I have just spent the last hour trying to figure out how to log into this thing...why were they asking me for a Google account? And why was my e-mail address not recognized? I don't understand what just happened? But here I am...after resetting my password a zillion times and getting really frustrated. And what the hell is a "cookie"?
Moving on to more postitive thoughts....Thank-you Jenna for posting that picture of the fat...seriously, thank-you!! I have one word...Ewwwy!! I am starting to feel really good and fit and the weight loss is a bonus. Got to my swim this morning. My goals this week were to drink more water and get to my Wednesday swim on time...I am always late...I have no excuses for being late. So today, I was on time...yey!! We did some warm up and the main set was 12 times 150 meters, one hard, one easy. We did them on 2:15. Brad and Curtis had some boy flirting thing going on today and ignored me which was just fine as I wasn't in the mood to really talk to anyone...nothing wrong, just one of those days with alot on my mind and needed the space and the swim to think about some stuff. And my concealer is in over drive today. New goggles and BIG rings around the eyes...niiiice.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Sparkles in the Snow
I was so excited to go for my run today, I barely slept. That is ridiculous, I know, but I am sensing, looking at my training schedule for the coming weeks, the challenge has begun. Bring it on!! Was out the door at around 5:30 as I had an hour and 15 to do with 3 intervals of 10 minutes at my steady state heart rate with a 5 minute easy run in between. JP says "and at the TOP of that HR". Yes SIR!! So I did 4 intervals and in the range he was looking for. It was a gorgeous morning, until I turned the corner onto Sask Cres...the wind!! But I live in an older area with lots and lots of great big trees so it seriously wasn't too bad, just once in awhile it would smack me in the cheeks. The footing was horrible in places, as it has snowed just a bit last night, just enough that you couldn't really see where the icy spots were. But that fresh snow is so pretty!! Isn't it? I love the way it sparkles. And I did not really notice that until my 5 year old pointed it out to me one evening and we stood in our back yard on a calm night and took it all in. Anyway, at around the 50 minute mark, I was thinking, holy smokes, I still have 25 minutes to go! But got it done, so this is good news. Swim tomorrow morning and bike ride in the evening. And the number...153. That's 7 pounds, kids!! SEVEN!! Next time you are in a grocery store, have a look at a pound of butter....I have lost 7 of those since January 1.
Monday, March 3, 2008
The weekend was fun buuuuuttt...
...now it is time to get focused...again. This past Saturday was a rare rest day but the weather was so nice I thought I might get up and go for an easy run, keep in the routine. I'd had a crazy, busy week and was super tired when I got up on Saturday morning, puttered around the house for a bit and then went back to bed. Convinced myself that I should really take the rest day even though i had not done much all week. Got to my Sunday swim yesterday. Was a good swim in lane 7 again. I had decided I felt like leading that lane as I barely keep up in lane 8 and my stroke goes to hell when I get tired. So in lane 7, I can lead and get a great solid workout, thinking about high elbows, body roll and keeping my head down...not an "omg I am barely hanging on" workout...if that makes any sense. Did some shopping on the weekend and got some new lipgloss...I bought it for the name..."bad kitty". That made me laugh and I had to buy it...not quite my color but I am making it work!! Looking forward, today is another rest day, tomorrow is a hard (for me) run and longer than I have ran (half marathon excluded) in a very long time. Swim on Wednesday morning and a bike ride Wednesday night and that is as far as I have looked. I know I do my very first "brick workout" on Saturday!! Keep y'all posted.
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