3.3

Dave and I went to breakfast and then to the gym. It took a lot of restraint to not run on the treadmill.

There was a wait at breakfast so I did some shopping first. Above are the things I tried on.  I didn't buy anything though.  Dave liked the blue shirt and I did like the skirt in the bottom right. Everything in the store was buy one get one half price.  Since our wait was over, I didn't buy anything and thought I'd go back after breakfast.  I forgot so I ended up with nothing.  I don't like how most of the dresses are above the knee.  They aren't work appropriate that way.

We went to Giant Eagle after bought ingredients for stuffed peppers. We didn't buy food for any other meals though.  We still spent $150 though.

We watched a lot of TV. I used to have to-do lists but I don't even think about them anymore.  I'll think about it again once I'm all caught up on Dexter.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

12:52:03 PM - I ate too many DiBella's cookies.
02:39:06 PM - 10 minutes until I give training and I haven't even looked at the last 23 slides. This should be FUN.

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A Day's Worth of Twitter

01:49:36 AM - I stayed up too late. Here are the race photos I took at March Mad Dash on Saturday http://t.co/BM29EezN
07:13:58 AM - I'm so tired
08:43:45 PM - I'm such a slacker at planning. I give training tomorrow and haven looked at the material in 3 years since I last gave it. Oh boy.

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3.9

Pants: NY&Co.
Shirt: Express
Necklace: Gifted in 2006 but from NY&Co.
Shoes: Famous Footwear - Bare Traps

I got to work early to be able to leave early. Afterall it is Friday so I should only work 8 hours too.

Well I didn't leave early.  I had enough time to go to the gym and then go straight to Studio Fit for Body Pump.  I didn't have enough time to run for that long though. I ran for 1.25 miles (in 11:40) and then did leg exercises good for my knee. I didn't have time to do foam roller but figured I could do that at home if need be.

I picked up pizza after the gym and Dave and I watched Dexter until we stopped it to watch Rachel Maddow. I fell asleep a little after 10:30.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

09:22:44 AM - My socks are on the wrong feet http://t.co/r7owfTr7
09:34:54 AM - I double slept in. I slept in an hour + changing the clocks the hour. My day is gone now.
09:35:52 AM - @MarnieCarlson I did 30 minutes. foam roller, abs, some leg exercises, and stretching. all while watching TV.
09:36:17 AM - @MarnieCarlson There is 1 newer season but we have to wait until the summer for it to come out on blu ray since we don't get show time.
12:24:21 PM - 3 light fixtures are installed. Only 1 more to go but we need to go buy it.
02:19:54 PM - @MarnieCarlson is the @BodyMediaFIT helping?
03:36:14 PM - North Park is packed!
05:28:13 PM - Just ran a tad over 10 miles with only slight knee pain.

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10 miles (3.11)

I met Kelly to run today. I was on track to be early but then 2/3 of the way there I realized I forgot my garmin. I was going to try to go without it but after a few minutes of driving decided I had to go get it and be late.  I let Kelly know.  I ended up parking at a different lot so she didn't have to wait for me.  I ran about a quarter mile to meet up with her then we ran together.

My goal was 9:30 pace.  Kelly told me her goal was 9 minute pace.  We beat 9 minute pace for the first loop but she felt miserable so I told her my goal was 9:30 so we could go slower to try to hit that and then be less miserable.   That is mostly what we did but it was a 9:17 pace instead of 9:30. 

Since I stopped and talked after she finished her 10, I was well rested and able to run pretty fast to my car. My goal was 8:40 pace. I played bonus seconds during this. 3/4 of the first mile was a solid uphill so 2 of my splits were actually slower than 2:10 but because of the bonus seconds I got on my first split, I never got behind.  My splits were 2:05, 2:12, 2:00, 2:14, and 1:59. The 1:59 was downhill and level. The 2:00 was uphill but after a 2:12 I didn't want to risk losing anymore of my bonus seconds. 

My knee started hurting around the 6th or 7th mile but not that bad at all. Kelly's knee didn't bother her until her 9th mile but then it was even worse pain that mine was. She said hers kept buckling. We are both recovering from similar/the same knee injuries. She is further along in her recovery than I am. 

We stopped a few times for water. It felt so hot. It was so sunny.  When I got back to my car at the end, the thermometer said 66 degrees. This summer is going to kill me.

This was Kelly's longest run in something like 2 years. Pretty impressive.  She's also still getting over being sick.

The park was so incredibly crowded today. I can't remember a time it was ever so crowded. There was a lot of weaving while running. That got annoying; It not only messes up your cadence but I think the weaving makes my knee hurt worse.

It's very weird that I still hit 12 miles this week with a knee injury.  It also feels like I took forever off running but really I only went 4 days without running at all.

March Workout Goals - Weeks 1 and 2

I already met 3 workout goals and I'm only 1/3 of the way through the month. Not running leaves more time for other things and some of the stuff on here can take as little as 5 minutes (core workout).  Before I might run for 50 minutes but now I do weights, abs, foam roller, and stretch all in 50 minutes. 

1. Complete 18 cardio workouts (running, exercise bike, or elliptical)  (February = 18, not met; January = 19, met; December = 18, met; November = 18, met) [This month I will allow 10 minutes on the bike to count if it is a warmup to knee exercises. Usually 15 minutes is the minimum.]
1. 3/2 Run
2. 3/3 Bike (10 min)
3. 3/4 Run
4. 3/5 Bike (11 min)
5. 3/6 Bike (12 min)
6. 3/9 Run
7. 3/10 Run (super short though)
8. 3/11 Run
9. 3/11 Walk with Dave
2. Complete 13 core workouts (February = 13, not met; January = 13, met; December = 12, met; November = 12, not met) [Usually 5 minutes is the minimum or I won't count it. I will aim for more 6 minute workouts or longer.]
1. 3/2 (5:30)
2. 3/3 (5:14)
3. 3/5 (5:06)
4. 3/7 During Body Pump
5. 3/9 During Body Pump
6. 3/10 (5:45)
3. Frequency: Run 8 times. (February = 12, met; January = 14, met; December = 10, met, November = 12, met with 15) [I have 2 races this month and am injured so plan to run fewer times.]
1. 3/2
2. 3/4
3. 3/9
4. 3/10
5. 3/11
4. Distance: Run 60 total miles [Reach goal = 70 miles] (February = 60, met; January = 13, met; December = 40, November = 65, met) - Goal created without comparing it to my training plan but with my 2012 mileage goal to be 700 which averages to a little less than 60 a month. 
1. 7.51 (3/2) + 9.27 (3/4)  = 16.78
2. 1.25 (3/9) + .65 (3/10) + 10.17 (3/11) = 12.07 {28.85}
5. Workout with Dave 5 times. (February = 9, not met; January = 10, met; December = 12, but with all other activities it is hard to also workout with Dave, November = 8, met) 
1. 3/2 Walk around Grove City 
2. 3/3 Gym
3. 3/5 Gym
4. 3/6 Gym
5. 3/7 Walk
6. 3/11 Walk
6. Lift weights 8 times on my own. (February = 5, not met; January = 5 met; December = 5, not met; November = 4, met with 5) [Increased this because I need to strengthen the muscles in my legs more so I need to increase the lifting.  Lately running has increased but everything else has decreased.]
1. 3/3 legs
2. 3/5 legs
3. 3/6 legs
4. 3/9 legs (at the gym at work)
5. 3/10 legs with bands at home
7. Perform yoga or a similar group fitness class 2 times. (February = 2, not met; January = 2, met; December = 2, met; November = 3, not met) - I hate this goal. I know yoga is good though.
8. Attend Body Pump 4 times. (February = 4, not met; January = 3, met; December = 3, not met; November = 4, not met)
1. 3/7 (Wednesday)
2. 3/9 (Friday)
9. Have 2 double workout days (morning + evening, lunch + evening, etc) (February = 2, met; January = 2, met)
1. 3/9 Run & weights + Body Pump
2. 3/10 Run + abs, foam roller, legs, stretch
3. 3/11 Run + Walk
10. Stretch for 10 consecutive minutes 2 times  (February = 2, not met; January = 2, met)
1. 3/2
2. 3/3
3. 3/5
4. 3/10
11. Do foam roller exercises 8 times [New]
1. 3/2 5 minutes
2. 3/3
3. 3/5
4. 3/6
5. 3/10

I have a few other goals that are related to exercise but aren't me working out.

1. Have another photo shoot to get some athletic pictures for at the top of this post.
1. 3/11 Small one
2. No more than 8 rest days all month (sitting at stretching or doing foam roller exercises means it is not a rest day)
1. 3/1
2. 3/8
3. Put my monthly workout goals in excel or some program so I have them all together and can pull some data based on that.
4. Make more collages with exercise photos and add them to my exercise gallery

3/1 = Rest Day (Still sick)

A Day's Worth of Twitter

07:29:59 AM - I'm not as much of a planner as I used to be. This kind of surprises me.
12:28:11 PM - I just took 2000 race photos
06:59:14 PM - I ran out of Dexter. What do I do with my life now?
09:10:24 PM - I still need to workout today so I better get up off this couch.

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3.2 - Shopping, TV, Taxes

Shirt: F21, Jeans: Express, Necklace: Sears, Shoes: Famous Footwear
The shirt seems a bit big in the armpit area. I didn't realize when I first bought it. I sized up so it wasn't so tight around my gut.

I woke up feeling so much healthier than I had been. I still wasn't perfect though.   I did some cleaning as soon as I woke up. I had been slacking lately so just a couple minutes helped a ton.

I went to run with Jen at 10.

After the run, I iced my knee, ate a very small snack, and then showered.
We went to Grove City.  We ate lunch at their food court. All the employees there looked like they just wanted to kill themselves.   We did some shopping. I went in a few of the stores that I always go to when there and was unsuccessful.  I noticed this time the one store wasn't Ann Taylor and Loft outlet but they had 2 separate stores now.  I tried on some dresses but wasn't in love with anything enough.   Dave bought 2 new polo shirts, a workout shirt, and some undershirts. I wanted him to get some new work pants that fit but the one pair in the size and color that would work had some stitching flaws so we didn't want to get them.

Then we headed home.  I finished up documenting my SU expenses for my taxes. I just had mileage left to do but Dave was ready to watch Dexter and I had been waiting all day to watch.   We got Supremos delivered for dinner.  I'm so sick of pizza. We have it all the time. I'm sick of not having food. But I also won't go to the grocery store impromptu because we don't have a list and then we still end up with no food.   We watched Dexter until Dave fell asleep a bit after 9. He didn't even get to watch Rachel Maddow and we had to stop Dexter mid episode.   After he went to bed I watched Biggest Loser and the rest of Glee.  The episode of Glee was from January and it was just so boring. How did that show get so bad? It used to be one of my favorites.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

12:54:53 PM - Dexter. Dexter. Dexter. This is what goes through my head all day. I just want to know how the story unfolds and need to get home to watch.

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3.4 Stuffed Peppers

Tank: F21 ($4.50 new)
Pants: Express (~$20 and from 2006)

It didn't even feel cold outside. I was so hot all day even in the tank top.

I woke up and got ready to run with Adrienne. I'm all ready to head out the door and my car won't start. I knew I needed a new battery but I've been lazy and so far all is well. I guess 7 years is too long and my battery just won't work more.   At least I had the opportunity to get in Dave's car and head out so I didn't have too much trouble.

After I got back from running, I iced my knee and then showered. I didn't feel like dealing with my car yet. Dave and I watched a lot of TV.  I love Dexter. I'm really addicted to watching it.   There was a brief time that Dave didn't want to watch it so I watched Unforgettable.  Paulo came to visit. We also made stuffed peppers.

We went to bed shortly after 10pm.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

12:21:32 AM - I get distracted all day and night thinking about Dexter.

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3.5

I woke up and had to hurry to get to work because I was carpooling with Dave.

I felt swamped at work. It sure sucks that I was sik last week because now I just feel like I have 3 extra days worth of work to do.

Dave and I went to the gym after work.  My knee feels a lot better. Going down the stairs to get to the gym was the roughest part.  Using the exercise bike as a warmup is actually pretty challenging. I got out of breath in less than 10 minutes. I realized I was out of breath when someone came over to say hi to me.  Perhaps I shouldn't have the resistance all the way up to 10.

I used the exercise bike, did foam roller exercises, did a core workout, stretched, then did weights. Dave was ready to leave so I didn't get to finish all the leg weights.

We got home and while eating dinner started watching Dexter. We watched it until 10PM and then watched Rachel Maddow. Man was I sad to stop watching Dexter. There are 2 episodes left in Season 4 and I just want to finish the season but Dave doesn't watch as much TV as I'd like and I can't watch without him.

Later on in the evening I loaded my BodyMedia Fit numbers and even with going to the gym, I was well below my calorie burn for the day that it suggested I go bike.  I'm used to seeing it tell me I did an amazing job and beat my calorie burn goals.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

04:08:37 PM - Apparently it is ice cream truck weather.
09:21:50 PM - Rachel just said the math makes the words worthless. That right. Math is that good.

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2.21

I ran in the morning.  Then I worked from home. I was all ready to go to Body Flow after work but I learned that Steph doesn't have it any more.  I figured I'd go to a different class instead.  Well 1 hour of cardio after.   BodyFire was a good class but probably not the best to do after running in the morning. Since BodyFlow wasn't available the owner's husband did free Physical Therapy evaluations and I took advantage of that.  I already wrote about it. I feel like I should go back though to get more details and to get an evaluation at a time when all my muscles are not fatigued.

3.1

I woke up to another day of feeling miserable.  I worked from home again. I had even more trouble thinking today.

I rested during lunch by watching TV.  After lunch I still had trouble working.

I had a meeting and apologized for calling in instead of being in person but since I was sick I was working from home. I got thanked for that. Then someone asked if I take my daily picture when sick and put it on my website. That someone that asked is a director at work. Very interesting.  I of course answered yes. I actually don't think everyone participating in the meeting knows about my daily photos. Well I guess now they do.

I watched TV, ate dinner while watching TV, then watched more TV.

I have gone through so many kleenexes in 4 days. I can't even believe a nose can run so much.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

08:16:08 AM - I wore purple yesterday so when picking out my clothes I thought no purple today. I failed. I wore purple Mon-Tues of last week too.
08:56:31 PM - I think I have no life and no plans but next week is booked solid without even fitting in meeting people to workout.
11:03:32 PM - I'm tired. Dave keeps me up too late. He is supposed to foot sleep before me so at the very least I stay up if he is.

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2.25

Adrienne after 10, Kristy after 15, me after 20 (with Bobbi close behind)

I woke up, got ready for my race, and headed to race.

After I was there I realized I would be up for 3 hours before racing and should have had breakfast of some sort.  Then I'd be running 20 miles with one set of gummies (Energy Chews). You are supposed to eat 5-10 each hour and I had 1 package of 10 for over 3 hours of running.

After the run, I got some water and a little bit of soup.  Not nearly enough calories at all.  Sitting around waiting afterward made me really cold. The sweat soak clothes were pretty gross and made me feel gross.

My nice sandwich for lunch (top left)

I quickly uploaded numbers but did not analyze them then showered.  That's right. I showered before analyzing. That just shows how gross I was.  I was so gross that my armband was gross from sweat for the first time.

I analyzed a bit. We watched a bit of TV while I analyzed and wrote my blog post, then Dave and I headed to the mall.  We just felt like we should go somewhere. Dave suggested the mall.  I went in about 5 stores and then we headed to dinner. I bought some stuff at Forever 21.  I bought 8 total shirts, 5 of which were cheap tank tops though.

We went to some new Chinese place, Empire Palace.  I wasn't as big of a fan. I was disappointed my chicken was dark meat.  Also all the vegetables were so coated in sauce that they were gross.  Dave's Sesame Chicken was pretty good. I kept stealing it.

After we got home, we watched Dexter until Dave fell asleep. He stopped the episode in the middle. Then I watched Cougar Tower and went to sleep.

I felt like I had a really busy day but I didn't do much at all. Walking around the mall helped with my stiffness. I wish I would have walked more.

2.20 - Purple

This outfit was one of the ones I tried on when figuring out what to wear with this skirt. I love that the tights I bought match so well. The only downfall of this skirt is the tapering near the knee. I can't take as big of steps that I would like to take.

We went to Panera at lunch. They didn't fill my soup to the line. They only grilled half of Dave's sandwich. I took pictures to complain online but then I never complained.

Chick fil a for dinner. TV watching. Exercise bike.  Not that eventful.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

01:09:37 PM - After I ate my packed lunch I was still hungry so got combos. I ate the entire bag. The bag claims it was 7 servings.
05:49:17 PM - I just got to talking to someone about how I'm taking time off running and it is killing me. It hasn't even been 30 hours since I last ran.
10:05:28 PM - Rachel Maddow is a great show. I'm kind of glad @polahbea made me stop watching Dexter to watch this and I LOVE watching Dexter.
10:08:21 PM - people sure google weird things to end up arriving at my blog.
10:23:07 PM - I was at the gym for 40 minutes today and my @BodyMediaFIT suggests I go use the exercise bike for 25 min to meet my calorie burn goal.
11:33:06 PM - @mikecherepko beach season is far away. I want to go to the beach for vacation.

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