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.