Dragons & Snowshowers...

Good morning everyone. I hope each and every one of you had a FANTASTIC weekend!

I didn’t end up walking the dog on Saturday, I just didn’t feel like it. It was cool and windy outside and I just ached from the waist down. The thought of going out there and braving the cooler weather, well I just made the choice not to. So I had an “OFF” day. I needed it I think.

I mentioned as well that we were going to see “How to Train a Dragon”. We went to the 3D one at 4:00 and if you can imagine this, I cried. A freakin cartoon people… albeit a really good 3D cartoon… but still it was a carton, and I cried. However I was not alone J It was a very good movie, I highly recommend everyone go see it – it has an excellent storyline. Even if you don’t have children  - GO!

On Sunday, I did my normal kick my own butt routine. However, I did NOT want to do it. I did not feel like exercising, I felt drained and out of sorts. But I got on the treadmill and ran my C25KW2D3 program. By the end of it, I felt GREAT! Pays to just go “get er done” sometimes. So then I did a weird routine. I worked on my core, legs, and upper body with 1 minute fast running intervals in between the sets.  Right now during my C25K sessions, I run at 4.5-4.6 (which is an improvement over last year). During yesterday’s intervals, I ran 5.5 – 6.0 mph – which is freakin fast for these short legs. But I also did them only for one minute. Got that HR right up there. Then immediately worked on one of the three areas. I did this for about another 45 minutes. I finished off my workout with another 15 minutes on the treadmill just to cool down and walk it out. Oh and I did a LOT of stretching in there too. I even hula hooped. I have one of those weighted ones, and swung the hips for 4-5 minutes at a time. My cat hates this thing and runs for his life anytime he sees it. The very first time I got it, I guess I didn’t snap it together right and it flew apart. I suspect one of the pieced hit the cat as he has never been within 10 feet of the thing since. When I take it out, he runs!!!

Poor thing.

So after the workout, I finished my laundry & finished cleaning some of the house (I know … boring). We then decided to go out for a couple of hours. The Young Man went home with his Mom and Mr. Sandra wanted to have an adult afternoon so off we went. I kicked butt again in Golden Tee! Since I had started the crock pot early in the morning and was cooking ham and split pea soup, I also started the bread maker before we left and we had a lovely multi-grain loaf of bread to eat with our soup. All we had to do was dish and eat when we got home. It was a lovely way to end the weekend.

TMI coming – Uncle Tom definitely has arrived and he is uglier than ever. Must be because he was in hiatus for 2 months and now it’s revenge time. I hurt from the waist down and it doesn’t seem to be letting up much. This is not a great feeling and is part of why I just don’t “feel” like exercising. I ache…. However, I am not letting is stop me from anything.... head down, butt up - heading in the right direction.

And it’s snowing outside… whatever happened to spring?

I hope everyone has a wonderful day !

Ttyl

Sandra