Friday can't come soon enough

It seems like this week has been really long.  Glad tomorrow is Friday.

It was a toning day at the gym again today.  I started on the arc trainer.  15 minutes on the hill climb program at level 6 (out of 10).  It was rough!  Lots of leg toning going on.  I then found Leia in the gym and we did some abs and a few pushups.  We then did some leg toning on the machines.  Inner and outer thighs, leg press, and quad and hamstrings.  Finished it up with some stretching.

Pens look awful.  This game reminds me too much of the playoff last year.  Bad memories!

Turkey Trot watch

I really want to do a turkey trot race this year.  Problem is, I be in Charlotte this year, so I had to do some research and found that their turkey trot is an 8k.  Wow, 5 miles.  I have never done a 5 miler.  Am I ready for this one??  Still gotta make sure its ok with the family since its thanksgiving morning.

With this in mind, I went to the gym today knowing that I'm going to need to run 5 miles next week!!!  The gym was not so great today.  It was a little disappointing to not run as great, but I still feel like I can get the 5 miles in around 50-55 minutes.  Heres hoping I can reach that goal!

Run today:  2 minute warm up (.1 miles); 25 minute run at 6.4 (~2.5 miles); 3 1/2 minute walk at 4.0; 5 1/2 minutes run; 9 minute walk and cool down.

I stopped a little early because my friend had jumped on the treadmill beside me and we started talking.  Will be running all next week with no weights to prepare for the big race!!

Men who wear cut off shirts to the gym are tools

No matter where you go to the gym, you can always find those large men who think they have the best body and decide to show it off by wearing a shirt that they've turned into a muscle shirt.  I'd like to know who gave them the idea that this is a good look.  I think they are all on steroids and such tools.  Stop judging me for lifting 10 pounds.  Do you think I want to look like you? My muscles popping out of my arms?  No!

It was a weight day, which I think is the worst workout day ever.  I debated about going, but just went after work.  I figured I could just be one of those high school girls who stand there and do nothing at least.  I started out with 15 minutes on the arc trainer.  I then alternated abs with push ups.  I did 3 sets of 10 push ups in between the ab roller, ab weights and the pendulum abs.  I then did some arm machines to tone my arms.  I finished it up with a 10 minute cool down on the elliptical and stretching.

Good day at the gym for not wanting to go.  Good thing I had my bag with me.  It makes me feel guilty if I have it and I don't go.  Tomorrow running day.  Much better!

Mmm, turkey burger for dinner :)

Wow, its been a year

As Carinne informed me, my blog has been in creation for a year now.  Wow!  I can't believe its been that long!  Crazy how time flies.  In that year, I've done a couple 5k races and continue to try to become a runner.  I'm getting oh so close to 5 miles.  Until then, just keep working!

Run tally for the day:  4.45 miles; 47 minutes, didn't look at the calories

My run today was: 2 minutes warm up, 25 minutes at a 6.4, 3 1/2 minutes walking, 5 1/2 minutes at a 6.2, 4 minutes walking, 5 minutes at 6, 2 minute cool down; stretch!!

Crazy new gym

So I've joined, what I have no realized, is a crazy gym.  Take my day at the gym for example.  Today, I went to the gym right after work, so I went to change in the locker room.  I happened to stumbled upon a conversation about tatoos.  Thats normal I guess, 3 girls were talking about theirs different ones and what they still want to get.  Then it turned strange.  One of the girls started talking about her dad's tatoos.  First it started with the fact that it was some strange thing (didn't catch what it was, apparently something bad).  Next thing I know, she's telling the other woman that he gave it to himself...in jail.  Needless to say, I dressed very quickly after that and ran to get on the treadmill.
My workout was going pretty good.  Towards the end of my run, I noticed one the gym workers walking around talking to people on the machines.  He procedes to tell me that there is a bunch of pizza for everyone.  Funny, I thought people went to the gym to AVOID that stuff.  The man next to me was just as puzzled.  I guess when you join a gym for only $10/month, there are bound to be some quirks.  I found lots of them tonight.

Anyways...My run tonight was really good.  I want to start running longer races.  The goal is to run at least a 10k next summer, and maybe a half marathon.  Therefore, I'm determined to start running more to train for this.  Today's treadmill workout was:  2 minutes walking (0.1 miles); 26 minutes running (3.0 miles); 4 minutes walking (0.2 miles); 7 minutes running (.8 miles); 3 minutes cool down

Final stats:  45 minutes; 4.27 miles; 591 calories burned

Congrats Riss!!

Marissa's tennis team won districts on Tuesday.  Congrats to them!  If they win one more match, they get to go to Hershey. 

I actually remembered to call to get into spinning this week.  Only had to call on Wednesday morning at 7am to get into the 5:45 Thursday evening class... Yeah, my gym sucks, but my contract is up at the end of the month and I most likely will be switching, so I'm killing myself to get into classes while I can.  Spinning was really good today.  For some reason, I was really motivated to go extra hard.  We did a 'varied terrain' which meant we did climbs, sprints, runs and wind climbs.  Lots of changing resistance, but overall a great class.  

Ah..fall

While fall is not my favorite season, it is nice to run in the fall.  Today was a great fall running day, a little chilly, but you can get by with shorts and a t-shirt.  I actually ran much further today than I realized.  After I got home, I mapped my route, and saw that it was 3.75 miles in about 45 minutes.  I didn't really time it, but thats my guess.  It was a good run to start off the week.

My supper was even better!  I love salmon and made it tonight and it was really good.  Put a piece of salmon in foil to bake and added a little dill, garlic, lemon and feta cheese.  Delicious!! 

It was a good end of the day for a crappy beginning.  I fell when I got out of my car at work this morning and was dreading the week that was upcoming.  I broke my fall on my left thumb and now have a black nail and some scraps on the thumb.  Somehow, my monday morning fall was not to warn me of a bad week.  Hopefully my thumb will heel fast and my fingernail won't fall off.

Running the hills

So Mother Nature finally cooperated and allowed me to run outside.  It stopped raining for a bit this afternoon, but that does not mean it was dry...

I ran a different route today, one with more hills.  It was a bit challenging, but it was a good run.  The road was a bit wet, and I hate that cars do NOT move to avoid runners, but overall, a good run.  Hoping to keep up the workouts, I've lacked movitivation lately.  Run was about 4 miles.