It's the end of March and I'm still waiting on some springlike weather. Last Sunday's St Paddy's Dash did a number on me. It was so cold and snowy and gross. All three of us had the same finish time- woohoo!!! Although, it was rather slow :(
Anyway, I spent the entire rest of the day on the couch alternating between freezing and overheating.
Had a couple good runs outside this week with the "running crew". Jacque, Minor and Chris from work, and I, have been doing 3 or 4 milers after work. They are all doing so well, I'm really excited for them to all run their first Half Marathon in June. I'm not so excited for me to run my fourth marathon.
I'm exhausted. Mentally and physically. I think I'm going to talk to my boss about changing my work schedule so I can come in later and get part of my workout done in the morning. Eating dinner at 8:30 isn't cutting it anymore.
Oh, and I got a new pair of running shoes. Under Armour released their first running shoe in January and I'm trying them out. A couple miles on the treadmill on Friday and 6.5 today outside. I'll have a better report on them in a couple days. So far, not too shabby though.
3/14/09
St. Patty's Dash
Jacque and Major talked me into doing the St Patty's Dash tomorrow!! It's supposed to be rainy and cold in Seattle tomorrow. Yay! We've got our green gear and are ready to go.
3/8/09
*cough-cough*
I've got the cold that just will not go away! It's been about a month now and every time I think I'm getting better I either get a ridiculous cough or a runny nose, and lazy.
Friday I had decided that I would finally make my return appearance to spinning class. Eric let me know that it was at 8:30 Saturday morning, so I made sure to get to bed early on Friday (after seeing Watchmen). I got to the gym at 7:50 and the class was already full. I knew it was a popular class but that's just crazy. I guess they allow 8 slots to be filled up to a week early by pre-paying one dollar. I can kind of see how that might be a good thing during the week with traffic always so crazy- but really! On a Saturday morning??
My spinning buddies got there at 7:30 and were the last two on the list. I hit up the stair machine, saw a co-worker and chatted for a few minutes and then hopped on the treadmill hoping someone wouldn't show up for class. And Hooray!!! At 8:33 Eric came out and told me there was a free bike. Instructor Rick is pretty strict and insists on people being on time, so even if the tardy person had shown up, he may not have let them in. Well, it was pretty apparent that I hadn't been in awhile. But at the end it felt soooo great. Looks like I'm going to be getting myself up on Saturdays now for spinning. Woohoo!
Friday I had decided that I would finally make my return appearance to spinning class. Eric let me know that it was at 8:30 Saturday morning, so I made sure to get to bed early on Friday (after seeing Watchmen). I got to the gym at 7:50 and the class was already full. I knew it was a popular class but that's just crazy. I guess they allow 8 slots to be filled up to a week early by pre-paying one dollar. I can kind of see how that might be a good thing during the week with traffic always so crazy- but really! On a Saturday morning??
My spinning buddies got there at 7:30 and were the last two on the list. I hit up the stair machine, saw a co-worker and chatted for a few minutes and then hopped on the treadmill hoping someone wouldn't show up for class. And Hooray!!! At 8:33 Eric came out and told me there was a free bike. Instructor Rick is pretty strict and insists on people being on time, so even if the tardy person had shown up, he may not have let them in. Well, it was pretty apparent that I hadn't been in awhile. But at the end it felt soooo great. Looks like I'm going to be getting myself up on Saturdays now for spinning. Woohoo!
3/3/09
Is my Garmin lazy?
I've gotten sick again. I was feeling kinda crappy towards the end of last week, and then spent Saturday afternoon, evening and all of Sunday on the couch watching lame tv. Yesterday I went into work late because I just needed more sleep. Nighttime cold meds are the devil! They do not help you sleep, they just make you toss and turn and have horrible dreams!
So, tonight after work, I really needed a good workout. I decided to run outside. Jacque and Minor (two friends from work, who have become outside of work friends too) asked if they could come with me. I warned them that I'd be slow and probably coughing up phlegm, but I'd love to have them along! We wound up running 3.2 miles around the business park across the street. It was great to have people to run with! I've never really had that option. Jacque, Minor and I talked and joked the entire time and decided we need to do that at least once a week to change it up and stay motivated.
However, when I came home tonight, I tried to upload the data from my Garmin to my PC and I keep getting an error that it cannot communicate with my PC and to check the connections. Well, I double checked the cord, and it works fine. The Garmin itself is still logging data- it's just that connection between device and PC. Ugh!!! I don't want to lose my data! Luckily, I only have one run not uploaded, but still!
I was looking forward to another run tomorrow (supposed to have snow by the weekend?!??!) maybe I'll have to swim- everyone knows I could definitely work on that!
So, tonight after work, I really needed a good workout. I decided to run outside. Jacque and Minor (two friends from work, who have become outside of work friends too) asked if they could come with me. I warned them that I'd be slow and probably coughing up phlegm, but I'd love to have them along! We wound up running 3.2 miles around the business park across the street. It was great to have people to run with! I've never really had that option. Jacque, Minor and I talked and joked the entire time and decided we need to do that at least once a week to change it up and stay motivated.
However, when I came home tonight, I tried to upload the data from my Garmin to my PC and I keep getting an error that it cannot communicate with my PC and to check the connections. Well, I double checked the cord, and it works fine. The Garmin itself is still logging data- it's just that connection between device and PC. Ugh!!! I don't want to lose my data! Luckily, I only have one run not uploaded, but still!
I was looking forward to another run tomorrow (supposed to have snow by the weekend?!??!) maybe I'll have to swim- everyone knows I could definitely work on that!
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