Posts Tagged ‘ Exercise ’

A New Routine

05/09/2011

I feel like I had been living, breathing and sleeping St. Anthony’s Tri training for the past six months. I didn’t realize how much until I didn’t have to do it anymore. I rarely slept past 6:00 am on a Saturday or Sunday, because training needed to get done. My days revolved around work and working out. In the last couple of months before the race, I was too afraid not to get to the gym or out on the road, for fear I wouldn’t be ready. Don’t get me wrong. I had my off days, but even when I was “off,” I was worrying that I wasn’t training enough for this race. There was so much to do to prepare for it, from fundraising to getting comfortable running without my iPod. In the end, it was awesome, but I am happy it’s behind me. Last week, I did...

Look Ma, No iPod!

03/28/2011

When I run, I like my music. I rely on it to get me through the dips, to drown out the negative voices that tell me to walk all the time and to cover up the sound of my breathing when it gets ragged. The iPod is a tool that makes getting out the door to go running just a little easier. Because as much as I enjoy running once I’m out there doing it (or maybe more accurately when I’m done), getting out the door is still a challenge. It’s much easier to stay cozy on the couch, especially when it’s cold and windy. Unfortunately, USAT doesn’t allow iPods in any leg of a triathlon. So…. if I’m going to have some fun in this race, I have to get used to running without my iPod. Today I did. I went out for my run and left my...

Start, Stop, Start, Stop. Complain. Start again.

02/01/2011

It’s been two weeks since my last blog post. TWO WEEKS! Since I started this journey and started this blog, I haven’t gone that long without posting. Oh wait. In the very beginning I did. When I would stop and start on the journey, only to stop again. Maybe it’s the stop/start that’s kept me from blogging these past couple of weeks. Maybe it’s work. Maybe it’s lack of motivation. I’m not sure. I have felt this past month like I’m being pulled in 19 directions. Mostly it’s of my own doing. I hear of a project or new idea that sounds great and I want in, only to realize I’m overextended again. Work? We’re in our crunch season, our superbowl, our world series, as my sports-enthusiast boss would put it. My job has shifted here. And now my job is to write, and write and write and write....

I Am Stuck

10/15/2010

I am stuck. I am suffering from blogger’s block (different from writer’s block, since I now write for a living and that would be detrimental to my paycheck). But writing about me and my ever-so-exciting fitness adventures has been escaping me. (Sarcasm, since I’m feeling kind of bored and frustrated in this space). I keep starting blog posts, and they end up in my drafts folders, abandoned because I just can’t seem to get my thoughts in order to get past the second paragraph. ok, on to the third paragraph… Maybe the reason I am having trouble writing about fitness is because I’m blocked here too. I am suffering from weight loss block. I’ve gone back to Weight Watchers, had a couple good weeks (okay, one), and I’ve again hit a plateau that frustrates me right into a bag of Hershey’s Kisses or a pan of brownies. (Gee, do...

I Know What To Do

08/25/2010

This has been a summer of ups and downs, challenges and successes. Mostly challenges. Some of the challenges have been physical. Hurt hip. Cranky shoulders. Blistering heat. Raging hormones. Yes, I will admit, I am at that later point in my life where the hormones all go wonky again for a while. More though, the challenges have been mental. I’ve had trouble staying on top of my food intake. Don’t get me wrong, I have good days. Heck, I have good weeks. Hence the successes. But I’ve had bad food days too. Very bad food days…and weeks. Where once there was discipline, there are now cravings that will just not be ignored. Where once it felt fabulous to know I’d gotten a substantial amount of nutrition in a reasonable number of calories, now it sometimes takes everything I have to not eat cookies all day long. Or Hershey’s Kisses....

I Love Running… I Hate Running… I Love Running…

08/04/2010

This is a post I wrote last year around this time and reading back, I realized that it is really relevant to my life again now, so I’m re-running it. I’ve been on vacation this week and will be back to regular posting tomorrow. But this has always been one of my favorites! Recently, I came across a greeting card that on the front said: I love running, I hate running, I love running, I hate running. I loved that and if I could find it again, I would totally link you to it! I loved it, because as a newbie runner, it’s exactly the way I feel, when I’m running, when I’m about to start running, when I finish. It is totally a love/hate relationship, although lately, the pros definitely outweigh the cons. While I was running my 3.2 miles this morning (my version of a long run),...

Eye on the Prize: Long Island Diva’s Half Marathon

07/27/2010

Staying on track from a food perspective has been tricky these past few months. And I plan on getting that back in order just as soon as I can. Today will be a good day. Tomorrow will be a good day. Then I’ll have VACATION. This weekend I head off to a family reunion, where I can pretty much be guaranteed I will overeat and overdrink. But it will be loads of fun, and I’m not planning to limit myself too much for the couple of days I will be away. When we get home, that will be a different story. When we get home, I will be training for a half marathon that I found in my area that just looks like awesome fun. It’s called the Diva’s Half Marathon and you are greeted at the finish line with champagne and chocolate. Now if that’s not an incentive...

Running: Conditions Matter

07/23/2010

I went for my second run this week. It’s still hot. But not nearly as hot as it was on Wednesday. Again, as I write this post it’s raining, which we’ve been told will bring in more scorching heat tomorrow, however short-lived. With the impending rain, it was humid again this morning too, but again, not nearly as humid as it was on Wednesday. Today’s run was bearable. Today’s run actually wasn’t bad. I still had to walk a bit, but I went 2.5 miles with less walking and more efficient running than Wednesday. In fact, I did the longer distance in about the same amount of time. I didn’t feel like I weighed 2000 pounds on today’s run. That could be because I have been eating much better than I was earlier in the week. It could also be just that the air wasn’t as heavy. Today’s run...

Reclaiming My Running Mojo

07/11/2010

Since my hip issue, running has been really tough. I started back expecting to be able to pick up where I left off, because I would have liked to have been in today’s race, but my body was just not having any of it. Of course, the unbearable heat we’ve been having in the Northeast hasn’t helped much either. More than not being able to get in a consistent run without walking, I just have not been feeling the running love. I had gotten to a point where I looked forward to getting out for a good run, always knowing that it’s never easy, but it was doable. And when I finished, I felt like I accomplished something great. Lately, with all of the stupid injury issues, running is just hard again. However long the distance, it’s felt like torturous work; nothing fun about it. Did I mention the...

On the Road Again

06/27/2010

I went for an outside run this morning. 2.5 miles. Yay! I surprised myself, in a good way. It’s been pretty much a month since I’ve run anywhere other than the treadmill. And my treadmill runs have been pretty awful. Lots of walking. I think that’s a mental thing between me and the treadmill though. This morning I ran 2.5 with only one walking break for a hill. My hip feels good today too. Yesterday I walked and it was a little twingy. Then I went to physical therapy and for the rest of the afternoon it was a little more uncomfortable. I often find though that for the hours after physical therapy, I’m more uncomfortable than I was before. Anyway, I got up this morning, and I felt great. I decided to run 2.5 outside to see how I would do the first time out. In my race...

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