Week 4 Progress

Despite battling the winter blues, finishing a midterm and having to write a talk for Sunday, I managed to get in three workouts this week. I'm SO proud of myself. Without further ado, my check-in:

Total miles for the week: 5.75
Total cumulative miles: 14.09
   Workouts:
      1/26: 1.5 mile run
      1/27: 2.8 mile walk
      1/29: 1.45 miles on the elliptical + pilates


Pilates still feels sooo good, I wish I could get myself to class more often. My class schedule changes this week, so I may try for Tuesday. How are the rest of you doing?

Week 3 I'm Regressing

Yup, more homework got done, but definitely not more exercising. I'm actually mostly okay with that.

My "workouts":
1/20/10: 1.6 mile walk
1/23/10: 1.2 mile walk

Total miles for the week: 2.8
Total cumulative miles: 8.34


Um, yeah. I've been wanting to add crazy veggies to our diet, so I did try a pretty yummy recipe for red cabbage on Friday. I totally forgot the apples, might've been weird with them. N hates sweet veggies, meat, etc., so he wasn't a fan, but I kind of liked it. Not crazy, per se, but definitely out of the ordinary.

Hope everyone had a better week than I did!

I am the biggest loser

I am the biggest loser this week (not in a good way) because I pretty much didn't meet any of my goals. Most days were a "rest day" for me. And the chocolate covered pretzels have been calling to me. So glad they are gone! I did make a big pot of veggie soup and huge salad so I had that healthy stuff for lunches and dinner this week.

Walks: total 11.2 miles

Yoga: total 20 minutes

My goals this week:
1. keep to my training schedule (if it's wet outside make the effort to go to the gym or use the treadmill)
2. drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day
3. walk the dogs (be aware of when it is relatively dry out and take advantage of that!)
4. remember to take all my vitamins every day
5. yoga twice this week

Gentry's Update

I did just ok this week...

Monday - ate at Cheesecake Factory instead of working out at all. win?
Tuesday - 3.5 miles
Wednesday - 1 hour of spin/cycle, 1 hour of yoga
Thursday - 4.0 miles
Friday - baked a coffee cake. yes i'm a champion.
Saturday - long run, 5.2 miles and it felt great

Total mileage for the week: 12.7
Cumulative miles: 29.7

Yoga has been g-g-g-great. I was doubting its benefits, but apparently when you strengthen your muscles, you make your workouts more effective. I'm not really sure if it's made a huge difference but the relaxing and stretching just feels good. Not to mention it makes me super hipster...

Also, I read that when you're doing a longer race, you should take the first several miles as slow as possible -- even slower than is comfortable, just to keep your energy instead of burning through your strength all at once. I ran the whole 5 miles super de duper slow and didn't stop or slow down once! I think that's a good sign.

This week WILL be better!

Week 2 Check-in

Total miles for the week: 2.62
Total cumulative miles: 5.54
   Workouts:
      1/12: 2.62 miles on the treadmill
      1/15: Pilates
I was again pretty busy with classes, and I've actually made good progress on my homework, so not much in the way of workouts. But the treadmill workout felt good, and I know pilates will help strengthen all those muscles that have given me trouble in the past (hips, thighs, abs), so I'm going to make a point to keep going.

Hope you guys have had a more productive exercise week than me! No recipes this week. I've eaten pretty poorly, but it's been yummy!

Race ya to the finish

Since I'm doing the Canyonlands Half in Moab, UT on March 20th, I'm on a tighter schedule than everyone else... so consider yourself lucky. Yesterday was my 9 week mark til the (first) big race. My only goal is to beat my last year's time of 2:34... Hopefully since I've already been training this will be possible.

My training schedule is here (except my days will be swapped). It was a rough week getting back into the swing of things, but I ran a total of 17 miles.

From my vast (HA!) running experience, I'm learning the importance of the following things:

healthy eating
(and boy have I been HUNGRY the more I run)

plenty of rest

and
drinking lots and lots... of water that is.

Week 1 Report & Recipe

Thanks for your training schedule, Mom! I must say, I'm not convinced I will actually make it to the Half, since last time I tried I was not in school and I ended up getting shin splints for adding miles too quickly. But it will be nice to get in a more regular habit of exercising, with a goal in mind.

Here's my report for this week:

Total Miles for the Week: 2.92
Cumulative Miles: 2.92 miles
   Workouts:
      1/6/2010: Elliptical, 2.92 miles
      (I claim distraction since this was the first week of classes, and I was busy hoping it really hadn't started. But it did.)

And to go along with my report, here's a yummy recipe you should try:

Healthy/Yummy/Cheap/Easy Recipe for the week: Mexican Rice

1 c. rice

2 c. water

1 cube bullion

1/2 c. salsa

Mix all ingredients together and bring to a boil on the stove. Let boil about 5 minutes, then turn heat down to low and cover for 15 minutes. It's way cheaper and way better than Rice-a-Roni!

The Half 2009

Kelan, Barbara, and Gentry...finishers. I am assuming that since we're smiling we had a good time. Or, we were just remembering the Helvetia burgers we inhaled upon finishing the race.

My walking training schedule

Here is my walking training schedule. Only 22 weeks...yikes!

First Run

We started the year with the First Run.

5k. Next time I definitely want to be more prepared.