6 More Days

Ummm, the top picture does not apply to me. I'm sure I feel and look like the bottom picture.

With less than a week to go, this is it!. The final few days before my Spazz-Spectacular is unleashed on this town. We're really gonna make the effort to run every day this week, with the exception of Wednesday - we're already booked for a nice relaxing restorative yoga class.

Steps: 7377

Distance: 3.492 miles

Distance (jogging): .78 miles

7 More Days

Beautiful weather today. A perfect day for getting some major stuff done in the garden. I think we spent about 8 hours weeding, planting, pruning, trellis-ing, and installing (a new drip line for the fruit trees)

That definitely counts as exercise. No run required today.

By the way, we are ONE WEEK AWAY FROM RACE DAY!!

8 More Days

Continuing with the birthday festivities (and my love of Disney), the newest Disney/Pixar film Brave opened tonight.  So we had tickets to go see it after work.

Positivity: Gettin' Off Our Lazy Asses!

9 More Days

Well, today is officially Vanessa's birthday.  So I threw all of my training out the window and went to Frugatti's for dinner.

Positivity: 10 More Days!

10 More Days

2 Wednesdays before Race Day. My stalker called and wanted to go to a 1.5 hour Restorative Yoga class.   She used the excuse of "having to work on the last Wednesday before the race" so this was her only chance to go. So a group of us went. I didn't feel safe going with just my stalker. ;)

26-11 More Days

More excuses - some legit reasons, others - just laziness.  Busted water heater, replacing said water heater, Brandi Carlile concert, Disneyland, BBQ/Pool party, long work days, too tired, too hungry, too hot, too late, lots of reasons for not running during this chunk of time. (Although we did a ton of walking for two days at Disneyland)

Positivity (26 more days): There's Food!

Positivity (24 more days): Less Crabby!

Positivity (21 more days): It'll Be A Beautiful Day!

Positivity (19 more days): 20 More Days!

Positivity (16 more days): Laughing!

Positivity (12 more days): Exercising!

27 More Days

Hmm Maybe I should get sick more often.  I had my best run today!  Looks like I just might make that 1 mile goal after all.

Steps: 6864

Distance: 3.249 miles

Distance (jogging): .86 miles  (oh yeah!!)

28 More Days

Alright!  Time for the first run since I heaved all my guts out. Is it wrong to say that I missed running?

Steps: 6199

Distance: 2.933 miles

Distance (jogging): .34 miles

37-29 More Days

Whoa! Thursday night I got sick. I mean SICK.  Like, vomiting sick.  I hadn't been sick like this since I don't know when.  So obviously I wasn't going to do any puking and running.  And, since I hadn't been sick like this in a looooooong time, recovery also took a loooooong time.

So rather than do a separate post for each day I was sick, I'm just grouping them all right here.

Positivity (37 more days): Exercise Boosts Brain Power!

Positivity (35 more days): Running With Friends!

Positivity (33 more days):  RUNNING!!

Positivity (30 more days): Throwing Paint at People!

Positivity (29 more day): 30 More Days!

38 More Days

Another day of running. It never changes, huh?  Oh that's right, I'm training for a marathon!

Steps: 6122

Distance: 2.897 miles

Distance (jogging): 1.18 miles

Longest run: .5 miles

39 More Days

Looking around on the interwebs, I found a yoga sequence for runners. So, I told Ness that we were going to do a little yoga before/after each run, thereby combining her love of running with my love of yoga.

Today we finished with a 20 minute yoga sequence to help open our hips and increase overall flexibility.

Steps: 6059

Distance: 2.867 miles

Distance (jogging): 1 mile

Longest run: .39 miles

Positivity: 40 more days!!  (sigh, I give up.  Lol!)

40 More Days

Today was another no run day. The weather was just as disgusting as yesterday, so we decided to do an hour long yoga session instead. I certainly needed it after all the running we've been doing.  My body is not designed for running, it's designed for bending. lol!

Positivity: It's a Unique Type of Race!

41 More Days

Today's run was pretty miserable.  It's the first day that the heat and mugginess really affected me. It was hard to breath out on the Bike Path. We did our best anyways, and actually managed to travel around the same amount as we usually do.

Steps: 7526

Distance: 3.561 miles

Distance (jogging): .76 miles

I hope the weather isn't like this on the day of the run. Ugh.

42 More Days

Today we went out to the Bike Path and rode our bikes for an hour.  Not sure how far we went, as the pedometer didn't really work on a bike. lol  We just made sure to stay out for around the same time as we would if we were running.

Positivity: That "After-Marathon" Rush

43 More Days

Just another day of running.

Steps: 6965

Distance: 3.296 miles

Distance (jogging): 1 mile

Longest run: .38 miles

44 More Days

Another no run day. But this time, I have an excuse!! It was Open House night at my school. The night was spent wandering from classroom to classroom to see the art projects that my students had created this year.

Positivity: Buy something race related!  (Yay, shopping!!)

45 More Days

Another No Run Day.  Sadly this time, I don't even have an excuse for why we didn't run.

46 More Days

Ok, back to reality.

Distance: 6443 steps

Distance: 3.048 miles

Distance: (jogging): .91 miles

Longest continuous run: .25 miles

Positivity: Feels like flying!

47 More Days

No run today.  We were recovering from that great Vegas trip!

48 More Days

That third girl - she stalked me all the way to Vegas

Last day in Vegas. Today I carried the pedometer with me to at least measure how far we'd walked.

Steps: 4662

Miles 2.206

Positivity: Burnin' Calories!