Nor do I want to be one... please tell my PT (aka husband, Andy) so he will stop treating me like it.
As you may have noticed I went MIA. After my crazy event in Vegas I was hit by the flu bug and have finally rejoined the living just this week. Actually I'm still sick at night and in the mornings, but from what I was, Im a million bucks!
We started Insanity back up at work so Mondays and Wednesdays we have a group of us dying at 5pm for an hour. If you dont know what Insanity, please Google it so you can have a glimpse of what my body will be going through 2 days a week from now until June! I did my first session this past Wednesday and still cannot sit or go to the bathroom without being stuck for 3-5 seconds trying to use every hurting muscle to get up.
I also just officially signed up for my first Triathalon- Tri for the Cure March 20th.. its a mini one.. 400 yards swim, 8 mile bike ride and 2.2 mile run! I think I mentioned this before but I actually paid my dues today so now its official in my mind and the real training must begin!
I managed to run 3 miles today after a very long break and it hurt with every step from Insanity AND my time went way down again.. back to 11 min miles- oh well... it will get better from here!
On a side note, my PT (the true athlete, who wants to be one) just got his first sponsorship from strava.com for bike riding, this means free stuff, free memberships, free riding gear, free bike AND 25% off Garmins. Strava is a website mainly for bikers, but they have a running one too, that tracks your workouts and gives training advice to athletes (not me). It also connects you to fellow bikers/runners who workout the same routes as you and compares/competes you against each other. So Andy has been on this for a while now and has beaten all records (can you believe that? ha) so they decided to sponsor him as an Athlete (again, which I am not).
How does this benefit us you ask? Well if you want a free membership to it, I/he can get you that OR if you want a discount on a Garmin we can do that too.. just post a comment and I can hook it up!
Anyway... Its Friday and I'm so looking forward to a weekend of working out and training for the next big race! Happy Running!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Back to square one
After literally one week of not formally working out i.e. running, treadmill, elliptical etc. I am back at square one, week one, first run ever mentally.
Working a convention or any event beats you up. Going from meeting space to sleeping rooms back to meeting space over and over again (not through the back halls this time) I probably walked 5-10 miles a day from Thursday- Saturday last week. And danced my little (now big) butt off until 4am on Saturday night after the event in Las Vegas. This all counts right? According to my PT, Andy- its not cardio enough to make a difference-Party Pooper!
Im exhausted. I took 2 days off of work, did not workout and am still exhausted. I could probably fall asleep right now typing this if people wouldnt notice me slumped over on my desk.
Yesterday I got up to run, got dressed, Ipod on and everything and went back to bed for a 1/2 hour. When I got home from work, I passed out on the couch at 7:30pm and Andy nicely woke me up at 10pm to ask if I wanted to "go to bed". Im probably going to do the same tonight, except we have the kids and I will have to entertain until at least 9pm.
Tiredness and all, I got up this morning with my mind set on running 4 miles. After my water bottle fanny pack thingy sliding all the way down my legs and having to stop and re-adjust that, I headed out of our cul du sac. I couldnt even make it up our small hill without wheezing and gasping for air, that's when the mind took over AND I knew it was going to be a struggle. Excuse me body, but did you forget everything you learned in the past 4 months? One foot in front of the other makes you run???? To top it off, for some reason we were having a windstorm that made it even more challenging- so there I was tumbleweeds and all at 6am trying to run.
I managed to run/walk (yes i said it, back to walking) 2.63 miles in 28 minutes (BOO HISS)
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better equipment, mind, body and weather experience!
Working a convention or any event beats you up. Going from meeting space to sleeping rooms back to meeting space over and over again (not through the back halls this time) I probably walked 5-10 miles a day from Thursday- Saturday last week. And danced my little (now big) butt off until 4am on Saturday night after the event in Las Vegas. This all counts right? According to my PT, Andy- its not cardio enough to make a difference-Party Pooper!
Im exhausted. I took 2 days off of work, did not workout and am still exhausted. I could probably fall asleep right now typing this if people wouldnt notice me slumped over on my desk.
Yesterday I got up to run, got dressed, Ipod on and everything and went back to bed for a 1/2 hour. When I got home from work, I passed out on the couch at 7:30pm and Andy nicely woke me up at 10pm to ask if I wanted to "go to bed". Im probably going to do the same tonight, except we have the kids and I will have to entertain until at least 9pm.
Tiredness and all, I got up this morning with my mind set on running 4 miles. After my water bottle fanny pack thingy sliding all the way down my legs and having to stop and re-adjust that, I headed out of our cul du sac. I couldnt even make it up our small hill without wheezing and gasping for air, that's when the mind took over AND I knew it was going to be a struggle. Excuse me body, but did you forget everything you learned in the past 4 months? One foot in front of the other makes you run???? To top it off, for some reason we were having a windstorm that made it even more challenging- so there I was tumbleweeds and all at 6am trying to run.
I managed to run/walk (yes i said it, back to walking) 2.63 miles in 28 minutes (BOO HISS)
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better equipment, mind, body and weather experience!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Pharma and the Meeting Planner
Be proud.
Knowing this would probably be the only day to go, I actually made an effort (understatement) to workout.
I got on my workout gear and headed to the elevators.
Well, we are sharing the Rio All Suites Hotel (quality) with 3000 Pharmaceutcal Reps as they have a meeting in the convention center where we are having ours. If you didnt know this, Pharma companies only hire the best looking sales reps to sell their drugs. So with that knowledge, when I arrived at the elevators they were all waiting to take the elevators down to their convention.
There I was in my sporty workout outfit amongst the sea of well manicured well dressed with True Religion Jeans, Louis Vuitton bags, Manolos 2 inch heals waiting and trying not to breathe in fear I smelled like a brew pub from the beer and wine last night. I also pretended to be busy on my blackberry, catching up on Facebook so I wouldnt have to make eye contact with anyone. After about 7 minutes of every elevator being full, I thought I would take the stairs and get a head start on my workout.
I was not the only one. I opened the stairwell door and jumped in with all the other well dressed beautiful people who had the same idea. I felt like we were on an episode of Biggest Loser running down the stairs to win a challenge.
We finally got to the emergency exit doors. Everyone had stopped and was debating on opening the door because it said it was alarmed. I managed to work my way up to the door saying, they never put the alarms on and pushed opened the door and walked down another hallway with about 300 beautiful people behind me. They all continued to follow me through the back halls of the convention center. I heard a guy say, how does she know where shes going. I turned around and said because Im the meeting planner for the group after yours and know my way around this hotel.
Finally after 16 flights of stairs and a dozen hallways, I pushed open the last "emergency exit" door (without an alarm) to the meeting space where all the reps behind me had to be. They all thanked me and we went on our merry ways.
I am very proud to log
Today- 16 flights of stairs, 30 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minute walk around a convention center.
Knowing this would probably be the only day to go, I actually made an effort (understatement) to workout.
I got on my workout gear and headed to the elevators.
Well, we are sharing the Rio All Suites Hotel (quality) with 3000 Pharmaceutcal Reps as they have a meeting in the convention center where we are having ours. If you didnt know this, Pharma companies only hire the best looking sales reps to sell their drugs. So with that knowledge, when I arrived at the elevators they were all waiting to take the elevators down to their convention.
There I was in my sporty workout outfit amongst the sea of well manicured well dressed with True Religion Jeans, Louis Vuitton bags, Manolos 2 inch heals waiting and trying not to breathe in fear I smelled like a brew pub from the beer and wine last night. I also pretended to be busy on my blackberry, catching up on Facebook so I wouldnt have to make eye contact with anyone. After about 7 minutes of every elevator being full, I thought I would take the stairs and get a head start on my workout.
I was not the only one. I opened the stairwell door and jumped in with all the other well dressed beautiful people who had the same idea. I felt like we were on an episode of Biggest Loser running down the stairs to win a challenge.
We finally got to the emergency exit doors. Everyone had stopped and was debating on opening the door because it said it was alarmed. I managed to work my way up to the door saying, they never put the alarms on and pushed opened the door and walked down another hallway with about 300 beautiful people behind me. They all continued to follow me through the back halls of the convention center. I heard a guy say, how does she know where shes going. I turned around and said because Im the meeting planner for the group after yours and know my way around this hotel.
Finally after 16 flights of stairs and a dozen hallways, I pushed open the last "emergency exit" door (without an alarm) to the meeting space where all the reps behind me had to be. They all thanked me and we went on our merry ways.
I am very proud to log
Today- 16 flights of stairs, 30 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minute walk around a convention center.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Security Blanket
Everyone has a security blanket or something they do to make them feel better. OR a ritual when they run.Well mine is to have my water bottles.
My awesome water bottles not only wet my whistle in the dry Arizona air but they hold Heed- my ultimate energy boosting sports drink. Even on a 3min run I always have at least one bottle filled and will actually drink all of it during that short of time. I usually do not put Heed for the short runs because that would be an extra 100 calories to burn, so water is good enough.
I showed up for morning coffee (Andys bike team meets everyday for coffee and I go when I can) and they all laughed at all my water bottles and that they were all empty (that day I ran 7.6 miles so there!).. When Barb and went for 6 miles I had all 4 bottles filled up and Barb did not even have 1 so I told her she could borrow one of mine if she needed.
So for the last 2 runs I wanted to see if I could do a run without my security and didnt bring a water bottle. I did wear my fanny back thing to hold my phone and I-touch but just didnt have the water. It did NOT go very well. Yesterday I was dying of thirst at about mile 2 and I only had 1 to go so I managed and then today again I was wondering where my water bottles were and wished I had packed one.
Maybe one day I will not need a water for a 30 minute run, but from now on, I'm going to run with pride and my water bottles.
Log for a while (can you tell I have a major event that I've been working on? sorry for the lack of postings):
Saturday 6.13 miles under an hour with Barb
Sunday 30 minute swim (did I tell you Im training for a tri now?)
Monday Rest (no pumping iron)
Tuesday 2.6 miles (did not feel like running plus my pants kept falling down and I was annoyed so I came home early)
Today- 3.6 miles in actually 9.3 avg mile very nice!
I am in Vegas now and we will see how much running will take place between working 15 hours a day and drinking afterwards.
Happy Running!!!
My awesome water bottles not only wet my whistle in the dry Arizona air but they hold Heed- my ultimate energy boosting sports drink. Even on a 3min run I always have at least one bottle filled and will actually drink all of it during that short of time. I usually do not put Heed for the short runs because that would be an extra 100 calories to burn, so water is good enough.
I showed up for morning coffee (Andys bike team meets everyday for coffee and I go when I can) and they all laughed at all my water bottles and that they were all empty (that day I ran 7.6 miles so there!).. When Barb and went for 6 miles I had all 4 bottles filled up and Barb did not even have 1 so I told her she could borrow one of mine if she needed.
So for the last 2 runs I wanted to see if I could do a run without my security and didnt bring a water bottle. I did wear my fanny back thing to hold my phone and I-touch but just didnt have the water. It did NOT go very well. Yesterday I was dying of thirst at about mile 2 and I only had 1 to go so I managed and then today again I was wondering where my water bottles were and wished I had packed one.
Maybe one day I will not need a water for a 30 minute run, but from now on, I'm going to run with pride and my water bottles.
Log for a while (can you tell I have a major event that I've been working on? sorry for the lack of postings):
Saturday 6.13 miles under an hour with Barb
Sunday 30 minute swim (did I tell you Im training for a tri now?)
Monday Rest (no pumping iron)
Tuesday 2.6 miles (did not feel like running plus my pants kept falling down and I was annoyed so I came home early)
Today- 3.6 miles in actually 9.3 avg mile very nice!
I am in Vegas now and we will see how much running will take place between working 15 hours a day and drinking afterwards.
Happy Running!!!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Drivers
I think Drivers are my biggest fear when running. They are when I bike for sure but now while running too. I always stay on the sidewalk just because of that fear and because of something I witnessed when I was 16.
Around 6am in the morning, I was waiting for my friends to pick me up to go skiing when someone came knocking at our door. We answered the door expecting my friends but opened it to a man frantically saying call 911, call 911 and get a blanket. I cant remember who called 911 or who grabbed the blanket, but I do remember going to the end of our street and seeing shoes in the middle of the road about 20 feet back from the car, the cracked windshield and a lady laying on the ground from being hit by the mans car while running in the street. I will never forget how she was laying, the sound of her last breath nor the realization that it was our neighbor that lived right above us. So for this reason alone, I wear a bright colored top and run on the very inside of the sidewalk.
I get why runners like to run on the street because it is a pain in the ass to lift your leg a little higher when jumping up on a curb at a crosswalk but come on. Its also funny how you can tell the difference of drivers who work out vs. the ones who don't.
The drivers who workout tend to stop for as long as you need to get across the street or some anticiapte you crossing the street only to find out you turned the corner- I always wave to thank them anyway-
The non worker outters on the other hand, see you and push on the gas pedal so they dont have to wait. Have you ever looked inside the cars who go faster to get ahead of you? They tend to be on the heavier side especially the ones who do it to me each day when I cross the McDonalds parking lot in the morning, and YES they are heavier and yes I would give anything for their Egg McMuffin and Hash brown at that moment, but instead I just look at them, shake my head (sometimes give the bird) and laugh.
So next time you run, be careful on the streets, check out the drivers, then smile at the (large) morons who don't have patience to let you run in front of them before they devour their McD's.
Log for the past 2 days
Wednesday-3.07 miles avg 10:07 288 Kcals burned- 1 hour of pumping iron with my PT
Thursday-3.02 miles avg 10:05 359Kcals burned
Around 6am in the morning, I was waiting for my friends to pick me up to go skiing when someone came knocking at our door. We answered the door expecting my friends but opened it to a man frantically saying call 911, call 911 and get a blanket. I cant remember who called 911 or who grabbed the blanket, but I do remember going to the end of our street and seeing shoes in the middle of the road about 20 feet back from the car, the cracked windshield and a lady laying on the ground from being hit by the mans car while running in the street. I will never forget how she was laying, the sound of her last breath nor the realization that it was our neighbor that lived right above us. So for this reason alone, I wear a bright colored top and run on the very inside of the sidewalk.
I get why runners like to run on the street because it is a pain in the ass to lift your leg a little higher when jumping up on a curb at a crosswalk but come on. Its also funny how you can tell the difference of drivers who work out vs. the ones who don't.
The drivers who workout tend to stop for as long as you need to get across the street or some anticiapte you crossing the street only to find out you turned the corner- I always wave to thank them anyway-
The non worker outters on the other hand, see you and push on the gas pedal so they dont have to wait. Have you ever looked inside the cars who go faster to get ahead of you? They tend to be on the heavier side especially the ones who do it to me each day when I cross the McDonalds parking lot in the morning, and YES they are heavier and yes I would give anything for their Egg McMuffin and Hash brown at that moment, but instead I just look at them, shake my head (sometimes give the bird) and laugh.
So next time you run, be careful on the streets, check out the drivers, then smile at the (large) morons who don't have patience to let you run in front of them before they devour their McD's.
Log for the past 2 days
Wednesday-3.07 miles avg 10:07 288 Kcals burned- 1 hour of pumping iron with my PT
Thursday-3.02 miles avg 10:05 359Kcals burned
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Personal Trainer
Happy New Year!!!!
I am posting today when I should be running, but 2 things, 1- I havent posted in a while and 2-Its been 4 days of sleeping in and running at awesome times in the morning so I just didnt feel like bearing the cold today. (Yes midwesterners it is cold here 32-38 degrees in the morning)
Dont tell my newly self-appointed Personal Trainer (aka Andy Gracyalny) or he will be very disappointed. Yes thats right, Andy has taken on the role of making sure I dont miss a day of "training". Not sure what I am "training" for, since I had to bag out of the PF Changs in Phoenix because of work (long story). But he is keeping me motivated or giving me guilt whichever- they both work to get my butt up and moving everyday- I keep telling him that I am running to lose weight and not to win a marathon, but that does not matter, and I have to beg and reason with him on my "rest" days- and according to my book, I DO get 2 rest days a week. Accoording to my PT I may get a half day at most.
Heres the run down of the last 4 days-
Friday- 7.6 miles in 32 degree weather- felt great - cant remember the time but I know I burned over 800 Kcals and ate well over 1000 cals to make up for it.
Saturday- Rode the bike trainer inside for 40 mins- I was hungover and didnt feel like getting bundled up to run outside, justification, I havent cross trained in a while and it felt good to get on the bike again.
Sunday-3.68 miles in a little warmer degrees because I went at noon
Monday- My old rest day- went to the gym with my PT and the 1000other new years resolution folk. I did free weights with all the hotties for an hour all with my PT putting on more weights and telling me to push through the pain- Joy!
Today- well my PT is out on a bike ride (he he) and I am enjoying my quiet morning with coffee and the computer until I have to start getting ready for work -boo! PLUS I can hardly walk or move my arms from pumping iron yesterday.
Not sure how I am going to break the news to my PT about not doing anything today, but I did pack my gym bag so if I get a bug to run, I can go at lunch or after work (dont hold your breath) so I may be able to make it up- if not, Wednesday is a great day to run!
Have a great day- and keep on those new years resolutions at least for the next week or so :)
I am posting today when I should be running, but 2 things, 1- I havent posted in a while and 2-Its been 4 days of sleeping in and running at awesome times in the morning so I just didnt feel like bearing the cold today. (Yes midwesterners it is cold here 32-38 degrees in the morning)
Dont tell my newly self-appointed Personal Trainer (aka Andy Gracyalny) or he will be very disappointed. Yes thats right, Andy has taken on the role of making sure I dont miss a day of "training". Not sure what I am "training" for, since I had to bag out of the PF Changs in Phoenix because of work (long story). But he is keeping me motivated or giving me guilt whichever- they both work to get my butt up and moving everyday- I keep telling him that I am running to lose weight and not to win a marathon, but that does not matter, and I have to beg and reason with him on my "rest" days- and according to my book, I DO get 2 rest days a week. Accoording to my PT I may get a half day at most.
Heres the run down of the last 4 days-
Friday- 7.6 miles in 32 degree weather- felt great - cant remember the time but I know I burned over 800 Kcals and ate well over 1000 cals to make up for it.
Saturday- Rode the bike trainer inside for 40 mins- I was hungover and didnt feel like getting bundled up to run outside, justification, I havent cross trained in a while and it felt good to get on the bike again.
Sunday-3.68 miles in a little warmer degrees because I went at noon
Monday- My old rest day- went to the gym with my PT and the 1000other new years resolution folk. I did free weights with all the hotties for an hour all with my PT putting on more weights and telling me to push through the pain- Joy!
Today- well my PT is out on a bike ride (he he) and I am enjoying my quiet morning with coffee and the computer until I have to start getting ready for work -boo! PLUS I can hardly walk or move my arms from pumping iron yesterday.
Not sure how I am going to break the news to my PT about not doing anything today, but I did pack my gym bag so if I get a bug to run, I can go at lunch or after work (dont hold your breath) so I may be able to make it up- if not, Wednesday is a great day to run!
Have a great day- and keep on those new years resolutions at least for the next week or so :)
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