So it was supposed to get up to 60 degrees today....in February!!! I don't know if it reached that as I was in work all day, but it made me really want to exercise outside. So I slept in with the goal of running after work. Got home and convinced Bill to run with me. We just did the 2 mile loop. It was a bit windy at times, and I don't run as well at the end of the day (having eaten and not as fresh as first thing in the morning), but I still managed a 9:30 pace for the 2 miles.

Didn't sleep well last night and woke up before the alarm this morning. Therefore I thought I might as well exercise. We have Anna tonight, so I just wanted to get some cardio in. Did the 20 minute cardio bootcamp. Then tonight with Anna we did lunges with hip flexors, chest presses on the ball, plank w/ downward facing dog, hamstring curls, one-legged presses, chin ups at an angle, shoulder presses standing on one leg, and tricep/shoulder presses (neck on the ball, rolled out, with one weight dropped back behind head and lifted up above chest). Not a particularly hard workout as Bill's need was bothering him this past weekend and Anna didn't want to irritate it. For the next 4 weeks, it's just me and her while Bill travels, so let's see what we can do.

Although yesterday supposedly reached 50 degrees, it was windy most of the day. Today the high was "only" supposed to be 40 degrees, but the wind was alot less--about 4-6mph. After making an egg bake for us for breakfast, then making a lasagna that we were going to have for dinner, I decided to go for a run. I needed to take advantage of my motivation to do so, and the nice weather.

Got ready and got out there. Hoped to run the 3.7 ish route out the neighborhood, around to Douglas, to 4 Mile, and back home. Gave myself an out that if I hit 3 Mile and was struggling, I could turn west and do the 2 mile route. Well, I felt pretty good at 3 Mile, so just kept going. Overall it was a really good run. I struggled a bit on the hills and into the wind, but really felt good running with the sun beating down on me and the cool brisk air. Averaged 9:45/mile for the first 3.1 miles and 9:35 for the last 1.7 miles---totalling a 3.8 mile run. Not really long, and certainly not the best pace, but for the first outdoor run since 1/3/09, and the longest run past 2 miles, this was a good run.

Hopefully we'll keep some medium warm winter days like this so I get out a bit more and can work on this pace and distance a bit.

It's Saturday and I really thought I'd run with the group today. Bill was up at 3:30am as it was a long run day. It was in the 30s-40s so temps were so much nicer than they've been.....unfortunately there's a very strong wind. I checked and it was 20mph from the SSW and we're doing the church run where the first 2-3 miles are into the South. Since I haven't run much at all in the past month, the thought of running into the wind when I have so much trouble breathing into the wind just doesn't appeal to me for my first run back.

Therefore I'm going to just exercise at home. Put in the TJ Cardio Party for the good 43 minute workout. Had the weighted gloves on for the first 15-20 minutes, but was getting pretty wiped for some reason, so took the gloves off and finished without them. I really break a good sweat with this workout!

Tonight's a dinner and movie night with some of the running girls, so I knew I had to exercise this morning...even though I didn't want to.

Therefore I did the TJ 20 minute workout as it's familiar and won't require too much concentration since I've been doing it so much. It's still a good workout though, always end up sweating by the end.

I was awake this morning to exercise, got up and changed, even came out to the living room and picked up the DVDs. I couldn't decide on one and just couldn't get into it. Went back to bed.

Took my tennis shoes to work and decided to go for a walk this afternoon, doing a good 20 minutes with a small incline on the treadmill, then the walk back to the office. Another light day....I really should have done more, but just needed a little break. At least I'm doing something for 20 minutes.

Anna tonight and we did an all around workout, with a cardio burst early on (running up and down the tallest stepper). Did flies and push up supersets, bicep curls with tricep dips, rows on the Bosu, Roman chair, lunges with a bent knee forward kick (for hip flexors), situps with straight legs and scissor legs. Lots of different muscle groups and some that really tired me out.

Since we have Anna tomorrow, I just want to do cardio. Got out of work a bit later than I wanted to, so I was rushed. I literally ran into the gym, changed, and got right on the treadmill. Walked 1 minutes, then ran for 19 minutes (2 miles), then walked for 2 minutes to cool down. Quickly stretched and rushed home to make dinner before Bill's village board meeting.

Ok, so I didn't keep up too well on posting here, so I'm writing this on Thursday and can't remember what I did on Monday. I know I exercised in the morning to a DVD, as I had a GOP meeting at night. But I can't remember which routine I did. I'm pretty sure I did the Turbo Jam Ab Jam, then also added just a few of the floor butt exercises from that bootylicious routine I did last week.

Had the time tonight, so did a new (well, not new as I've had it for a while, just never did it) DVD by Turbo Jam--Punch, Kick, Jam. It's a 50 minute workout and really never had the time most other times to do this long of one. It's always hard doing a new one, just keeping up with all the new routines, but luckily there are alot of the same exercises and transitions so I didn't get too far behind.