Purpose of this blog

For years my favorite motto has been "use it or lose it". It applies to so many different areas of life, but the main way that I think of this motto, though, is with exercise and getting old. I am 48 and supposedly on the "downhill" side of life. For the last 5 years I have exercised a good amount. I trained and participated in the BP MS 150 for 4 years and did my first half marathon last March. I lived my motto and felt stronger and better than I did in my twenties. So...the big question is, why did I give it all up and stop exercising for the last four months??? I have all kinds of aches and pains and definitely feel older than when I was exercising.



I would like to do several half marathons early next year and need to start from scratch getting back into shape. I'm hoping this blog will be my motivation to get back into shape...it will chronicle the struggle of someone who "lost it" and is trying to get "it" back. Hopefully others will join in the battle to gain strength and get a general well-being back into their lives! :)



Wednesday, August 25, 2010

SAS sandals may be ugly, but I just ran my second time this first week back to school and it felt great. I've watched other teachers hobble along in pain in their cute shoes while I'm bouncing here and there in my squishy shoes. Women really need to put their foot down (nice Kurt pun, huh!) and demand that comfortable shoes are the cute sexy ones!

Forgot to post that I ran/walked 3.4 miles Monday night and then I just finished 3.4 tonight. I also dragged a very neurotic dog an additional .9 mile walk...not much exercise there, though! I'm adding more running than walking each time so it's coming along.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

At least a whole week hadn't passed since the last time I ran! Just ran 2 miles with Beans, Kapiti, Kirsten and Brandon. Ok...it was just the dogs and me running...Kirsten didn't do much running and Brandon stayed with her. We went in the middle of the afternoon so it was HOT!!!
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Better late than never

Well, took off an entire week from running...last week was very hectic with teeth pulling, baby craft projects, baby shower and company! Wanted to run last night but found out that I didn't make it into the Houston 1/2 marathon and it was raining. Certainly didn't feel like running after that.

Tonight I ran/walked about 4.6 miles. I ran the first 1.3 miles and then ran walked the rest. Went after dark so it wasn't so hot. It was a blasting 99 degrees when I got home from work! Run felt pretty good and probably could have run more of the distance, but didn't want to over do it.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

2nd Day

2nd day wasn't too bad. I did close to the same as yesterday just a little earlier when the sun wasn't going down yet. It was blasting hot!! Woke up with a little soreness in my thighs, but it wasn't too bad...I've had worse. Ran around the pond at the front of the neighborhood and the same bearded guy who was always at the pond after school last year was there. He beat the pants off me! He ran the entire time instead of walking. Way to go bearded guy!!
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

First day--FINALLY!!!

After wasting away approximately 1/3 of a year, I finally started running again today. It's amazing how hard it is just to go out and do it when you haven't done it for a while! I didn't push too hard today because my left knee has been bothering me a little going up and down stairs. Ended up run/walking about 3 1/2 miles with about 2 1/4 of it running. Fortunately the knee was not a problem.
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