Woohooo!!!!

Man am I happy. I got in three miles today and I lifted. Woohoo!!! My foot feels pretty good; however, my legs are sore. I think since I took almost 4 weeks off, my legs got used to being flabby :) I can really feel the three miles. But its a good sore.

I'm also putting on some weight as I think my muscle mass is starting to increase from the lifting. I'm about 160 now.

I'll do 3 miles tomorrow (hopefully), lift on Friday, and then 3 again on Saturday.

Cheers!!

Weight: 160lbs
Exercise: Running 3 miles, weightlifting
Weather: Cold and Windy 33 degrees.

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Treadmill Mileage

I went to the WVU Rec Center today and logged in 2.5 miles. I picked it up towards the end because treadmill miles and outside running miles just don't feel the same. Granted I'm not a big treadmill runner. In fact, this is like the 2nd or 3rd time that I've actually run on one. My foot is a little sore, but no worse than Saturday.

I also lifted today. I did my normal chest and arms routine. I also did this Ab machine thing that really kills. It feels like someone is pouring acid on my stomach it burns so bad :)

Wednesday will be my next run/workout day as tomorrow is full of meetings. i think I'll 2-3 miles again and see where I'm at. Slow, but sure :)

Cheers!!

Weight:158lbs
Exercise:Running 2.5 miles, weightlifting
Weather:Cold, but I was inside.

Back in the Saddle

Whew!!! Sorry for the lack of posting recently. Things have been pretty hectic. And, to add insult to injury, I haven't run at all. Today was the first day back running. I put in 2 miles and I felt pretty good. My heel is still hurting, but it seemed to loosen up as I was running. Steph ran 8 miles today as well. After that, we joined some friends of ours for a bout of ice skating. The last and only time I ice skated I was in college. So, needless to say, it was a comedy of errors. I only busted my butt once :)

So I hope I'm on the mend. In the meantime, I've been lifting every other day and I even started swimming to try and keep my cardio conditioning.

All in all, I've been driving myself batty since I haven't been running, but with today's run, I think I'll be trying 2 again on Monday. Things feel so much better when I run. And because I'm addicted to it, when I don't run I get withdrawals :) Of course, I'll be keeping up with the weightlifting and I think I may be keeping up with the swimming too.

As faculty at WVU, I'm eligible for membership to our recreation center. So, last week I went in and signed up for a membership. My hope is that if I still need to hold back on running I can do other things to keep things moving forward. My half-mary in VA beach is a little over a month and half away and I want to be injury free when I run it. So, I guess its slow and easy for a while.

Oh, and lastly, I turned 34 on Friday. Woohoo!!!!

Cheers!!!!


Weight: 158lbs
Exercise: Running 2 miles, Ice Skating 2 hours
Weather: Cold, 25 degrees.

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Lifting Today

So I got my lifting in today. I'm still not running, but my heel feels much better. I started ab work today as well. Ugh!!!! I hate ab crap. Anyway, I got it in. That's what counts. I hope to try a little running at the end of this week. I feel like such a slug when I don't run. I hope to not be as sore today as I was last week. We'll see.

Tomorrow is a rest day and the lifting again on Wednesday.

Cheers!!!!

Weight: 158lbs
Exercise: Weight Lifting (Arms/Chest/Abs)
Weather: Warm. Felt like spring. 65 degrees.

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Steph completes her first Half-Marathon!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

She did great!!! The weather here was pretty stinky though. She had to run through rain and snow in 30 degree weather, but she toughed it out. You can tell she's my wife :)

I'll let her fill you in on how it went, but I can't tell you how happy and proud I am. My wife rocks!!!!!

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Updates, Updates

I'm still not running. My foot is recovering slowly and, like David, I have no desire to further hurt myself. So, it's a few more days off. I lifted on Monday and was so sore that I haven't lifted since. I may lift tomorrow depending on how I feel. It usually takes me a week or so to get to the point that I can lift three times a week with no soreness. I also tried to lift what I was lifting before I stopped last year and that was a mistake. I was lifting a pretty substantial weight that I can no longer get off the floor.

In more important news, I test drove the Jeep and hated it. I really wanted to like it, but I didn't. Today, I'm headed to the local Honda dealership to test drive a Honda Element. I really like the looks and options for it, but the drive will determine if I want it or not.

Finally, Steph runs her first Half-Marathon on Saturday. Join me in wishing her a good race.

Have a good race Steph!!!!!

Weight: 156lbs
Exercise: None
Wather: Cold, snowy.

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