Training Recap – Week 22

Sunday June 22 -- 1.0 mile 18:26 min (ON) Fitbit log 5,135 steps

Monday June 23--Fitbit log 5,676 steps

Tuesday June 24-- Fitbit log 4,610 steps

Wednesday June 25--2.0 miles 28:46 min (LS) Fitbit log 8,740 steps

Thursday June 26-- Fitbit log 4,643 steps

Friday June 27-- 1.0 mile 17:10 min (ON) Fitbit log 6,529 steps

Saturday June 28--1.0 mile 17:10 min (ON) Fitbit log 5,662 steps

Training Recap – Week 21

I had a goal to finish 150 miles by the official start of summer.  I came really close at 143.25 miles. 

There are 10 weeks until the Half Marathon and I am a nervous wreck.  I don’t know what the course is going to be like and I haven’t been training up to par.  I have been doing better than a lot of people think but I am just not a runner.  I enjoy walking and being outdoors when it is cool.  I know training would be so much easier in the morning when it is cooler but like I have mentioned I am not a morning person.  So I am training in the evening after work and it is not very cool in the evening.   I hate being hot and it is getting hotter every day.  I really worry about feeling overheated on race day.  If anyone knows any tricks to stay cool I would greatly appreciate them.  Right now I plan to have some peppermint oil which is a cooling oil and really light running clothes on for race day.   

Sunday June 15 -- Fitbit log 6,560 steps

Monday June 16--Fitbit log 1,102 steps

Tuesday June 17-- 2.0 miles Fitbit log 5,002 steps

 Wednesday June 18-- Fitbit log 5,496 steps

Thursday June 19-- 2.0 miles Fitbit log 5,524 steps

Friday June 20-- 3.0 miles Fitbit log 6,862 steps

Saturday June 21-- Fitbit log 4,133 steps

Training Recap - Week 20

Sunday June 8-- Fitbit log 3,878 steps

Monday June 9--2.0 miles 28:46 min (LS) Fitbit log 10,387 steps

Tuesday June 10-- Fitbit log 7,818 steps

Wednesday June 11--2 miles 28:20 min (LS) Fitbit log 10,682 steps

Thursday June 12-- Fitbit log 4,816 steps

Friday June 13--1 mile 20:06 min (LS) Fitbit log 8,318 steps

Saturday June 14-- Fitbit log 2,307 steps

Training Update - Week 19

Another good week. Most of my workout was done indoors to my Leslie Sansone DVDs but I feel like I got a great workout in each time. 

Sunday June 1--Fitbit log 3,675 steps

Monday June 2--2.0 miles 28:46 min (LS) Fitbit log 13,868 steps 

Tuesday June 3-- Windsor Pilates 60 minFitbit log 5,875 steps

Wednesday June 4--2.0 miles 28:20 min (LS) Fitbit log 9,170 steps

Thursday June 5--1.0 miles 20:06 min (ON) Fitbit log 7,747 steps

Friday June 6--Windsor Pilates 60 min Fitbit log 5,464 steps

Saturday June 7-- 3.0 miles 47:35 min (LS) Fitbit log 11,825 steps

Training Update - Week 18

I have had a few requests to know a little more about my training and what methods I use for walking/running.  There are four ways I get my workouts completed.  I go to the gym and walk/run on a treadmill.  I walk at home either in place using my Jeff Galloway app or Leslie Sansone's walk DVDs.  The last method is outside in my neighborhood.  All four work but I definitely get different results from each method.  I find that I work harder when I go to the gym or use the Leslie Sansone's DVDs.  The Jeff Galloway app is my least favorite method.  It was working for me when I first started training but I have found that it doesn't push me like the other methods do. When I walk outside I find that I walk slower mainly because it's harder for me to breathe outside and we have a lot of hills in my neighborhood.  I am still moving though and the hill work is good conditioning for me.  By far my favorite method is the Leslie Sansone DVDs.  She makes the walking fun because it feels more like aerobics.  I also have to keep up with her pace so I feel like I push myself harder.  From now on I will post my method in parenthesis.  LS is for Leslie Sansone, TM is for treadmill, JG is for Jeff Galloway app and ON is outside neighborhood or work. I am also adding Windsor Pilates back in to my routine. I had great results with these DVDs several years ago for toning my body.  I am hoping it will work again.  This week I also had fun swimming  with the family on Memorial Day. That was a fun change.  I am not a great swimmer but I enjoy being in the water.  It took me 35 years to learn how to tread water.  My nephew taught me how last year and it finally sunk in.  I spent about 10 minutes treading water while I watched my niece and nephew jump off the diving board several times.  Then I played with them for a couple hours in the pool. It was relaxing and a little bit of a workout all in one.  

Sunday May 25--Fitbit log 3,746 steps

Monday May 26--Swimming Fitbit log 8,866 steps 

Tuesday May 27--2.0 miles 28:46 min (LS) Fitbit log 11,052 steps

Wednesday May 28-2.0 miles 28:46 min (LS) Fitbit log 10,745 steps

Thursday May 29-- 1.0 miles 20:06 min (ON) Fitbit log 9,845 steps

Friday May 30--Fitbit log 10,366 steps

Saturday May 31-- 4 miles 53:53 min (LS) Fitbit log 13,302 steps

The Single Life - Children

One of the hardest parts of being single at 40 is that I have not had the opportunity to have children.  I always wanted to be a mom.  I love being around children.  They are happy and full of life. Plus I am still a child at heart. Luckily I have had many opportunities in my life to be surrounded by children of all ages.  I have taught in Primary at my church.  My favorite age groups have been when I taught the 5 year old class and now the 7 and 8 year old class.  It is such a joy to be around children who know that our Father in Heaven loves them.  They love to learn and just want to be loved.

I have also been lucky to be an aunt.  I have a 10 year old nephew, 7 year old niece and 10 month old niece.  They are my life.  I love them as if they were my own.  When my nephew was born I had Wednesday's off from work and he would come over almost every Wednesday to play with my mom and I.  I really got close to him. He gave me my first nickname.  He called me ChiChi (pronounced  cheechee) for the first three years.  He stopped suddenly one day and started calling me Lisa. I miss my nickname.  He calls me ChiChi once in a while and it always makes me smile when he says it.  We are still extremely close.  We enjoy playing video games together and he talks to me about all of the books he has read.  My niece is my mini me.  She looks a lot like me and often when we are together people think she is my daughter.  She is quick to say I am actually her aunt and it is a compliment.  Just this week she told me I was her BFF (best friend forever).  We love to talk about Disney princesses, play Fairy games and sing songs together.  I haven't had as much time to spend with my new niece but I know I will as she gets older.  She is a doll.  She just learned to crawl and she recognizes me when she sees me now. 

Even though I have not had the chance to have children of my own I have been blessed to have children in my life.  I have come to terms with the fact that I may not be able to have a biological child.  I am getting older and my illness (PCOS) could also complicate things if I were to get married and try to have a child.  I hope that one day if I do have the opportunity to be married that either he will have children that I can love as my own or that we can adopt a child who needs a family.  Regardless I have children in my life that I love, who have blessed my life and who I can also bless and nurture in other ways. 

Staycation Weekend

I took a few days off work over Memorial Day weekend.  We had planned to go out of town but discovered it was too expensive.  So we came up with some things around Salt Lake City that either we had not done or just love to do. 

Friday May 23

I slept in.  I have not been sleeping well the past few months so it was nice to get a little extra sleep.  I know you can't catch up on missed sleep but this extra sleep really helped me.  Later in the afternoon I went shopping with my mom.  I found a couple cute new summer shirts and got a great deal on them.  In the evening I worked a little on last week's organizing project.  I will post about that next.  I went to bed a little earlier than normal which was surprising to me since I had slept in but I was exhausted.

Saturday May 24

Today was the first day of planned events.  My parents and youngest brother went to see X-Men: Days of Future Past.  It was so good.  I haven't mentioned it before but I am a big fan of Marvel comics movies.  After the movie we went back home to pick up my sister.  We stopped by the cemetery to visit my Grandma and Grandpa Mallory's grave. I miss them so much.  I am grateful to have the knowledge that I will see them again one day.  After visit grandma and grandpa we headed downtown to DP Cheesesteaks for lunch.  Yummy!  After lunch we went to the Leonardo museum to see the Animal Inside Out exhibit.  It was an odd exhibit but I enjoyed it.  If you are squeamish it is not an exhibit you will enjoy since you see the insides of animals.  It is very well done and didn't gross me out one bit.  I am fascinated by the anatomy of both our bodies and animals bodies.  I have studied medicine and took an anatomy class in college so I wasn't seeing anything new.  I am glad that we went to lunch first though.

Sunday May 25

Just a normal Sunday.  I went to church and taught my Primary class.  I spent the rest of the day relaxing. 

Monday May 26

Another planned event day.  We went swimming at our neighborhood pool with the entire family.  After swimming for a couple hours we were all very hungry so we had a small BBQ.  Then we went to Leatherby's ice cream restaurant for yummy dessert.  We came back to my parents house and visited and played with the kids. 

Tuesday May 27

Movie day again.  My parents, my younger brother and I finished off the Staycation by seeing Captain America: The Winter Soldier. 

It was a wonderful weekend.  I was able to forget about work and just relax.  I enjoy spending time with my family.  We had a great time and I didn't even mind that we didn't go out of town.