Blast From the Past
I've been keeping my public journal at SparkPeople because it's 92% fitness related, but really want to get my LJ going again . . . so I'm cross posting. Apologies ahead of time if all of the fitness stuff is annoying for you. Might have to hide me in that case. :)
Jumping in at present, because there is NO way I have time to catch everyone up on everything . . . . If you're ever REALLY bored, you can see what's been going on this year HERE . . .
So . . .I didn't fit in everything I had planned for the weekend - thank goodness. Can't even imagine how I would have pulled it all off. The short version is that I had four places to be. I would have had to start at 10 a.m. and keep going until after midnight and with a total of about 250 miles of driving for good measure to get everywhere I had to be. And I would have only been able to fit in six miles of walking in the morning unless I started at 6 a.m.
I got off the hook for the first thing I had to do because the woman I was going with wasn't feeling up to it. That cleared my calender up to my 2 p.m. obligation. Truth be told, there is NO way I'd have gotten back in time for that anyway, and I had to be at the other end of the state around 5. Anyway, I got up and did 10 miles!!!! Toward the end of the 10 miles, I talked to a friend I was working out sailing details with (for the next day) and mentioned I was going to get bagels and since it was close to her, she suggested meeting there. So I got home, showered and headed to Arlington. Walking 10 miles usually makes me want bagels . . . . We met at the best bagel place on the planet and had coffee and bagels and talked for awhile. Then I ran a bunch of other errands - mostly unsuccessfully - and headed home to get ready for the rest of the day. Ended up skipping the second obligation during all of that.
We got ready and headed out to our evening Christmas party, about an hour drive. Had a LOVELY time with great friends at a wonderful old 1800s farm house that had been added to - quaint, beautiful, warm, and cozy place to be. After that, we drove another hour to meet a bunch of friends at a women's event at a pool hall. Over 100 women there shooting pool and playing darts. LOTS of fun. We got home after midnight.
I got up in the morning and did six more miles - including my C25K Week 5, Day 3, which was a 20 minute run!!!! Without stopping!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really don't think I've done 20 minutes of running without a break since sometime around 2006 or 2007!!!!! Then I got home and got ready to go sailing!! We sailed with four of our friends. It was really a great day on the Bay! Then we all had dinner at Davis' Pub - I had a salad.
During the whole weekend, Christmas parties, pool hall, dinner out, sailing, etc., I didn't break any of the rules. I haven't had any fried, sweets, or alcohol for eight days!! You'd think after 19 miles in three days and sticking to the plan, I'd have dropped a couple of pounds, but the scale isn't budging yet. I know it will start moving eventually, but hoping it's really soon.
I haven't had time to do the P90X yet. I know that's going to make a difference. But I'm focusing on the running right now as a priority. But I have to get the strength training back in somehow. Hopefully now that I'm almost recovered from being sick (day 15 and just starting to not have to spend the whole day and night blowing my nose), I'll be able to start getting up again to P90X in the morning and run at night.
I got up this morning and did 3 miles, including Week 6, Day 1 of C25K!!! Today was 5, 8, 5 of running. Next time is two 10 minute segments. After that, it's all 25 minutes or longer!! MIRACLE!!!!! Really fun thing is that I used to be able to get to the top of the big hills, over a mile into the walk before I started the 30 minute workout and finish way before I got home. This time, I started it about a half mile into the walk and was only a few minutes from home before the workout was over. :-D When I get the long runs going and get a little faster, I'll be able to do the whole loop in the 30 minutes. Still can't even imagine!
Tonight I'm singing at a tree lighting ceremony at a Washington hospice. NO idea how I'm going to pull this off. NO idea why I'd agree to such a thing knowing I can't even think about it without crying. SHOOT ME!!!! I just hope I'm close to the beginning of the program. But I have a feeling my song will be during the tree lighting - lights of love, lights on the tree representing those we have lost . . . . ::::::::::::sigh:::::::::::::
Jumping in at present, because there is NO way I have time to catch everyone up on everything . . . . If you're ever REALLY bored, you can see what's been going on this year HERE . . .
So . . .I didn't fit in everything I had planned for the weekend - thank goodness. Can't even imagine how I would have pulled it all off. The short version is that I had four places to be. I would have had to start at 10 a.m. and keep going until after midnight and with a total of about 250 miles of driving for good measure to get everywhere I had to be. And I would have only been able to fit in six miles of walking in the morning unless I started at 6 a.m.
I got off the hook for the first thing I had to do because the woman I was going with wasn't feeling up to it. That cleared my calender up to my 2 p.m. obligation. Truth be told, there is NO way I'd have gotten back in time for that anyway, and I had to be at the other end of the state around 5. Anyway, I got up and did 10 miles!!!! Toward the end of the 10 miles, I talked to a friend I was working out sailing details with (for the next day) and mentioned I was going to get bagels and since it was close to her, she suggested meeting there. So I got home, showered and headed to Arlington. Walking 10 miles usually makes me want bagels . . . . We met at the best bagel place on the planet and had coffee and bagels and talked for awhile. Then I ran a bunch of other errands - mostly unsuccessfully - and headed home to get ready for the rest of the day. Ended up skipping the second obligation during all of that.
We got ready and headed out to our evening Christmas party, about an hour drive. Had a LOVELY time with great friends at a wonderful old 1800s farm house that had been added to - quaint, beautiful, warm, and cozy place to be. After that, we drove another hour to meet a bunch of friends at a women's event at a pool hall. Over 100 women there shooting pool and playing darts. LOTS of fun. We got home after midnight.
I got up in the morning and did six more miles - including my C25K Week 5, Day 3, which was a 20 minute run!!!! Without stopping!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really don't think I've done 20 minutes of running without a break since sometime around 2006 or 2007!!!!! Then I got home and got ready to go sailing!! We sailed with four of our friends. It was really a great day on the Bay! Then we all had dinner at Davis' Pub - I had a salad.
During the whole weekend, Christmas parties, pool hall, dinner out, sailing, etc., I didn't break any of the rules. I haven't had any fried, sweets, or alcohol for eight days!! You'd think after 19 miles in three days and sticking to the plan, I'd have dropped a couple of pounds, but the scale isn't budging yet. I know it will start moving eventually, but hoping it's really soon.
I haven't had time to do the P90X yet. I know that's going to make a difference. But I'm focusing on the running right now as a priority. But I have to get the strength training back in somehow. Hopefully now that I'm almost recovered from being sick (day 15 and just starting to not have to spend the whole day and night blowing my nose), I'll be able to start getting up again to P90X in the morning and run at night.
I got up this morning and did 3 miles, including Week 6, Day 1 of C25K!!! Today was 5, 8, 5 of running. Next time is two 10 minute segments. After that, it's all 25 minutes or longer!! MIRACLE!!!!! Really fun thing is that I used to be able to get to the top of the big hills, over a mile into the walk before I started the 30 minute workout and finish way before I got home. This time, I started it about a half mile into the walk and was only a few minutes from home before the workout was over. :-D When I get the long runs going and get a little faster, I'll be able to do the whole loop in the 30 minutes. Still can't even imagine!
Tonight I'm singing at a tree lighting ceremony at a Washington hospice. NO idea how I'm going to pull this off. NO idea why I'd agree to such a thing knowing I can't even think about it without crying. SHOOT ME!!!! I just hope I'm close to the beginning of the program. But I have a feeling my song will be during the tree lighting - lights of love, lights on the tree representing those we have lost . . . . ::::::::::::sigh:::::::::::::