19 August

Say 2 miles brisk walking, in several bouts, round town.
35 mins sculling and pool exercises.
Journey to the tip with a medium load of garden and other stuff to get rid of.

I can really feel something all over.

August 18:
2.15-ish mile run

August 19:
5 min warmup on stairmaster/elliptical thingy
2x15 deadlifts, first set 45# second 50#
2x15 dumbbell shoulder press with 2x5#, alternating with
2x15 lat pull-down at 60#
2x15 lunges with 2x10# alternating with
2x8 swiss ball crunches with 2.5# plate
5 min stretching

August 16: 65 minutes boxing boot camp
August 17: 60 minutes elliptical
August 18: 60 minutes spin class
August 19: 60 minutes hip hop class

Totals for August:
15 days
973 minutes

yeaaaaah girl, run kitty run indeed!

today:
5 miles, no stopping, very slow but no stopping
shortie bike ride with family
brief swim with boys

Aug. 19: 49 minutes arc trainer, set at 8, hill intervals
60 minutes Pilates class
11 minutes rowing on the Concept II

I'm going to try to get my usual full Friday morning workout in before driving off on another trip to Upstate NY. There's a really big antique show in the little village of Bouckville NY that's going to be seeing a lot of me this coming weekend. I will be walking all day for two days so probably won't get in any cardio.

Aug. 20: 15 minutes rowing Concept II
45 minutes weights
45 minutes arc trainer, set at intervals, at 8

Okay, I got the workout in. Now to keep packing. I'm later than I'd planned to be -- did NOT want to get out of bed this morning.

August 20
4.5 mile run/walk
55 minutes

Still trying to keep my heart rate low per trainer. Spent first mile cursing my HRM and saying "EFF it! I'm just going to run!" Spent the following 3.5 chanting, "I will trust the process. I will trust the process."

I think it was harder to keep my heart rate down b/c I ran outside in the hot afternoon. Oh well. This is me, trusting the process.

21 August

Back home!

Walked the Mile Walk on a country estate. Let's say it was about a mile.

Mowed the lawn. It's pocket hanky sized.

Friday 20: some yardwork & DDs birthday party
Saturday 21: no exercise. Drove 500 km to drop DD and a friend of at sailing camp in the north.
Sunday 22: stiff and knotted muscles from the drive. Yardwork and, weather permitting, swimming.

August 22:
9-ish mile run, 90 minutes

It's our first day at the beach in North Carolina. I had mapped out an 8.5 mile route (for an 8-mile run with an option to run or walk the last .5). Woke to a tremendous thunderstorm which delayed my start and then messed with my route. Lots of flooding of both roads and sidewalks. Decided to gauge my run by time rather than distance and then mapped it when I got home.

Did yardwork for a couple of hours and swam 2 x 15-20 minutes. No biking to work today as it is pouring down rain. I'm heading for my yogamat for some stretching.

August 20: none

August 21: one hour walking around the park with the dog

August 22: 40 min swimming, easy, probably only did 6-8 laps since I was helping DH with his stroke

August 23: NRLW S1W3A:
5 min warmup on elliptical
2x12 squats @30#
2x12 push-ups using bar on rack 5 on the smith machine, alternating with
2x12 seated row, first set 37.5# second 42.5#
2x12 step ups w/2x5# alternating with
2x10 prone jackknife
7 min stretching

Aug. 21: Seven hours of walking, nearly continously, around a flattened-down alfalfa field & looking at the wares of about 1,000 antique dealers. And all I got was a pair of earrings. But I made notes on a lot of other stuff. Wiped out tonight. And I did not eat any of the junky outdoor-event type foods. No kettlecorn, no snow cone, no cotton candy, no ice cream sandwich, no onion rings, no chicken wings, no burger, no Hoffman's hot dog, no grilled kielabasa, no pie from the Methodist Church Ladies Auxiliary booth (that's my only regret).

Aug. 22: Five hours of walking in same field in pouring rain, which often blew under umbrella, visiting dealers who toughed out the deluge. This time I bought stuff: A big jardiniere, a pair of Staffordshire spaniels, another pair of earrings, and a Nathaniel Currier printed Family Register (for the Shipman family, covering children born in the 1820s) in original frame. Also, I admired a chest of drawers. Before I buy it, I have to get rid of my current chest of drawers. It's a trade up. I have great luck in buying antiques, but a poor record of selling when I trade up, so we'll see ...

Aug. 23: One hour on a fairly crummy creaky elliptical, resistance 8
45 minute Pilates routine, on my mother's newly laid hardwood floor (under my mat). My mother's cat was an impediment. (He does not like the new hardwood floor; he preferred wall-to-wall carpeting.) He wanted to lie on the sweaty towel I'd spread over the top of the mat. Then he wanted to sniff me & rub me & inquire vocally what the heck I was doing thrashing about on the floor, down on his level, where people usually aren't. My daily life is animal-less & I did not realize the difficulty caused by exercising in the presence of animals. My 45 minute routine probably took 10 minutes longer. That's okay. He's a great cat.

22 August - nothing much.
23 August - nothing much. Walked about 1 mile?
24 August - not looking too good either.

Saef, other than the driving rain your antiquing trip sounds wonderful! That is definitely on my schedule once I can leave the kids home alone. About 6 years from now, I think...

August 23: rest day
50 minute walk

August 24:
5.2 mile run
53 minutes
Got caught in the rain, which felt WONDERFUL after a couple of hot, humid days.