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The Weekly Round up 5/1-5/7

May 8, 2010

Tweet I got in 7 workouts this week, (if you count a dog walk on Saturday) I ran four times this week and did 2 days of cross training (bike and bowflex).  This week was a rest week so my long run was only 4 miles (OMG only 4 miles? who am I???).  I have […]

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7 miles!

April 30, 2010

Tweet You read that right.  I did indeed run seven miles today!  I woke up early, well the normal time but I didn’t have to drive Ben to work so I got to run early.  I headed to the Soos Creek Trail and ran three and a half miles south then headed back the way […]

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Weather Fun

April 27, 2010

Tweet I went out to run this morning, a super bright sun in my eyes even with a hat on morning.  I took off my jacket after about 100 yards and did a nice easy three mile run.  The school bus driver now waves to me every morning 🙂  So this run was perfect, nice […]

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I ran a 10k race

April 25, 2010

Tweet I RAN a 10k race, that’s right ran the whole thing and I didn’t even finish last 🙂  It took me an hour 17 minutes (including a pitstop :P)  It felt awesome, the course was flat right along the puget sound, it was out and back twice with views of the space needle and […]

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Why do we have to have Mondays?

April 12, 2010

Tweet I know, I know, if there was no Mondays then Tuesdays would suck, but still… I used to not work Mondays when I was teaching and no one could sympathise on Tuesday (my Monday), everyone sympathises with the suck that is Monday mornings.  For me Mondays mean lots of household chores and the mess […]

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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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New Month’s Resolutions February

January 31, 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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I did a 5k in January

January 31, 2010

Tweet The weather held for my January 5k. I completed the course in a little under 40 minutes, my fastest time ever and it included a not terribly small hill.  Quarter mile up the hill then quarter mile down and the last quarter mile or so on mostly flat ground.  I finished my first mile […]

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I ran 10 minutes straight! January 28th Food and Exercise Journal

January 28, 2010

Tweet Ate 24 of 25 points. Earned 6 activity points. Breakfast(5) –steel cut oats, egg white, yogurt, blueberries, maple syrup (yes, all mixed together it is yummy) Lunch (7.5)–Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup(5.5), yogurt (2) Snack(3)–Tortilla chips Dinner (10)–Leftover chicken enchiladas (8), salad with salsa vinagrette (1),  green beans with butter (1) ****you can really […]

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The Weekly Round-up 1/16-1/22

January 23, 2010

Tweet I got in 7 workouts this week, completed week three of couch to 5k and got in two strength training sessions.  I also got up and walked 5 minutes of every hour I was in front of the computer or watching TV, it really started to add up to some serious time and I […]

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