Its a hockey night....

Start of the playoffs!  So excited :)

Yesterday I did kickboxing with Janet.  It was good, more punching than the week before.  She said it was supposed to be harder than last week, but I disagree.  I told her I like the kicking better.  Killer abs at the end!

Today I did a run.  It wasn't the best run I've had, I was a bit tired, but I tried to run a little bit faster for a longer time.  Final stats:  38 minutes, 3.5 miles

Almost summer?

It almost seems like summer out...almost.  Its supposed to be in the 50s again tomorrow.  Summer will be here soon, I hope!

Today I walked the hills in the neighborhood today.  Its actually worse than the race yesterday, but it was a walk, not a run.  I then did some toning exercises (squats, abs, etc).  My butt may hurt tomorrow, but it will be well worth it :)  Trying to get fit for summer!

Race Day!!!

Today was Emily and I's second 5K.  We did one last October and she found one at a local college campus for their Relay for Life event.  The course was a bit difficult with more hills both up and down.  Overall, it was a good race.  There were a couple of little kids (like 10-12) who ran the race and finished around us.  It was very impressive!

Our time for the 5K:  31:06
Placed 70 and 71 out of around 150 people.  Middle of the pack :)

Oh, and the first place finisher did it in 17:56.  We were just a bit off the pace....

Run, Forrest, Run

Wednesday was a swim day.  It seems like we always swim when it rains (or ir always rains when we swim).  Neither Emily nor I were very motivated to swim a lot, but we managed to do a decent workout.  We started out with 4 laps kicking, then 4 laps in a light swim.  We then did 10 laps in a row (the triathalon is only 8 laps, so we went a little higher).  10 minutes of treading water and 8 more laps.  We finished with 4 more laps with a kickboard and called it a night.   Not a bad workout and at least we did something!

Today was a run day.  I actually had a great run.  Did a 3 minute warm-up, then ran for 32 minutes straight.  I ran at a 6.2 for most of the run and did 2 'sprints' in the middle.  One was at a 6.5 for 2 minutes, the other at a 7.0 for the last minute.  Finished with a 3 minute cool down.  Final Stats: 38 minutes, 3.61 miles, 476 calories.

DC for the weekend, hopefully lots of walking and not too bad on the food intake...

Double the fun!

So this week I doubled up on Janet workouts!  Yesterday, I did spinning with her and today I did kickboxing.

Spinning was good.  It was nice to FINALLY get a spot.  It seemed like the last couple of times I've called, they've been fun.  We did a lot of sprints and running, so it was a high energy, but I really enjoyed it.  My legs definately felt a little sore today.  I've been trying to work on my thighs, and I think my mind-muscle concentration worked! haha.

Kickboxing tonight was great.  It was a lot of combination moves which was a lot of fun.  There were a lot of newbies and it made it fun to watch them.  They messed up more than got the right moves, but they seemed to enjoy it.  The room was a bit crowded, but it worked well.  My shoulders will probably be sore tomorrow.  We ended with standing abs, which is always fun.  My hipflexers definately were sore after that!

Not sure about the workout tomorrow, I may run, we'll see.

March Madness!!

So my bracket is officially over after Pitt decided they weren't going to show up to their second round game.  Other than that, my bracket looks pretty good....

Big workout day today.  I love long Sunday workouts and they are even better once it starts to get warm out.  I did a run with Emily today.  We ran up to the one elementary school and met Kailtin, Riss, and Mike there to play for a bit.  Its about 1 to 1.5 miles each way, so it was a pretty good run with a little break in between.  It definately made me feel a bit more out of shape.  Running outside is different, plus this route has a bit more of an incline. 

I then ate dinner (subway!) before my second workout at the gym.  Riss had tennis, so I went to workout while there.  I did the stairmaster for 15 minutes at a level 7, did some abs on the ab machine and a couple of leg lifts.  Then I did the rowing machine for 10 minutes.  I rowed 1500 meters, which I thought was pretty good.

I like to pretend I'm on the biggest loser when I do this machine.  I think Bob would be beside me yelling at me to row faster.  I finished the workout with a 15 minutes cool down on the eliptical. 

Tomorrow is a spin day.  I finally got in; the past few times I've called its been full, so finally I got in! 

Bieber Fever!!

Say Never Say Never last night.  Great movie!  You should go see it :)

Great workout tonight!  I did a treadmill run this evening, and just ran the whole time.  I walked for a 2 minute warm up, then did the rest of the workout at a 6.2 run.  Total stats: 35 minutes, 3.50 miles, and I forgot to look at the calories at the end!

I did a cool down on the elliptical for 8 minutes.

Bachelor tonight! Down to two girls, can't wait to see who he picks

Swimming day 2!

So we attempted swimming again tonight without the baby (even though I was not quite ready for a workout, I went!)  We did much better this evening and got in about a 3/4 mile swim

4 laps swim
4 laps kick
4 laps swim
4 laps pull
4 laps swim

Then we did the time 50 yard sprints.  We started at 70 seconds and did that 5 times, dropping 5 seconds off the time, last set was a 50 second sprint.  We did not follow Carinne's instructions and do this twice however, once was enough!!

We did 2 laps of easy swimming, then did 2 100 yard sprints in under 2 minutes each.  Talk about tough! I'm glad I didn't drown!  We finished with a cool down and exited the pool.

Good thing Emily made me go to the pool.  I would not have gotten off the couch otherwise.  Still worried about the swim in this race though.  We'll have to keep up a weekly routine until I get better!

Happy weekend!