Training for a Belt Buckle

Twilight and I have never explored the subdivision across 7th East - so we headed out this morning.  There are going to be lots of neat streets for us to explore and we got a good 2.25 miles in together.

It sure is a pretty day outside.

Finally dragged myself out of bed. Forgot my IT Band brace, but only started feeling any twinges about mile 5.5.

Nothing to write home about.

13:08/12:14/12:00/11:48/11:51/11:41

.3 cooldown walking with the pups.

RHR - 48

.75 miles with the puppies this morning. Arm workout included at no extra charge trying to keep them each on their side of the sidewalk and moving.

Marion and Luz - I'm going to back out on running with you on Saturday.  There is a nutrition seminar I want to attend in Layton at 12:30 and I think I will go run up North so that I can attend it.  Anyone want to go to a free Nutrition Seminar with me?

Since everyone wussed out on the run this afternoon and I was stressed from work - I went to the gym. 

1 hour on the arc trainer on a cardio setting.  I was pouring sweat the entire time and had a high rate - but the machine says I only did 3 miles, so that is what I am putting down.

1 hour on the stationary bike - higher settings the first half hour, then dropped it slightly the last half hour when the knee started hurting. 15 miles on the odometer.

Watching Biggest Loser.  The makeover section made me cry.  Now Laura's stress fracture of her hip (3 months of no pain activity - Teena - are you listening) is making me cry.  Maybe I am a crybaby.

Walked  the Porter puppy 1 mile.   Walked Twilight another 2 miles.

I am ready to give up and quit on almost everything.  My joints are killing me, I feel like I have pulled muscles in my legs, I am severely depressed, I can barely walk up the stairs after a lousy  3 miles of slow  walking.

I took yesterday off from working out and relaxed all evening and my resting heart rate was 6  bpm faster upon waking up.  I spend my days in or near tears, I'm dizzy and I want to throw two little puppies out the window for being normal puppies.

I think I'll go eat some dinner and try and  crawl in bed with my computer and work the rest of the evening.  At least then I will feel like I am doing something worth while.

OK -  done ranting and  raving. Back to my normal crazy life.

Laid in bed all morning relaxing and recovering.  Started to go stir crazy around noon, so hobbled into work and put in 5 hours trying to catch up.  As the day progressed, I started to feel better, but still moved like an elderly person when getting up and starting to walk around and on the stairs.

Walked the dogs for half a mile then spent the evening in bed getting ready for a full weekend of work.

I'm starting to see daylight at the end of the tunnel and think I must have been hit by some kind of virus.

I was able to walk the dogs for about 20 minutes this morning and threw in a couple blocks of running and didn't feel too bad.  I'm hoping to take a couple of hours off from work this afternoon and get some running/walking in at Wheeler Farm and then do the same thing tomorrow.

I think next week I might try to run 4 miles easy each day.  My body needs physical activity and it is going to be a very stressful week at work.  I had gotten approval to sign up for 3 days of a 'virtual conference' Wednesday through Friday on SQL Server and was going to be working nights on top of that to stay caught up on work. Then my boss realized that the Project Manager for our current product development will be in the office from Michigan on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and I need to be in those meetings all day long - particularly because their is a high chance she won't be available since she is on long term bed rest for her pregnancy. So - should be totally nuts. Good thing I only live 2 miles from work or I would have to sleep here.

5 miles around Wheeler Farm at lunch time.  It was sure pretty outside.

PM - Took my brother-in-law out to dinner as a thank you for some projects he did for me. Ran home from the restaurant.