,

3) exercise ball push up: 3 sets with 15 reps, 12 reps and 10 reps for some reason these seemed very hard to do the day that I had done this workout.

4). cable curl: 3 sets 40 for the 15 reps, 45 for 12 reps and 5o for 10 reps,

5). cable hammer curl: 3 sets used 40 for 15 reps, 45 for 12 reps and 50 for 10 reps.

6) seated alternating dumbbell curl: using the free weights 10 pounds for 15 reps, 15 for 12 and 10 reps.

Day 3: Legs

1) leg press: 3 sets used 135 pounds for 15 reps., 145 pounds 12 reps and 10 reps.

2) split squat: 3 sets of 15,12,10 reps on each leg.

3) leg extension: 3 sets used 40 pounds for all three reps 15,12,10

4) leg curl: 3 sets used 40 pounds for all three reps 15, 12, 10

5) exercise ball hamstring curl: 3 sets of 15, 12, 10 reps,

6) seated calf raise: 3 sets , used 20 for 15 reps, 25 for 12 reps and 30 for 10 reps.

I did this workout three hours after running a 5K race. Note to Christy it only makes your leg workout harder when you do this..

Day 4: back and triceps

1) wide grip lat pulldown : 3 sets used 40 pounds for 15 reps, 50 pounds for 12 reps and 60 pounds for 10 reps.

2) standing one arm cable row: 3 sets used 40 pounds for 15 reps, 50 pounds for 12 reps and 60 pounds for 10 reps.

3) reverse grip low cable row: 3 sets used 40 pounds for 15 reps, 50 pounds for 12 reps and 60 pounds for 10 reps.

4) pushdown: 3 set used 40 pounds for 15 reps, 50 pounds for 12 reps, and 60 pounds for 10 reps.

5) cable kickback: 3 sets used 10 pounds for all three sets and did 15 reps, 12 reps and 10 reps. (this one was extremely hard for me today)

6) seated dumbbell overhead triceps extension: 3 sets used 10 pounds for 15 reps, 15 pounds for 12 reps and 20 pounds for 10 reps.

Dad's Fest Race Report

2010-06-12T20:11:00.005-05:00

We got to the race in plenty of time and even got to park our car in a car garage which meant that when the race was finished our car wouldn't be so hot from the the Texas sun. We decided to walk around and there was two people asking if we had any questions or needed anything and my mom said "yes, can you take our picture" and they were like OK.. so here's the picture of the two of us.

This was at the finish line. This race wasn't to bad in till I got to the hills, there were three of them but they weren't as bad as last weeks hills. I did have to walk some during this race but not as much as I usually have walked.

I finished this race with a time of 39:14 and after looking at the results I came in 18th out of 32 in my age group.

Transform Yourself Challenge Week 3

2010-05-31T13:03:00.002-05:00

My mom asked me if I wanted her to drop me off at the gym and then I could run home from the gym. So I said OK and she dropped me off.

I did my week 3 day one workout at the gym.

Incline shoulder press 3 sets at 15,12, 10 reps per set. The first set I used 35 pounds, second and third set at 40 pounds. Then moved on to one-arm dumbbell lateral raise 3 sets at 15,12,10 reps per side. I used 12 pound weight for first and second sets and 15 pound weight for third set.

Cable Front raise 3 sets of 15 (35 pounds), 12 (40 pounds), 10 (45 pounds) reps.

Reverse Pec-Deck Flye 3 sets of 15,12, 10 reps and used 35 pounds for first and second reps and then 40 pounds for the third rep. I moved on to Abs which was a Tri-Set: Exercise Ball Crunch, Lying leg lift, dumbbell oblique crunch 3 sets of 15 each.

Then I ran home from the gym to get my cardio in . I did 2.89 miles for 36 minutes.

Transform Yourself Workout Program Week 2

2010-05-29T16:37:00.002-05:00

The first four weeks are the same as the first week. I was able to do each exercise. Today I figured out how to do the tricep exercise using the low pulley and I didn't use a weight for the three sets because it was just to hard. I did try to use 15 pounds to do the cable tricep push back.

Week 1 Rest of the Week

2010-05-23T23:00:00.003-05:00

Day 3 Training Program from Muscle and Fitness Hers.
Rest day
Day 4:
Legs:
1) Leg press 3 sets 15 reps at 50 pounds 12 reps at 70 pounds and 10 reps at 90 pounds
2) Split Squat 3 sets 15,12,10 reps
3) Leg Extension 3 sets 15 reps at 35 pounds, 12 reps at 40 pounds and 10 reps at 45 pounds
4) leg curl 3 sets 15 reps at 35 pounds, 12 reps at 40 pounds and 10 reps at 45 pounds
5) exercise ball hamstring curl 3 sets at 15,12, 10 reps.
6) seated calf raise 3 sets 15,12,10 reps

Day 5:
Back and Triceps
1) wide grip Lat pull down 3 sets 15,12,10 reps
2) standing one-arm cable row 3 sets 15,12,10 reps on each side
3) reverse grip low cable row 3 sets 15,12,10 reps
Triceps
4) push down 3 sets 15,12,10 reps
5) cable kickback - I had trouble with this so I used a free weight and did this exercise using a 10 pound for 15, 12 reps and 15 pound for 10 reps on each side.
6) seated dumbbell overhead triceps extension- this one took concentration to do it at one point I almost had lowered the dumbbell to where it was almost touching my neck. 3 sets 15,12 reps using 10 pound weight and 10 reps using a 15 pound weight.
I finished week 1 of my transform yourself challenge. I even had gotten an email from Nicole Lee which was very cool. Nicole Lee is Figure Olympia champion. The winner gets to train with her and also Kim Oddo and also a photo shoot with Muscle Fitness Hers. As my sister Jenny said to me when I was thinking of doing this challenge "what do you have to lose". The answer is quite simple which is the only think I will lose is weight, I will become healthier so that is a gain.
Days 6& 7
Rest Days.

200 mile challenge update.
I signed up for this challenge on April 6 and it runs to July 31st. I have done 57 miles which includes my working out in the gym as well as my running. So I will need to step it up some if I want to finish this challenge.

Day 2 of week 1

2010-05-19T21:51:00.001-05:00

Day 2 of weeks 1-4 is chest & biceps

I am thinking that the exercises are supposed to be done in a circuit style which you do three times (two of the times I had to skip an exercise and go back to it because someone was using the machine that I needed to use.)

Here's the list:

Machine Chest press 3 sets 15,12,10 reps.

Cable Crossover 3 sets 15,12,10 reps.

exercise ball push up 3 sets 15,12,10 reps.

Cable curl 3 sets of 15,12,10 reps

cable hammer curl 3 sets of 15,12,10 reps

seated alternating dumbbell curl 3 sets of 15,12,10 reps.

Towards the end of the exercises I had increased the weight. The exercise ball push-up I got the hang of it on the second rep and didn't feel like I was going to fall of the ball.

These exercises are out of the Muscle and Fitness Hers magazine. you might be able to find some of the exercises on their website which is www.muscleandfitnesshers.com

Transform Yourself Challenge

2010-05-18T22:25:00.002-05:00

In the May/June issue of Muscle Fitness Hers they were have a challenge called Transform Yourself. The deadline to sign up was last Friday so I signed myself up and didn't think that I was going to get into the challenge but last night I got an email from them saying that I did get into the challenge. I did the first workout and man was it hard. I did make it through the workout and am looking forward to workout number 2.
I also did 1 mile on the treadmill.

Mom's Race

2010-05-08T19:13:00.004-05:00

This was taken after the race in our backyard.

This race used to be called the Faith Run so I knew what the course was like but had forgotten how bad it was at the start trying to go from the wide parking lot to a narrow sidewalk. I had to zig zag around a lot of kids. Then at the water station I had a lady in a stroller stop right in front of me to get her water which I almost plowed into her. I love the course and love how it is close to my home so that I don't have to travel very far for the race but will have to remember that with this race you have to put up with a lot of strollers and children running the race who don't know race etiquette. I finished this race with a time of 37:45 which is a PR for me!

Heels and Hills 10 K Race

2010-05-05T17:24:00.005-05:00

On Sunday my mom and I ran the Heels and Hills 10K Race. This was the first time for us to do this race. It was in Las Colinas. The race was mostly on a trail which was very nice. My Nike + sportband had a time of 1:23:00. So when I went to the race website and saw my time of 1:20:55.8. This was my first race that I had ran the whole race.

Sunshine Award

2010-02-21T16:11:00.002-06:00

My sister Amy decided to award me the sunshine award for reaching my goal of running a mile without stopping . I am suppose to award this to two other people who have blogs but am not sure who to award this to so if there are some blogger's out there that would like to be awarded the sunshine award please come and accept this award.

Thanks,

Christy

Finally a run outside

2010-02-21T15:58:00.002-06:00

After leaving church today and picking up Allie's Girl Scout cookies. I had seen a group of kids running outside so I came home and changed clothes and headed outside for a run. It was kind of nice and sunny for most of the run and then some gray clouds moved in. Towards the end of my run it started to rain which cooled me off since the rain was kind of cold. I knew that I needed to get my week 6 of my running program done and then I wanted to start on week 7 so why not combine them into one run right.
Well I started off strong on the path and knew that I could do a mile in 12 minutes so each time I passed the 1/4 mile mark I would bargain with myself saying I only had one more mark to go. Then I started on the road and this is where it messed me up, I felt like I had to constantly be watching the time on my Ipod since I forgot to put on my watch to help me times. At one point I had actually gone longer than the 12 minutes because I told myself I couldn't look at the time in till the song was over. I did the walk 5 minutes and run 12 minutes for three times since I had done that on Friday to be able to start my week 7 on Sunday. When I got done with the third one and then walked for 5 minutes I started my week 7 which was suppose to be walk 5 minutes and run for 14 minutes but for some reason I had 16 minutes in my head so I tried to do this but got mixed up on my time. I had also a lot of hills to run up which I did why is it that the hills didn't come on the walking part.
Total miles today: 6.88 miles in 1:30:05
Total miles for the month: 31.94
Total miles for the year: 51.12

Gym time

2010-02-14T20:45:00.002-06:00

It was cold today so I went up to the gym to get my training program in. I am starting my sixth week of a ten week program. This week is a 5 minute walk warm up and then run for 12 minutes and walk for 5 minutes. Do this 2 times and then follow up with a 5 minute cool down. I got in 3.06 miles.

Looking Back at my goals for 2010

2010-02-13T17:51:00.002-06:00

Goals for 2010 :
Run a mile without stopping
Able to run a 5K race without taking a walk break
Finish my challenge on Nike+ Run a total of 500 miles in 2010 (and any other challenges that I may sign up for.)
To try an exercise class at the gym (hopefully this will be the year that I do this since it has been a goal of mine since 2008)
To be accepted into the teaching program at Texas Woman's University.

As I look back at these goals that I had set for myself on January 1,2010. I didn't think that I would be able to cross one off my list. I think for me I make these goals and then forget about them in March but not this year. Last night I accomplished run a mile without stopping. I did this in 12 minutes and one second.
So which goal will be the next to be crossed off my goal list.
This is the year for my goals to get accomplished and maybe a couple other goals that I didn't write down as well since there is ten more months to go before the end of the year.

Saturday's Workout

2010-01-30T22:17:00.002-06:00

Last week I was talking with my sister Jenny and she convinced me that I just needed to pick a class and get it over with but the class I wanted to do was water aerobics on Thursday night (well Thursday was cold and rainy and I didn't want to even think about getting into a pool when it's cold outside). So I didn't go... and needless to say Jenny asked me tonight if I got my exercise class goal out of the way. I had to tell her no but will have it checked off by the end of next week.
Then we were talking about the training program that I am doing and next week I will have to run for 8 minutes and walk for 5 minutes twice. Jenny says that I can do it and will see about it tomorrow. She will be cheering me on long distance. She pointed out that 8 minutes is just 3 more than the 5 miles that I did today. Now if I can only keep thinking like the little caboose, "I think I can , I think I can, I think I can" and it will happen.
Today I went up to the gym and did 30 minutes on the treadmill walking for 5 minutes and running for 5 minutes at a speed of 5.0 on the treadmill. I did about 2. 30 miles. I am slowly crossing off miles on my goal of 500 for the year.

Sunday Again

2010-01-24T17:29:00.002-06:00

It's Sunday again which means that its time for the weekly workout with my mom using the Jillian cards. We did week 2 and there were a lot of lunges. One of the exercises I couldn't do all the way due to my wrist hurting it was the crabwalk. Then we went up and did 3 1 minute at 10 incline at 5.5 speed that we were suppose to do at the end of three of the circuits. I ended up doing 2o minutes on the treadmill for 1.39 miles.

Jillian Workout

2010-01-17T17:58:00.002-06:00

My mom and I hadn't done a Jillian workout in about a month. So we started back with workout 1 and gosh I didn't remember it being so hard. I did all the workouts except for the one minute sprints on the treadmill due to my legs hurting from all those squats and lunges. I finished up with 30 minutes on the bike (gosh that's the most I have done on the bike since I don't really like this machine. )

Update

2010-01-15T12:07:00.002-06:00

It has been cold in Texas which has made not really want to get out and do anything. Last Saturday I had a training session so I had to get up. I did upper body exercises with some lunges and squats. Ryan does his training in circuit style which is different from other trainers that I have had. So we usually do three sets of three different exercises. I usually get to do two different rounds within my thirty minutes.

Monday- I had another training session which was back and shoulders. I had to do some pull ups which was hard to do but for the first time in a year my wrist didn't hurt when doing this exercise so at least I know that it has gotten stronger in the last year ( it has been over a year since I had broken my wrist rollerskating and no I haven't gone back and tried rollerskating since then :) )
Wednesday- Another training session and was excited to be trying a new exercise that I had seen in the Oxygen magazine but didn't have the courage to try on my own. It is where you are a smith machine and pulling yourself up from the floor kind of a reverse pull up. I could only do 10 reps but it was so much harder than the assisted pull up.
I have my last training session today so will see what exercises I do today.

Happy New Year

2010-01-01T13:00:00.003-06:00

As I look back at 2009 to see what all I have accomplished in my goals that I had made on January 1st 2009 I am sad to say that I have only accomplished one of my goals.

Here was my list from January 1,2009:

To run a mile without stopping

Run a 5k race under 40 minutes ( I did accomplish this at the Vineyard Race this fall 39:51 was my time)

To try an exercise class out at the gym (maybe yoga)

Then I added up how many miles that I had done this year which was 169.76 miles which was more than I thought I had done.

Goals for 2009 :

Run a mile without stopping

Able to run a 5K race without taking a walk break

Finish my challenge on Nike+ Run a total of 500 miles in 2010 (and any other challenges that I may sign up for.)

To try an exercise class at the gym (hopefully this will be the year that I do this since it has been a goal of mine since 2008)

To be accepted into the teaching program at Texas Woman's University.

After thinking about my goals I decided to go up to the gym and run on the treadmill. I ended up doing 2.03 miles for the first day of the new year.

Tuesday's workout

2009-12-30T11:34:00.002-06:00

I knew that I would be having birthday cake so I decided to head up to the gym to do some cardio since I wasn't up to doing weights as well. I started on the treadmill and about ten minutes into the workout my left foot decides to start hurting me so I decided to just walk more than I had planed on walking. I ended up doing 3 miles in 50 minutes.

Christmas Day

2009-12-25T21:59:00.002-06:00

Cocoa was checking the tree out to see if there were any interesting ornaments that she could play with but of course they were too high up on the tree. My mom had gotten a very cute stuffed gingerbread boy ornament that she really wanted to play with. ..

Allie with her grandpa on Christmas morning.

After we had a finished opening all our presents we set up the Wii and played it. My mom had received the Wii Fit Plus and Jillian's workout game. Then later on in the day my mom and I took a walk. She tried out her new I Pod Shuffle which she enjoyed listening to some new songs as well. We ended up doing 2.60 miles. Hope everyone had a very Merry and blessed Christmas.

Thursday's workout

2009-12-25T21:52:00.003-06:00

I thought that I was not going to workout today but decided that I should just get up to the gym before they closed early for Christmas Eve. So I went up there and decided to use the treadmill. So I turned my IPod on and hit the Nike + button so that way my run would be counted on nikerunning.com site. I did 1.39 miles for 25 minutes.

Another Training Session

2009-12-23T23:10:00.003-06:00

I had another training session scheduled. We did a circuit style exercises. Ryan had me start out on the leg press machine (20 reps) and then move to the leg curl machine where I did 8 reps with my toes touching and then normal position and then with my heals touching. I did this three times and then we moved onto incline presses and then rows where I was in plank position with my feet hip width apart with alternating arms. I did this three times alternating between each one. Then I went upstairs for some cardio and decided to use the elliptical machine for 15 minutes for 1 mile.

Jingle Bell Run

2009-12-23T22:51:00.004-06:00

Christy, Allie and Cindy before the
race.

There were a couple of special visitors at the race.

Santa and some helpers from Build-A-Bear

workshop.

The starting line for both the 1 mile and 5K race.

Allie running her race. She finished the mile around

9 minutes.

Here I am finishing the 5K race. The Jingle Bell Run was a great race. It was

really neat to hear the bells jingling through out the race. From the starting

line to about mile 1 it was crowded with a lot of dogs and strollers that you

had to watch out for along with any holes in the street. My mom and I

started out together but I feel behind. This is the first race that I only

walked three times during the race. My finish time was 41 minutes and 19

seconds.

Monday's workout

2009-12-23T00:33:00.003-06:00

I went up to the gym today for a training session. Ryan the trainer had me do pull ups, dips, small step lunges holding 15 pound weights in my hands, rows, and seated shoulder presses. It was a good workout. Then I headed upstairs to the treadmill and did 25 minutes for 1.4 miles.

Saturday's workout

2009-12-20T16:29:00.001-06:00

Saturday my mom and I went down to Luke's Locker to register for the Jingle Bell Race next Tuesday night. My mom and I will be doing the 5K race and my dad and Allie will be doing the 1 mile race. When we got back from registering all of us my mom asked me if I wanted to take a walk with her since it was so nice out. So we walked throughout the neighborhood paths. We ended up doing about 4 miles.

Swinging into the holiday season

2009-12-20T16:07:00.005-06:00

My mom and I went up to the gym to do our Jillian workout, it had been a couple weeks since we had done one due to a busy weekend last week. My mom picked card number 5 and boy was it hard . Then afterwards we did cardio and my mom talked me into doing it outside instead of inside on the treadmill. So we came home from the gym and started out. We passed by a couple of kids on their bikes and said hello then afterwards they said " Do you know who that was. That's the cafeteria girl". That was neat to hear. We ended up doing 5.22 miles.

Busy School Project Week .....

2009-12-12T14:04:00.002-06:00

The last couple of weeks have been quite busy with getting final projects done for my classes. I haven't not worked out but just haven't blogged about them. Last Sunday was my workout with my mom and the Jillian workout cards. I was doing one of the exercises and another gym member was trying to tell me that I wasn't doing it correct and which type of exercise was I doing? We answered that we were doing a Jillian workout he decided to leave us alone with any more comments. Then we headed upstairs to have some treadmill time.

Tuesday after class I decided to go to the gym afterwards and just do the treadmill but was having some issues no water (I forgot to bring some with me and my throat being a little sore) so I only lasted 15 minutes.

Friday- went to the gym to do some cardio and was quite disappointed that my ipod didn't have a full battery so I wasn't able to record my full workout. I have challenged myself to run/walk 40 miles in 5 weeks my deadline is January 2, so I still have some time to be able to finish this. I ended up doing 3 miles of running/walking.

Another Workout

2009-11-28T10:56:00.002-06:00

I decided to head up to the gym today. I didn't think that it was going to be busy but I was wrong it was busy. I decided to do the weight machines today and concentrate on upper body. Lat pull down, rows, shoulder presses, fly machine bicep machine and tricep push down machine. Then afterward I headed up to the treadmills. The upstairs was the busiest so I just walked 20 minutes on the treadmill.

Fort Worth Turkey Trot

2009-11-26T16:07:00.007-06:00

This year my mom and I decided to do the Fort Worth Turkey Trot instead of the Dallas Turkey Trot that we have done the last two years. We just didn't want to have to deal with the crowds in Dallas and Fort Worth was a 10K instead of 8 miles. After finding a spot to park and walked up to where the race would start we noticed that it was 48 degrees outside.

Starbucks was giving out free cups of coffee and another store was giving out hot chocolate. Hmm that was a hard decision since I like both of them but I picked the hot chocolate (bigger cup) over Starbucks.
Along the race route...
I was glad to see the mile markers only 2.6 miles to go....
This is the second race that my mom and I stayed together throughout the race. She pushed me to run for 6 minutes and walk for 3 minutes except when there was a hill and then I walked up it. We finished it in 1:24:10 and my mom got third place in her age group Way to go Mom!!

Another Training Session!

2009-11-24T14:30:00.002-06:00

Today was lower body workout. I started off at the leg press machine, leg raises,step ups, lunges, wall sits and calf raises. My legs were tired by the time the session was over. Then I headed upstairs to do about 30 minutes on the treadmill. I did 5 minutes of walking with 6 minutes of running three times (after 4 minutes I had to tell myself that I only had 30 seconds left four times).

Monday's workout

2009-11-24T14:21:00.004-06:00

At the gym I go to I had signed up for monthly training sessions and so after a year of doing this off and on. I decided to cancel them but I have 9 sessions to use up before I lose them so I scheduled a session with a trainer that I haven't used since he had an opening and the other two trainers that had openings I have used before and didn't like them. We did upper body today which was good. It was more like a circuit style workout. We did shoulder presses, bicycles (3 sets) then moved on to lat pull downs with my hands facing me with bench dips (3 sets) pushups (first set was regular pushups which I could do 5 and the other 5 I didn't come all the way down for the first set and then modified push ups for the last two sets) and plank (3 sets), ab work flutter kicks , touching right hand to left leg raising shoulders off the ground, (3 sets) moved on to back extensions and mountain climbers (3 sets) and then moved on to the bicep curl machine only I was trying to keep the trainer from pulling the handles down. Then when I was done with the session I went to try and do 20 minutes on the step machine (I only lasted 10 minutes no wonder I don't use this cardio machine a whole lot since I don't really like it.)

Monday

2009-11-24T14:21:00.001-06:00

Busy Weeks

2009-11-22T21:19:00.002-06:00

It has been a while since I have blogged due to some crazy couple of weeks of school work. The semester is almost over and so that means projects are starting to be due. Hopefully I can get some things done while I am off from work and then I won't have to worry about the due dates sneaking up on me and only having a couple of hours of sleep.
My mom and I had went up to the gym today to do the Jillian workout we did workout #2 this week and it wasn't that difficult. The crabwalks and reverse planks I just wanted to not do since they put pressure on my wrists but ended up doing them but not as many as the card said to do them. Then when we were finished with the workout we did the box jumps. I am using the step that you using in aerobics and have raised it up with 7 of the legs on it. Then we headed up to the treadmill to do some cardio which I was having problems doing for some reason my chest started to hurt and made breathing kind of hard hopefully I am not coming down with a cold. I was pretty bummed this afternoon since I didn't make my goal of running 30 miles in four weeks but when I logged on to Nike plus it let me extend it for a week so I have 5.87 miles to go before I hit 30 miles which I will probably have it done before the week is over.

Sunday's workout

2009-11-10T23:06:00.003-06:00

For the last couple of Sunday's I have been using Jillian's workout cards. This Sunday I was really tired and decided to just go up to the gym and use the treadmill. I decided that I was going to walk for 5 minutes and run for 5 minutes. When the running time came my brain was telling me that I couldn't do it at 2.5 minutes so I started telling myself that I only had 30 seconds left and then another 30 seconds in till I got to five minutes. I hope I wasn't talk out loud to myself if I did I don't think anyone noticed since the gym only had a few people using the treadmills. I ended up with 3.33 miles. Hopefully I will be able to accomplish my goal of running 30 miles by November 22nd. Only 25 miles to go.....

Jillian Card workout without my mom

2009-11-01T20:49:00.002-06:00

My last workout was last week with my mom and we did workout number 9 card. Since we have gone through the week workout cards we have decided to just repeat them. So needless to say I got the cards together and went up to the gym without my mom (she is on a nice little trip). There were some exercises that I couldn't do the whole reps for but I know that I did one more than the last time. It's a whole lot easier to listen to your mind telling you that is all you can do but if you have a workout partner they are pushing you to try and do one more each time. I missed that this week. At the end of circuit one and two you had to do a one minute sprint on the treadmill at 7.0 speed I did it the first time and then I didn't really want to do it the second time( I talked myself into to doing it so that was a plus usually my brain wins out on stuff like this.) Then when I was done I headed upstairs to the treadmill but as I was walking up the steps my legs felt like real shaky so I hopped on the elliptical machine and did 20 minutes on it.

Jillian Workout Card #8

2009-10-18T12:38:00.002-05:00

This card was a lot of upper body and some lower body.
The first circuit was dumbbell presses, dumbbell flys on the body ball with crunches, dropsies( where you are standing on a bench and and you drop your leg down but not touchy the ground), jump squats and then jump rope for 2 minutes ( I only lasted a minute).
The second circuit close grip push ups, frog push ups suppose to do 10 reps but could only do 5 , bench dips, and one leg squats
Third Circuit pike push up ( I was able to do all 10 reps.) static lunges with lateral shoulder presses, side lunges with shoulder raises, jump rope for 2 minutes ( only did a minute)
Fourth circuit sumo squats with tricep extension, tricep kickbacks, ball crunches, boat pose (only could do it for 30 seconds)
Fifth circuit chair pose, extended plank suppose to do for 1 minute but could only do for 5 minutes, side plank hold for 1 minute could only hold for 10 minute, mountain climbers for a minute ( and could only do it for 10 minutes) bicycle crunches 100 repetitions,
Then we did jumps on a step I was able to do 10 and then raised it and did 10 more and then did side jumps and was able to do 10 of those.

Jillian Card #7 Workout

2009-10-11T16:29:00.002-05:00

Gosh this one was a lot of leg work and didn't seem easy like last weeks workout. I did try to encourage my mom during one exercise card and had her try the burpees for 10 seconds instead of just skipping that one. I did try to do every exercise even if I could do only a few reps for instance the scorpion push up I could only do 3 or 4, the burpees I could do only 4 (she has you start out in plank position, jump to a squat and then jump in the air and then come down in a squat back to the plank). I almost can do the jump squats correctly so that is something that I know I need to improve on. The other exercise I didn't do was a pylo push up where you clapped your hands together in the air, I did regular push ups three sets of 7 instead.

Week in Review

2009-10-11T16:16:00.002-05:00

Tuesday I went up to the gym after my class and did my walk/run program on the treadmill for 22 minutes for 1.33 miles. I wasn't feeling that great mostly was exhausted so I made deal with myself that I could go for 20 minutes and if I was still tired then I would quit.

Friday I went up to the gym to do cardio. I have been dealing with bad allergies so haven't felt that great during the week. I was really tired and thought that maybe working out with give me some energy. I was wrong I lasted for 15 minutes on the treadmill for 1.01 miles (of course I couldn't use my nike plus because I forgot to put the piece that fits on my ipod back on the ipod.)

I can't believe that I have logged 54.32 miles from August 7th to October 6th.

Sunday's Workout

2009-10-04T16:01:00.002-05:00

It is Sunday which means that it Jillian's workout cards with my mom today. We had decided to go in order from week 1 to week 9 so today's would have been week 5 but we had all ready done this one before so decided to move onto week 6. We didn't have any problems with this one and were able to do all of it. One of the exercises we had to do was the jump squat and I was able to do one more than the previous time.

Vineyard Run and New PR

2009-10-04T00:10:00.004-05:00

On Friday night my mom asked me if I wanted to run the vineyard race with her. My Saturday was going to be quite busy with Allie having Orchestra All District Tryouts and then a soccer game but then again both of those got cancelled due to her being sick with Strep throat. So with the activities cancelled I agreed to run this race with my mom. The Vineyard race was in Grapevine Texas at the Delaney Vineyard (this is where the race started and ended). Along the way there were a couple of hills who would of thought of that looking at the race map. I had my plan in my head that I was going to walk/run. I started out trying to run a whole mile without stopping but fell short of that (there is always next time). I didn't really time the walk/run intervals I was mainly relying on how I felt. I could see my mom up ahead of me and I actually caught up to her again a little bit before the last mile. The last part of the race was downhill so I took advantage of that and pulled ahead of my mom. I finished the race at 39.40 chip time (Nike + 39.39).

Just another Monday

2009-09-28T22:54:00.002-05:00

Distance 2.49
Time 40.01
Pace: 16.01
I had talked with Jenny about having problems getting in my workouts. She helped see that there were times that I could go even if I was tired. We talked about it and came up with a plan for me that was doable and that I would just have to do it or get up earlier in the morning to do it ( I'm not really a morning person so I voted for the evening workouts). Last week came and went with me getting in two workouts which I didn't like but am not going to beat myself up about that. This week I made a promise with myself that I would try to get in the workouts that Jenny and I talked about so today I packed my workout clothes so I could go straight to the gym after class, if I went home to get them I probably wouldn't have gone out to the gym. I got to the gym and went to change and then went upstairs to the treadmills. I was really feeling sluggish so plugged in 39 minutes in the Nike+ so that way I couldn't talk myself into doing less time. I walked more than I ran tonight due to being tired. Then I went home and uploaded my workouts for September into the Nike + website and found out that I am just two workouts away from accomplishing my goal of running/walking 10 times in the month so I know what I am going to be doing before Thursday. I would really like to get my medal for accomplishing this goal, I know its not about the rewards that Nike + gives you on their website that it is about me setting goals and then accomplishing them for myself.

Workout Session with My Mom

2009-09-27T16:51:00.002-05:00

My mom and I did workout 4 from Jillian's Hot Bod in a Box workout cards. This week had us doing a lot of upper body with some leg work and ab work. We had to do We had to do 20 jump lunges on both legs I could only do 10 per leg, butt kicks for a minute I did them for 45 seconds, boat pose for 30 seconds with legs bent and reverse plank for a minute I did only 10 seconds before my left wrist started to hurt. Some of the cards can be quite confusing and we did have a couple of discussions on how to do the cards. I was even thinking about emailing her to let her know that but have decided that maybe I should check her book out at the library to see if it gives more information in the book than the cards before emailing her.

Tuesdays workout

2009-09-24T23:16:00.002-05:00

I decided to wear my workout clothes to class tonight and then I could go straight to the gym after class. I got to the gym and headed upstairs to the treadmill. I had the book The Giver to read for another class so thought that I could walk on the treadmill and read the book. I found out that I can't do that I was feeling very dizzy while reading just one page so I put the book down and cranked up the music on my ipod. I think that I did about thirty minutes on the treadmill. I will have to look at my Nike + sight to see how far I did.

Sunday- Workout Cards

2009-09-20T17:58:00.003-05:00

My mom and went up to the gym and did workout #3 with Jillian's workout cards. We had to do scorpion push ups(these were hard),dumbbell flys on a body ball,hack squats, jump squats, decline dumbbell presses, dumbbell flys, squat thrusts (kind of hard), side lunges, close grip push ups(very hard), plank ups (very hard), jump squats, one-leg squats, jumping jacks, military shoulder press, squat swings, knee tuck jumps (kind of hard had to modify this one), static lunges with lateral shoulder presses, reverse crunches and boat pose for 3o seconds.
Then we had to sprint for 30 seconds perform 5 over 5 minutes and then she had run for 30 seconds on and 30 seconds off at 9.0 mph and so we were confused on what we were supposed to do so I decided to run for 30 second on and 30 seconds off at 8.0 mph. on the treadmill for 3 times.
I'm glad that I tried this card and hopefully the next time we do this card the hard exercises will not seem so hard.

Race for the Children Report

2009-09-20T14:22:00.004-05:00

These 2 pictures were taken after the race in front of Lewisville's City Hall.

This week we had sunny skies for the race. I had forgotten my watch so that I could walk for a few minutes and run for a few minutes. I started out running and did this for five minutes straight and then took a walk break. My mom had pulled ahead of me but I could still see her. I hadn't realized that parts of Old Town Lewisville could have hilly places. There were about four hills in the race. After mile two I caught up to my mom and then at one point I was ahead of her. I finished the race at 41:10 at new PR.

Sunday's workout

2009-09-15T21:57:00.002-05:00

Sunday: I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do since my mom was out of town, do I do a Jillian workout that we have done together, do I do a new one or do I do something else. Well I looked at the cards and saw that one of the workouts didn't seem to hard so I pulled all the cards together that I would need and then went up to the gym to do it. It felt kind of strange doing the cards by myself but I did get it done.
I also did 20 minutes of cardio as well. Then I looked on the race website to see if they had posted the running times and they had and guess what I finished under 42 minutes. My chip time was 41:49.63 with a 13:28 pace so was very excited to see that.

Run for Recovery Race Report

2009-09-12T11:39:00.008-05:00

My mom and I had signed up for this race a couple weeks ago. Yesterday it had been raining off and on. I had asked my mom if it was raining would she be doing this race and she said well I don't know. My response was that you could just walk it. We started out together and then we separated. I normally don't have a plan when I run a race but this time my plan was to walk 5 minutes and run 2 minutes. There was some times where I ran more minutes than I walked. I finally caught up to my mom and her friend Maggie and then got ahead of them. This is the first race that I have finished before my mom which I was very excited about. I finished the race in 42 minutes which is also a PR for me.

Sunday and Monday's workout

2009-09-09T17:01:00.003-05:00

Sunday my mom and I went up to the gym after Allie's soccer game and did another one of Jillian's cards. The card I picked was workout #2 and it seemed really hard. I guess it was because I was tired from sitting out in the heat watching her game or it could of been that we got home late from going to the Lewisville Rodeo the night before. This workout had us doing a lot of lunges,some squats and a couple of crab walks and reverse planks.

Monday I went up to the gym for cardio. I decided that I was going to run on the treadmill and did a 5K for the distance using the Nike+. I ended up doing 5.17K in
48:01 minutes.
I haven't been up to the gym since then with having class yesterday and then not feeling up to it. I have been very tired the last couple of day.

Workout for the week update

2009-09-05T11:47:00.003-05:00

This week classes started and am still trying to figure out how to fit everything in. I went up to the gym after class on Tuesday night but was just exhausted so I talked myself into 15 minutes on the treadmill and if I was still tired then I could go home well I did a mile in just over 15 minutes.
Then on Wednesday had a training session and did biceps and chest and ab work. My trainer is trying to get me to do more cardio time but just am not sure how to fit any more time in. So needless to say this week I only worked out four times this week hopefully next week I will have figured out a schedule that will work.

Last Week's Update

2009-08-30T13:21:00.002-05:00

Last Sunday- my mom and I started using Jillian Michael's Hot Bod in a Box which is very hard but felt like it was a good workout.
Tuesday- Training session with Carl did lower body and some upper body and 30 minutes of cardio.
Wednesday- I went up and did treadmill finished a 5k in 42 minutes so felt good about that but was very tired from starting back to work so walked for 5 minutes and then I ran for 2 minutes and then walked for a couple of minutes and run for 2 minutes.
Thursday- Training Session with Carl upper body with some ab work and 30 minutes of cardio.
Saturday- I did an hour on the elliptical.
I'm trying to get back on a schedule so that I can still workout 6 days a week but will take 5 days. I will have to see how next week goes since I start school as well.

Using Workout Cards

2009-08-30T13:16:00.003-05:00

My mom decided to buy Jillian Michael's Hot Bod in A Box workout cards since we had both stoped our training sessions at the gym. Last week I picked which workout we were going to do but this week my mom picked the workout and we did workout number 1.
After the first two circuits we had to go up to and run for a minute at a speed of 7.0 which I did but felt like I couldn't catch my breath after it. Overall I felt like it was a good workout and then I finished up with 15 minutes on the elliptical machine.

Thursday -Another Training Session

2009-08-21T10:55:00.002-05:00

My mom and I went up to the gym together we both had training sessions but at different times hers was after mine. Today was leg day. I did leg extensions, squats, one leg lunges, calf raises, step ups when my time was up my legs were feeling a little wobbly. Then it was cardio time, so I headed upstairs to the treadmills and did my walk run program. The firs couple of running times my legs were feeling a little tired.

Tuesday Training

2009-08-19T17:45:00.002-05:00

I tried a new trainer out on Tuesday. I went up to the gym and had a really good workout, it was upper body. He had me on some machines that I hadn't ever used before. He had me use the pull up machine and didn't know if I could do the machine. I hadn't used that machine since I had broken my wrist so was kind of leery to use the machine but tried it and did three sets of 12 so was very proud about. I also liked that he had me do core work as well. I set up two more training session for next week with him.
After the training session I went up and did cardio. I have moved onto the third week which is run 4 minutes and walk 5 minutes and repeat this four times with a 5 minute warm up and cool down. Towards the end I had to rest a couple of times during the 4 minute running part but I think part of that was my brain telling me that I can't do this so will see when I do this the next time.

Moving onto the second week of running program

2009-08-09T18:09:00.003-05:00

I went up to the gym with my mom today. I wasn't sure if I was going to start the second week of the program that I started last week. So I started nike+ program on the ipod and started with my warm up. The difference between the treadmill and the ipod is that the treadmill has a higher distance but slower time than the nike+program so I tend to use the time on the treadmill to keep up with the intervals and look at the distance on the ipod evntually will just use the time and distance on the ipod. The Second weeks program is 5 minute warm up and then walk for 5 minutes and run for 3 minutes and then repeat this for 4 times. I was able to get through the first 3 minutes of running and then when the second time came around my brain was trying to tell me that my legs were tired and that I couldn't run for 1 more minute but talked my self into finishing the minute since by then I had 30 seconds left. Towards the end of the program my legs were feeling very tired.
I finished this in 34 minutes for 2.04 miles with an 16:38 pace.

Week 1 Walk/run program finished

2009-08-08T16:19:00.005-05:00

I just started using the Nike+ with my IPod and love it. I have missed listening to Zac Brown Band radio station on Pandora while I've been working out but I don't miss the interuption of my phone going off while working out. I went up to the gym with my mom today and did cardio today. I normally punch in my time that I want to do on the treadmill but instead used the custumized button on Nike+ and did the 5k program. I think I may just use this since you can pause your workout if you have to use the bathroom and then can start where you paused it instead of starting over using the treadmill as the program.
I did finish week 1 of the new training program that I am doing to help me become a runner. Next week I move onto week 2 which is walking for 5 minutes and running for 3 minutes. I have also joined a challenge on the Nike+ website called Run Run to see how many miles you can run in a month so should be intresting to see how many miles I can do for this challenge.

Weekly Update

2009-08-07T14:29:00.003-05:00

I was looking at the Jan/Feb. issue of Women's Running Magazine and found a walk/run program in it. There were a couple of other programs as well. So I decided to start this program.
On Sunday I went up to the gym with my mom and picked out a treadmill since some of the treadmills at the gym squeak the whole time you are on it. I started out with 5 minutes warm up and then 5 minutes walking and 2 minutes running. I did this four times.
Monday- I had a training session with Mark and did lower body,and core workout.Some of the lower body exercises were squats, lunges, step ups, more squats, wall squats with the ball. no cardio today.
Tuesday- cardio treadmill. I did the running program. Somewhere along the workout I was trying to figure out the time with walking for 5 minutes and running for 2.
Wednesday- training session with Mark did upper body, shoulders,triceps, biceps,back, and of course core bicycles, flutter kicks, crunches,plank, and then finished up with squats but was using a medicine ball and throwing it against the wall as I was coming up from the squat and then catching it as I was going into the squat. Then I went and did 7 minutes on the treadmill(my legs cramped up) and then went and finished up on the bike.
Thursday- didn't workout
Friday- I got to the gym before my training session and did my cardio and the running program. It seems like after the third running segment that my legs feel heavier and that I want to stop but talk myself into hanging on for a couple of more minutes. Then today was lower body workout. Started out with ball squats then did single leg lunges then did bicycle then did the squat with the medicine ball from Wednesday's workout and then did a couple of other leg exercises and then finished up with some ab. exercises crunches, bicycle (for a minute), leg raises and then another one of the squat with medicine ball.
I have also finally gotten my Nike+ sensor to work so am excited about that since now I will be able to track my walk/run sessions and then will be able to see on Nike+.

Back into Blogging Again

2009-07-28T21:37:00.004-05:00

To my friends and family who follow my blog. I haven't slacked off with my workouts even if I would try. I really like my new trainer Mark even if he makes me do ab exercises every session and then cardio afterward. Some days I just want to go to the gym and do the training session and then not do cardio for the day. Then when the session is over he will ask if I've done my cardio for the day. I have started to do cardio six days a week except last week I only got to the gym five days but hey that's better than not going at all. Last night Allie went up to the gym with me while I did 40 minutes of cardio. I am trying to do between 30 and 45 minutes of cardio per day. Sunday I went up to the gym with my mom and did 40 minutes on the treadmill. I had started on a treadmill close to my mom but got the squeaky treadmill so I switched treadmills then I accidentally hit the stop button on the handle and then had to start over. That is just bugs me. Today I had a training session with Mark we did legs and crunches, flutter kicks, bicycles, straight leg sit ups, plank,lunges, squats, step ups, calf raises,jack knife sit ups. That didn't seem like I had done a whole lot during the session. Then I finished up with cardio 10 minutes on the treadmill and then 2o or 3o minutes on the bicycle.

Monday Training Session

2009-07-21T15:20:00.002-05:00

I had gotten up to the gym early before my training session to do cardio. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical machine for 1.28 miles. Then had my training session with Mark. We did upper body (chest,back,shoulders,triceps,biceps) and then finished up with ab exercises.Then when I was done with my session I went up and finished up my cardio. I did another 25 minutes on the elliptical machine for 1.76 miles.

Total Miles: 3.04 miles

Friday and Saturday's Workout

2009-07-21T15:08:00.006-05:00

I went up to the gym on Friday to do some cardio wasn't sure which machine I was going to use since most of the time it depends on how busy the gym is. I was able to get a treadmill and punched in the manual program and then punched in my time of 45 minutes.I had to pause the treadmill to tie my shoe and when I thought I had hit the start button but instead had hit the stop button so I had to restart the treadmill back up and so for the second time I punched in 40 minutes. I was walking for 3 minutes and running for 2 minutes.

15:16 for .97 miles with an average pace of 15:47
42:00 for 2.68 miles with an average pace of 15:47

Saturday's workout:
On Saturday I had a training appointment with Mark we did a whole body workout which was hard but that's what I need if I want to lose the fat and gain muscles. Then afterwards I went upstairs to do cardio. I did 65 minutes on the elliptical machine for 4.58 minutes

Total miles for the week:
Treadmill:11.4 miles
Treadmill,Elliptical,Bike:20.24

Wednesday and Thursday

2009-07-17T17:52:00.005-05:00

This week has been a busy week but not too busy to not workout. On Wednesday was cardio day for me so I went up to the gym in the evening and was able to get a treadmill not to close to the squeaky treadmill. I was feeling kind of sluggish so I hit the manual button and pushed in 35 minutes. I decided to go ahead and walk for 3 minutes and run for 2 minutes to see how it felt. It was a little tough since my legs were still sore from Tuesday's workout with Mark On my last minute of running I put the speed up to 4.9 and actually did it. I ended up with 37 minutes for 2.33 miles with an average pace of 15:47.

Thursday: I had a training session with Mark which we did back, shoulders, triceps, biceps and then we ran out of time so I had to do abs by myself and cardio as well. Mark suggested some exercises to do for abs and how many to do for a set. So I decided to get the cardio done with before doing the abs. I got on the treadmill and punched in 40 minutes in the manual setting and walked 3 minutes at 3.4 and ran 2 minutes at 4.2 and my last minute I ran at 4.8 speed. I ended up doing 42 minutes for 2.58 miles with an average pace of 16:12

Total Miles for the week:
7.79 (walk/run miles)
12.01 (for both bike and walk/run miles)

Traning Session and Cardio

2009-07-14T22:53:00.002-05:00

Last week I decided that I should try and get one more workout with the trainer so this week I have three sessions with Mark instead of two. Today I had a training session with Mark. We worked on legs and abs today and boy was it a hard workout. I was sweating after one exercise. He had me do some walking lunges and then followed by 30 squats and then some more lunges. I also did leg extensions, wall squats and then some crunches and finished up with bicycle crunches for a minute.
After my training session I went upstairs to do cardio and really tried to do it on the treadmill but my legs were really feeling like jello and I didn't want to fall off the treadmill so I decided to use the bike for my cardio session for 30 minutes and got 4.22 miles in.

Miles for the week: 2.88 (7.1 including bike miles)

Second Week- Sunday's workout

2009-07-14T22:39:00.001-05:00

I was mentally talking myself out of going up to the gym. I had been chatting with a good friend for a while and we ended with her being quite bossy and telling me I needed to get up to the gym. (Thanks for the push that I needed).
When I got to the gym I headed upstairs and was able to get a treadmill. I decided to listen to Pandora Internet radio while I worked out. Pandora is an app that I have on my IPhone and it is really quite neat you can put in an artist, song or composer and it will come up with a radio station that has songs that are similar to what you have inputted in your search. I was listening to Bowling For Soup Radio. I decided to walk for 3:50 and run for 1:10 minutes and the last ten minutes of my workout I walked 3 minutes and ran 2 minutes. I did this for 47 minutes and had an average pace of 16:12 and did 2.88 miles.

Miles for the week: 2.88

Week in Review

2009-07-11T17:30:00.002-05:00

I have managed to workout 6 days this week but haven't been on the computer to blog about my workouts.
Tuesday:
I was up at the gym to do cardio on the treadmill. I had the incline set at 1.5 and did 45 minutes for 2.66 miles with a 16:40 average pace. I again walked 4 minutes and ran 1 minute.
Wednesday:
I had an appointment with Mark for a training session and man was it a hard workout. We worked on shoulders, biceps, triceps and then finished up with some ab work. By the time the training session was up I was starting to feel very tired but also had made up my mind to do cardio after the session was over. I did 15 minutes on the treadmill for .85 miles with an average pace of 17:38. I had did 5 minutes on the elliptical machine before my session so did a total of 20 minutes of cardio.
Thursday:
I went up to the gym with my mom to do do cardio. I wanted to use a different cardio machine today so I worked out on the ellipitcal machine. I normally get bored after 20 minutes on this machine or my toes start to feel numb. I did 45 minutes on the machine for 2.5 miles.
Friday:
I didn't workout today but can I count lifting heavy cages as a workout? I had helped my friend move her animals up to a friend's house for a while so with the unloading of the cages and carring them into the house felt like a workout but didn't count as one. So today was my day off from the gym.
Saturday:
The end of the week. I didn't really want to go to the gym today but there are going to be days like that and if you want to be healthy then push past that feeling and just go. I got ready to go to the gym and went up there with the mindset of if I'm still feeling like I don't want to be there after 20 minutes then I can go ahead and go home. Well needless to say I stayed for more time. When I got to the gym I headed upstairs to the treadmills there weren't that many empty ones left since 2 of them were out of order. I plug my headphones in to my phone to listen to music but was getting frustrated with having no sound and couldn't figure it out so started out with no music then my daughter called me to see if I had left yet so paused the treadmill to talk to her and then figured it out that the voulume button had been turned down. Then I started again on the treadmill with my music playing. A dear friend of mine had made me a cd of various country artists with one of my favorite songs from Sugarland called It Happens and Chicken Fried from Zac Brown Band. I have always hit the shuffle button so that I won't be tempted to keep pushing the back button to hear these two songs over and over. I ended up with 45 minutes on the treadmill for 2.69 miles with an average pace of 16:40. Towards the end of my workout I would walk for 3:50 minutes and run for 1:10 minutes. I am thinking that I may just gradually increase the time I run by 10 or 20 minutes to eventually I hit my goal of running a mile without stopping to walk.
Total Miles for the week
12.99 (not including elliptical miles)
15.49 (including the elliptical miles)

Just another Monday

2009-07-06T23:21:00.002-05:00

What is the deal with not telling someone that they have put you with a different trainer, well that happened to me tonight Mark wasn't able to be there for the session so he got another trainer to take the session but didn't call to let me know. I didn't catch the trainers name but he was nice even though I have seen him at the gym and didn't really want to train with him but thought to myself that I would give him a chance plus I needed a good workout (if I would have done it by myself it would have been an easy workout). Today was leg day and so he had me doing a couple of different exercises on different machines, each exercise I did between 2 and 3 sets, in between the sets he had me doing some crunches, bridges, plank( I held it for 1 minute very proud of myself), superman and holding it for one minute, and then finished up with back extensions. Overall this wasn't a bad workout.
After my training session I went up to do some cardio, I really wanted to use the treadmill but most of them were being used except for one so I hop on the treadmill and hit the manual button to make the machine go but it would not turn on so I hopped off the machine and went on the elliptical as I was just starting this workout someone was finished with a treadmill so I got off the elliptical machine and took that treadmill. I knew that I had to do at least 2o minutes of cardio since it was a training session day but also had told myself that if I felt like I could do more than I needed to do at least 30 minutes. I kept with the walking 4 minutes at 3.4 speed and running 1 minute at 4.1 speed. I ended up doing 35 minutes on the treadmill for 2.06 miles with an average pace of 17:08.
I also got new running shoes they are Nike Air Pegasus and also the Asics gel but am thinking that I may take those back since they are now rubbing my feet but I didn't notice that when I was trying them on.

MILES FOR THE WEEK: 4.69

2009-07-05T14:21:00.003-05:00

My mom had asked me if I wanted to go up to the gym and I said yes. When I got to the gym decided to do my cardio workout on the treadmill. I knew that I needed to get at least thirty minutes in so that was my goal for the workout. I would like to get back into running and being able to run a mile without stopping so I thought I would walk for four minutes and run for one minute. I started out walking at 3.4 speed for walking and bumped it up to 4.0 for the minute of running at an incline of 2. When I am usually working out on the treadmill I start to get bored and want to stop and do a different machine but not today maybe it was the music. I was listening to the Barlow Girls and Big Daddy Weave. I ended up doing 45 minutes on the treadmill.
2.63 miles
17.08 average min/mile

Second Training Session

2009-07-04T16:43:00.002-05:00

So I got to the gym a little early and went up and walked on the treadmill for 5 minutes thinking that may help my legs not feel so sore which it worked a little bit. Today we worked on upper body shoulders, triceps,biceps and abs. I got through two circuits before my time was up. On a couple of exercises he didn't have me use the same machines which was nice. We finished up the session doing ab exercises, plank, superman,crunches. He also said that he would like me to be doing more cardio like 7 days a week but then he said more like 5 days a week for 30 to 45 minutes when I didn't have a training session and 20-25 minutes when I had a training session. I guess I had a look on my face because then he said you can even break it up into two sessions of cardio. So after the training session I headed upstairs and did 20 minutes on the elliptical machine.
I schedule two more sessions next week.

Thursday July 2nd

2009-07-03T17:29:00.001-05:00

Today I had a training session with a new trainer his name is Mark. My mom had a session with Mark and had come home and said that she thought he was really good. I knew that I needed to start using my sessions not much use if they are just piling up and not being used. The session was a good one we did exercises for the whole body as a test to see what I could do. Through out the session he kept telling me that I had good form and that I was strong ( I didn't even know that I had good form or considered myself strong so that was very surprising.) I signed up for another session on Saturday.

Last week's update

2009-06-30T11:09:00.003-05:00

Last week I went to the gym on Thursday with my mom we just did cardio. I did about 20 minutes on the treadmill and then jump on the elliptical machine in till my mom was done with her workout and then I went and stretched some.

On Saturday I went up to the gym and just did the elliptical machine for 20 minutes on the interval setting and it felt hard when I was doing that. Then I realized that I also need to get back into working out with the weights so I did some exercises. The gym was busy so I decided to head home.

Then on Monday I decided that I needed to get back to working out with a trainer since I have all ready paid for the seasons and they are just sitting there being wasted so I have a session on Thursday. There were so many trainers to pick from even though I knew that there were two trainers that I would not sign back up with. I think that I will just sign up with a couple of different trainers and then decide which one I like and then try and just use that trainer for the rest of my sessions.

Estes Park 10 K Race

2009-06-15T18:53:00.002-05:00

Sunday June 14, 2009.
My mom, Jenny and I had signed up for the 10K race while Mark had signed up for the Marathon. We set out from our condo at 4AM( that's way to early for a person who isn't a morning person). We had to drive through the Rocky Mountain National Park to get to Estes Park. The race started at the Estes Park High School. My mom stayed with me through out the race. We walked up the hills and then jogged down the hills. The view through out the race was great. I finished with a time of 1:47:49. This wasn't a bad time since I hadn't really trained for it.

Last day of May

2009-05-31T22:54:00.002-05:00

I was talking with my sister Jenny tonight and she talked me into getting some cardio in today. I tried to get out of it but with Jenny she doesn't give you any excused reasons to get out of it. So I looked up when the gym was going to close which was 8 P.M. and was going to go up there and get my cardio in but instead something came up and then I decided to go outside and walk the trails. I started out and my shins decided that they were just going to burn the first mile. That's what I get for not working out in a few weeks.
Thank you Jenny for getting me out and doing some cardio. I did 1.88 miles in one hour. d

Training Session on Thursday

2009-05-01T15:43:00.000-05:00

I had another training session up at the gym on Thursday. I couldn't remember the time so I showed up a half hour earlier than the when the session was. I did do a mile on the treadmill and did that in 16:00 minutes. So it was leg day..
My trainer worked them hard they are still hurting as I write this blog. Well just the calf muscles are the only thing thats hurting. She had me doing a couple of calf raises, lunges, squats, toe taps(which works the muscles along the shins) and wall sits. By the time I was done with the session my legs felt like jello.

Sunday's workout

2009-04-26T15:49:00.000-05:00

My mom talked me into going up to the gym with her. I did thirty minutes on the eliptical machine and then went down and did twenty minutes on the rowing machine.
Then I also had time to do some weights and picked legs to concentrate on. Then I did an easy walk on the treadmill and got in 1 mile.

Back in the Gym

2009-04-25T19:32:00.003-05:00

Yesterday I had a training session up at the gym, it was going to be my first one since November. There was a little mix up and so I didn't get to work out with a trainer so instead I went up and did some cardio on the treadmill. I decided to run 2 minutes and walk 3 minutes and decided that I couldn't stop till I got to 1 mile. This was hard and I really wanted to stop but didn't since then I would have felt like I was disappointing myself by not getting to that goal. I finished it in 15:07.

Saturday's Workout
Yesterday I signed up for a training session for today so I got to the gym early so that I could warm up so I headed upstairs for the treadmill again. I did the same thing walk 3 minutes and run 2 minutes. My legs were trying to convince my brain that I needed to stop and walk more but I didn't give in. I finished my mile in 16:03 minutes a little slower than yesterday.
Then I went downstairs and worked out with the trainer her name is Cathy but goes by Cat. I haven't worked out with a female trainer so didn't know what to expect but decided to give it a try. We did upper body. She had me using a lot of the machines so that way we could change the weight up if needed to be (also so that it didn't irritate my wrist). I signed up for another session with her on Thursday.

I've Been Lazy

2009-04-10T13:13:00.003-05:00

Well actually I worked out last week and then this week I meet my friend up at Kids Kastle to set out for a walk. For my computer class I have had a couple of projects that have taken up most of my time (podcast audio editing project and a graphics editing project) and then of course the big project due at the end of the semester the web page. I have also had to blog on our class site so by the time I've gotten everything done my brain was screaming no more just take a break.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter.

Oh I also talked a friend into signing up for her first 5k at the end of May, she did say that was one of her goals for the year...

Back to working out

2009-03-17T12:38:00.002-05:00

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

A friend of mine joined my gym a couple weeks ago and had asked me if I wanted to work out with her. We were suppose to meet up yesterday but she cancelled on me and I decided that I had all ready set aside time to work out so I headed up to the gym.
I decided to 10 minutes on the treadmill and then 10 minutes on the elliptical.
I also did the fly machine both reverse and forward sitting. 3 sets each at 30 lbs
vertical row 20 lbs 3 sets of 8
High row 20 lbs each 3 sets of 8 (both hands together and then just right hand and then left hand.)
Today I did meet up with my friend at the gym. We did 15 minutes on the treadmill and 5 minutes on the elliptical and then headed down to work on legs
Squat machine, hamstrings and calf machine. That was all that my friend could handle since she started to not feel well after the calf machine. I did get her to do a couple of planks for 20 seconds.

Tag Your It

2009-01-30T22:33:00.002-06:00

My mom was tagged last week and asked for anyone to volunteer to be tagged so I am volunteering.
1. My favorite memory of 2008 had to be running the Disney half marathon with my mom and my three sisters to celebrate my mom's birthday. We all finished and have our medals as our souvenir's of the event. Also graduating college with my associates of arts and teaching degree.
2. My favorite movie of 2008 was gosh I don't have a favorite movie from 2008 between The Bucket List, Twilight, Four Christmases,Indiana Jones, Bolt, Mama Mia.
3. My favorite food I don't have a favorite food.
4. My favorite place in 2008 was spending Christmas in Florida with the whole family.
5. What I am looking forward to in 2009 is accomplishing goals I have set for myself and to also to pass the THEA test so that I can be accepting into the Teaching Department at Texas Women's University.
If you would like to volunteer to be tagged feel free to answer these questions on your blog.

1st workout of the new year

2009-01-11T18:54:00.002-06:00

Thanks Jenny for helping me get back out and run if it wasn't for you I think I would be slacking off for another couple of weeks maybe months. My last run workout was about three months ago and the last time I walked was on Thanksgiving Day but didn't think that I would be so out of breathe with running for one minute but I was. I had decided that I was going to do 2 miles for the day on my neighborhood path. I walked for 4 minutes and ran for 1 minute and finished it in 41 minutes. Hopefully it won't take me a long time till I will be running for a longer time.

Miles for the week: 2

New Year New Goals!

2009-01-04T22:46:00.002-06:00

As I looked back at my goals from 2008 and wondered why I had only accomplished a few of them. The more I thought about this the reason became clear to me that I wasn't motivated in accomplishing those goals. That I had either lost my focus or had made other things more important than those goals. So some of my goals for 2009 are going to the goals from 2008 that I didn't accomplish. Here are my goals

To run a mile without stopping

Run a 5k race under 40 minutes

To try an exercise class out at the gym (maybe yoga)

Hopefully 2009 will not fly by like 2008 did.

Hope everyone accomplishes their goals or resolutions in 2009!

YMCA TURKEY TROT 3 MILE RACE

2008-11-27T19:48:00.004-06:00

This year Allie, our two dogs(Cocoa and pumpkin), my dad and I walked the 3 mile race while my mom ran the 8 mile race. The staging area for both races were crowded, so I was hoping no one would bump into my left arm. The horn went off for the 3 mile race and it took us 20 minutes to cross the start line. This was my first race where I wasn't timed for the race. We passed the first mile and they did have the time displayed but it started when the 8 mile race starred. Both Pumpkin and Cocoa did really well. They didn't even bark or growl at the other dogs but they also didn't like the community doggie water bowl so they shared a cup of water. We crossed the finish line in about an hour and then headed over to the 8 mile finish line to cheer mom on but we missed her coming in. Here is a video that Allie took along the route.

A Nice Fall Day

2008-11-19T10:54:00.002-06:00

My mom suggested that I should take a walk with Cocoa. After a week off and of course with my wrist/arm in a splint I was a little hesitant to do that. I decided that I would go out and back on the city trails and that I would just stop at the half mile mark and turn around so my total miles would be 1 mile. I got to the half mile mark and talked myself into going farther. I made it to the 1 mile mark. Then headed home I really felt better when I was finished.

Miles for today/week: 2