We just got back from a 4 day 3 night trip to Las Vegas with our friends. We all had a wonderful time. =) I had every intention of utilizing the gym in the hotel......but, it didn't work out that way. haha. I did however get some work outs in. My elbow and shoulder got a work out every day. Many reps were done and they even got tired. A few times I worked up a sweat hee hee.
On a more serious note, we walked all over Vegas. My feet were killing me on a daily basis. If any of you have been to Vegas you know how far you can walk. The fun part was doing my ab workout during the walks. In Vegas they pay people to stand on the sidewalks and hand you "business cards." These business cards have pics of un-clothed women on them. Vegas Virgins who don't know what the cards are gladly take them thinking they may be a coupon and when the look down and see the pic, they drop them like hot potato's. This is where the ab's workout comes in to play. In the evening the side walks are covered with these cards and many of the side walks are polished concrete. Step on a card and it is easy to lose your footing and you slide. Staying up-right takes considerable ab strength and agility. So even though I didn't get to the gym, I did get in a few good workouts.
It is nice to be back home in the 35 degree weather with the 30 mph winds......NOT!!! It was great seeing the kiddos. Missed them a bunch!!! But I am heading to the gym tonight to tackle the fun bike again.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Blah Blah Blah
On Tuesday I went on that same walk.....but this time I jogged about 1/2 of it. It was more difficult, but I did it and enjoyed it. On Wed. I took the car and drove the route I thought was 2 miles and I found out it is only 1.5 miles. That is ok.
I did find the biking and jogging route for the triathlon on line. They look very do-able. The bike ride has a slight incline in the middle for a few miles, but the end of it seems down hill. I am going to try to drive it this weekend and see about starting to ride part of it. The run will wait for a bit. It looks like it is mostly trails, and if you know me then you know I am not the most graceful person. I can sprain my ankle on a pine needle or nothing. So the trail part has me a bit freaked out! Just what I need is to sprain my ankle during a race. =) So for now I will keep my jogging on pavement and gradually move on to less level terrain.
Oh a lighter note, our dog LOVES going with me on my walks and jogs. So much that every time I head for the door she tries to push me out of the way to go too. She has gotten a bit "thick" and will also benefit from all of this. =) I am thinking I might take the kiddos with me on my walk that is close to the house and they can ride their bikes. They want to do the triathlon with Jon and I. So I was looking on line and there is a kids triathlon in Sammamish this summer. Good times!
So at lunch today I walked to Rite Aid. There and back is almost 1 mile......all sidewalk =) Tonight I am going to work out after as well.
I have found out that many of my friends and family want to do this sprint triathlon as well. I say the more the merrier! My good friend Erin is going to participate, my friend Val and her boyfriend are thinking about it and my sister in law Lori wants to participate as well. I am so excited I could do the girlie scream. You know the one. When you get a bunch of women together in a bar and they have had a few beverages and everything is a really loud, "OH MY G__!!" or "WHOO HOO!!" And YES I am having flash backs from my college days. Flash backs, not memories =)
I did find the biking and jogging route for the triathlon on line. They look very do-able. The bike ride has a slight incline in the middle for a few miles, but the end of it seems down hill. I am going to try to drive it this weekend and see about starting to ride part of it. The run will wait for a bit. It looks like it is mostly trails, and if you know me then you know I am not the most graceful person. I can sprain my ankle on a pine needle or nothing. So the trail part has me a bit freaked out! Just what I need is to sprain my ankle during a race. =) So for now I will keep my jogging on pavement and gradually move on to less level terrain.
Oh a lighter note, our dog LOVES going with me on my walks and jogs. So much that every time I head for the door she tries to push me out of the way to go too. She has gotten a bit "thick" and will also benefit from all of this. =) I am thinking I might take the kiddos with me on my walk that is close to the house and they can ride their bikes. They want to do the triathlon with Jon and I. So I was looking on line and there is a kids triathlon in Sammamish this summer. Good times!
So at lunch today I walked to Rite Aid. There and back is almost 1 mile......all sidewalk =) Tonight I am going to work out after as well.
I have found out that many of my friends and family want to do this sprint triathlon as well. I say the more the merrier! My good friend Erin is going to participate, my friend Val and her boyfriend are thinking about it and my sister in law Lori wants to participate as well. I am so excited I could do the girlie scream. You know the one. When you get a bunch of women together in a bar and they have had a few beverages and everything is a really loud, "OH MY G__!!" or "WHOO HOO!!" And YES I am having flash backs from my college days. Flash backs, not memories =)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Saw the Dr today and he gave me the thumbs up on the triathlon! I found a nice beginner walking/jogging route close to home yesterday. It is slightly up hill on the way out, and down hill coming back....or course =) Round trip it is about 2 miles. Walking it yesterday with the dog and friend, we did it in about 25 min. I wasn't trying to see how fast I could go, I just wanted to get a base time to work from. Our dog, Bitzy, has some herding breed in her. We did a lot of stopping to call her back. She found some bulls to try and smell, the goats noticed her and she really noticed them.....she was in heaven with all of the stinky smells. She also peed a whole lot more than I have ever seen. She marked every inch of that walk. The poor local dogs are having a hay day today trying to re-mark their territory =) We will be messing them up again tonight. I am going to be walking the 2 miles for a week. Then I think I will jog some and walk some for a few weeks. Of course my goal is to run the whole thing.......eventually.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Big Dreams
OK so 3 days ago I was speaking to my friend Bobbie and she was telling me how she was training for a "sprint triathlon." We spent 45 min talking about it and she asked me if I wanted to do it with her. I quickly said, "Um hell no!" And that was that. Or so I thought. I could not get the thought completing a triathlon out of my head. A sprint triathlon consists of roughly, 1/4 mile swim, 13+ mile bike ride and a 2.5 mile run. Very doable....right?
In high school I was very athletic: aerobics instructor, life guard and horse rider. I was fit! Over the last 20 years I have become less fit.......a lot less fit =) Through out the years I have never lost my desire to be active, just the umph to actually do it on a regular basis. I could list 30 excuses as to why my posterior has grown and my scale screams when I go near it, but I would be insulting myself and you. I have let myself go and talking about a sprint triathlon has got me excited! I can and will complete the Ellensburg Spint Triathlon! It is in August. 5 months to train. I can do this. I am going to use this blog to keep track of what I do and to make sure I am accountable. If everyone knows I want to do this, it will be very hard to slack off.
Another exciting bit of news is that Jon has agreed to do this with me as well!!!
Ok, now don't get me wrong. I have not sat around doing nothing active. I work out regularly. But today was the first day of my new training work out. To be honest, I don't know squat about training for something like this. So, I went to the gym with the goal of riding this new exercise bike. It has a video screen and various courses you can ride. You can go up hill, down hill, through the woods, race people, and even play games and fight dragons all on a bike and in the gym! I hopped up on the bike and picked a 3.36 mile "ocean side" ride. Son of a gun if that little 3+ mile ride didn't kick my ass!!! My legs were burning and I was sweating like crazy! I finished that stupid ride in 15.56 min. It isn't impressive, but it is a starting point. It can only bet better from there.
In high school I was very athletic: aerobics instructor, life guard and horse rider. I was fit! Over the last 20 years I have become less fit.......a lot less fit =) Through out the years I have never lost my desire to be active, just the umph to actually do it on a regular basis. I could list 30 excuses as to why my posterior has grown and my scale screams when I go near it, but I would be insulting myself and you. I have let myself go and talking about a sprint triathlon has got me excited! I can and will complete the Ellensburg Spint Triathlon! It is in August. 5 months to train. I can do this. I am going to use this blog to keep track of what I do and to make sure I am accountable. If everyone knows I want to do this, it will be very hard to slack off.
Another exciting bit of news is that Jon has agreed to do this with me as well!!!
Ok, now don't get me wrong. I have not sat around doing nothing active. I work out regularly. But today was the first day of my new training work out. To be honest, I don't know squat about training for something like this. So, I went to the gym with the goal of riding this new exercise bike. It has a video screen and various courses you can ride. You can go up hill, down hill, through the woods, race people, and even play games and fight dragons all on a bike and in the gym! I hopped up on the bike and picked a 3.36 mile "ocean side" ride. Son of a gun if that little 3+ mile ride didn't kick my ass!!! My legs were burning and I was sweating like crazy! I finished that stupid ride in 15.56 min. It isn't impressive, but it is a starting point. It can only bet better from there.
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