OK, so we are both hurting after last night. OMG!! My hamstrings and butt hurt. Therefore I decided to wait til evening to exercise. While driving home, I was trying to think what I could do that wouldn't use those areas too much.

I decided to do the level 2 Biggest Loser one, the 10 minute cardio one. It doesn't use weights or anything so I thought it would be OK. Overall it was, but there are hamstring kick runs and some lunges, and both of those were a struggle. Probably good to do them though to get the blood flowing and stretch those areas.

Then I decided to do the TJ Ab Jam 20 minute workout as we didn't do much core/abs last night and that would give the legs a break.

We're back with Anna tonight after nearly 3 weeks. Missed a week due to illness and didn't have anything scheduled last week. This is Bill's first time back in 7 weeks.

Since Bill's got his downhill marathon in 5 weeks, he wants to work on glutes, hamstrings, and calves. Therefore, guess what I'm working on too?!?!

Did a hard workout tonight on these areas...oh my, I'm sore already, therefore tomorrow's going to be rough. We did dead lifts, wall sits (and I tried it with lifting one leg for a bit), modified lunges, lots of various types of squats, and hamstring curls. Also did backwards walking on the treadmill in-between, and a 2 minute sprint (where I started at 7.0 for one minute, then foolishly bumped it up to 7.5 for the second minute---that was hard after all these leg exercises!). A good workout that really pushed those leg muscles. A few more weeks of this and Bill better be stronger, I know my legs will be!

After such a lazy day yesterday..with an afternoon nap and going to bed early, I knew I had to get something done today. Dusted, vacuumed, laundry, dishes, read papers. Also cooked both breakfast and dinner.

Just before dinner, decided to work out. Since I did cardio much of the last few days, I thought to do some weights. Did the 30-day shred, level 2. I don't think it's that much harder than level 1, but there is one part of the cardio I have do to the 'modified' version that the easier girl on the video does. But overall it's a good workout.

Halfway through I realized that maybe doing this one wasn't such a good idea as we have Anna tomorrow. Oh well.

Running group this morning. It's in the low 30s, but there is a fairly strong NE wind. We're running from Jud's house and the normal route is north around the point. Luckily I looked at old routes last night & noticed that Bill had once created one that was north to 4 Mile, west to Erie, and back south for 4.5 miles. That definitely sounds a better length and less wind. I offered that to the group and most people were relieved to hear that and do that one.

I ran by myself for a bit, then Kristin (who was ahead of me) had to stop to let Tucker relieve herself and she stopped and waited for me. That was nice of her, and kind of scared me too as I didn't know if I could keep up her type of pace. I ended up running all the rest of the run with her, ending up with 5 miles. I kept up with her (although she probably was a little slower than her regular pace--and she was doing miles 7-12 for her this morning)! When I finished my watch said I had kept an average 9:12 pace. That's pretty good and I felt good for the run too. Hopefully I'll be able to get my mileage up more soon.

We're going out to dinner with Mom at her church's fish fry, so knew I had to get up to exercise this morning. After the good workout both Wed & Thursday, though, I'm a bit tired and sore. Laid for a bit trying to decide which workout to do. My core is sore from the long TJ DVD last night, so don't know if I want to do another TJ-type DVD. Finally decided on the Boot Camp one.

I thought about it the other day....you know, I don't need to stop at 20 minutes of exercise if I have the time. Why not work out longer if I have the time and energy? Why just stop at 20 just to say I got the 20? That's silly. Now that I've been doing this 20 minutes thing for nearly 3 months, I should step it up to the next level.

Therefore when I can, I'll do more than just the 20. Some days, it will just be the 20, but others, it could be more.

Last night was the first night of that. I had no plans, no hurry to get home, so I did the 30 minutes of cardio plus weights.

Tonight Bill's going to the first Pints & Politics, and that's not my thing. So I have time. Therefore I popped in the 40 minutes Turbo Jam DVD (which is really about 43 minutes). It's a good workout that really gets me sweating.

Bill has Planning Commission tonight so I figured I could spend more time exercising tonight. Still have a little cough, but feeling alot better. Went to All Saints and ran 2 miles on the treadmill, then walked out the rest of the 30 minutes. Since we're not going to Anna this week, I thought I'd do some weights as well. On the inclined bench I did: chest flies, chest press, and bicep curls in a row (an over-superset), then did 2 more sets, all with 10lb weights. Then did lunges with the 10lb weights also.

Got home after work and had time to exercise as Bill said he'd work a little late. Wasn't in the mood to do a long DVD, so decided to do a few different shorter ones. Did the BL Cardio 2 10-minute workout, plus the 5-minute cooldown, then did the first 10 minutes of the TJ Abs (wasn't in the mood to do the whole thing). So got some cardio and abs, totalling 25 minutes.

After my nap and walk yesterday, I really felt alot better. Still have a bit of a runny nose and cough, but I FEEL much better.

Decided to try the gym after work. Got on and ran on the treadmill for a mile. It was tough and I got a side ache for most of it, but pushed through to get the mile. Then walked a bit to round out 15 minutes on the treadmill. Got on the bike and did 18 minutes there. That's about all for today. Overall it felt good to get going at a little higher aerobic pace for a bit.

Still feeling quite congested today!!! Took a nap this afternoon, then when I got up I decided to go for a walk around the neighborhood. It's a bit brisk, so I got my radio on and did a quick walk around the neighborhood for about 22 minutes.

Running group today and we got there at 7am to meet the group. Bill and I headed out on a slower jog together (cemetaries) to see how we'd do. Ran the first cemetary, then just walked to and through Dad's cemetary. Ran 1.2 miles or so, then walked another 1.3 or so. 35 minutes of total exercise...not a great Saturday workout, but at least it's something. Definitely going to need a nap later!

Still sick so couldn't get up to exercise this morning. Took tennis shoes again to work to walk during the day, but just didn't get to it. LDD is tonight so this is going to be rough to keep up the streak.

Got home at 10pm after a successful dinner and convinced Bill to go for walk around the neighborhood with me. Not overly fast, but still got 20 minutes of walking in.

Yep, I'm thoroughly sick now! Got the terrible cough and didn't sleep well. Don't want to miss workouts, though, so took the tennis shoes to work and did 25 minutes walking on the treadmill midday just to get a little bit of something done. Felt good to move a bit, but definitely can't do much more.

Ok, so I'm getting up to exercise this morning, even though we're supposed to have Anna tonight. Bill is still really sick, coughing alot and just feeling cruddy. I started coughing in the middle of the night and figure I'm just about there catching it too. Therefore get up and exercise now cuz if this is Bill's illness, he was really sick by the evening. Did the BootCamp DVD as it's a bit easier. Sure enough, as I was doing it, I was feeling really run down and couldn't keep up with the pace. Got it done, but not as strong as it should have been.

Ended up cancelling Anna tonight as it would be a waste for us to not have a good workout, and it may do more harm than good.

Back home now and Bill's recovering from the marathon, but now has come down with a terrible chest cold. We have some errands we have to run after work for LDD, so I got up to exercise right away. Since I did the gym workouts for several days, I just went back to the TJ 20 DVD to get it done.

Last day in Little Rock and got Bill to come down to the hotel gym with me to stretch his legs after the race. He's just walking on the treadmill and I did 20 minutes on the elliptical again, with spurts of backwards in there. Then I did some free weights--chest flies on the slanted bench with superset to chess press. Then I did some crunches. That's about all for today....got to get cleaned up and do some siteseeing and caching before we fly home.

Today's Bill's marathon so I got up to go down to the gym when he left for the race. Did 20 minutes on that elliptical again, going backwards 3x for 2-3 minutes each time. Then I did another 20 minutes on the bike, catching up with a magazine. Another decent workout....now off to catch up with my Running Man.

We're in Little Rock and I'm down in the hotel gym working out while Bill is still trying to wake up. They have some nice ellipticals here, so did 30 minutes on the elliptical. At one point I went backwards for a bit and, boy, that was hard today. Got a good sweat on!

We're leaving for Little Rock later so I got up early to exercise this morning. Just did the TJ 20 min DVD as it's my fallback when I want to just workout and get a good sweat going, but not think too much as I've gotten pretty familiar with this one.

Ok, so I haven't posted in a while (it's Sat 3/21) so I'm having to go by memory here. I can't exactly remember what I did today, but I know I went to the All Saints gym after work. I'm sure I ran for a mile on the treadmill and then walked a bit more...probably to round out the 20 minutes. I think I also did the bike, but not sure if I did 10 or 20 minutes.

Had Anna tonight. She decided to do a little rotation of legs, core, arms, legs, core, arms. Did various butt/quad/calf things, abs/core, and arms/shoulders/back things. We did higher reps with moderate weight just to push through.

Going to dinner with Mom tonight so got up to exercise. Just did the 20 minute TJ.

Should have gotten up this morning to exercise, but that daylight saving time is hard to get used to. It was so dark this morning, and I forgot to change the clock on the thermostat, so it thought it was still later and therefore still cold.

Went to the All Saints gym after work and hopped on the treadmill. Ran for 1 mile...could have done more physically as I felt really good, but I was bored and my mind wouldn't get distracted. Just walked at a 4.0-4.2 pace with an incline of 3 for a while longer to round out 20 minutes. Then went over to the bike and did 20 minutes there too.

Bill's off again for another week away, so I again waited til evening when he was gone to work out. It's been pouring rain all day today, so I didn't want to go out.

Did the 20 min TJ DVD, wearing both the weighted gloves and my new ankle weights. Probably could put a little more weight into those ankle weights. I felt really good when that was done, so I popped in the BL DVD and did the Cardio 2 10-minute workout also.

It was supposed to rain Saturday morning so I wasn't sure if I was going to run with the group or not. As I got up and looked outside, it was raining, but very lightly and they said it was about 30 degrees with a light wind. That's OK and I really wanted to get out there. I started running with Bill, who had already done 7 miles by then, and figured it would be nice to go slowly. We ran for about 2 miles, then he had to walk so I did too. By that time Jodie had caught up to us and we ran with her a bit. I then continued to run with her and did just under 5 miles running with her, then finished on my own to get the even 5 miles. I really like running with people, it just really makes the time go faster. Although we were doing about a 10 minute mile or so, it was OK as it seemed to go fast and it was just good to do the 5 miles and feel like I could have continued and done more and been fine.

Bill doesn't get home til late tonight so I waited to exercise til tonight. Unfortunately I'm not really in the mood. Therefore chose to do the bootcamp workout as it's simple.

I'm going to dinner with mom tonight so got up early to work out. Although we did some core work last night, I figured I could do more. So I did the TJ Ab workout...boy that's really tough by that 15-20 minute mark point.

Had Anna tonight and my back is better so thought we'd do a well-rounded workout. Lots of shoulder supersets, pushups, core, lunges (all directions), triceps, biceps.

Don't have anything going on tonight so waited to exercise til after work. I know that's not my best time, but oh well. Did the 40 minute TJ Cardio Party as I had the time. A few times I had to stop for a few seconds as I was just worn out, but stayed in it pretty well.

Just couldn't get up this morning. At work I was pretty bored, so I got away and did 20 minutes of treadmill walking at a 2 incline. I really had no excuse not to workout after work as the GOP meeting got cancelled, but I was just in a funk. I wasn't feeling that great, throat hurt, back sore, and just feeling mopey. I ended up not doing anything and going to bed early. Luckily I did the walking, so we'll just call this an easy day.

We were up early today for some breakfast and geocaching with Team Synergy. Very, very cold and windy outside today. Bill left again for another week away, so I left my exercising til after he left. My back was a little sore today, so I figured I'd just do 20 minutes of something. Wanted something different, and figured I could do some weights, so I decided to try the 30-day shred, level 2. Actually it wasn't too bad. The strength sections are about equally as hard as level 1 to me...some are OK, some are pretty hard. The cardio is more intense...that's a good thing. I struggled a bit with this one, but it didn't kill me. It's another good one for the rotation of DVDs.