A wee bit of frustration

No pictures today as somehow i have messed up my uploading account. I am working to get it back.

So this weeks weigh was horrible. To be honest i do not even want to write about it. I did everything right this week. Very careful about what i ate. Increased my running distance as Marthon training starts. And yet i was up 2.7 lbs!!

I was honestly shocked. This kind of thing really messes with my head. I lost 2 Lbs the week before when i was not being so ultra careful. Now i know i should shrug it off as an odd week but i am having a hard time doing that.

I know i should just keep doing what i have been doing and make small adjustments. I am going to try to eat more fruit/veg and less processed food. I wish i could eat so clean as to not eat any processed food, flour or sugar at all.

I have to watch how much sodium i eat too. Ahhh its frustrating.

Marathon training

So i am following a training plan from http://www.coolrunnings.com/ for my training plan, however i still need to blend in my swiming and cycling to keep me going for Triathlon season.

I can not make it to the pool tonight as i have to get my Honda looked at because of a recall. This is a little bit frustraing because it turns out right now Mondays are the only day i can swim on at the local high school pool as they did not get enough interest to open on Wednesday nights too. So looks like i am going to have to find other ways to swim. Actually for as short as most swims are on Sprints and Olympic distance around here id be ok with just going on Mondays.

I have got another weigh tomorrow and am hoping for a good one.

We went and checked out an indoor mountain bike that just opened in Milwaukee and i am itching to get down there and ride it now. you can check it out on http://www.raysmtb.com/

This morning i ran a 10miler and on Sat i ran a 9 miler. My legs are feeling ok but it is a long time to spend on the treadmill! This morning it took me 1 hour 35 mins. Weird thing is the treadmill wont let you go longer than a 60 min stretch so you have to re set it.

It always weird watching people come in, work out, go to leave and your still running. You sure get some strange looks!

My first Marathon!!

I didn't want to do it. Running is ok but anything over a half marathon i would not enjoy. I have done a few half marathons but i did not want to commit to the full 26 miles.

Well the company i work said they would pay the fees for it and give us a special company t shirt to honor our co worker that died in a car accident that was training for the half. Well in her honor i decided to do the full. Mainly to honor her but also so i can have a Marathon under my belt.

If i am ever to know what a full Ironman is going to fell like i need to get this done.

So last night i signed up for the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon in May.

I ave my training schedule laid out already and i am still going to be swimming and bikeing alot.

I am still on the fence about doing my second Half Iron Man this summer. I figure now i am already doing alot of the run training.



Good news is i am at my lowest ever recorded weight. 223.7. I would really like to be right at 200 for this Marathon.



Some of may know i was going to do the disney marathon in Jan 2010 but i had to move back to Wisconsin to get my old job back.

Need to swim

So last night i went to my local High School that i swam at on Monday night. The lights were off and the pool was closed! How frustrating.

I used to swim at the YMCA pretty much when ever i needed. Costs got high so i joined Planet Fitness and swim on Mondays and Wednesdays at the High School. They cancel the Lap Swim with no warning and no way to find out it is canceled until you get there. This can be frustrating but there is not much I can do at this point. Just move on. I was glad i got my boot camp and cycling in the morning.

I went to the Doctors last night and i offically have a sinus infection! It kept me up all night so am feeling a litttle rough today.

Eating is going ok. I admit i am a chocolatte hound. Last night i found choc chips for cookies in the pantry and i ate just 'some'. Then i wanted to eat them all. SO i had to empty them into the trash can. I wish i was not that weak but sometimes that is what i got to do. I just can't have that in my house.

On a plus note..we are starting a new WW/YMCA challenge group and we have a meeting about it on Saturaday!

Apple ITouch Changed my life

I am lucky enough that my work supplies me with a BlackBerry. Due to poor coverage of AT & T up here no iphone. However...

A year ago now i i bought a Apple ITouch as an upgrade from my Ipod Nano as i wanted the Nike Plus runners thingie bilt into it and not have to keep plugging the module into my Nano.

It really is awesome!! I can go on the internet anywhere there is WiFi and it works way better than my BlackBerry for suffing.

My Weight Watchers app is absoultley awesome too. Even if im in my house it is still easier to pull out my iTouch than go upstairs and get on the computer. It makes me fitter too.

I have downloaded the app hundred pushups and it takes you do by day though getting to be able to do 100 pushups.

Now they have 200 situps and 200 squats apps too that are only $2

If your even close to thinking about getting a new MP3 player do yourself a favour and get one.

I use mine on my bike trainer too to watch spin videos right on the handle bars from www.sufferfest.com.

I noticed last night my 9yr old daughter talks in her sleep alot and i been wanting to get an app that records you sleep talking. She would get such a kick out of it.

I track my points on it, use the points calculator, look up stories it really has transformed my life more than any gadget.

The new one has a camera on it to. My only regret is getting the 8GB. I have to manage how many podcasts and spin movies i have on there. I would def go for the bigger one next time. It has never had a problem and the battery lasts a good while.

ITouch is amazing

Turkey Trot

So....thanksgiving day i ran the festival turkey trot. You could do rhe 5 mile or the 2 mile. I picked the 5 mile of course!
It had been a while since i had ran this distance as my heel problems had finally gone andd i felt i could could complete this one. It was local event only about 10 miles from my house.
I got there early because i had work to do!! I had to leaflet (put leaflets on cars) for a company i do work for sometimes advertising an upcoming 15 and 5k. It was raining just slightly and the temp was about 28F. Cold but not too bad for this time in Wisconsin. I decided against putting leaflets on car windows and stood outside the entrance just handing out my fliers. I prefer this method as i find people do not like finding them on windscreens.

So check in was indoors in a high school gym. Good idea in this cold. A lady was paniced though as she had bought her dog to the 2 mile walk and she could not go in to regisiter. She asked me if i could go in for her and pick up her 3 friends packets too. I told her there is no way i am going to remeber all there names. Her dog was so cute i told her i would stay with her dog while she ran in. It was a sweet lab and it stuck to my leg to keep warm as it awaited its owners return. she was gone for about 20 mins as it was by now a long line to check in.

Anyone on to the run....

As you can see it looks pretty chilly at the start. My plan was to go slower than my fast 5k pace and to keep my HR around 130 -140. I managed that ok. I did start to feel sick at a few points so i backed off.

I came in at 42 mins. Not bad for me. Overall the race was awesome and i had a great time.


On a very sad note......i ran close to a  friend of mine called Amy. She beat me by 1 second! Of course i was going flat out and she was coasting. She works at the same place i do and most mornings i see her. Well 1 week after this race she she was hit in a car accident and died. Her picture is below she is the one in the middle.

Halloween is over!!!!!

Halloween is rough for me! I wont lie about it. I am like a crack addict when it comes to chocolate. I don't know what it is about it. Maybe it is some childhood memory i hold on to locked away in my subconscious somewhere that just fires me up when i get with in 5 feet of it. It makes it very draining on my energy levels resisting it all weekend. So glad it is over now!

My foot has been feeling better so i have been doing some short distance runs of no more than 3 miles. Winter bike season is in full force so i am hiding inside on the treadmill, spin class, boot camp and finally back swimming again.

I did sign up for the Festival Turkey Trot 5mile run on Thanks Giving Day and a 15K run 3 days after that to keep me going through any of the cold weather blues. Hopefully my foot will be fine for a 15k by then.

I tried to skip rope in boot camp again today but i just can not get it! I would love to be able to but i just don't seem to have to the co ordination for it yet, got keep trying!

Thats it for now.