Patience, the NEW Endurance Sport!

This past week has been a bit nuts/crazy/busy/down.  I didn't get a run on Friday or Saturday.  David wanted to know why I was screaming at everyone like a mad woman by noon on Saturday.  I finally reminded him that I had not run in 2 days.  He said, "Oh...."  I will not skip a day again.  Things have gotten a bit topsy turvey around here, so if I am going to be able to run, it is going to have to be at 5:45am :(  The plan is to swim from 6 to 6:20 and then run 4-6 miles.  I can bike tues, wed, & thurs nights with David after the kids go to bed.  Will's head cracking, and a few other things, have me really worried/upset/nervous about being gone too much.  I have been doing my sit ups and push ups everyday :)  I felt my arms the other day and they feel different :)

800 IM (minus the butterfly- which looks like I am having a seizure)  I need to learn the butterfly.  I have never been able to do it.  I'll work on it with David on Thursday and Friday.  he does not mock me too badly ;D

Five mile run on the canal trail again.  Unfortunate VPB :(  Thankfully there was a sunflower plant with nice leaves :)  They work really well ;)  Also the water level was high enough in that spot that I could wash my hands ;)  Good time!  Too much information????

I am off to do the laundry and my push ups and sit ups :)  I may even go for a bike ride tonight with the Dough Boy!

50 push ups, 50, 50, 15 sit ups

40 minute bike ride with the family :)

I am a REAL runner now!  I did not think I got any blisters from the marathon... but alas, I did.  I have found 4 so far.  My feet are SO leathery and HARD that the blisters were nigh undetectable until yesterday.  They were pretty big, on the balls of my feet.  I guess since they never hurt me, they may not count, but heck I HAVE BLISTERS!!! ;D  I think the swimming has made them noticeable :)  I'm a dork, right, for thinking that is cool, eh???

900 m IM swim ;D  No butterfly ;p  4 mile run.  Emergency vpb AGAIN!  I think it is all of the melon I have been eating. Good stuff, just creates a bit of a tummy issue :(

push ups 50, sit ups 50,50,50,16

1:08:00- 11:20 ave, Splits-11:06, 10:25, 10:43,BONK!!!!, 12:30, 13:08, 12:33

Is is possible to bonk at 3 miles??? I was going along feeling quite good. The effort was a solid 6 on a scale of 1-10. I was not doing my steam train breathing at all and ALL OF A SUDDEN- CRASH!!!! It was like someone poured some quik set cement down my legs. Crazy! I am glad I decided to bring my fuel belt that had some gu in it and that I brought 2 waters along. I was planning on a 10:30 tempo run, and it was looking good.  Oh well.  Yesterday I felt weird all day.  I was STARVING the whole day and FREEZING cold.  I also have been having the weird vpb's on my runs this week (one today too).  I did sleep in this morning and skipped my swim, in order to be better prepared for the tempo today.  I am guessing that my metabolism must be a bit off kilter (the starving and cold yesterday).  I don't think I am sick at all.  I have been having tons of migraines for the past 5 weeks.  My hormones must bo out of whack or something.  My dreams have been crazy too.  That is probably it.  Good times! 

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49.5 push ups, 50, 50, 15.5 sit ups  Going to get a stability ball :)

800 M swim

Will bike tonight.  Wanted to run this morning, but due to an unexpected funeral, I had to be at work by 7:30 :(   Maybe I will go try Turbo Jam.  I have had them for a while but have not had a moment to try it.  I am going to do that right now :)  FUN!

push-ups and sit-ups later today too :)

Booty Jam was AWESOME!!!  Yes, I did a workout called Booty Jam!  I asked David if my bum looked perkier and he said YES!! :)  Tomorrow I will try another of the Turbo Jam family.  I am sure I looked like a FOOL, so I will stick with the videos and my family room.  There was one girl on there who has 7 children.  Geeze, to even look 1/2 that good would be SO COOL!
***4 miles this evening :)  LOVED it!  I am guessing that my running legs are back!  It has taken me a lot longer to recover from the marathon that I thought it would.  My goal for tonights run was to run 12mm after the warm up.  That worked out great.  The last mile, I just figured that I felt great, so just go with it.  It also helped that one of my 17 year olds friends was running on the other side of the street.  She was trying to smoke me.  I kept right on her heels until finally, after about 3/4 of a mile, I OLD SPICED HER!!!  She even cut through the park, and I still beat her.  Life is good!  I am complete!!!

11:45 average, splits-13:42, 11:53, 11:40, 10:26

Slow recovery jog today.  I slept in this morning so I did not get out early enough.  I was planning on 5, but just wasn't up for it.  I have 10 tomorrow, so I figured that a short day was ok.  I was going to skip this mornings run all together, but I just had to get out for at least a little ;D  It feels good to have my runner back :D

Nasty tummy issues this morning.  I am hoping for a quick recovery so I can run tonight and do some yoga later.

OH OH OH- remember the email I recieved a few weeks ago from the grandaughter of my g,g,g,ggrandfathers slaves?  Well, becasue of the will that she sent me, I have found 70+ new family members that I did not have before.  It's pretty darn cool!  I love Family History!!!  The neatest part is that you can feel the love that they have for eachother and how happy they are when you find their families, especially their little babies who died.  Good times!!!