Well I had my first lesson with JoEllen. I survived. Barely... Let's look at the gym first. It is a giant building with metal exterior and NO AC. At the front is a row of stationary bikes. To the right is the weight section. The middle is a giant mat. This gym also teaches Jijitzu. At the back there is a big roll up door, near the door is a set of three pull up bars, rings and other random things. Let's just say it's intense and very intimidating.
Day 1, she took it easy on me. I still whined. Started out with 20 minutes on the stationary bike then I did a rotation of 5 ball drops, 10 push-ups and 15 kettle bell swings ---- 11 times!!! Yep, I was sore...
Day 2, she still said she took it easy on me.... Lies Lies Lies. I started by doing 10 minutes on the bike, going fast. Moved to the back and did a increasing rotation followed by a decreasing rotation of ball drops and ring pull ups. If that didn't make me sick, we moved on to riding the bike really fast for 1 minute, running down the street and back followed by 10 burpies (squat, kick your legs out and jump up high reaching to the ceiling). Yep I did that 10 times... I thought I was dying. I got home and was completely soaked from sweat, red face and blisters on my hands.
It took an incredibly intense turn. I am going to try to get up and run tomorrow. If I don't make it, I'll run 2 miles on Saturday and 6 miles on Sunday. I may not survive this race. Or if all goes well, I will dominate this race!!!! We shall see!!!
Love!
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Bumps in the Road
Well since my last post, I've been doing terrible at consistency running. Let's get all of my excuses out of the way...
1. My calf muscles hurt.
2. I'm too tired to move much less run.
3. I was out of town.
4. I'm just too busy.
5. My body is not moving. Like every muscle in my body has tensed up and is not moving.
6. It's 114 degrees outside which is too hot to run.
7. It's discouraging not being able run with your friends for 3 of their 12 mile jog.
8. There's no good time to run. I like sleeping as late as I can in the mornings.
9. It's early.
10. I ate bad.
Ok, I could go on, but I'll spare you. Last Thursday night, I was running with my friend Angela. She was trying to go 17 miles. I was going to join her for 5. Well I held her up instead of joining her. It was over 100 degrees outside, after dark! That was our major hold up. We made it about 2 miles, and I was majorly struggling. Basically, I moved my intervals from 4 minutes running / 1 minute walking to 3 minutes running / 2 minutes walking. Angela would run her 4 minutes then turn around and come back for me during her walk. Once we started my 5th mile / Angela's 10th mile, my legs stopped working. As much as I tried, my run turned into a walk. We both changed our intervals to 1 minute running / 1 minute walking. Angela was so sweet and cheered me along... We made it to my house and both sopping wet with sweat laid on the floor and cooled off.
At that moment I realized my running this time is harder than ever before. I guess a lot of factors contribute to that, but it's just not cool. So I texted my friend JoEllen who is a personal trainer. We are doing a lot of exercises that strengthen your core. We'll see how it goes...
Love!
1. My calf muscles hurt.
2. I'm too tired to move much less run.
3. I was out of town.
4. I'm just too busy.
5. My body is not moving. Like every muscle in my body has tensed up and is not moving.
6. It's 114 degrees outside which is too hot to run.
7. It's discouraging not being able run with your friends for 3 of their 12 mile jog.
8. There's no good time to run. I like sleeping as late as I can in the mornings.
9. It's early.
10. I ate bad.
Ok, I could go on, but I'll spare you. Last Thursday night, I was running with my friend Angela. She was trying to go 17 miles. I was going to join her for 5. Well I held her up instead of joining her. It was over 100 degrees outside, after dark! That was our major hold up. We made it about 2 miles, and I was majorly struggling. Basically, I moved my intervals from 4 minutes running / 1 minute walking to 3 minutes running / 2 minutes walking. Angela would run her 4 minutes then turn around and come back for me during her walk. Once we started my 5th mile / Angela's 10th mile, my legs stopped working. As much as I tried, my run turned into a walk. We both changed our intervals to 1 minute running / 1 minute walking. Angela was so sweet and cheered me along... We made it to my house and both sopping wet with sweat laid on the floor and cooled off.
At that moment I realized my running this time is harder than ever before. I guess a lot of factors contribute to that, but it's just not cool. So I texted my friend JoEllen who is a personal trainer. We are doing a lot of exercises that strengthen your core. We'll see how it goes...
Love!
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