Wednesday Strength Workout + Exercise Bike 50 minutes total

Exercise Bike- 25 minutes

Strength workout- 25 minutes (including Week 1 Day 2 of the hundred push ups challenge).

Tuesday Kickboxing 40 minutes, Walking with the kids 2 hours

I did two workouts off of the Caribbean Workout Kickboxing with Shelly McDonald.

Also, walked with two kids in the double stroller for over an hour (to the school, and then the park) and then another 50 minutes to get home from the park.

Monday Strength 30 minutes Running 40 minutes (3 miles with one BIG hill) 1 hour 10 minutes total

I kicked that big hill's butt! The last 4 times I've had to walk the last 20-30 feet, but not this time. Woot!

Strength- 15 minutes of arms with 10 lb free weights and Day 1 Week 1 of the hundred push ups program. 15 minutes of abs (with standing abs, and floor work including the 200 crunches).

Also- had to deal with a very cranky baby all day! She was such a grump I pretty much was not able to get anything else done today :(

Saturday Running 40 minutes (3 miles with one BIG hill)

Pretty good time for hitting that big hill. Plus, I had to slow down for no less than FIVE dogs who scared the poop out of me. It was probably because I had to wait until 8pm at night to run again. Man! This was just not my week to try to get in a day time run. I'm scoping out yard sales for a running stroller so I can get more runs in during the day.

Friday- I meant to do another strength workout, but I ended up replacing two large window panes and yard saleing for 2-3 hours with the kids. I was too tired after all that to do a strength workout. Plus, I cut my hand pretty bad getting out a large piece of old window so I was not sure how well I would have been able to do weights anyway.

Thursday Running 40 minutes (3 miles FLATS)

I had to wait until 8pm to run because my mom was out of town and could not watch the kids. I was pretty tired from yard work.

Also- big shovel for 1/2 hour, and weeding (including about a million prickly cockle burrs!) for 1 hour.

Pooped now, going to bed ;)

For Super Dave

I hope you all allow me to take a small space here to dedicate to a friend, Dave Bauer. Nearly two weeks ago, Team Alton (my running group) lost one of our favorite members. Dave was in his 50s, and he was a really great guy. I can't stress how completely, unbelievably, unexpected this was! You really couldn't have asked to meet a nicer person than Dave. We are still in shock. Apparently he was taking anti-depressants, and they made him sleepy. He feel asleep while he was at work, and got caught sleeping on the job. He lost his job, blamed his meds, and abruptly quit taking them. The imbalance sent him into a spiraling depression, and he shot himself.

We miss him with every running step. All I can say is folks, be CAREFUL about taking these kinds of drugs! The commercials for them even warn about this kind of stuff. Anyone who knew Dave would have NEVER EVER thought he would do something like this. It is so tragic! It truly scares me how ready doctors are to write prescriptions for these kinds of medicines, and how ready people are to just take them. I'm sure there are cases where they are really needed, but I wish that it could be given more CAREFUL consideration, before the doctors even pick up that pen.

For Team Alton, we love and miss you Dave!

Checking In

Monday: Ran "hills" with the boys. 4 miles. Don't tell the guys, but their version of hills ...??? I'd better not say too much; it seems like tempting fate.

Tuesday: Biked with Godzilla 19 miles. I felt good.

Thursday: Ran 6 miles with the group. I felt darn good.

I'm feeling really great these days. It's time to up the anti! Got to keep this momentum going.