Went to do intervals again with the group, but noticed that my knee was not liking running today. Between just the overexertion yesterday, and running on a track (so you had the slight lean to the inside), it wasn't feeling too good. I decided after the mile warmup that I shouldn't push it. Bill, Melissa, and Kristin, were going to do 800 intervals, and I just didn't think that would be a good idea. I was frustrated! I decided that since I had at least about 30 minutes while they did their workout, I took the car up to work and got on the recumbent bike for 15 minutes. That felt OK on the knee so it felt good to just do at least something. I'm really bummed about not being able to run and do the speed workout, but this knee needs to heal as I need it better.

Back to work today and decided to go to the gym. Did 20 minutes on the bike, then did a bunch of different weights--flies, pecs, skull crushers, abs, obliques, back. A good 25 minutes or so of weights.

Went to the gym after work and ran for a mile on the treadmill, plus a few minutes of walking. Then did some weights on the slanted bench: pec flies with chest presses; standing backwards with chest on bench--pec flies and tricep extensions. Then did some situps and some reverse situps (legs going up towards ceiling and lifting butt up). That's all for now.

Bill's leaving today for another few week trip. He has to meet the group at 4pm, so I figured I'd do errands and then go to the gym after to work out.

I did 12 minutes on teh treadmill...mostly walking, but did do 2 spurts of running in there (one for a commercial length during a show). Then decided to do strength training--reverse crunches, bicep curls, tricep dips, calf raises, and combo shoulder presses and standing pec flies. About 20-25 minutes of strength. Not the longest workout, but a good variety.

I should have gotten up to exercise, but I was just sooooo tired. I just couldn't get going. I have softball tonight at 6:50pm so I thought to bring clothes with to go to the All Saints gym. I didn't want to strain myself too much, so I just did 20 minutes on the elliptical with no resistance and 10 minutes on the bike with minimal resistance. Good enough, then off to softball.

We were supposed to run this morning, but it was rainy, windy, and gusts of up to 20-30mph. Uh-uh-nope! Bill went, not me.

After work I went to the gym and ran 2 miles on the treadmill at sub-9-minute miles. I then walked to finish out 21 minutes. I finished with 10 minutes on the bike with a bit of resistence. A good 30 minute workout.

Woke up at 4am to run with the girls, but I didn't sleep well at all. I just didn't want to get up. Then I heard it was raining and sleety and that decided it. Bill left, but I actually fell back to sleep (definitely was tired, rarely I can fall asleep again). Went to the gym after work. Tried to run, but just couldn't get into it. Therefore I just walked at a 4% incline for 10 minutes. Hopped on the bike then for another 20 minutes.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Got up to go run with the group, but then heard the 15-20mph winds. Oh no...no running outside for me.

Went to All Saints then and figured I'd run on the treadmill. Ran 3 miles, with about a minute walk at the beginning and about 5 min walking cooldown at the end. Then got on the bike for 10 minutes...a good hard 10 minutes that tired my legs out.

Back is still not 100% so decided not to work out this morning. Headed to the gym after work again, and after 2 doses if Ibuprofen again today. Walked on the treadmill for 0.12, then decided to try to run. Running actually felt pretty good, and did a mile in about 9:10 or so...starting with 9:30 pace and kept quickening the pace. No tweaking in the back. I probably could have run another mile, but wasn't on a treadmill that directly faced a TV and there was nothing good on the TV I could sort of see. Therefore I was a little bored. I decided to walk to finish out the 15 minutes. Then I did a superset of chest presses and flies, then I did tricep dips. I had now gotten into the show I switched the TV to, so I got on the bike for 5 minutes, but was bored. So I got back on a treadmill for 10 more minutes...figuring that's 30 minutes of cardio--not overly hard for the whole time, but at least I'm moving.

Yep, back is still tweaked. Luckily I still have some of the horsepills left (800mg Ibuprofen) from the butt thing, so I'm taking those and that's helping alot. Headed to the gym after Bill left and just got a good brisk walk with a 2-3 incline going on the treadmill. At one point I started to jog, but the back felt funny. It didn't really hurt, but it almost felt like I was out of alignment or something--just weird and weak. Decided not to push it and went back to walking. Did 30 minutes of that, then headed over and did 20 minutes on the bike. No twisting, bending, or weights, just nice single-planar aerobic exercise with no jolting.

Got up to exercise, even changed, but just wasn't motivated. Went back and layed in bed with Breezy. Went to the gym after work and ran a mile, then walked out the rest of 20 minutes on the treadmill with an incline for about 5 minutes of that. Then did 20 more minutes on the bike.

Skipped the gym last night, so had to do it tonight. Ran 2 miles on the treadmill, with 2 quarter mile cardio bursts, then walked out the remainder of 30 minutes. Then did 15 minutes on the bike reading a magazine just to move the legs a bit, but relax also.

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.

Should have gotten up to exercise this morning, but didn't. Brought stuff to work to go to All Saints gym after work. Was going to run 2 miles on the treadmill, but just couldn't really get into it. Ended up running 1 mile, then walking til I got to 25 minutes of exercise. That's all for tonight.

Still too cold to run outside...biting wind and a flurry. The run was Cemetaries this week, so I decided to go to All Saints gym so I was close for coffee. Ran 2 miles on the treadmill and walked for another .5 mile.