In Search of My Body vol. 10 - taking it one paper towel at at time

[AKASnowWhite]

I did my 14 miles this morning. It was a combination of treadmill and parking garage. Our building is largely empty on the weekends so I was able to run on a level without entry/exit so no traffic. Four on the TM, four in the garage, three on the TM and expected to finish in the garage. My knees started to ache/hurt. I did another mile. I decided it was the concrete and returned to the TM to finish out. No pain. Good pace, averaged 11:50.

Nice job! Running in a parking garage. That's totally creative thinking. and the desserts! YUM!!! I'm so hungry at the moment

It's supposed to be 56 and sunny here tomorrow and I am hoping for less cold symptoms, so I think I might wog outside. Hoping for 5-7 miles, likely mostly walking.

Nice! Enjoy the warm weather wogging! And feel better. It's supposed to be 38* and sunny here The next 3 days are forecast for above freezing. Hopefully some of these snow banks will shrink a bit.

me thinks I shalt open a bottle of wine whilst the grill is heating

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

just got hooked back up with my new computer. You will have to bear with me as I have used the same computer for 6 years and now everything is new. OMG..

Lisa, So happy for you on your fit news. Thats is great. What a rollercoster you have been on with all of this.

Ronda YAY on the 14

Nancy, Love the story about Seth's call.

Kat, YAY on the 56 and sunny, can I have some of that weather.

Have a great night all, I am going to play with this new computer for a while.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Lisa, Happy Birthday to Jean tomorrow.

 

[adsrtw]

Good Saturday Evening!

I survived the H1N1 outbreak at work - been sick since last Saturday. I had 11 employees out Monday, 10.5 Tuesday, and no less than 5 the rest of the week. One of my reps is in the hospital. Finally felt like eating last night and have my energy back today (my ribs still hurt though). Woo Hoo! I'm hoping nobody else gets it - very brutal. Off to catch up!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Amiee, I'm glad you are feeling better. WOW, that's a long time to be sick and scary how many of you got it!

I need to go back to sleep but my insomnia isn't cooperating.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Amiee, glad your better, how have the kids been, have they been sick?

 

[3DisneyKids]

Morning! OMG, it is early for Sunday! But we are up and going as Kelly has a state gymnastics meet today. Exciting and nerve-wracking all at the same time.

I have a much harder time watching my kids' sporting events when they are individual events like this. Soccer? Part of a team all working together, so that makes it easy to watch. Less pressure. But this...she's on a team, sure, but it is all individually scored and all of that.

And she has a lot of pressure on her tiny shoulders. She is predicted to win gold for the All Around (she should place 1 or 2 on floor, 1st on beam, top 3 on vault, and bars will be the wild card as it is her weakest event). Her coaches are being really good about it and trying to minimize that pressure. And she has said that she doesn't care where she places...as long as she sticks her flip on beam! That's her main concern. I'll post live updates from the meet. For those who have never been, gymnastics meets are like track meets. Multiple teams all competing at the same time...they last for HOURS...and your kid has a one-minute routine every hour. So it's a TON of sitting and waiting, then 60 seconds of watching, then back to waiting for the next event.

I should be able to get in a nice run today. Short one scheduled. But as Nancy said, we have some good weather up here the next few days. Finally! 30s! Heaven.

Homeless stories...we have one of those, too. We were renting one house while building our house. Contractor said we would be able to move in on April 1st. Gave notice on the rental house. 2 days before...nope, the house won't be livable for another 3 weeks. New renters scheduled to move into the rental house, so we couldn't stay. We had ZERO money. We had just gotten married two weeks before and between that and building our first home, we literally had nothing in reserves. So, what did we do? Moved in illegally. The plumbing was working, so that was good enough for me. We only had sub-floors (bare plywood), we had bare sheet rock walls, but the kicker that made it not livable yet was that where the fireplace was going in, there was a huge, gaping hole to the outside. We covered it with a plastic tarp and called it good. April in Maine is still COLD, so we had some freaking chilly nights and mornings. Good thing we were newlyweds...

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Good luck at the meet, I hope it all goes well! My niece is in gymnastics competition and I don't know how my sister (or my niece!) take the pressure!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Good luck to Kelly!

I have come to the conclusion that I will never, ever understand my body. My weight is back down a bit today. With the wine last night I really expected to be UP. I'm not complaining, mind you, just confused Ah well, I'll keep on keepin' on.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Morning All

Good luck to Kelly.

I was to do a 7 miler outside today but its snowing. I am such a yucky space when I don't get a run in. This week I have on only done 1.5 miles on the treadmill. I still did workout all week. Jillian DVD and Elliptical. I was looking forward to my run outside, Its where I get to center myself. I will get on the dreadmill today and I hope for 4, but I just can't get my head in the right place for that thing.

3 more weeks LADIES!!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Forgot to say a big CONGRATS to Ronda on the 14! WOOT! That's a milestone run!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

4 Miles done on the dreadmill. That long on there is a big deal for me!!

Hows the meet going E?

 

[3DisneyKids]

We have a silver medalist in the house!

She did VERY well. First place on floor (initially thought it was second, but I was happily wrong), first place on bars (MAJOR surprise), second place on beam, and didn't place on vault (also a major surprise, but in the other direction) and that cost her the gold.

BUT...she is SO happy. Really proud of herself!

And LISA! Wait till you hear the story! OMG, you are going to D.I.E.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Whoohooo! Congrats to her!!!! That's awesome!

and Jo, 4 miles on the dreadmill is great! I can't get past 2, I just get SO BORED...ZZZzzzzzz. When is spring going to get here?!?!?!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Congrats to Kelly, E. What to go on the Silver

 

[lisaviolet]

We have a silver medalist in the house!

And LISA! Wait till you hear the story! OMG, you are going to D.I.E.

What could be more spectacular than that?

What? Chunk placed first on the beam and grabbed the GOLD. OMG, stop taunting me.

Lovely.

It's Wednesday - this Wednesday and I might be offline until then - going downtown momentarily to make sure a storm doesn't stop me.

So:

Nancy - LOVED your horrid "homeless" story but I was left wondering if the house picture - hmmmm - do the ones that forced your due date/closing date still live there? I'm getting that right, right? Did they sell after? Boy lovely home. Why did you build again? You're killing me with curiosity.

Kat! Kat - so lovely but let me repeat LISA IS NOT SUPER FIT! But I loved the super. I am so not. But regardess I am very healthy and that's a lovely payback for this effin' frustrating year. And I hope the weekend ended better for you Kat.

Jo - look at you so sweet. I shared with Jean.

Read and hi to everyone!

 

[lisaviolet]

Forgot to say a big CONGRATS to Ronda on the 14! WOOT! That's a milestone run!

Absolutely, she says from her couch.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

And it's Chicken Al Fredo Lasagna for the WIN!

OMG good dinner.

Back to catch up a little later

 

[3DisneyKids]

What could be more spectacular than that?

What? Chunk placed first on the beam and grabbed the GOLD. OMG, stop taunting me.

Lovely.

Ok, so here's the story...

The way state meets work is that after the meet is over (and scoring is done and medals are awarded and all of that), they have a Q&A session with the athletes and judges. The idea is that this way your score is not just a number...the judges can actually give you oral feedback so that you can truly learn from the experience and improve. Great system, I think--it really does help to get inside the judges' heads.

So anyway, it was Kelly's turn and the one judge said to her, "Even though you lost the gold, you had your best ever score on bars today. What do you think you did differently and how you can make sure you keep doing it?"

And Kelly...teeny tiny little Kelly...says to the head judge for the whole freaking state--"Actually, I didn't lose the gold. I WON the silver." And then she went on to talk about her bar routine. OMG, I was floored! Love that girl!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Nancy - LOVED your horrid "homeless" story but I was left wondering if the house picture - hmmmm - do the ones that forced your due date/closing date still live there? I'm getting that right, right? Did they sell after? Boy lovely home. Why did you build again? You're killing me with curiosity.

no, they do not. They sold it about 2 years later. Job transfer. Why did we move? Oh Lordy. The list of reasons. Old house. Very old house. Built in sections. Lots of character, which I DO love about old houses but HUGE money pit. We used to joke that it was $500 and 5 trips to Home Depot just to change a light bulb. And while we were joking, it wasn't too far from the truth. Plus, it was (is) actually a 2 family home. We lived in the upstairs first, then the downstairs. By the time Becca came along we were bursting at the seams. So, the choice was to take the money guzzling 2 family home and convert it to a single family or move. We chose to build new.

And Kelly...teeny tiny little Kelly...says to the head judge for the whole freaking state--"Actually, I didn't lose the gold. I WON the silver." And then she went on to talk about her bar routine. OMG, I was floored! Love that girl!

That right there is amazingly awesome. Go Kelly!