Thinks By Me

We had an awesomely good Thanksgiving week - although it was just the four of us. We stayed home as we have travel plans for Florida during Christmas week, so we stayed put for Thanksgiving. It was laid back, calm and completely stress free. I underachieved a bit and didn't even get my tree up--although I did get some Christmas shopping done. My workout schedule was - Sunday - Ran 4 miles (10:51 pace) Monday - kickboxed 1 hr. Tuesday - strength trained with personal trainer 1 hr Wed - off Thurs - Ran 4 miles before dinner (10:33 pace) Friday - strength trained with personal trainer 1 hr Sat - off Sunday (11/28) - ran 4 miles (10:32 pace) This week I'll add .5 miles and make my runs 4.5 miles. That will officially be the furthest distance I've ever run without stopping for a walk break. Once I get to 5 miles, I have a pre-training schedule I'll do for about 4 weeks before I start in on my half marathon training regimen. Thanksgiving dinner was yummalicious. With ju

I did my first 5k race on Saturday, Nov. 14 a few miles outside Ithaca, NY. It was only slightly nerve-wracking. I got up early, drove up all by myself and ran, not knowing a soul. Fortunately I have been to two other races(though not alone) so I did have an idea of what to expect. I had to leave my cheering section at home--the race was too far away to leave the kiddos at home for hubby to come along, and our wrestler had practice, so I couldn't bring the whole crew. The stakes were high -- the other two races I've done involved a lot of walking...,my goal for this hilly course was to run the whole thing. Happily I met my goal of running the whole way, -- not fast, but with toenails matching my running gear (it actually wasn't planned!) My time was 33:38 though I would have preferred a time of about 3 minutes faster. Hubby obliged me with a picture, but I think he was a bit anxious to get out to the tree stand for hunting--thus the blur.

We've had our washer and dryer off our kitchen since we built our house, but we have sorely missed having a proper coat/boot closet, especially in the winter time, since you enter right into our house. We don't have a mud room or entry where we can take off boots and wet clothes. To solve the problem, we moved our laundry to our basement and my sweet hubby installed all sorts of shelving and a coat rack for me. He gets extra brownie points for doing it in the midst of deer season! Little Chic and I painted the walls before he got started.

Week ending 11/7 Workout schedule for this last week Monday kickboxed & ran 2.75 mi Tuesday 1 hour strength training Wednesday ran 2.75 mi Thursday 1 hour strength training Friday kickboxed Saturday ran 2.75 mi (hit my best pace 9:55/mi) I'm excited to run my first ever 5k this next Saturday, 11/14. Since is so blasted cold around here, the running season is pretty much over, so I have to drive past Ithaca to do it, but I've been looking for a race, and this is pretty much all there is to choose from. It's the Interlaken Steeple Chase put on by a church in the small town of Interlaken Menu for next week: Sunday evening dinner-Chicken parmigiana (my kids' favorite meal) Monday-Beef & Broccoli soup, Sandra Lee Tues-Tortilla bake, Kraft Food & Family (PTA meeting night, 6:30pm) Wed-Chicken linguine with creamy pesto, Sandra Lee (Choir practice night, 6:15pm) Thurs-Mac & Cheese with salad (Leadership team meeting night, 7pm) Friday-Stromboli (Wildtree Herb

In lieu of not blogging at all, as I've been prone to do for the last year I'm toying with the idea of using my blog to indulge myself for a while in journaling the current happenings of my life--though they won't be of much interest to anybody else, I'm sure. I will probably keep things like my weekly menus, perhaps my workout schedule and progress log and maybe some other riffraff that only I care about. You're certainly invited to snoop about, although the fodder won't be very compelling. It will, however, give me something to look back at when I'm old & decrepit (you know, like old picture albums and remember the "good old days" ;)