Goals for next week, Get in the pool and swim at least 1000 yards, bike indoors on the trainer, Run 5 separate times, teach all regularly scheduled classes. Feel better.
Monday: Body Sculpt and Zumba
Tuesday:2 Body Sculpt classes
Wednesday:Body Sculpt
Thursday:Ran 2.14 miles
Friday:ran 3 miles, Body Sculpt
Saturday:Ran 8.07 miles
Sunday:walked 2.10 miles
Ran 13.21 miles, 5 Body Sculpt, 1 zumba
Good for week 47: by Thursday finally felt better so I ran. Even though I didn't feel good the first half of the week I still completed my scheduled classes.
Bad for week 47: Didn't swim or bike.
Totals for year:
Elliptical 27.47 miles
Running 775.95 miles
Swam 24,737.30 yards (14.55 miles)
Body Sculpt classes 151
Zumba classes 27
Biking minutes 762 (12.7 hours) Indoors
Biking miles outside 311.09 miles
Step classes 2
Yoga classes 6
Nia classes 1
Cross Fit class 1
Push ups on toes outside of teaching class:175
Goals for week 48: Swim, bike and work on my elliptical at least once. Run 5 times or more. Try to hit 25 miles for the week.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Week 46 of 2014
Goals for week 46: Run at least 25 miles, swim once, bike once. Elliptical at least 2.50 miles.
Monday; Ran 3.17 miles
Tuesday:Sculpt, ran 5.10 miles, Sculpt again.
Wednesday:Sculpt, Elliptical .75 mile
Thursday:Sick and Rest
Friday: Sick and Rest
Saturday: Ran 7.05 miles (.85 warm up before 5K, 3.20 was 5K race, ran 3 miles as a cooldown).
Sunday: none, still sick, not sure how I pulled off 7 miles yesterday.
totals for week 46:
ran 15.32 miles
3 Sculpt classes
.75 mile of Elliptical
Good for week: Ran 4 separate times. Got on the elliptical, just didn't do much because I didn't feel good.
Bad for week 46: Didn't feel good all week, not sure how I ran at all when I did. Missed teaching 2 Sculpts and Zumba because of feeling like garbage.
Totals for year:
Elliptical 27.47 miles
Running 762.74 miles
Swam 24,737.30 yards (14.05 miles)
Body Sculpt classes 146
Zumba classes 26
Biking minutes 762 (12.7 hours) Indoors
Biking miles outside 311.09 miles
Step classes 2
Yoga classes 6
Nia classes 1
Cross Fit class 1
Push ups on toes outside of teaching class:175
Goals for next week, Get in the pool and swim at least 1000 yards, bike indoors on the trainer, Run 5 separate times, teach all regularly scheduled classes. Feel better.
Monday; Ran 3.17 miles
Tuesday:Sculpt, ran 5.10 miles, Sculpt again.
Wednesday:Sculpt, Elliptical .75 mile
Thursday:Sick and Rest
Friday: Sick and Rest
Saturday: Ran 7.05 miles (.85 warm up before 5K, 3.20 was 5K race, ran 3 miles as a cooldown).
Sunday: none, still sick, not sure how I pulled off 7 miles yesterday.
totals for week 46:
ran 15.32 miles
3 Sculpt classes
.75 mile of Elliptical
Good for week: Ran 4 separate times. Got on the elliptical, just didn't do much because I didn't feel good.
Bad for week 46: Didn't feel good all week, not sure how I ran at all when I did. Missed teaching 2 Sculpts and Zumba because of feeling like garbage.
Totals for year:
Elliptical 27.47 miles
Running 762.74 miles
Swam 24,737.30 yards (14.05 miles)
Body Sculpt classes 146
Zumba classes 26
Biking minutes 762 (12.7 hours) Indoors
Biking miles outside 311.09 miles
Step classes 2
Yoga classes 6
Nia classes 1
Cross Fit class 1
Push ups on toes outside of teaching class:175
Goals for next week, Get in the pool and swim at least 1000 yards, bike indoors on the trainer, Run 5 separate times, teach all regularly scheduled classes. Feel better.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Week 45 of 2014
Goals for week 45: Bike once, run 5 times, swim once.
Monday: Ran 5.0 miles, Sculpt
Tuesday: taught Body Sculpt twice
Wednesday: ran 4.05 miles, taught Body Sculpt
Thursday:Elliptical 2 miles, ran 3.10 miles
Friday:Sculpt
Saturday:Ran 4.10 miles
Sunday: Rest
Good for week 45: ran 4 times, got on the elliptical for a couple miles.
Not so good for week 45: didn't run on Friday like I had planned. Didn't bike or swim.
Totals for week 45:
Ran 16.25
Elliptical 2 miles
5 Body Sculpt classes
Totals for year:
Elliptical 26.72 miles
Running 747.42 miles
Swam 24,737.30 yards (14.55 miles)
Body Sculpt classes 143
Zumba classes 26
Biking minutes 762 (12.7 hours) Indoors
Biking miles outside 311.09 miles
Step classes 2
Yoga classes 6
Nia classes 1
Cross Fit class 1
Push ups on toes outside of teaching class:175
Goals for week 46: Run at least 25 miles, swim once, bike once. Elliptical at least 2.50 miles.
Monday: Ran 5.0 miles, Sculpt
Tuesday: taught Body Sculpt twice
Wednesday: ran 4.05 miles, taught Body Sculpt
Thursday:Elliptical 2 miles, ran 3.10 miles
Friday:Sculpt
Saturday:Ran 4.10 miles
Sunday: Rest
Good for week 45: ran 4 times, got on the elliptical for a couple miles.
Not so good for week 45: didn't run on Friday like I had planned. Didn't bike or swim.
Totals for week 45:
Ran 16.25
Elliptical 2 miles
5 Body Sculpt classes
Totals for year:
Elliptical 26.72 miles
Running 747.42 miles
Swam 24,737.30 yards (14.55 miles)
Body Sculpt classes 143
Zumba classes 26
Biking minutes 762 (12.7 hours) Indoors
Biking miles outside 311.09 miles
Step classes 2
Yoga classes 6
Nia classes 1
Cross Fit class 1
Push ups on toes outside of teaching class:175
Goals for week 46: Run at least 25 miles, swim once, bike once. Elliptical at least 2.50 miles.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Screaming Pumpkin - Saturday October 25, 2014 5:50 p.m. - Peoria, IL
Last two years I have done this race it has been super cold, like bitter, but this year I could wear shorts and by the end of the race I was too warm because I was giving it my all. Perfect running weather for an October night!
This race takes place in Lower Glen Oak Park, in Peoria, IL. You run through Springdale Cemetary. It is the hilliest course I've ever ran in my life. Here is the WEBSITE that tells you all about it. Here are results if you care: Full results!
There was a costume contest. Both Jason and I participated, but at his request there are no pictures of his costume because he absolutely HATES to dress up. He really doesn't even like Halloween, yet I love it. Anyway, I dressed as the Bearded lady from the circus and won 3rd place. However the prize was tickets to a hockey game in Peoria on Sunday, November 9th, which is today. So I advertised them on facebook to see who would want them and found someone that lives in Peoria that was super excited to go to that game and I mailed them my tickets.
The race started about 3 minutes after they advertised it would so that was at about 5:53p.m. I ran as fast as I could until the first long steep hill. Hills just zap me. I practice them all the time, seriously. I run hilly routes on purpose so that flat routes will be easy for me, but then I get to hills in a race and don't do well.
Two years ago I ran this race for the first time but because I went off the course and fell in a ditch, I sprained my ankle. I should have stopped at that point and waited for medical to arrive, then. Instead my friend that I was with insisted I walk on it and then try and run. I did that and I only ended up running because I was finishing faster and getting the pain over with. It was a super painful night which ended up costing me over a year of therapy on the ankle, a boot, crutches and lots of pain. My lesson I learned is "Never go off the course". Anyway that final time that year was 1:37:01. I walked so much of that course and took a long break when initially getting hurt.. The next year in 2013 I ran with my husband and good friends Lisa and Kyle. We ran most of it, but goofed off so much of that race. Our time was 1:36:58.
This year I took the race seriously. Jason and I were both trying to have a great race time. My PR for a Quarter Marathon (6.55 miles) was set in Columbus, Ohio the first Saturday of May in 2013. I was still having significant ankle pain, but was able to run for the most part without pain. That record was 1:12:15 and was set on a totally flat course. I was determined to beat that this year, even though this course was extremely hilly, I am very healthy this year and no longer suffer from ankle pain. So I thought, hilly or not, I'm beating that time. Sure enough I did. My chip time was 1;08:40. I knew I could do even better than this, however with running a 5K that morning and having a side cramp for most of this race, I'll take just a 3:35 minute PR. I know now that had this been a flat course I could have really killed it because in my last half marathon, I hit the 6.55 point at 1:02 something, so I have it in me for another major PR at some point! Jason and I ran together until mile 5 when I told him to just go. He finished in an amazing 1:05:24 for this hilly course. So a PR for both of us.
Good things about this race:
The finishing medal is awesome! One of my most favorite finishing medals.
The bib for your scrapbook is nice.
It was chip timed by a company that does immediate finishing results. Basically they are posting your results before you even have a chance to look them up. Cool!
Amazing food after the race.
Unique race. How many races do you know are at night running through a cemetary?
Extremely organized
Medical help on the course.
amazing true to size dri fit long sleeve shirt.
costume contest
Not so great things about this race:
That course is the hilliest, craziest course ever. (If you despise hills, then don't even sign up wimp.)
It's dark and the course has some places that you could trip and fall, so make sure you have a light on your body that you can see the ground at all times.
Lots of course debree like pinecones, rocks,hedge apples, lots and lots of leaves that can be slippery if wet, potholes, broken cement and much more.
Only one water station and you hit that twice, but I felt like there should have been something like at mile 2.5 or 3. Not sure how those marathoners on this course do with lack of water, but hopefully okay.
I have a few pictures:
This race takes place in Lower Glen Oak Park, in Peoria, IL. You run through Springdale Cemetary. It is the hilliest course I've ever ran in my life. Here is the WEBSITE that tells you all about it. Here are results if you care: Full results!
There was a costume contest. Both Jason and I participated, but at his request there are no pictures of his costume because he absolutely HATES to dress up. He really doesn't even like Halloween, yet I love it. Anyway, I dressed as the Bearded lady from the circus and won 3rd place. However the prize was tickets to a hockey game in Peoria on Sunday, November 9th, which is today. So I advertised them on facebook to see who would want them and found someone that lives in Peoria that was super excited to go to that game and I mailed them my tickets.
The race started about 3 minutes after they advertised it would so that was at about 5:53p.m. I ran as fast as I could until the first long steep hill. Hills just zap me. I practice them all the time, seriously. I run hilly routes on purpose so that flat routes will be easy for me, but then I get to hills in a race and don't do well.
Two years ago I ran this race for the first time but because I went off the course and fell in a ditch, I sprained my ankle. I should have stopped at that point and waited for medical to arrive, then. Instead my friend that I was with insisted I walk on it and then try and run. I did that and I only ended up running because I was finishing faster and getting the pain over with. It was a super painful night which ended up costing me over a year of therapy on the ankle, a boot, crutches and lots of pain. My lesson I learned is "Never go off the course". Anyway that final time that year was 1:37:01. I walked so much of that course and took a long break when initially getting hurt.. The next year in 2013 I ran with my husband and good friends Lisa and Kyle. We ran most of it, but goofed off so much of that race. Our time was 1:36:58.
This year I took the race seriously. Jason and I were both trying to have a great race time. My PR for a Quarter Marathon (6.55 miles) was set in Columbus, Ohio the first Saturday of May in 2013. I was still having significant ankle pain, but was able to run for the most part without pain. That record was 1:12:15 and was set on a totally flat course. I was determined to beat that this year, even though this course was extremely hilly, I am very healthy this year and no longer suffer from ankle pain. So I thought, hilly or not, I'm beating that time. Sure enough I did. My chip time was 1;08:40. I knew I could do even better than this, however with running a 5K that morning and having a side cramp for most of this race, I'll take just a 3:35 minute PR. I know now that had this been a flat course I could have really killed it because in my last half marathon, I hit the 6.55 point at 1:02 something, so I have it in me for another major PR at some point! Jason and I ran together until mile 5 when I told him to just go. He finished in an amazing 1:05:24 for this hilly course. So a PR for both of us.
Good things about this race:
The finishing medal is awesome! One of my most favorite finishing medals.
The bib for your scrapbook is nice.
It was chip timed by a company that does immediate finishing results. Basically they are posting your results before you even have a chance to look them up. Cool!
Amazing food after the race.
Unique race. How many races do you know are at night running through a cemetary?
Extremely organized
Medical help on the course.
amazing true to size dri fit long sleeve shirt.
costume contest
Not so great things about this race:
That course is the hilliest, craziest course ever. (If you despise hills, then don't even sign up wimp.)
It's dark and the course has some places that you could trip and fall, so make sure you have a light on your body that you can see the ground at all times.
Lots of course debree like pinecones, rocks,hedge apples, lots and lots of leaves that can be slippery if wet, potholes, broken cement and much more.
Only one water station and you hit that twice, but I felt like there should have been something like at mile 2.5 or 3. Not sure how those marathoners on this course do with lack of water, but hopefully okay.
I have a few pictures:
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| Before the race. |
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| Another before the race with the giant cat. |
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| Amazing finishing medal. |
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| The dri fit long sleeve shirt that is awesome! |
Haunted Hustle for hearing - Saturday, October 25th 9 a.m. - Iowa City, IA
It was a cold morning, but not too bad for an October morning near Halloween. I was able to race in shorts and that means it wasn't too hot. This race suggested you run in costume, but I didn't want to. I was trying to go for a PR (personal record) so I only dressed in normal running clothes.
The course was flat until you turned off of Normandy Drive left onto Park Rd. You had to go straight up a steep hill. That's when I stopped running. I sped walked that hill, but it totally zapped me. This I'm sure is what cost me the PR today, but oh well, I'm fine with that. I ended up placing 3rd in my age group and I'm perfectly happy with that given the bad course.
Good things about this race:
It was chip timed
There was a shirt
There was a bib for your scrapbook
There was food after the race.
Not so great things about this race:
The shirt was cotton and not dri fit
The course had a huge steep long hill.
They only gave gift cards for 1st in each age group and didn't even recognize place 2 and 3 in the age groups.
Having an out and back course would have been MUCH better and wouldn't have involved a huge long steep hill.
My results are HERE !
Pictures are below.
Good things about this race:
It was chip timed
There was a shirt
There was a bib for your scrapbook
There was food after the race.
Not so great things about this race:
The shirt was cotton and not dri fit
The course had a huge steep long hill.
They only gave gift cards for 1st in each age group and didn't even recognize place 2 and 3 in the age groups.
Having an out and back course would have been MUCH better and wouldn't have involved a huge long steep hill.
My results are HERE !
Pictures are below.
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| My race bib. |
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| My results! Not bad. 3rd in my age group out of 5. |
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| Jason took this picture of me running! |
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| The best costume at the race: Richard Simmons. Hilarious. |
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| Front of shirt |
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Week 44 of 2014
Goals for week 43: Run 5 or more separate times. Complete all scheduled classes. Bike once and swim once. Complete at least a mile on the elliptical.
Monday: Sculpt, Zumba, biked 8 miles
Tuesday: Ran 5.25 miles with Tyler, 2 Sculpt classes.
Wednesday:Sculpt class
Thursday:Ran 5.26 miles alone
Friday:Sculpt
Saturday: Ran 6.07 miles part of it with Jason, Biked 9.22 miles with Caleb
Sunday: Rest
Ran 16.58 miles
Biked 17.22 miles
5 Sculpt classes
1 Zumba class
lots of walking.
Good for week 44 I got out and biked twice. Completed my scheduled classes.
Not so great for week 44: I didn't make time for the elliptical or swimming or running 5 times.
Totals for year:
Elliptical 24.72 miles
Running 731.17 miles
Swam 24,737.30 yards (14.05 miles)
Body Sculpt classes 138
Zumba classes 26
Biking minutes 762 (12.7 hours) Indoors
Biking miles outside 311.09 miles
Step classes 2
Yoga classes 6
Nia classes 1
Cross Fit class 1
Push ups on toes outside of teaching class:175
Goals for week 45: Bike once, run 5 times, swim once. Make time for the elliptical. Try 2 miles.
Monday: Sculpt, Zumba, biked 8 miles
Tuesday: Ran 5.25 miles with Tyler, 2 Sculpt classes.
Wednesday:Sculpt class
Thursday:Ran 5.26 miles alone
Friday:Sculpt
Saturday: Ran 6.07 miles part of it with Jason, Biked 9.22 miles with Caleb
Sunday: Rest
Ran 16.58 miles
Biked 17.22 miles
5 Sculpt classes
1 Zumba class
lots of walking.
Good for week 44 I got out and biked twice. Completed my scheduled classes.
Not so great for week 44: I didn't make time for the elliptical or swimming or running 5 times.
Totals for year:
Elliptical 24.72 miles
Running 731.17 miles
Swam 24,737.30 yards (14.05 miles)
Body Sculpt classes 138
Zumba classes 26
Biking minutes 762 (12.7 hours) Indoors
Biking miles outside 311.09 miles
Step classes 2
Yoga classes 6
Nia classes 1
Cross Fit class 1
Push ups on toes outside of teaching class:175
Goals for week 45: Bike once, run 5 times, swim once. Make time for the elliptical. Try 2 miles.
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