Shufflin' Sista

Sat, Nov 29, 2008

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Nice hilly, fast paced walk with Teddy. St. George is BEAUTIFUL right now. Sunny sky, gorgeous yellow & red trees. Finally fall has come to SG...just in time for Christmas...LOL

Thu, Nov 27, 2008

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !

Nice run with Sole Sisters, catch up time. It was challenging but I think going to spin & walking has helped keep my fitness level up so it wasn't as hard as I expected considering I haven't run much in the past 2 weeks.

We ran all over downtown and looked at Tammy's festive windows that she painted and even visited Shelly's sister. Fun run!

Then home to watch Macy's parade and look over ads to design my shopping strategy for tomorrow. Went to Wilkinsons for lots of food & fun. Great day, so much to be grateful for!

Wed, Nov 26, 2008

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

slept in, stressful workday

Tue, Nov 25, 2008

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

weight lifting class at gym

Mon, Nov 24, 2008

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Spin class at gym.

Sun, Nov 23, 2008

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Nice Sunday walk to the park in Daybreak with kids, niece & doggy. Again, didn't take watch but will guess 2 miles. OK- tomorrow officially kicks off "Maintain Don't Gain" an incentive program through my work that is supposed to help me ward off the Holiday Fat! You get points for doing things right, then at the end of Dec. if you stuck with the program you are entered into a drawing for some giftcards. I figure- hey- why not, I could use the extra push right now. I'll start the morning with spin class too, that ought to help!

Sat, Nov 22, 2008

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Nice quick walk w/ Teddy around the lake at Daybreak. Didn't take a watch, but guessing it was about 2 miles. In SLC for a weekend while Jim interviews at Westminster.

Thu, Nov 20, 2008

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Preblogging 4 miles with Heather. She's coming to meet me Thurs. am. Wish I could whip out my camera and take a pic of her- but she HATES that kinda stuff. She is about 20 weeks pregnant and just bought a running "girdle". She's so ambitious! Oh wow! Check out www.stgeorgerunningcenter.com & watch the 2008 St. George Marathon video. If you need inspiration/ motivation- watching those guys & gals finish will do it for ya!

Preblog followup (guess that would be postblog?) Heather did come and we got in a nice hilly (SLOW) 4 miler. Cold out there this morning!

TONIGHT I'm going to TWILIGHT at midnight! Can't wait!

Wed, Nov 19, 2008

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Yeah, yeah Andi. Thanks for checking on me. I DID sleep in and hobbled around all day on my stiff legs (from weight class). BUT I have running plans for tomorrow. Already "preblogged" it to make myself stick to it!

Tue, Nov 18, 2008

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Are you sitting down?!!! I actually got up early and went to the GYM to weight lifting class. Oh man, I'm gonna feel it this week! Saw Tammy and she invited me to run with her tomorrow. I really should if I can get out of bed tomorrow.

Mon, Nov 17, 2008

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Nice 3.5 mile walk at night in hilly neighborhood. Sad as I walked by the boy's home who was shot in an accidental shooting this past week. The friends/family had set up a beautiful memorial in his front yard. So sad!

Sun, Nov 16, 2008

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

I'm gonna guess and put in 1.5 miles. Nice Sunday walk with the fam today. We parked downtown and walked around the temple grounds and over to the park. Did I mention that I LOVE fall in St. George?!

Sat, Nov 15, 2008

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Beautiful fall walk today. Alone & fast paced (for a walk). Just felt like walking this week and not running. Want to be outside enjoying the fall weather and take it all in SLOWLY. I'm not gonna be too hard on myself about that. Still struggling with trying to fit workouts into my work schedule, also not having a partner AND shorter daylight hours. I just don't dig the gym enough to go there everyday- I need to be OUTSIDE. I know I have a new plan every week- its laughable....but I realize I have to do exercise that I really enjoy or it just won't get done. Plan for this next week- a couple short runs (2-3), spin class and we'll take it from there...I think I'll try to get some more workouts in on Fri, Sat & Sun instead of trying to get them all in M-F like I usually do.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! The kids have been having "late nights" with friends and I've been single ...

Fri, Nov 14, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Nice walk with Heather. Catching up with my great friend!

Tue, Nov 11, 2008

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Andi thanks for checking on me today and holding me accountable. You posted something like "can't wait to read the update" and I was like what?... what is she waiting for? Then duh! I figured you're waiting for me to post my workout like I said I would... hee hee...

ANYWAY- It was a busy day (as usual). I was off work for Veteran's Day but the kids still had tons of activities and "early out" school day. Plus Jimmy's out of town so no help there. OK, enough excuses. I was inspired by Jody today when she said she doesn't allow herself to make excuses because then they don't ever stop. Amen.

I got out for a quick paced walk with my rowdy dog. Didn't take a watch but I'm going to guesstimate 3 miles.

Tomorrow early morning weights!

Special thanks to our Veterans today. As I watch the current social situations in our country and globally I really appreciate more & more the freedoms ...

Mon, Nov 10, 2008

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

No good excuse for goose egg today except for my extremely erratic sleep schedule lately. Last night I was driving back from Vegas until 2am. But if I was tough like Jody that wouldn't even be an excuse! (I've seen her do tough runs on zero sleep!).

Will exercise tomorrow before I hit the sack or all you bloggies will yell at me- deal?!

Sat, Nov 08, 2008

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Yay! So I got lucky today that the benefits of the marathon training are still with me a bit. I didn't run Wed- Fri. (no good excuses, just really busy w/ work & tired). But Wed. I registered for the Snow Canyon 5k. I knew I'd see some friends there, but I went alone which made it a bit of a challenge. It would have been really easy to stay home and blow it off.

I decided I'd warm up a bit more this time, did 1 easy mile (9:20) right before the race. To PR I would have to run a 7:43 av. pace, so I set my virtual partner to that knowing it would be a stretch. I didn't know much about the course except for that it was a trail out & back with what looked like a "slight" incline up for the 1st half of the race. So I took off near the front but wanted to hold back a bit so I didn't burn out in the first mile which I usually do. I looked down and was 6:XX so I backed off a bit. I felt good that the front of the pack wasn't ...

Tue, Nov 04, 2008

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Pre-blogging here. My schedule has been impacted a bit by Boy Scouts going out in the morning to hand out flags (election day). So, I won't make it to gym for weight class but I am promising myself 4 miles in between getting my son to Boy Scouts and having to be back home to get my daughter up!

Update: Thanks for checking on me Lybi! I did get in 3 of the 4 preblogged miles. Nice solo, early morning run. No IPOD or Garmin. 9:11 pace.

Mon, Nov 03, 2008

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

2 mile walk with the dog. Called in sick to work. Fighting a cold, but couldn't sit home-had to get in a little exercise. Had a nice walk around the neighborhood and chatted on phone with my sisters. Even stopped to encourage a neighbor of mine to join the blog! Still feel the cold coming on, but the "sick day" did me good!

Sun, Nov 02, 2008

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Week in review.... I didn't have much time for blogging during the week. I tried to go back in Sat. and put in my workouts. I can't even remember them all... I THINK I got 'em. On the plus side I did get in 4 workouts. On the minus side, 2 of the 4 were wimpy. I'm glad I got in at least 3 runs. That's good for me these days. I regret not going to spin or weights.

The goals....

1. Keep the 3+ runs a week

2. Add a weight day

The plan...

M- run foremaster w/ sole sisters

T- spin

W- weights

Th- run

Sat- run

Sat, Nov 01, 2008

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

7 miles with Sole Sisters. We were a little slow but considering Steph is still recovering from surgery and we all had "candy hangovers" I think we did A-OK.

Fri, Oct 31, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100

3 easy miles with Heather. She's 19 weeks pregnant with baby #5 and still out running. Way to go Heather!