This week, I’ve been getting up about 2 hours earlier than normal so I can attend Tuscaloosa Boot Camp. Normally, I eat breakfast before working out because if I don’t, I risk a sugar free-fall. The first two mornings, the idea of oatmeal or eggs or smoothies made me shudder. I settled on a mini …
Posts from: April 2010
They are everywhere. 100 calories of Hostess cupcakes. 100 calories of chips ahoy. 100 calories of decadent Godiva chocolate cheesecake with chocolate graham crust and gorgeous dark chocolate shavings :girlscream: Okay, maybe the last one is not a real 100 Calorie item but if it was, it would be about the size of a nickel. …
Without going into too many details (this is a registered program and I won’t share the specifics), first day was AWESOME! The hour was a constant movement of cardio and strength and each exercise could be adjusted to individual levels. There is plenty of room for individual improvement and tons of motivation to do so. …
Tomorrow starts a 4 week session of exercise/nutrition boot camp. I’m taking part of Adventure Boot Camp of Tuscaloosa and I’m very excited about this. If anybody in town has been thinking about doing this, SIGN UP for the next session. I haven’t attended the first day yet, but after meeting Mallory Cargile today, I …
Well, the weather was supposed to be BAD today, but it wasn’t supposed to start until around noon. FAIL! We are lined up (all 900 of us) and ready to go when the Mayor announces that storms are a little over an hour away so we had better scoot fast! The wind was already blowing …
I woke up and got in 3 miles without any pain, just some stiffness in my hip. I have a race on Saturday so that will be a good test of how it’s feeling. I’ll need to get in some more miles on Sunday or Monday. My Earth Day breakfast strawberries raspberries mango spinach Amazing …
XT: Body Pump Run: 3 miles Stress is high, the knee is cranky, and I’m not very optimistic that I’ll get my last long run completed this weekend. I often forget how dependent my mental outlook is based on my running. Doubt is such brain drainer. I hate the “what ifs?”. I hate being crooked. …
It was rough. Work was unusually rough. It seems there’s a thief among us and it has knocked quite a few of us out of our sense of security at school. I did start the morning off right with 3 miles and this omelet! Spinach and cheese with chicken. Moving on to Wednesday!
Today was a great day and I’m going to assume Tuesday will behave. I’ve got a ton of blind faith that it will hold off on any bombs, bad news, overall yucky stuff. We all need a good Tuesday. So, Earth Day is coming up. What am I doing about it? I’ve got a …
This past week can be summed up in two words: testing and half-marathon. The race is in 4 weeks!!! I did a long run of 12 miles with some wicked elevation and switchbacks out at the lake. (shh…….but today, my IT band started hurting. I haven’t felt that in over a year. I’m not going …
Normally, I hate Tuesdays. Yes, I used the word “hate”. Bad things happen on Tuesdays. 9/11. Hurricane Katrina levee breach. Challenger Explosion. Haiti Earthquake. “Achy Breaky Heart” release date. Need I go on??? So I usually dread this day. Mondays are too busy to spend time lamenting. Wednesday-Friday are to the finish line. Tuesday just …
I won’t always eat the healthiest thing in the world. I have my days when all I want is a basket of chips and cheese dip. But, I do the best I can most of the time. Tonight was NOT one of those nights. May I present…the green bean casserole. Seriously, does it get any …
Not much going on. Some days, I just feel like being quiet. This is one of them. Dinner was a strange mix but it was what I was craving. And some quinoa with roasted vegetables and andoulle chicken sausage.
The day started off with a beautiful trail run. The trail was a little muddy, but the canopy of trees filtered out a lot of pollen so the air was cleaner. I ran 10.7 hard miles. I felt good, though. No pain, the knee and hip were quiet. It seems I’m finally out of my …
So after a week of laying low from the blogging world, I’m back with a vengeance (thank goodness for the firefox underlined misspelled thing. I had no idea that word had an “a” in it). I have been so tired lately and I’m not sure if it’s work, running, overall stress or still recovering from …
For some reason, after lunch, my energy came back. I’ve been in a slump for two days with stomach virus and a merry Monday migraine. Literally sneezing my brains out probably didn’t help. Ever have one of those weeks that just start off bad? I’m determined to make the rest of this one a good …
Apparently either being sick over the weekend or the massive allergy attack from the pollen triggered my spring migraine. There was a huge cloud of what I thought was dust flowing over the playground during P.E yesterday. The coach informed that it was indeed…pollen. Check out my 4runner when I walked outside. On the way …
I finally found a use for Peeps!! Peep porn!! Ahahahahahahahahaha!!! I think maybe I’m done with the spewing. I thought I had escaped the dreaded school stomach virus that captured a few of my kids and a few teachers. During yesterday’s adventures with the inflatable moonwalk, it doesn’t surprise me that I might have …
sick sick sick. I’ve inhabited a lovely virus from school and I’m down for the count. To be continued…..
must have gotten in a boat and paddled to Tuscaloosa Alabama during the middle of a heat wave and supervised 80 children on a giant moonwalk bouncy torture thing, got in his boat and paddled back to pen the Inferno. I’m sure of it now. I have reached the Inner Circle of Hell. It’s hot …