Still Going slow but steady

So this is my posts for yesterday and todays runs because last night I finished my run got cleaned up and crashed for the night. So lastnight I ran/walked up to the hagerman horse monument then to the far side of Henslee's corrals. I got to the close side and figured that is wouldn't be that far to the far side I was wrong it seemed like a lot longer when I was running then before. Then today after doing the water aerobics class I decided to run up the hill. I thought I would go up to the top. Until I started up. I got to where the road goes back down for a little bit and decided that it was time to head back. Mom and I checked how far I went and it was exactly 1.5 miles so I went almost half way up the hill. It was a lot longer then I thought it was. Also Melissa don't be discouraged about running for only a few minutes at a time I couldn't even run for three minutes at a time today except when I was going down hill. I got back down the hill much quicker then it took to get up it. i saw about 15 lizards and three semi-flat snakes on the road. I am glad that I didn't see any that were alive. Until tomorrow. Love you all
Teresa

So I was a little discouraged the other day when after a week of riding my bike to work and doing slim in 6 four days, also mountainbiking I stepped on the scale and gained 5 lbs. I was a bit taken back by this because I feel like I have been working so hard that I should at least have lost 1 lb but I didn't. I took Saturday and Sunday off from working out and it was really difficult to do the workout yesterday. Actually it was quite comical. I was trying to do reverse lunges and I couldn't stay balanced, I was more swaying to the left, right, front and back than doing lunges. Today I did much better. I was almost able to do all of the repetitions of the workouts so it feels better. I was hoping to have lost 5 lbs from my original weight by time we get together in 1 1/2 weeks but that might not work. Just needed to vent a little. Keep up the great work ladies. Just imagine the example we are the kids and nieces and nephews. Also I'm sure this is encouraging for mom and dad. Keep it up. Love. Cynthia

GREEN CANYON BIKE RIDE

Oh yeah. And last Friday when the kids were at Mom and Dads (missed them but YEA!) Erik and I biked the Green Canyon Trail. It was only 8-9 miles (the last one we did was 14 round trip) but it was harder for me. I had to keep stopping to catch my breath. I guess the baby needs oxygen too. But it was fabulous, beautiful and we even forged the water/river/raging stream 3 or 4 times. It was awesome!

Kathy: I started taking an allergy medication (from my doc for my cough) and the cough went away but I could hardly walk around the block I was so fatigued. So the cough is back as is more energy and the meds are out for now. I got myself and Kade and Dixie to to the canal trail early enough Saturday morning that it wasn't too hot. It was great. I had been so tired that I really just wanted to sleep all day but it helped to run and my calves weren't as tired during the run as they have been. Granted, I'm quite slow but I'm still going! I had to post a bit about this chapter I just finished in a marvelous Melis gave me, Scream Free Parenting. It's all about self-love and how in our Western culture we shun this as something too selfish and bad. In reality, it is the only way to be truly healthy, physically and emotionally. It's the only way to take good csre of ourselves and our families. So I thought of all of you who are creating the time to love yourselves by running. The author says,"You may be asking yourself "who has the time?" You don't. That's just more evidence of the problem. You must create the time by choosing to put on your own oxygen mask first." So GREAT JOB GIRLS! We are all learning to love ourselves more which is also what the Savior taught.

loves to you all.

Beautiful Day for a walk

I know it isn't alot but I walked to church today. It was such a beautiful day that I couldn't resist walking. I just need to start wearing my tennis shoes and then changing into my sunday shoes at church. I just always remember this after I have started to walk there. Next time maybe I will remember before hand and save my feet.

Biking portion of the blog

As you know Thursday is my day off. It was a wonderful day. I woke up early to mow the lawn and then Craig and I went Mountain biking for about 2.5 hours. When we got home from that I did my video and then we later went to the park to play volleyball. I can't believe how hard the workout was. I really didn't think I could do it. Then yesterday I woke up and did not want to do the video so instead I rode my bike to work. Thats right a 7 mile bike ride to work and at first I was going to have Craig pick me up when I got off. But then I decided I would just ride home so it was a 14 mile bike ride. It was absolutely wonderful. Craig got me a pair of padded bum shorts for riding the bike and they make the world of difference. Today I am a little sore and it will be my day off for this week. That makes doing the workout video 4 times, running 2 miles, biking 14 + miles, and volleyball multiple times. I love being active and this will definitely help me reach my goal of losing 15 lbs. :) Happy activity to all.

oh the pain...

I went for my Saturday morning run and the walk up Mt. Everest Jr. just about made me turn around and come home. By the time I reached the top my calf muscles were so tight and cramping I could barely walk. But I continued on down the other side and they loosened up enough that they pain was gone so I started doing the walking/running intervals of podrunner week 3. I'd already done the workout three times this week so I didn't figure this morning would be any different. I made it through 3 of the 4 run intervals before I had to call Ken to come get me because my calf muscles started cramping again and I knew I wouldn't be able to make it over the hill again.

I CAN DO THIS!!!

Hey, this post is actually for yesterday but I ran out of time to get it typed. I signed up for the firecracker 10k, 5k race they are having on the 2nd of July. When one of my classmates said that I should do the 10k and my reply was, "I don't think I am going to be able to get up to 6 miles in a week." However after my run yesterday I will be able to do it. It just depends on whether I am wanting to tackle the big hill into the canyon. Yesterday after the water aerobics class I ran/walked home initially at about a two minute intervals and then when I got to henslees I started going by landmards instead of time. What I thought was about a three mile distance was actually 4.6 miles. I did just over an hour good thing too since I wasn't wearing any sunscreen and got burned. So I now will have an awesome tanline. I now know that I can either run the 10k or the 5k. Plus I just got a cool tennis skirt of sale for 75% off. I can't wait to try it out.

Feeling stronger everyday

Hi sisters. I am now on the 1 hour long workout video and when I did it on monday I couldn't do all of the reps. Yesterday was a little better but today I almost did the whole thing. I have set a goal to do the video 6 days a week as they recommend and every other day I am running two miles also. Yesterday was the other day. I thought I would die during the video but the nice thing is it ends with 6 minutes of yoga and that always makes me feel better so I went for a run. I was moving at the pace of a snail which is fine with me because I am still burning more calories than if I stayed home and sat on my booty. I have a goal to lose at least 15 lbs before I get pregnant and I think with this routine that will happen.. No I know it will happen. I am feeling more energized every day..not during the workout because "this is tough" but after. How exciting we can all post about this. I am going to try to get mom in on this too. It would be good for some encouragement. Love you all and keep up the good work...---cynthia

running to escape

I went running twice yesterday. By 8:30 the kids were driving me crazy so we loaded up and went to the park. They played I ran. I have to say running on grass is a lot harder than on the road. I was surprised that I made it through the whole run. Each week the running part gets longer and harder. Week three has you running for three minutes at a time, for a total of 9 minutes of running. Boy that sounds kind of lame that I'm only at running for three minutes at a time, but I'm doing it. Last night Cyndi and I went out again and I did the run again. I actually ran faster and exerted myself more than I did in the morning run.
My new goal is to not only make it through the run but to exert myself more and run a faster pace.

HI girls! I had a great run at 7:30am with my good friend Josie. It always goes faster when you have someone to talk to. We ran the trail and walked only when I was talking...ha ha. Can't run and talk anymore b/c I get to out of breath. Baby thinks she needs oxygen too or something. Josie is good for me b/c she has a good pace--faster than when I go alone. I think I'll go again tomorrow but alone, maybe take Dixie. loves all and keep up the good work! Let's all treat our bodies to some good food if we're working out so hard. Forward, ever onward!!

I didn't do any running this weekend. Emelynn had to take magnesium citrate for three days and because she hates it so much I told her I would do it with her....We didn't go far from the bathroom and running was out. I really would have needed depends if I had tried running. I did run last Thursday. I found a way to run during the day with the kids without having to run. We went over to the school and the kids got to play on the playground and I did my running on the grass field around the playground. They moved to a playground right next to the school after a little while because there was a baby swing and so then I ran the sidewalks there and across the playground to push Alyvia on the swing. I think that would be like trail running. :)

I keep forgetting to post my runs so here's an update. I, Kathy, went to Idaho last week and had 2 run/walks with Teresa. We went farther the first night b/c the 2nd night we took the kids and that added some complications. It was nice and the first night we went for longer, ran some hills and had a good workout. Then I went again sometime this week with Erik. We ran/walked the trail. I'm feeling some pains in my lower abs but don't feel it when I remember to tighten my lower ab muscles. So happy running to you all! And I'll try to post more as it occurs. loves

This Wonderful Week

I am happy to say I did my workout video 5 of the last 6 days. I also ran two miles on Tuesday and Thursday and just ran a Stake 5k this morning. I am feeling more fit every day. I haven't seen any changes on the scale but I know to expect that. I will start the hour long workout video on monday and I am excited to continue to run so when Melissa comes to visit we can all work out together. This week has been rough as far as working out. Every morning when I wake up the first thing I do is workout because I know if I don't it won't happen. Luckily I haven't been sore or had any injuries so I will keep you updated if that is the same after next week. Love you all and continue to work out.

Running with the streetlights

We (Cyndi and I) went running last night after dark so we ran at Lincoln Park, which is well lit and right by the police station. Lincoln Park is a one block wide by two long with a outdoor theater and activity area in the middle. There is also a pond that we did a lap around. We might have done more around the pond if the bugs hadn't been so plentiful. :)
The best part is we started week two of podrunner and lived through it. This definitely gives me hope for upcoming weeks. Week two might not seem like much for those of you who have been running a while and aren't carrying enough extra weight to be one of your kids but to me it was a big deal....we'd run for 90 seconds then walk for two minutes It's funny how the two minutes seemed shorter than the 90 seconds.

Now I'm off to push the mower around the back yard....the front yard took me close to two hours. I can't wait!!

week past

I realized today that is had been a week since I have looked at the blog. So I am doing a quick blog for last week. On Monday for class we had a workout that was so tough I was still sore on thursday. I rode my bike to school and then did the workout within 10 minutes of the workout I was dripping in sweat. Then because I was tired I went a different route homw thinking it would be easier on my tired body when infact it took twice as long to get home because the route was much longer and I was sore. Then on tuedsay I did the slim in 6 workout with Cynthia and her friend. Then had to work on wednesday and was so sore I could hardly squat and all or bend over because my legs were not happy. For class on wednesday we also had a super tough workout were I was dripping with sweat within a few minutes again. So all in all it was an eventful with exercise.

running so I could swim

Cyndi and I went running tonight. This time we ran at my house so she got to experience Mt. Everest Jr.(Cyndi agrees on the name). We did two miles of walk/run. I ended up having to walk more tonight because I started getting cramps in my toes. Does anyone know what to do for toe cramps and pain??? After we ran we decided to get in the pool. It was too cold to swim but it did feel good after being out running in the warm weather.

Thursday Workout

Thursday was a great workout and active day for me. It started with the 25 min workout of Slim N 6 and then I worked in the yard from about 8:30-1:00. This consisted of mowing our lawn, weeding my front flower bed, trimming the lilac bushes, flushing out the gophers(thats right they're back) and hoeing out my back flower bed. I then rode my bike over to a friends house to do the workout video again but we ended up passing on that. I was an awesome day and I felt like I had so much energy. Then on Friday I was so sore I couldn't work out and Saturday I woke up sick and now I am still sick with a stuffed up nose and sore throat. Not fun. I guess I over did it on Thursday.

running with a friend

I got up and went running with Cyndi this morning. It was beautiful out and it was really nice to run with someone. We synced our ipods so the podrunner workouts were the same. We did a 30 minute walk/run workout. I'm not sure the distance and now after 5 hours of a dance recital tonight I'm too tired to try and figure it out.

2.5 miles and Slim in 6

I ran this morning with my friend Kelly for about 2 miles and then I ran to my friend Lauras who is letting me borrow her Slim in 6 workout videos. The run was so nice. It was humid but we went at a light pace and it seemed over before it began. I then did the first day of Slim in 6 which was tougher than I expected. I'm not sure why but for some reason I always feel like I am really fit even though I am not. Well this video confirmed the real situation. It wasn't bad at first but then I couldn't get my breathing under control and when I was doing the squats and lunges my legs started shaking. Now for the kicker. The workout is only 25 minutes long. haha. Well gotta starts somewhere right?

Running in Hagerman

So I finally went running here. All of you have been showing me up. I am so proud of Melissa especiallly for getting out and running and exercising alot. Yeah Melissa. So back to running... I finally went running while here in Hagerman. It was about 65 degrees outside with a slight breeze and beautiful. I went up to the stoplight down to the shop around the loop and then around the park once in under 20 minutes. I ran most of the way with a little bit of walking in between. The worst part of the run was the bugs that where beginning to come out but other then that it was good to get out again. The best part was I didn't see any snakes which will make any day better.

Wii Running

I didn't make it outside for a run today because I was determined to get all of the laundry done. Not the best of excuses but if you had seen the mounds of laundry just waiting and begging to be washed you would understand. I'm almost done with the laundry and now it's too late to go out for a run. I did run with the wii fit today. I did the island lap for the first time. I've determined it is a lot harder to run in place for 12 minutes than to be moving forward. My legs were killing. I guess a little workout is better than no workout. Any one know how long the island lap is suppose to be on the wii fit??