after I awoke this morning, I practically dove into my exercise garments to do my Wii energetic workout. no longer due to the fact i used to be excited to do it, however because i used to be excited to get it accomplished.
If that makes experience.
today become workout #16 of 20, and it became a hard one! masses of squats, leap squats, inline skating (extra squatting and jumping), and the infamous squat preserve. once more, I had to do two squat holds (wherein you squat and preserve it for 60 seconds). I made it thru each squat holds for the complete 60 seconds! i used to be actually dripping sweat at some stage in contemporary workout.
the next day is a rest day to prepare for my 14-miler on Saturday. i'm nervous about the race. My plan is to get there at round 7:15, run eight miles, and then pick up my packet just earlier than the 10K begins (starting time is nine:00). I virtually desire I could try and PR--i am dying to recognise if my race times have advanced--however I ought to stick with my marathon schooling plan, and there was no way to healthy that during effortlessly.
while my marathon is over, i'm retiring that distance (for actual this time!). I can not wait to get again to training for 10K's and half of-marathons. i really like trying to run hard to improve my time, and i can not consider the remaining time I truly raced difficult. I assume it became in October 2011, at a 10K. i have a half of-marathon on September 1st, have i have not yet determined if i'm going to race difficult or just deal with it as a schooling run.
I think i'd try to discover a half-marathon in November to do. i'll be in exact walking form from having simply done the marathon in mid-October, so I might not have plenty education to do. My next massive race after the marathon is Ragnar Florida Keys, and you already know I can't wait for that!!
After my exercise this morning, I took Noah to his dentist appointment. I sat in the waiting room with Eli at the same time as Noah were given his teeth cleaned, and Eli commenced running laps around the coffee table inside the ready room. literally, going for walks laps. After about 20 laps, he stopped and asked me, "Mama, did I run a mile yet?" I instructed him no, that it would take loads of laps to run a mile.
And he stored going. no one else become within the ready room, in any other case i would have made him forestall. but i will embrace any opportunity for him to get out some energy! about 20 extra laps, and that i instructed him he possibly did about a quarter mile. He stored going. He virtually likely ended up strolling a half of-mile overall, all over the coffee desk. and i idea it changed into dull to run on a treadmill?
while Noah came out, the hygienist informed me that he has 5 cavities!! i used to be stunned. i am 30 years vintage, and i have best had 3 cavities in my existence. I allow the youngsters brush their very own teeth, but i'm horrible approximately making them floss, so i'm going to alternate that starting nowadays. The hygienist stated the cavities had been in all likelihood because his tooth are pretty tight collectively, and he's not flossing. So now he has 3 appointments to get the cavities filled (they do separate appointments in order that they only should numb a little of his mouth at a time).
i have multiple anniversaries arising--my nine-yr wedding anniversary is August 16th (next Thursday), and the three-12 months anniversary of once I began dropping weight is on August nineteenth (subsequent Sunday). i have never decided what to do for both of the anniversaries but. Jerry and i usually do not honestly have fun our wedding anniversary, so I don't know if we will do something. however I sort of want to do some thing to celebrate my weight reduction anniversary!
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