Today for my 44 I did a single arm lateral raise with a leg lift while on a stability ball. (It’s not as complicated as it sounds!!)
readyright arm & left leg
After I finished 44 I had to switch arms and legs and repeat.
ready to goleft arm and right leg – lots of balance work!!
Garage boot camp started off chilly but we warmed up quickly with our Turbo workout!!!
So, nothing like waiting until the last minute to realize that I need some advice!!!
I don’t have a clue about how to approach the race that I’m doing this weekend. I know when packet pick-up and the race briefing are and that it starts at 6:00 pm Saturday night.
Drop bags –
Not a clue what the point of these is and since you can’t pick them back up till after 10:00 am on Sunday (16 hours after the start) and I’m hoping to be home in bed by then, I think I will just skip this step.
Fueling –
Still not a clue about what is going to work here!!! I’m just going back to my high school track days!!!
I prefer to run in the morning and I never eat before or during my runs so I sort of hate changing it up a lot.
Pacing – After a lot of trial and error with my training, I think I’m going to go with a 4:1 run/walk effort. As much as I would like to run the entire distance, I’m afraid if I don’t start off smart then I will have a repeat of my 44 miles!!!
My main plan is to just show up and run until I’m done – 50 miles!!!
Not sure how great my plan is so please share any tips, advice, hints, words of wisdom, experience or jokes that you have – all will be much appreciated!!!
From the start position, I hinged forward and lifted my arms to the sides.
balance
I tried to make the moves very slow and not just fall out of the position. (some times weren’t as successful as others!) After completing 44 with my left leg as the supporting leg, I switched sides.
ready to gono weights on this side
I decided not to use weights for the second set. Even though I just used 5 pound DBs, I knew that if I tried to do 44 more with them, my form would really suffer.
This was a fun move – balance, core, control, hamstrings, butt, lats – all kinds of work being done!!!
Today we did the 100s Bootcamp. The goal is to do 100 reps of 10 different moves – we did 90 today which is an improvement from the 80 we did last time we did this workout!!! I told the ladies – next time we will get 100!!! (time constraint is part of the problem)
racing
OK – so maybe I’m not talking about horses – but, anyone who runs knows – NOT ALL RUNS ARE GREAT!!! And – NOT EVERY RACE WILL BE YOUR BEST RACE!!!
Hunter learned that lesson the hard way on Tuesday. His final cross country meet of the season and he went in with high expectations of himself. Their coach had them doing sprints for 15 minutes before the race (and it was 90 degrees) – not sure why they did so many but….
The gun went off and Hunter took off – he shot straight to the front. He has never tried that strategy and I was worried (with good reason). There was a point a little before the half-way that we could see the runners again and he was still running strong near the front.
I told him to settle in for a couple minutes and then push hard at the end.
I ran down to a spot about 200m from the finish chute so that I could tell him to go for his final kick. When I saw him I could tell that he was done. Usually when I tell him to pick it up and kick in he really increases his speed. Not this time – he had nothing left.
He was so disappointed at the end!!!
I told him that he tried a new strategy and he just needed to work on it – it’s a fine line between going out too fast and hard and being able to finish strong.
He still ran a consistent time for what he has been running this season but not the race he hoped for and he was completely bummed for the night.
It was a good learning experience – I told him that every single runner has races like that and you have to deal with the disappointment and move on.
One of my worst races ever was the Regional track meet my junior year in high school. I was running the 2 mile which I had won in every race all season. I started off in the lead but went out way too hard – in the end I was 3rd (only the top 2 advanced to the State meet). I was crushed because I knew that if I had run a smart race I could have won and qualified for State.
Thankfully, Hunter is 12 and bounces back quickly!!! Now he is looking forward to wrestling, basketball and track – fun stuff ahead!!!
What was your most disappointing experience (racing or otherwise)?
Today for my 44 I did a hyperextension rock. This move is designed to strengthen the lower back which is sometimes a problem area for me!
Lay on your stomach and extend your arms and legs off the ground. Rock back, lifting your arms up as high as you can and then rock forward lifting your legs. (a front-back rock = 1 rep) To complete all 44, I had to stretch back into child’s pose a couple of times!
And, for the first time in a week (since my 44 miles!) I ran. Yesterday afternoon Jordan, Hunter and Chris all went running. Jordan told me that I should run, too since it had been a week – nothing like having a kid to keep me in check!!!
I ran with a 1.5% incline – 6 miles in 37:28 and then did a nice easy 1.5 miles to cool down. It felt good to run again and after the first mile I found my running grove!!!
Today is my SITS day!!! That means I’m featured the featured blogger @ The SITS Girls (where women get social).
This site is a great site that 2 women (Tiffany & Fancesca) started to help women bloggers really share their blogs. This community is over 40,000 and still growing.
Over the past few months I’ve met some incredible women thanks to this site!
I will always be grateful to the first SITS girls I followed for introducing me to this incredible site and one in particular who didn’t let me just make comments about needing to check it out – she said “Just do it!!” Thanks, Joi!!!
So, if you have never checked out the site, feel free to head over and visit today!!! Good day for it, since I’m over there!!!
Today’s 43 was one of my favorite kind of moves – a combo!!! Upper & lower body at the same time!!!
I did a lunge with a row.
start in lungestraighten leg and row
Today I decided to try and push myself a bit so I used a 15 pound dumbbell – not too bad until I reached about 30 – those last 13 or so were rough!!!
And I have to stay balanced so a did a 2nd set of 43 on my other side –
readygo
Can you tell that these are just posed pictures? The downside to getting up so early is that I’ve already done my move (and most of my workout) before anyone is around to take my pictures or video!! Oh, well – it still works out!!
Today I decided to go with some Turbo Jam fun for the rest of my workout. I started with Lower Body Jam which is 30 minutes geared to legs & butt with just a little upper body thrown in for good measure. Then I did 3T (Totally Tubular Turbo) – 35 minutes of strength work using resistance bands. Both of these workouts were fun because Chalean makes all of her DVDs high energy!!!
The Calendar!!!
At different times of the year, a new calendar is always exciting for me. I love to get my calendar ready for the start of each year – I always put in all of the things that are a given (birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, school dates, Chris’ work stuff…..) and then I’m ready to go!
August is another big time to add/change calendars – the start of school brings lots of new activities and events that can be added to the existing calendar.
Lately, I feel like we have so many sources that have to be checked in order to keep the calendar current that we are going to start leaving things out. For band, we have to check the website every weekend to make sure there haven’t been any changes.
Hunter brings home a weekly note from cross country with details about the upcoming meet(s). We get emails about cello lessons/events. Teacher’s tell the boys things about upcoming happenings for different classes. Phone calls often mean an addition to the calendar. So many sources to keep up with!There are usually appointments of different types to make sure we remember. Social events come up and need to be added immediately so that they aren’t left off by mistake!!
Lately I feel lost without my calendar!!! Last night we were at a friends house for small group and several dates came up – I felt a slight bit of panic because I didn’t have my calendar with me to make sure that nothing was being double booked and that I didn’t forget anything!!!A glimpse at last week (notice the empty day? Labor Day!!!) in my book – I’ve found that my date book works far better than the true “master calendar” on the kitchen wall!!!
Now that the boys are older and have more activities I told them we probably need to all coordinate our calendars every weekend so we can make sure everyone knows what is going on and we don’t forget anything or anyone!!!
Anyone else ever feel like your life is “controlled” by the calendar?
Do you feel a slight panic if you are out somewhere without your calendar and have new dates/events to add?
I’m pretty sure that I need to put beach time on the calendar this week!!! If it’s on the master plan it should happen, right?!
Today’s 43 was hard for me because it was all about the shoulders – Windmills. I used my stability ball again
and a pair of light (5 pound) dumbbells.
Start off by laying your upper body on the ball (face down) with toes on the ground. Alternately move your arms front & back (like a windmill!):
right arm front – left arm backswitch arms
I counted a right arm front & a left arm front as 1 rep and this was hard!!!
side view
The good news about this 43 – it was good for my shoulders, of course, but it also really worked my upper back!!
I went to bed planning to run this morning but I woke up tired and sore so I just walked with a 12% incline – 5 miles. And, I got caught up on Project Runway!!!
So, I don’t think it comes as any surprise when I say that I like (actually love) to workout!!! The next couple of weeks I’m cutting back on my normal workouts a little in order to be as rested as possible for my birthday run!!!
But, don’t think I’ve turned into this –
Nope!!!
I’ve found plenty of other ways to keep moving and work up a solid sweat.
One day I spent most of the morning pulling weeds – some serious Lat work involved here!!Plus, lots of squatting – standing – squatting – balancing – etc.!!
And yesterday I spent 5 hours of solid hard-core cleaning!!!!Remember our new business venture? Well, I scrubbed every inch of that place yesterday!!! Baseboards, corners, windows – you name it and I cleaned it! And today my body is sore and stiff from all of the kneeling and “crawling” involved!!!
Today I’m going to move 150+ chairs, schlep some tables around and steam about 25 table cloths – I think that I can count that as another “workout” don’t you?!
Happy Fun Friday, I’m off for another busy day ending in Friday Night Football – WooHoo!!!
So, nothing like waiting until the last minute to realize that I need some advice!!!
I don’t have a clue about how to approach the race that I’m doing this weekend. I know when packet pick-up and the race briefing are and that it starts at 6:00 pm Saturday night.
