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06 Nov, 2009

Friday Schmiday

Posted by: Fat Pants In: ChaLEAN Extreme

Actually, I am really happy it’s Friday. But I am so sad about Ft. Hood. We just had several thousand units/families from Hood transfer up to Ft. Carson a few months ago, and some units from Carson transfer to Hood. Terrible tragedy!
Anyway, back to weight and dieting and all that jazz. I’m down a lb [...]

05 Nov, 2009

Thursday

Posted by: Fat Pants In: ChaLEAN Extreme| Races

Wish it was Friday.
Burn Circuit 2 complete.
Today is 3 mile run plus Burn Circuit 3. It’s a lot, but I just want to get it out of the way.
Tomorrow will be intervals.
Saturday I can finally REST! As much as I can with getting our wood floors in.
The weather? OF COURSE it is supposed to be [...]

04 Nov, 2009

Good things

Posted by: Fat Pants In: ChaLEAN Extreme| Running is my life

Tuesday was fantastic!
I came home and put on my running shoes and went out for a PERFECT 5.2 miles. Took me 60 minutes which is slightly faster than I had planned on, but I’m so happy. I really needed this run with the 10k next weekend. I know I keep saying it, but I can’t [...]

Gosh, I have so much to write about!
Week 1 Recap

Pounds lost: 1.6 (gasp!)
Inches lost: 3.5 (double gasp!)

Final October weight: 157.0 (5.6 lbs lost for the month). SUPER happy about this… it was way more than I expected, especially after a slow September.
Ok, what do I think of CE so far? I think it’s awesome and [...]

30 Oct, 2009

Week 1 *almost* complete

Posted by: Fat Pants In: ChaLEAN Extreme| Fashion

Last night I did Burn Circuit 3 and today will be a 5 mile run because the chances of me going to the gym over the weekend are slim to none. I’ll bust it out after work today and start my weekend off right. I’ll post my first week results on Monday since technically it [...]

29 Oct, 2009

Exhausted

Posted by: Fat Pants In: ChaLEAN Extreme| Food

I wish I could turn off my brain!!
Yesterday’s snow storm was much ado about nothing until last night. Then we really got hit! I was worried about driving my 4Runner on the ice… we got it in April and never really had a chance to get used to driving it on the snow since it [...]

28 Oct, 2009

Blizzard!

Posted by: Fat Pants In: ChaLEAN Extreme

Not really. It’s worse in Denver (for once) - they’re just calling for 2-4 inches down here. It’s been snowing for about 2 hours and nothing is accumulating yet so hopefully it stays pretty light for the drive home. I’m scheduled for 5 miles at the gym today so c’mon weather gods… let’s get [...]

27 Oct, 2009

Done and done

Posted by: Fat Pants In: ChaLEAN Extreme| Food

Yesterday was a 3 mile run at the gym. Call me crazy but I’m actually starting to like running on the treadmill again. I don’t know what happened in my mental shift (I used to loathe it) but I work up such a good sweat and have been running so well that it’s enjoyable now. [...]

26 Oct, 2009

Step away from the Halloween candy…

Posted by: Fat Pants In: ChaLEAN Extreme

I have a LOT to write about!
First, the race. I’ll just copy and paste what I put on the runner’s thread in the forum:
Ugh what do you want to hear? It wasn’t pretty LOL
I think my offical time was 38:02. HRM time was a little shorter but not much. I wanted to get comfortable with [...]

22 Oct, 2009

Testing…testing…

Posted by: Fat Pants In: ChaLEAN Extreme

I’ve uploaded my 12-week challenge spreadsheet to Google docs. Go to this link:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Akhbni2qGUu7dGd0TlBUVDNmTUl6VVlEaU9JWkJiMnc&hl=en
and hopefully you can see it! If anyone wants a blank worksheet, let me know and we will figure out how to get it to you.
Whew!
I had to make some allowances for travel. There are two weeks there where it’s going to be [...]



Inspirational Quotes

"People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason… to find out who we really are." - George Sheehan

"Have a dream, make a plan, go for it." - Zoe Koplowitz, Achilles Track Club member with multiple sclerosis

"I focused on reminding myself I was running my race and not trying to keep pace with somebody. It's about your journey—not everybody else's journey." - Jennifer Beals on her first road race

"Even after all these years, running continues to amaze me. Mostly in its ability to clarify - to make things OK and bring you back down to earth, even when things are insane. Especially when things are insane." - Mark Remy