I'm Back!

It's been a long time since I blogged, but I'm still around! Enjoying reading everyone elses training stories and tips.... I have finally put together a training schedule that I think I can pull off at this stage in my life. Mon: run, Tue: bodypump, Wed: run, Thur:run, Fri: spin class, Sat:long run, Sun: rest. I couldn't even tell you exactly how far I've been running for the last few weeks, I've just been focusing on running a little farther with each run than the last and building my core and leg strength. I ordered the Jeff Galloway book that you guys suggested and have learned some cool stuff from that book. One was that I have really poor posture when I run. I definitely tend to lean forward and he says to stand straight like you are a puppet on a string. I've been focusing on that and think it's helping. I did buy a calendar just for my workouts so I can start keeping track of my mileage..it's time to get serious!

My biggest obstacle in training right now is that 3 of the 6 workouts I have planned are early morning before my hubby leaves for work. So that means that I have to pray the night before each early morning workout that noone wakes up: needing their asthma inhaler (Chloe), wanting a bottle (Sophie), wanting a drink of water (Hayden) or needing reassurance from a nightmare (pick any of the above children). It all tends to work out in the end I guess. I have to remember that 1 missed workout every now and then won't ruin my training.

Somebody, please name me!! I can't name myself...it's just too much pressure : )

Tired yet?

Y'all are going to get so tired of my blogs, but I forgot to tell you about my upcoming schedule and my week in running. This week is a recovery week-2ea 6's, 2ea8's, and a 4-and we started the P90X last night so its a good week for lighter running (P90X is sooooo intense). I have my reunion this weekend also, so I strategically planned it this way.
Cool things. First I did this Nike training run for the Human Race with my brother in law. It was a fun new route right off campus that went through the heart of Austin, just 3 miles, but really fun. Nike was giving out dri fit shirts (they only had large left by the time I got in line) so Mike is getting a new basketball shirt for Christmas (J/K). It was really great to run with Brent, and just hang out with him in general, we are complete opposites in almost everything we believe (politics, religion,finances), but I really enjoy his perspective and his humor-even though my first thought was to flake out on it, it was a blessing to go.
Next, I always think you can't see anything good running on the treadmill, God is even in the gym as I discovered. There is an indoor track, just a loop at the gym I like to run at (it has a dark room and I enjoy that). There was a middle aged lady doing her very best to go around it with a walker. I saw her later getting ready to leave in her wheel chair. She was talking to one of the people who worked there and it looked like she must be recovering from a stroke or something because one side of her mouth was not moving. I decided at that moment that I'm going to be more courageous (I'll start by taking on plyometrics, tonight). Be Bold! LJ

Music or Miles

I have a bad habit of leaving church during the closing music... and yesterday some one said, "I know it seems like it could go on forever, but they only play 3 songs after the sermon." In my head, that's more than a mile. But yesterday, I stuck around and the last song they played was Everlasting God...a great running song! Then I started thinking about some of my favorite running songs. Corey Morrow, "He Carries Me" has some great lyrics..."I know we've got a long way to go... Everyday I'm lucky just to breathe the air I breathe...sometimes I stumble, that's when he carries me." Or two of my favorite songs to end on/cool down to are Todd Fritsch's "Walk to Remember" and Brandon Heath's "I'm not who I was"
One week it seemed like everytime"Washed by the water" (Need to Breathe) played it would be raining. It happened at least 3 times. Here's just a few more that I love, "Learning to Breathe" Switchfoot, "Breathless" Better than Ezra, "One Shot" OAR, "Free and Easy" Dirks Bently, and "Our time now" Plain White T's. I've made my playlist for the marathon already, I'll run all my long runs to the same list and as I increase my milage I'll be surprised by what songs I haven't heard yet (little motivational trick for me). What music gets y'all going? LJ