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Fitness

Gorgeous Day

April 14, 2010

Tweet I knew it would be a gorgeous day when the sun woke me up at 6 AM, not overcast???? OMG no way! I did the usual take Ben to work and then I send myself out the door for a 4 mile run with speed intervals.  It was hard.  I definitely felt the last […]

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New Shoes, New Bras, New Hat, I’m so ready to go!

April 13, 2010

Tweet So yesterday I added up the mileage on my shoes and decided it was time for a new shoes so today I went to Fleet Feet and got shiny new shoes, ironically after trying on 5 different shoes I ended up in the updated version of the Brooks shoes I am currently using.  I […]

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Farther than I have ever gone in my LIFE! April 11th Food and Exercise Journal

April 11, 2010

Tweet That’s right I ran further than I have ever run before in my life.  That would be 5 miles.  I ran 5 miles no walking, OMG.  I ran it and I enjoyed it, double OMG!  I felt good for most of the run, my left knee and hip were sore for mile 5 but […]

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Running Thoughts

April 8, 2010

Tweet Woke up and went for a 2 mile run, rounding it out to 3 with warm up and cooldown.  I found a decent 2 mile run with some hills but not too many for my newbie runner self. I am still waffling on whether to do a half marathon on June 26th, I don’t […]

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April Mile a Day Challenge

April 7, 2010

Tweet I have mentioned my April Mile a Day Challenge a couple times and had a couple people ask what it is, so here you go.  A friend of mine did this challenge back in December and said it was really valuable so when she said she was doing it again I decided to do […]

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New Month’s Resolution, April

April 1, 2010

Tweet I’m still liking the monthly resolutions, and this month I will mostly be reinforcing the ones I have picked up but I do plan to add one or two new ones. I hope that these things that I add monthly will add up to lots of changes over the year, taken in smaller more […]

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The Weekly Round up 3/21-3/26

March 27, 2010

Tweet I got in 7 workouts this week, I ran four times this week including a really short run on one of my strength training days but I pushed my fastest time ever on it.  I also spent alot of time getting my garden ready to plant, that stuff is HARD work! Summary I used […]

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Week 8 of couch to 5k, almost there. February 21st Food and Exercise Journal

February 22, 2010

Tweet So today I began week 8 of couch to 5k.  The end is in sight as this is a 9 week program.  I ran 33 minutes without stopping!  I ran 2.6 miles without stopping and I probably should have just kept going but I am trying to stick with the program, well I also […]

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Rest Day February 17th Food and Exercise Journal

February 17, 2010

Tweet My arthritis in my ankle was flaring yesterday and today I could tell I was favouring the ankle yesterday as just about every muscle in my other leg was sore… stupid arthritis, I’m too damn young!  So today I just did my slow walking 5 minutes out of every hour, still got in 60 […]

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Why is exercise such a struggle? February 11th Food and Exercise Journal

February 11, 2010

Tweet And the exercise struggle continues, WHY???? The food portion of my new life is easy.  I really don’t desire to cook high fat or high sugar foods. (I never did much of the high sugar because I CAN’T bake, no really I can’t it does not suit my kitchen style of a bit of […]

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