Moving Forward

5 on the elliptical, the .75 in my stocking feet on the treadmill. The soles of my feet were a bit tender after this run, I might try to run with my shoes on tomorrow. I also need to do more weights tomorrow.
So I'm signed up to run the Ogden marathon in two weeks, and I know that I can't do it, but I think I will be able to do the 5K. So do you think it is wrong to not pick up my timing chip, then run the 5K with my bib? I don't really care about my time because I know I'm not going to be fast. I just really want to participate in some part of the day, and I don't want to spend another 30 dollars. So what do you think... is that wrong?

Have you seen those Windows 7 comercals where the person thinks back and in their mind and they are much more attractive. That is probably how this run was... I just could not stand the thoughts of being in the gym on the elliptical or treadmill today so I talked my daughter into doing a run/walk with me. She wants to do a 5K soon and has not run much so I knew having her there with me would keep me from running too much or too fast on my knee. We did a 5 min run/jog (averaged about a 10:40mm) followed by a 3 min walk. Repeated 4 times for a total of 20 minutes of running. My knee bugged just the tiniest of bits at the first, but by the third/four run it was feeling a bit better. So in my mind I was an olimpic runner, but the reality was an old lady shuffle LOL. I have to say it felt fantastic to be out doing it, even if it was slow. Seeing my daughter want to start running is great! Most 17 year old girls can't stand hanging with their moms, but she really wants hang out and run with me.

Tomorrw I will be on my own, my daughter has some after school things. So I won't run even on the treadmill and give my knee a break. Plan on high intencity on the elliptical for 5-6 miles. Then some upper body weights and abs.

Did some interval training to mix it up a bit. I have a tendancy to do some workouts day after day and I think that is one of the reasons I don't see alot of change in my weight and performances. So I did about 20 min. of arms, sholders and back weights. Moving quickly between machines. Then intervals on the elliptical, 2 min at a moderate pace, 2 minutes at high intencity. It took me a couple of reps to get the right settings for the two paces but after that I did the program 50 minutes, then a monderate easy for the last ten minutes for an hour of cardio. Tomorrow will be an easy workout. I won't be able to take my daughter because I will need to get a quick workout in before I go to the nutritional class again. I'm hoping I like it a bit more this time.

4 on the elliptical, started at a moderate/easy pace and getting progressively harder. Ended with sweat dripping so I figured I was working at a pretty good pace. Then lots of core/abs and stretching.

So I attended the nutritional class again last night, and have come to a few conclusions. First, I'm really starting to hate the phrase "It's a process" or almost as bad "It's a journey" These phrases make me feel left in the dark. What is the process? Just give me the clear cut steps to it and I'm sure I will be able to accomplish it. Left on my own I'm confused by conflicting information that leaves me stuck. I don't know what steps to take to get out of the pothole of misunderstanding. Maybe it is because I work in an Engineering department for 8 hours a day, which is completely process driven. You need to have a process for everything. Clear cut instructions for every job that needs to be accomplished. They want it so easy that someone can walk in the door... read the instructions and complete the job without failure. After 15 years of this I'm now so conditioned that without some sort of work instructions, the fear of failure stops me cold. And that brings me to another thought that has been rolling around in my head. Auntieem had posted the other day that she is someone who charges toward thing that she fears. This statement has been playing over and over in my head since I read it. I couldn't sleep well last night because it got me thinking so much about this. It seems so foreign to me, how can someone be so bold! It also reminded me of my friend that I lost 5 years ago, he was very much like that... so fearless, and I had promised myself that I would try to be more fearless in my life.... but here I am 5 years later, still the same and now getting all stuck in stupid ruts that I can't seem to figure my way out of. Wow this probably has more to do with other things than the nutritional class... sorry for the rant. Maybe I need to seek some professional help.

Nutritional class talked about the benefits of eating raw... getting the live enzymes of raw foods into your diet because then your body doesn’t rob your immune system to help digest food. It makes sense, we are continually eating dead foods, robbing our immune system to help digest the food, then leaving our immune system susceptible. It gets worn out and then we get all the auto immune troubles. (arthritis, fybromialga, lupus, etc) It really gave me some things to think about.

Tomorrow will be a crazy day... going to my daughter-in-laws graduation among other things... hoping to be able to get our run/walk in with my daughter, before hubby wants to go out on a date

Big goose egg today but I don't regret it. I got to spend a lovely afternoon with my son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and my daughter-in-laws family after her graduation. She is an incredible young lady and I'm so proud of her. Then date night with my sweetheart :)

Lovely run with my daughter and the dog this morning. We ran on a trail up above our house. We were a bit slower probably due to the hills, but it was very nice. Knee bugged for the first bit then seemed to calm down.