Today's the last morning in Atlanta and I wanted to take advantage of the gym one last time. After laying around and cuddling (and fooling around) a bit this morning, I only had a short time to workout. Went down and did 15 fast minutes on the elliptical, enough to break a good sweat. Was supposed to fly out at 11:16am, so maybe thought I could get to 20/20/20 or a run in in the evening also. Unfortunately weather in Chicago delayed my flight about 4 hours, then we had to circle in the air before landing, so I didn't get home until 7:30pm or so. Exhausted from a day of travel and delays, I was not interested in exercising again.

Today's Bill's marathon, so he had to leave the room about 6:30am. I headed right down to the gym to get a workout. Ran 1 mile on the treadmill, 10 minutes on the bike, then did a whole bunch of core and ab workouts, plus some tricep dips. Then finished with 5 quick minutes on the elliptical before rushing up to the room to get cleaned up to go meet Bill. Got to see him at miles 10, 14, 19, and the finish line. For as hilly as this course was (and really cold and windy in Atlanta today), he did great--finishedin 5:02:37! Just missed the 5 hours, but a really great marathon for him!

After having my flight delayed two hours today, my visit with Bill and seeing Atlanta was cut short a bit. We were going to visit the Coca Cola experience, drive the marathon course, and had to get dinner. After all that, we still had to exercise as Bill hadn't done his mile yet. The hotel had an awesome gym with treadmills, ellipticals, bikes, a few machines, medicine balls and exercise balls. Bill and I went down in the late evening to the gym. He did his mile and I tried to--but with just eating dinner and the gym was hot so I didn't get far. Just walked for 10 minutes, then did some of the leg machines and some arm weights.

As I left work today, I realized that I need to get up at 2:30am tomorrow morning to make my flight to visit Bill in Atlanta. Because of that, I'm going to have to go to bed early, therefore I wanted to get home quickly as I had to clean up the house a bit and pack. Because of this, I didn't get any exercise in today. Oh well!

Still sick but starting to finally feel a little better this afternoon. It's snowing again, so went up to the All Saints gym.

As I changed and went into the gym, I just didn't feel like running. Therefore I started out walking and raised the incline to 5% with a 4.0 pace. Did that for about 10 minutes, but really wasn't into it. Decided to grab my magazine and get on the bike. Was hoping for 20 minutes but about 11 minutes in I just wasn't into it either. I'm fatigued and just anxious for the weekend. Although not a great exercise night, at least it was something.

Although it was absolutely beautiful outside tonight, hitting the low 50s, I knew I still had all these classes at Synchronicity to use. Therefore I went to the Core on the Floor class. It's always good to do some toning.

Had dinner with Mom tonight at her place with Aunt Mary and Diane. After dinner, I still wanted to do something and it was actually kind of nice outside. So I got home and quickly changed to do a mile.

Ran 1.00 mile in 8:39.

On the way home from Easter dinner, my throat was really hurting. Uh oh, I think I'm getting sick.

Sure enough woke up Monday sneezing and with sinus pain. After work I still felt like I should do something, though, so I went to the All Saints gym and ran. After a mile, I was feeling OK, so I did 2 miles. Then did a few weights--flies, shoulder presses, and some abs.

Happy Easter! We were lazy this morning, then went to run in the afternoon before showering to go to Easter dinner. Since Bill ran a shorter run yesterday due to the weather, as did I, we thought we should at least run 2 miles.

Ran 2.03 miles in 18:18 (9:01/mile pace)

So, it snowed about 12 inches yesterday and was still snowing into the night. Therefore I knew it would be messy in the morning. Sure enough it was messy, cold, and windy---no running outside with the group for me.

Went to All Saints and ran 2 miles on the treadmill, plus did 1 mile walking at a good incline (5% for some, up to 15% incline).

Another big snowstorm today--the day after the first official day of spring! As the day went on today, they said it's going to rival the biggest snowstorm of the season we had on February 6th with a potential of 10-15 inches of snow. I'm so done with winter weather!

Went to the All Saints gym after work and ran my mile, then did a few minutes of walking at an incline--5% to 15% grade, then did a minute or so at a small incline walking backwards. Finished with about 13 minutes of hill biking so I got in about 30 minutes of cardio.

Bill's coming home tonight and we'll run together then. Again thought I may run in the morning, but I've been sleeping so soundly and comfortably I just couldn't get out of bed again.

Ran just the mile around the neighborhood with Bill--1.04 miles in 8:52 (8:32/mile pace).

Again, thought to get up this morning and run but it didn't happen (again). Had an appt with Anna tonight so I knew I'd get a good workout in.

Got there a bit early so I got a full 10 minutes in on the elliptical by 6pm so I could get a full hour with Anna. She worked my quads, shoulders, and core alot today. Another good workout that I'll feel Thursday and Friday for sure.

Couldn't really get up to run this morning, so went to the All Saints gym after work. Ran on the treadmill for my mile, then did some brisk walking--most of it at a 5% incline for another mile. Not too much, but still a good little workout with a little variety.

Feeling guilty about doing nothing yesterday, thought I'd do two things today. Bill's gone so I got up and ran a mile around the neighborhood this morning. Ran 1.02 in 8:44 (8:32/mile pace).

Then did the 20/20/20 class at night. Did alot of work on the Bosue, so it was a good overall cardio and core workout with weights.

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Bill was leaving today and he went for his quick mile run in the afternoon. It was colder and windier so I chose not to go. I packed a bag and figured I'd go to the gym between dropping him at the airport and Mom's for dinner. Unfortunately I didn't realize how late Bill's flight was and there was only about 20 minutes between dropping him off and driving back to town and when I was to be at Mom's. Thought I may go after dinner, but just wasn't motivated then. Therefore nothing today.

So, I didn't do a long run last Saturday and it was supposed to be relatively OK outside so I knew I should try to run a longer run. Got there at 6:30pm to run 2-3 before the group. Jodie and Kristin were there and will getting situated so I didn't feel like I could just take off and go. I waited for them, Melissa arrived, and we all took off between 6:40-6:45. Knew we weren't going to get too much in, but at least some.

Ran 1.75 before 7am, then met the group and ran an additional 5.75 with Ken and his coworker Ben. Wanted to try to get the 8 miles again, so ran back into the first cemetary for a short 0.5 mile loop to finish the 8 miles even.

Ran 8.0 miles in 1:12:38, equating to a 9:04/mile average pace. Ran the first 10K, 6.2 miles in under 56 minutes, but the last 1.8 took just over 17 minutes---there were two hills in this last 2 miles (one at the golf course and one coming up from Park High). Those were killers and slowed me down this late in the run. Still, a great time for 8 miles.

Wanted to go out for dinner after work tonight so that meant later running. Unfortunately I ate a big dinner, so even though we waited until about 8pm to run, I really struggled. Running with a full stomach and I really have trouble breathing.

Ran just 1.0 mile in a slow 9:25.

Bill and I both had evening plans so I figured we should get up and run in the morning. Except for Saturdays, we haven't run in the morning in a long, long time.

Just did the 1.01 in 9:18 (9:10/mile pace)

Couldn't decide if I was going to go to the Core class or run tonight---decided on running at All Saints. Did a mile on the treadmill, then 20 minutes on the bike. Finished with some good weight training--pec flies on an angle bench supersetted with shoulder presses upwards, mixed with some lunges with pushoffs. Finished with the lower back machine and some pushups.

So, I was going to run outside right when I got home, but I decided to wait for Bill to come home. He was going out tonight so I thought I'd at least wait so I got to see him for a few minutes. He came and went, then I couldn't get motivated. Decided to just do a few in-house exercises instead--tricep dips and some lumberjack-type swings & squats using the medicine ball. Not really much at all.

Had a GOP meeting tonight, so we agreed to do our quick run after we got home. It's warming up a bit, so it's bareable to run outside.

Ran 1.04 in 8:54 (8:36/mile pace).

This was a really lazy day today and never did get going to exercise. Really had no excuse not to, other than I just couldn't get motivated.

So it's gotten cold again and windy, and the group is running by the lake. That just isn't appealing to me today, so I think I'm going to the gym.

Got to All Saints to find two treadmills out of order and two women on the other ones. Got onto the elliptical and did 30 minutes frontways, then 5 minutes backwards. Stretched and met the group for coffee.

Went out for dinner with Mom to a fish fry, then figured I'd come back to work and workout after.

Ran 1 mile on the treadmill, then did 12 minutes on the bike. That's enough as tomorrow's Saturday.

OK, so I got behind in my posts so I'm writing this a week later and have no idea what, if anything, I did this day. This is pretty bad--I really need to keep more up to date with this.

Tonight was a night with Anna. We talked for a bit, then got to work. Did a variety of things--but the main focus was shoulders, deltoids, pecs, as well as quads and hamstrings. My shoulders are going to be sore after tonight.

So tonite was supposed to be a GOP meeting, so we went to dinner right after work and to the meeting. No meeting, but waited just to make sure. By the time we got home, I really wasn't in the mood to drive back to All Saints to work out or run outside in the cold. Plus my ankle is a bit sore from the fall, as well as my lower back. I think I'll just relax tonight and take a break.

I thought I should lay off the running for the night, so I decided to do the 20/20/20. As I left work I took a wipe-out on the ice. Didn't really fall too hard, actually kind of slid like I was sliding into third base. Stretched a few things, but not too bad. Glad I'm not going to run tonight as I should probably do something a little less intense as I may get sore later.

Just wanted to do an easy mile today as I'm a little sore from the longer run yesterday. Just 1.01 mile around the neighborhood in 9:09 (9:02/mile pace).

Ok, so it's March 1st. Several weeks ago I said that I'd start to increase my mileage on March 1st as it should be getting nicer by then. Well, this has been a rough winter and it's still not really warming up. At least is was a little warmer this week so the roads weren't bad, but it was still in the 20s this morning with a light westerly wind making it feel like the teens.

I wanted to do more, so I met the pre-group at Kristin's at 6:30am so I could get a little extra mileage. Ran to Panera at 7am, then Bill and I decided to do Panera 2 for a change. When we got to the trail, we realized it was all iced over. That's not going to work. We walked a bit and then ran north on Sunnyslope with a plan to just come back down Emmertsen. Bill slowed down alot as his sock had ripped and his heel was bothering him. As I approached Emmertsen, I was feeling good so I ran back to Bill to give him the clicker and tell him I was going to run farther. Decided to run back to Newman and down to Panera. As I got close to Panera, I realized I needed a bit more so I ran a couple of little diversions so that I would get at least 8 miles.

I ended up 8.06 miles, plus a bit more that I ran when I had the watch stopped. I had walked a few times with Bill (at the trail loop, and when I turned around to meet with him), so my time is a little off.......but I ended up doing the 8.06 in 1:16:22, which averaged a 9:28 pace. But when I look at my splits, my first 3.1 was in an average pace of 9:09, then my second 3.1 was much slower (had the two walks), then the last 1.86 was in a 9:12 pace. So I really probably did a 9:10-9:15 pace average which is pretty good. Also, this was a goo 1.5 miles longer than I've ever run before which is a big jump for me. I felt pretty good after this run so this is a good thing!