School has been kicking my butt and I have to spend every waking minute, when I am not working, on my school project, which is not going to well. The law library is just over 1/2 mile away, so I am getting my daily exercise in by walking there and back to work at lunch [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Robb is a long standing member of MiT training. We were wondering how he would do in the interview (he was very nervous). I must say he did really well. Interview Too bad the local TV station here misspelled his name. It actually is Robb Kestner.
I started out low because I am not sure exactly where I am at strength wise (and I didn’t want to over do it). Right now, with my current weight ( just under 180 – yikes! Good thing I am tall!), I have to bench 130 lbs, which I don’t think I’ll be able to do successfully [...]
I just got this e-mail from a running buddy from my running group. He almost brought me to tears (marathon blues perhaps?): Hey Penny, I realized last night that I forgot to mention about your 5 hour marathon idea for next year. Do you remember back to this time last year? Think about what your thoughts were about [...]
1 mile & lifting and my friend Jim
Posted: October 25, 2007 in Blogroll, PnR, Strength Training, WalkingRunning: Walked a mile on the treadmill. Felt very good, but I am keeping to no running until at least Monday. Weightlifting: Just to get back into the swing of things I did the bench press, no weight other then the bar (45 lbs) 20 times, 2 sets. I missed my friend Jim in the fitness center today [...]
Headed to the gym with the hubby today…walked 20 minutes on the treadmill and covered one mile. Nice and easy. Yesterday I got off the treadmill after 10 minutes; I could feel soreness in my legs. Not today though. It was temping to just hit the “+” button on the machine and go faster. [...]
Thank you everyone for the pats on the back and words of wisdom. They are greatly appreciated! ~~~ I was able to wear my regular shoes to work today and didn’t hobble quite as bad as the day before…yay, a step towards recovery (yesterday I had to wear sandals!). Some guy in the office congratulated me on [...]
I did not sleep well two nights before the marathon, tossing and turning, so I was worried that the next night would be a repeat. But, I was too worn out from the night before that I actually slept very well. I rose at 5am refreshed, got dressed, kissed the hubby goodbye, hopped in the [...]
I did it in 5 hours and 37 min, not as fast as I had hoped. I have a blister the size of Utah on my right foot, pink toe. BUT, I am no longer a marathon virgin. More tomorrow if I can make it to the PC. Hope all my BRF did well today!
>>>2 days to go to the Columbus Marathon<<< In 2 days and 8.5 hours I’ll be down there, getting ready for my first marathon…oy! Can you say EXCITED?? That is the view out of my office overlooking the starting line. I have decided to take tomorrow off so my co-workers won’t have me committed! I’ll [...]
