Saturday

I went for an easy 3 mile run with Bruce. I don't know how much that counts for me, but I also went to the Magic House and milled around for a long time. Yeah, that TOTALLY doesn't count for anything!

Intervals

Today I tried doing some speed work. I did intervals. I ran at about 80-90 percent of as hard as I could run for half mile bursts, with short walks in between to catch my breath. It's hard to say how fast I went. My Garmen isn't really reliable for short distances, but it said I was averaging around 7 1/2 - 8 minute miles (7.5-8 mph) for those bursts. I did 3 half mile burst, and I almost did a fourth, but I petered out at 0.30 mile. I did 2 quarter mile bursts after that at full tilt. My average speed on my last burst was 6 minute 48 second mile pace (8.8 mph).

It's about time I dragged my lazy-no-account-good-for-nothing-carcass out of the door

Yeah, I've been lazy lately. I need to repent. I got up and ran with the group today. There were 5 fast groupers there today. However, they were doing a tempo run. This basically means that they run as fast as they can manage, and then a little faster just for the challenge of it. I tried to keep up, but I couldn't. They lost me within the first mile. Oh well! I'm glad that they didn't hang around for me though. I got to have the challenge of trying to keep up without having to worry that I was slowing them down. I kept them in sight for the first half of the run, and I averaged 7.3 mph (8 minute, 13 second miles) for the first 3 miles. The turn around point is at a big hill on State Street (by the library). You usually see the other groups around the top of the hill, one group coming up while the other is going down. I gave up running on my own at that point. I ran up the giant hill, ran for a little bit then ran back down, and then back up it with the next group. I finished off the run with an average of, well I don't know what really, because we did a cool down jog at the end for about another half mile, so that threw off my average. The whole thing ended up being 7 miles average speed 6.3 mph (9 minute 31 second miles).

Wednesday Swimming 1 hour

Good swim, but really tired now. I missed exercise yesterday because my pelvic infection came back. I went to the doctor today, and she said that I have a resistant bacteria that usually causes pneumonia (in the lungs), but I got this really fun bacteria in my girl stuff instead. Who gets pneumonia of the uterus? Is my body competing with Liz for obscure illnesses or what ;)

Monday Yoga 1 Hour

Great class tonight! I did soooo much better and was even able to do this cool twisty pose. Woot!

Saturday Running/Walking 45 minutes

Running Report- 3 1/4 miles with the big hill, but I only ran 1 1/2 miles of that. Still, considering I was cleaning for about 6 hours in the last two days for my daughter's birthday extravaganza, I think it was good that I got it in at all.

Some Days

I wish you could actually freeze your butt off... and maybe some belly chunkiness too. It's freezing in Idaho. But at least I am staying on the healthy eating track.
The amount of shivering I have been doing up here has to account for some kind of workout too.