4-28-2008

What a night tonight. I get home from work, quick change into my new nike workout clothes, and after I eat some Key Lime Yogurt, Jourdan and I go and walk 2 miles around Lake Eola.
We barely missed the rain.

So we get back and I head to the gym and bike 6 miles in 15 mins, then ran a mile on the treadmill. Afterwards I did a little weight training - just arms.

Lets see some songs tonight on the husbands iPod I thought were good include
Elevator featuring Timberland
Laff at Em by Timberland featuring Justin Timberlake
Stronger by Kanye West (I think this is the best running song)

4-24-2008

Tonight is the Insurance Office of America's 5K. I'm running. Which I find quite funny as I dont think I'm really ready for this but we'll see what happens tonight.

A fun fact about tonight is that its the biggest run ever with 10,600 people signed up!
Its going to be crazy!

Well I did it! I ran the entire 5K in 33 mins 10 seconds. I am happy! Last year I ran/walked but this year I did a consistent pace and ran the entire thing.

Now I just have to better that time for the Tri in July.

4-23-2008

Tonight I was a tad bit lazy. My BFF works down the street from my place so I change and run down to where she works. Yes RUN the entire way which is probably - well nevermind its not a mile away. But I have a problem with running outside because I dont know how to pace myself very well, so by the time I got to her i'm huffing and puffing which she found quite amusing.



So we have decided now after work were going to meet up and walk around Lake Eola which is 1 mile around. Tonight we did 3 miles. Its really nice the lake is pretty, there are tons of black and white swans swimming around, ducks, birds etc. Plus we get lots of chatting time in. So I was telling her all about my Triathlon I've signed up for and TRIED to get her to train with me and sign up too but yeah the whole signing up thing isnt happening. oh well no biggie. I still have her for a walking/running/tennis partner :-)

4-22-2008

I did it. I signed up for my first Triathlon today. I am SO excited. But also nervous because I know I need to set up a better program to work out.

This great website http://www.trifind.com/ breaks out Triathlon's by state, so today while searching around I found the PERFECT race. Its here in Orlando and is called "My First Triathlon" and will be a .25 mile swim, 12.4 mile bike and 2.75 mile run. Yippeeee

I've been biking and running, but now I really really need to go get a new swim suit and cap.

Tonight is another tennis night, but afterwards I'm going to hit up the treadmill.

4-19-2008

Coworker Bikeride day haha - today was very interesting

Last time I went out, we first went on his tandem bike and I used my clip in shoes. Kinda similar to the ones shown here - the toe has a metal plate wheic you clip into a pedal. To get your foot out of the pedal you click your heel to the right or left and viola you're not clipped in.

Well today I had my coworker change out my regular pedals to the Shimano clip in pedals I got with my bike. After a quick trial run we were off for our ride to the state park. To get to the park we have to cross a fairly busy road. So I unclip my right foot and keep my left clipped in. Well we're waiting for a clearing to go across the road and we see a truck coming to our right (which was a ways away) with a blinker on - well my coworker said ok lets go so he crosses the road then I try to start pedaling with 1 foot and this truck gets closer so i veer off to not kill myself. Well i TOTALLY forget my feet are clipped into the pedal so when I go to put my left foot on the ground - yep you guessed it - I fall over off my bike, scrape my knee & palm of my hand.

kinda looked similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ntc9lK1syE

I'm ok - so after that I decide I'm going to keep the pedals but instead unclip my left foot so I can pedal with my right with more power in those types of situations.

So we get to the park I pay my $1 to get in and we ride a total of 8.5 miles that day.

4-17-08

Tennis Thursdays!!

The husband and I played tennis for about an hour tonight. The lights on the court wouldnt come on and it was getting dark so we stopped and packed up. Once we shut the gate to the court wouldnt ya know the lights decide to come on. PFFT whatever. stupid lights

so we went to the gym and I started out on the bike and did my usual 10 min / 4 mile warm up
then onto the treadmill....

Note: I'm not a runner - I enjoy running at an easy pace but dont like to run for a super fast time nor long distance (ie Marathons).

not sure what got into me tonight, I dont know if it was the husband running next to me that made me more motivated or that MTV was playing and update on people who have been on true life but I ran 2.1 miles. CRAZY i know, since i've just been doing a mile or 1.25 of a mile lately.

Next week I have a 5K - we'll see what happens I'm just trying to better my last year time of 35 mins.

4-16-2008

Nothing like getting up at 7am for an early morning workout before work.

I'm lucky this week in which I get to walk to work in the mornings since I'm in the office and not at the client SO with that being said I'd figure I'd try getting up and working out rather than at night.

So the alarm was set for 645 but I didnt get up until 7

Down to the gym I went and did a 10 min warm up on the bike. Went 4 miles then after a quick stretch got on the treadmill.
Walked .2 of a mile ran a mile then did a .05 "cooldown" for a total of 1.25 miles on the treadmill.

The worst thing happened - the new hubby and I bought some songs off iTunes and put them on his ipod so while hes still in bed I grab his iPod thinking this is great I'll get to work out and listen to the songs we just bought. WRONG -the foolish thing was dead.
So needless to say my workout was rather boring but I did think about starting to post either my workout song of the day, or what I listed to on my ipod or maybe starting some type of poll in regards to music...