Motivation gets you started, habit keeps u going

cut back week.

.5 in the am and .8 in the evening

humid and sticky

more hot and no shade :(

2 running miles, .8 walking miles, and 20 minutes of 30day shred level 2.  t

I work in a small town. This lady that subs in my building and does real estate had a family member die in Iraq/afganistan/war. He died saving others. He was 22 and just got married in September. I can't stop crying. The wake is monday and I hope I can keep it together. I don't know if it is that I was in the Navy and that is what creates this bond that I can't seem to ignore but  there is nothing like it.

My foot stunk the first mile or so but I said I could make it. And I did.

It was cooler today. so that was nice.

Over the weekend I signed up for the Patriot Guard. I'm gonna hold a flag for Augy Vicari for a few hours today forhis wake. Then it is back to work.

His escort to the funeral home was on Saturday. So very sad. My heart really goes out to his young wife.

‎4 miles, plank and l/r planks, 50 squats, 25 bridges, 20 calf raises, 20 push ups....now I can start the day!

I felt my foot a little but I was in such a great mood that it was 64 degrees. Also my last mile was a 10 min mile. that will be my new MP mile for now.

walk and 30 day shred level 2.

Today I get to interview for an assistant. Yeah! My room arrangement wise and decor is DONE! today I'm going to get my admin/files organized in a better way.

ran at 8pm with a friend. 10pace is my new MP pace. Blah.

So is 1600 meters a mile? OMG! I'm supposed to start speed work next week and it said to do that at 9 min pace x 2. blah!

I'm getting there...slowly but surely!

11 AP...It was nice and cool this morning. 60 maybe? Love it!

level 2 30ds and a dog walk.

My nose is all messed up. After the dog the walk I saw some mold in the basement so I had to bleach the crap out of that. While I was doing that I was washing the dog bed in the washer. The water started spitting out (sometimes does that with the overload) so I had to clean all that up. Lucky for me it was in the moldy area.

I have today and tomorrow off to do whatever. I better take advantage b/c thurs and friday I will be in boring orientation meetings. How do they get away with not paying you for those days is beyond me...must be the free lunch...turds. Oh wait I have been setting up my class for the last two weeks for free too. LOL...I'm a glutton for punishment.

Speed work. I was supposed to do 2 1600 at 9 min pace.

I ended up with 9:45 and 9:59.

I"m know that I was not going to be able to get up to a 9 min pace. but I thought 10 was more doable. Not that I know what I"m doing with this b/c honestly I barely looked at my watch. It was driving me nuts b/c it looked like I was at around 11 pace. I think I have it on average pace. maybe I need to change it to real time.

I did the intervals more by feel than anything.

On a side note at the beginning of my run I saw a kid waiting for the school bus. In the area I live they started school today. So he looke MISERABLE--so in my most cheerful voice I said "First day of school, YEAH!" I know my eyes aren't that good but I know he rolled his eyes at me, but atleast he smiled as he said, "Yeah right" hahahaha

Then when I was walking my dogs I saw a lady roller blading. I had to ask her if they hurt her feet. Whenever I rollerbladed the vibrations from the street would kill my feet. She said she had the same problem so she tried to stick to the side walk.

I was just thinking about my dog walks. I see a lot of people. I wonder what happened to the extremely tall man that was always bundled up and always looked angry.

The skinny old lady never used to say hi to me. Now she does. And my neighbor who walks like 2 inches and hour has this old raspy voice. He doesn't really say hi to me. Just my doggies. I admire his tenacity to keep walking. And he is always looking for stuff in the park. I"m not sure what though.

Just walked the dogs today. Orientation day today!

at 5:30 ish in the morning i"m using all alone and it is still pretty dark. Today I was listening to my ipod while running. I like to sing to Pink songs. My fav part I decided to sing outloud today was "Damn I sure look fine"

So naturally a guy is behind me and says, "I'm behind you, didn't want to scare you" um well he did b/c NO ONE IS EVER out that early. hahha.

58 degrees...if only it could stay that cool all day.

Meet the teacher night tonight!

My FIL had a stroke over the weekend so please keep him in your hearts. (he is doing okay, just a bum leg and no agility in his arm right now)

Humid! Where did my taste of fall go? Waaah! Hard to breath and my gait felt all off.

I hope to get to work a little early so I can prep my new assistant. I'm pretty excited and anxious to get this first day under my belt!

UPDATE-FIL is being transferred back up to NWI. He will stay at a rehab facility right near our house for about a month so we are pretty excited. Hubs can visit him on the way home from work tonight. Since he moved to his g/f's house we don't see much of him. He lives about 45ish minutes away where as he used to be 5 mins away.

Nice easy miles ONCE I got out there. It was hard waking up!

I know this is all knew to me. I haven't worked 9 hour days consistantly in I don't know how long.

10 pushups nad 20 calf raises.

ran with my buddy. we keep about the same pace so it is nice now. sometimes she goes too fast and then wonders why she is dying LOL.

OOPsey I forgot to put in my miles. Now I"m sure no one will comment...oh sigh...

Speed work. I did two miles one at 9:30 (where I was supposed to be) 1/2 mile break then another mile at 10:30. My arms just felt so tired and I kept 'forgetting' to go faster. LOL

Bridges and stretching afterward.