hey wow

Looks like I can post from bberry! I'm in bed in Telluride. I did 3 yesterday and it was tough although I don't know if it was more the hills or altitude that caused more problem. Probably a combination of both. Anyhoo then we did probably a 2 mile fairly steep hike. Today I did 2 miles and it was harder than yesterday. Will see how tomorrow goes. I'm doing okay on food, not great but could be way worse given its vacation!

Did treadmill Tuesday. I didn't do any incline, but I did do a four minutes running to three minutes walking interval, which I decided was pushing it enough. Funny thing was, it was EASY, and I ended up thinking I probably should have done a stupid incline, but whatever. My time was the best ever, 54:45.

2 miles outside this morning, time was 29:20. I was hoping to go faster being that it was only two miles, but what are ya gonna do? It is awfully early.

Tomorrow is Treadmill Tuesday, so four miles. I'm going to have to take Wednesday off, I think. And then three on Thursday and 5.5 on Saturday.

1 mi swim

Is what I did today and I have to say it was hard! I was all by myself in the pool at first, and then this guy gets in the lane right next to me and is literally doing laps twice as fast as me. It was really irritating. Like, cant you take your fast muscular ass over to the other side of the pool so I don't have to feel like such a hippopotamus in the water?? But then I sat in the shade and finished my book. I love my gym.

On the food front:
whole wheat french toast with syrup, skim milk
cheese tortellini with alfredo sauce, cherries
choc bberries
choc chip granola bar
2 hard boiled eggs

Did 15 miles on the bike today (49 minutes). All goodness. Chris and the kids are visiting his parents this week, so I am free to indulge in any kind of bad behavior I want. So, I ate a Totino's pizza and some fancy cookies and watched "Green Zone" with hottie Matt Damon.

I think I'm going to do two miles tomorrow morning. I have been really enjoying the outside morning runs, which is totally unprecedented and somewhat disturbing.

Rooster Running

The run this morning was really good. I did 5 miles at a 15:12 min. pace, which was just over my goal of 15-minute miles. Which may not have been my goal had I known how many hills there were going to be! It was quite a challenge. Dad walked the whole thing and we crossed the finish line together. I forgot to ask Patty if she ran the whole way.

Totally awesome. And, then not so awesome

So when I woke up to your guys' messages on your awesomeness this morning I felt a pang of guilt for not getting out of bed to do the 6am outside run. But I just so love sleeping in on Saturdays!! And Sundays. And every day. Anyhoo, I read for awhile and ate a leisurely breakfast before heading to the gym to do whatever I could. As it turns out, today that was 5 miles - woot! And I ran almost the whole darned way. Ran full 3, most of four and 3/4 of 5. Got done in 61:40, which was pretty cool cause my goal in distance is to do 5 miles per hour.

On to the not so awesome. I'm all about efficiency, right? So I'm putting in a load of laundry and I strip down naked to put today's running clothes in the washer so all my running clothes will be clean for next week. And just at that moment Jake walks by with a friend that I had no idea was over. Seriously, I locked eyes with this kid and his eyes were about as big as saucers. He got full frontal. I wonder if this will be positive or negative for my MILF title?

Friday
big onion bagel w/ veggie lite cream cheese, skim milk
2 pcs spinach artichoke pizza (definitely not as good leftover)
Protein shake
cherries, cheese, wheat thins
2 corona
2 oreos
2 choc chip granola bars

Sat
Meusli cereal, skim milk, cherries
kosher hot dog w cheese in tortilla
choc covered blueberries (abt 180 calories)
wheat thins, cheese, grapes
famous amous cookies (280 cal)

I was victorious today in the great battle between me and the miles. Five of them.

short one

I'm getting ready to do one lap of Rees Loop, because I don't want to take 2 days off in a row. I'm doing the 5 Run with the Roosters tomorrow. I pick up my packet today... I'll get a tech t-shirt and hopefully at least a certificate. I had been thinking about going last night after the long drive but I made a drink instead, then went to blissful sleep. It was way too hot to go anyway.

takin it easy

I did 2.5 at the gym at lunch today, taking it easy because my legs are fatigued from the last two days. They burned walking up the stairs to my office this morning. Tomorrow I'm off and then going to try to go outside Saturday. There's a group run at Roadrunner sports on Saturday mornings at 6. Thats AM folks. As I said, I'm just contemplating it, but it gives me somewhere to be and some people to suffer with. And you never know, there may be a cute guy or two that I can ignore.

Banana, skim milk, choc chip granola bar
tuna salad, wheat thins, protein shake
2 pieces thin crust spinach artechoke pizza from CPK, to DIE for!!