1 More Day

FRIDAY! RACE DAY IS TOMORROW!

Trainer decided that instead of running, we should take the night off, eat a good dinner and get to bed early.  I'm not going to argue with that!

I BBQ'd hamburgers, fresh sweet corn from our garden, and peaches. For some carbs, I had made Patty's Pasta.  Delicious!!

Then we had to do some last minute shopping for shirts and ribbons. Get everything ready to go for the morning and then off to bed. 6:00am comes early for some us...

Positivity: We're Gonna Look Goofy!

5 More Days

mmm...Slow Runners...mmmm

Today we were only able to run for about 35 minutes, because it started getting dark. But we made sure to at least run a full mile!  

Steps: 4557

Distance: 2.157 miles

Distance (jogging): 1 mile

Positivity: Dance-A-Thon!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

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!!)

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!

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!

49 More Days

Early early early this morning (like, before the rooster crows, early) we left for The Las Vegas Birthday Bash.  Ness will be turning 30 in June. We brought clothes and shoes for running, but it didn't happen today. We were too busy checking out the Donny & Marie store in the Flamingo. It's so hard to get Ness away from Dreamboat Donny.  :)

Positivity: 50 More Days!! (My count is getting closer and closer. Lol)

51 More Days

I'm back!!

Trainer decided to go a little easy since we'd been couch-potatoing it for the past 3 days.

Steps: 6238

Distance: 2.952 miles

Distance (jogging): .85 miles

Positivity: COLOR-BOMBING!!

58 More Days

This was the first day out of the week that we basically said "F-- It"  We hadn't done much training at all this week and here it is Thursday evening. So tonight we were going to focus on training and not what everyone else needed.

During our route, we were coming to the end of the block. Ahead a guy was walking and turned so that he was travelling the same route as us. He started zig zagging back and forth across the street. I couldn't really see everything he was carrying, I noticed a hiking-type of backpack. But Ness noticed a chainsaw hanging from his hip. He continued zig zagging and we quickly turned the corner. Lol! Yeah, not going to risk running past the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Steps: 6550

Distance: 3.1 miles (The distance of the CMR 5K! Woo hoo!)

Distance (jogging): .96 miles

Positivity: 60 more days!  (hey, I never ever said that I was good at math.  Let's see if this will correct itself, or just how bad my counting disability really is)

59 More Days

Today was my mom's "29th" birthday. We were going to dinner at 7:00, so we couldn't do our full run route after work.

Steps: 6060

Distance: 2.868 miles

Distance (jogging): .73 miles

Positivity: Helping a Charity. (Color Me Rad is partnering with CSUB for this run. This is the college that both Ness and I graduated from.)

61 More Days

No run for us today.  Between the garage clean-out on Saturday, and the Goal-Reaching Run yesterday morning, followed by an exciting 75th birthday party that afternoon, we needed a day to recover.

Positivity: Its a Paint-a-thon!

62 More Days

WOO HOO!!!!! Today a goal was reached!!! I ran a full mile!!!

We went out to the Bike Path today after hitting the Farmer's Market and decided to make Sundays a Longer Run Day. No set plan on how long to run, just as long as we both still felt good enough to keep going. After piecing together all of the jogs, it turns out that I ran a full mile!  So now, that's been added to the daily run - running a full mile, walking two miles.

Today I also did not have any caffeine. (Yeah, that means no Dr. Pepper!)  I don't know when my last caffeine-free day was. Next weekend, maybe I'll go two days without a Dr. Pepper.

Steps: 8334

Distance: 3.945 miles

Distance (jogging): 1.2 miles

Positivity: Out in the Sunshine

65 More Days

The wind was still gale-force today, so we decided to stay indoors.  I pulled out this DVD and we danced away for an hour.  You go through warm-up, Paso Doble, Cha-Cha, Samba, and Jive, then a Cool Down.

My favorite is the Jive.  I also think I sweated today more than any other day this week.  But it was so much fun. Maybe I'll Jive my way through this 5K.

Positivity: Fall Asleep Faster   (I know I will tonight!)

67 More Days

Haha! This is how I feel right now.

Another late night start, which meant just a quick run.

Steps: 4462
Distance: 2.111 miles
Distance (jogging): 0    <--- whoops! Gotta fix that

Positivity: Being Around Fun People