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Month: June 2011

30 Day Shred – Day 1

30 Day Shred – Day 1

“This is so much fun. Can we do it everyday?” asks my 5 year old who did the whole thing (minus push ups) with me.“Yes, Honey. But sometimes Mummy has other things going on.”“How about we do it in the morning after breakfast before you start work? I’ll remind you everyday Mummy.”“Geez thanks, my little trainer.”

Strength Training – The challenge of the First Step

Strength Training – The challenge of the First Step

Remember my goal as I approach my mid-30?A – for efforts to stick to the plan of strength training.F – for actual execution of the plan. Here’s what I tried, my experience and the one routine I’m going to stick with to move forward.p90x Why should I do it? – Everyone raves about it, it has a wide variety of exercises, it really shows the results in 90 days, etc.  What’s stopping me from doing it? – Way too tough for my fitness…

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The week in numbers

The week in numbers

Summary Total Miles = 19 Long Run = 9 miles solo  Cross Training = p90x Stretch, Swimming 20 min Strength Training = FAIL  Daily Splits M – 9 miles on Memorial Day at the River. Perfect negative splits at 1/3 distances. T – p90x Stretch and 20min of Swimming W – 4.6 miles in the humidity with a late 8am start. Traveling to Chicago that night. Th –    Traveling F –     Too tired and woozy. Off. S…

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Plan B

Plan B

Thanks to the discount that RnR offered for their races on National Running Day, I now have a plan B. I am now registered for the full marathon at Savannah on Nov 5th. My ‘A’ race of the year is still Chicago on Oct 9th and I’m being cheerfully optimistic that everything will be perfect on race day; but lets face it. Chicago is notorious for its weather. 2 out of the past 5 years have been unbearable heat causing…

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