I’m taking the week off – girl’s trip full of working out, laying by the pool, and happy hours!!!!
Due to technical difficulties transferring my blog to self-hosted I haven’t been able to respond to comments for several days but I’m just going to let that go for now and catch up over the weekend!!!
Next week I will be super excited to catch up with all y’all!!!
Have a great week!!
Happy Monday!
Kim
This week the daily moves were all doubles! Since they were side-lying moves, each one had to be done on the right side and the left!!!
Sunday 7/6 – 44 side lying scissors (legs move front to back while stacked).
I counted a rep as moving the leg from front to back and back to front. And, even though the video only shows one side, I did a 2nd set of 44 on my other side.
And, since I took Saturday off, I got a nice run in.
10 miles in 71:04 +1.3 easy miles.
Monday 7/7 – 44 side lying double leg crunches.
And after 44 on this side, I flipped over for 44 more.
This is one of those moves that starts out fairly easy but after a few reps gets harder and harder!!!
For my workout I did Chalean Extreme Push Circuit 2. Then I pulled out a DVD I haven’t done in a long time – Shape Sculpt Your Abs. This was 45 minutes of cardio (with lots of ab work) plus 3, 15 minute ab sections – I should do this more often!!!
Tuesday 7/8 – 44 side lying hip abduction (top leg).
You can see why these were nice – I could keep my eyes closed!!!
By the end, my hips were burning!!!
This was another run day.
11 miles in 83:30 + 0.7 miles super easy.
Wednesday 7/9 – 44 crossed leg crunches (on your side, of course!!).
This move is great for your obliques. Having your legs crossed and lifting them also gives you a bit of hip work!!
I think that I got this move from one of my TaeBo workouts.
This was a double workout day – lifting and running!!!
Chalean Extreme Push Circuit 3.
12 mile run in 86:35 + 2 easy miles.
Thursday 7/10 – 44 lower leg lifts.
You can see that it isn’t a big lift but after about 10 you will feel each lift!!!
I decided that after a couple of back to back longish runs, this should be an easier day. So, a really old workout came out – Denise Austin Fat Burning Yoga. I enjoyed the strength and stretching after all the lifting and running!!!
Friday 7/11 – 44 double leg lifts and pulls with band.
The main thing is to keep tension on your legs even in the start phase!!!
And – another double workout day – I’m sort of liking lifting followed by a run!!!
Chalean Extreme Push Circuit 1
A hard 8 mile run in 52:39 followed by 2.5 easy miles.
Saturday 7/12 – 44 Side plank hip drops.
I enjoyed the side-to-side moves this week!!!
I think my running for the week was just over 40 miles which makes me happy!!!
Happy Saturday!
Kim
HaHa – pretty much exactly how I feel when I go to Zumba!!
This is what Hunter thinks about some of the workout DVDs I have. He can’t stand it when the people smile the entire time because he says they aren’t working hard enough!!
Yep!!! Although, I also have to lift weights and do other activities now, too!!!
I have done this many times – especially when we are almost home from a long road trip. Those last 30ish miles that are so long in the car I just keep telling myself I could run them!!!
Skinny isn’t the exact word but I can relate to feeling like a can of biscuits way too often!!!
Happy Friday!!
Kim
Sometimes I really mess up!!! Thankfully, my boys are kind and willing to give me 2nd, 3rd and 1000th chances!!!
Monday I took Jordan to the DMV to get his restricted license (the one that will allow him to drive to school and work by himself!).
I was super excited to show up and find out the wait was going to be less than 15 minutes!!! A lot of times it is a couple hours!!!
The man at the front desk called Jordan over and asked him if he had his “gold” slip. I had no idea what he was talking about!!!
Last summer Jordan took Drivers Ed – the class, test and instructional driving hours. Apparently, at the end of the class he received a pink slip (that showed he took the class)
and a gold slip (which showed he completed it).
Umm….we had to bring a piece of paper from a year ago?!
Fortunately, the guy told us we could go to the driving school and pay for another one!!!
I was not happy!!! We had to wait over 30 minutes just for someone to show up, pay, then go back to the DMV.
I told Jordan that he needed to do a better job keeping up with stuff. I also made him pay for the reissue slip since I paid for the course last year!!!
We finally got the license!
That evening I was telling Chris all about the morning – including the lecture I gave Jordan and the fact that I was impatient and he was pleasant the entire time.
Then, just out of curiosity, I looked at my desk. Guess what was in almost plain sight??????
If you guessed the missing gold slip – the one that I blamed Jordan for not keeping up with – you would be correct!!!
I felt horrible!!!
I apologized to Jordan (and paid him back!!!). He was super nice about it and said it wasn’t a big deal and he didn’t mind the whole process anyway.
How did I get so lucky?!
Even today, 2 days later, I still feel bad. I learned a lesson from Jordan both in patience and forgiveness!!!
Please tell me that you’ve done something similar!!!
Happy Wednesday!
Kim
I have always been one of those people who loves summer and heat!!!
However, in the past couple of months I’ve started noticing that my body doesn’t tolerate heat the way it used to.
I used to be able to lay out for hours without ever getting in the pool!! The summer I was pregnant with Jordan, a good friend and I spent many hours together at the pool. She was always amazed at how seldom I got in the pool.
And, running in the middle of the afternoon on 100+ days in west TX never phased me. Many of my runs happened in blazing temps all the way through my 20s. (Then I wised up a bit.)
Back in May, the day of my 50 mile race the temperature climbed into the mid-upper 80s during the race. I truly thought that my body was handling the temperature and sun OK and that I was staying hydrated.
Until, it wasn’t!!! I still don’t know if I had heat exhaustion or what but when I quit sweating, felt dizzy and sort of cold even with the temperature I knew that wasn’t right.
I know I’ve mentioned many times that the beach is my happy place. But, this summer I’ve done most of my laying out on our back deck with a big fan blowing on me because I can’t handle the heat!!!
Friday, the boys and I did the 6 mile race around our lake.
I struggled the entire race and even though the pace was slow for me, when I finished, I thought (for the first time in all my years of running!!!) that I was going to puke!!!
I actually felt crummy and had a hard time taking deep breaths for several hours after the race.
I know that I’m at an age where my body is changing some and that might affect my heat tolerance. I still love summer but the heat and direct sun are better in small doses and not when running!!!
Has anyone else experienced major changes in how their body handles heat? Do you know why?
Happy Monday!!
Kim
