Where's the Beach?

Walking, Running, Donating for a Cure While this month is all about Breast Cancer Awareness, I'm actually going to ask that you think about supporting another cause: Pancreatic Cancer. I have a very dear friend who's husband (Tommy) was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year just after their one year wedding anniversary. There is 5K walk/run event in Atlanta on November 13 - PurpleStride . While I cannot attend, I will be donating to "Team Tommy." For my friends in the Atlanta area, if you could participate in this race, it would mean the world to me. But what I would like most is that you please make some sort of donation if you are financially able. This link takes you to Lindsey's page for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network - Purple Stride Atlanta 2010 . Also, it looks like there are PurpleStride events around the country, so maybe there is one in your area. Workouts - Weights & Run During lunch I decided to do shoulders and triceps. I did super...

Saturday Follow Up I wanted to thank everyone for their kind words about yesterday's pictures. I certainly hope you don't think I'm fishing for comments by the way!!! You all are far too sweet. Last night we ended up making veggie burgers (some I had pre-made and frozen in the freezer) and sweet potato "fries." I used the Vegan Spinach & Sundried Tomato dip on the buns and topped with the usual roasted red bell peppers, spinach, and Soy Kaas "cheese." Hot Run This morning I was itching to get in a run. My legs weren't as sore as I thought they might be from the backside workout, so I thought a run might be good. It was HOT, but I sucked it up and got it done. I told myself I'd at least do 1.5 miles then see how I felt. I ended up doing a speedy 3.5 miles at an 8:05 average pace. Guess I was ready to get it done huh?! I really had no idea I was going that fast. I thought my heart rate was up because it was so freaking hot. When I went...

Weights The sun is coming up earlier, and I am finding myself mostly awake right at 6 am these past few days. If this trend keeps up, I'm thinking early morning runs will be on the books soon, especially with summer temps. I did my weight workout at lunch today. It was 2 sets of 12 reps. Shoulders - Upright rows (with dumbbells) Biceps Alternating bicep curls Quads - Squats Inner thigh - Alternating plie squats Chest - Incline dumbbell chest press Back - Underhand row (dumbbells) Legs - Static lunges Triceps - Overhead triceps extension I also added 2/12 for calves and a set of 21's for biceps just because I'm nuts. I must say that I love how quickly I build strength with this rotation. I was able to maintain heavier weights for these higher reps. Either that or I was just having a nice, strong day ;-) After work I did end up doing Low Impact Circuit - Cardio Premix (1st 3 combos) plus abs. I also stretched for a while and tried rolling out my hams on a tennis ball.  ...

Unmotivated on Monday I had the hardest time peeling myself out of bed this morning. Jason got up to go swim at 5 am and there was just no way I was getting up. I fell back to sleep almost immediately in fact. I feel like I'm getting a cold or allergy crud so maybe that's the reason for the sluggishness. Today was supposed to be Upper + Plyo. The upper body exercises were done as supersets of 4 sets of 8 reps. SS#1 Chest - Flat bench flyes (supposed to have been incline but I goofed) Back - Dumbbell pullover SS#2 Shoulder - Arnold press Shoulder - Lateral raises SS#3 Biceps - Incline curls Triceps - Overhead extension SS#4 Split squats (added this in lieu of plyo, see reason below) Donkey kicks (with 8# DB) Early on in the day, I knew that I wasn't feeling just super energized. I wanted to go ahead and get the weights done before I somehow actually talked myself out of them entirely. Yes, I was seriously feeling that unmotivated. I sort of made a deal with myself, do ...