Marathon Training Thread 8/15-8/21

[ibouncetoo]

Boy, I LOVE starting off the week with a Rest day!

Actuallly, I'll want to play with my new pedometer today, so I'll probably go for a little stroll and test out my new shoes too! Don't worry.......I won't overdo it

This is MY WEEK for sticking to my training schedule......no excuses....I am an ATHLETE IN TRAINING, gosh darn it!

 

[Debbie]

I'm with you on the REST DAY, Jackie! And that way, any little stroll, any little swim, any little exercise is a bonus!

My goal (since I'm doing okay on the walking) is to stick better to a healthy way of eating.

Have a great day, everyone! Stay safe and dry. And remember- the hardest part of training is lacing up the shoes and heading out the door!

Just put one foot in front of the other 'cause slow and steady wins the race.....and the Donald medal!

 

[karebear1]

I have time here for just a minute to ask you all one thing.....

Did anyone notice Debbie's countdown clock?!?!?!?!?!?

We're under 150 days to walkin' our butts off!!!!!!!!

WOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!

Today is suppesed to be my big walking day- don't know if I'll be able to get to it today, but I'll try. I'm also gonna try to check in during the week, but don't know if I'll be able to do that, so, if IO don't.... work hard you guys!!

Thanks for starting the thread Jackie!

 

[AlreadyexcitedGrammy]

But it's okay - it's a Nana's sunflower cookie (1/2 of one = 2 WW pts) If you have never had one they are delicious!!

I did well yesterday - had my DH drive me to Curves - did that and then I walk 3.75 miles home and then cleaned and today I walked 3 miles and doing more cleaning. It's the cleaning part I am not fond of - but I found a new cleaning product (Krud Kutter) and it does really work on my crud!! (bathroom mini blinds- cleaned lickety split with that stuff) Got lots more cruddy places to try it but we are on our way to a baseball game this afternoon - so that is for another day!

ohMom andher girls coming for a couple days this week so we will try to stay OP by my DH already has plans to take them mini-golfing and for Graeters ice cream - he thinks it may be last outing for the summer - so we'll see what goes

I am planning on treadmilling and Curves as much as possible this week, too!

Keep up the training - Karen is right - time is flying!

 

[AlreadyexcitedGrammy]

Some of you have started posting to this thread recently. I have a small surprise that I would like to send you - just pm me either your wrist size or your bracelet size (make sure to tell me which it is) and your name and mailing address.

I have someone making them for me - so may take a little time if she is out of supplies.

Also, if there is anyone else that has sent me your info and you don't have one yet - please let me know too. (Debbie I hope to get yours in mail this week, I pm'd you today) I think I am caught up - but I might have "messed-up" too.

Bev

 

[ibouncetoo]

Bev, that 'surprise' inspired me yesterday to do an extra 'lap'

I'm sitting here reading restaurant reviews and planning PS's for two different trips. All I can say is it's a good thing there are no snacks in this house! I'm going to have to build a tasty and exotic salad for lunch............or better yet, go out for a tasty and exotic salad. Yeah, that's it....I'll wear my new pedometer and park far from the resturant and call it TRAINING!

 

[CDoobee]

I'm not quite sure how this "marathon training thread" works. I AM signed up for the marathon, however I haven't done any training!

Well, actually I started training about a week and a half ago. Better late than never, right? Right? Right?? Then Friday morning I broke my rib. So now I can't do much of anything.

Can getting back to eating right be my training for now? I haven't been to WW in months. I've gained back almost 20 pounds! I can't afford to rejoin right now, however I still have all my materials and have NO EXCUSE for not counting points again!

Maybe if I know I can come here each day and report on how I did (points wise), that can be my "training" for now??

Debbie

 

[ohMom]

welcome debbie i'm sorry to hear you broke your rib! ouch! just do what you can for now, healthy eating lots of protein!

today is my rest day too - i'm cleaning (in the genes?) my girls dressers and closets and refilling with what clothes we have for school. now DD and I are off to the mall to spend her b-day money burning a hole in her pocket!

definately activity here!

my plan is to walk/jog tomorrow am! i have been OP since yesterday

 

[ohMom]

hey, where is everyone?????

just in from 45 mins of walking and jogging - totalling 3.6 miles this morning.

off to shower but just wanted to report in and say thanks! for this thread - it is motivating!

 

[mishoe01]

Morning everyone.....

First thing I want to do is welcome Wendy (wls23) to this thread - she just signed on for the 1/2 and I told her about us, and the amazing support that is here.

Me--really not on track with the training....have been a bad girl over the weekend....not good w/ my eating either

I WILL do better this week. I have been lugging boxes and junk around the house (which qualifies as exercise, but not really walking IMO). My place is such a mess right now....can't imagine how long it will take me to whip it into good enough shape to get a realtor over here (to put it on the market). I'm feeling over whelmed!

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

 

[decaff38]

Ohmom- I'm here!! It's a beautiful day in Northern Minnesota!!

Just finished 56 min. of hard walking. I usually walk and jog but had a long weekend at a family reunion and thought I better take it a little bit slower today. Did get a 2 mile run in on Sat. along a lake. Gorgeous!! This morning i saw a beautiful white tail deer grazing along the road. Nice sight!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!!

Beckie

 

[Cheryl N. WI]

Hi everyone

I'm back from the Mall of America and a week at my sister's in northern WI. We had a GREAT time but ate weigh to much and somehow I managed to gain 6 pounds YIKES. That's even with walking 3 times and hiking 1 day, boy I really did eat the junk. I did pretty good eating today so I am getting back on track with that and I did my 45 min. jog/walk tonight. My goal is to get totally back OP with my eating and exercise at least 5 times this week.
I didn't get a chance to meet Ashley like I had hoped (I don't know where the week went) but I did have a nice talk with her on the phone. She is busy packing to move back home and has been having some computer problems so that's why she hasn't been around here much lately.

It looks like last weeks thread was a long one so I'll have to take the time to catch up on how everyone is doing between loads of laundry lol. There goes the dryer bell so I'm off to the next load of folding and putting away.

Keep up the GREAT training everyone!

Cheryl

 

[Auntmeme]

Hello all welcome newbies

I walked 3.28 miles in the park today. Wearing my bracelet & knowing you are all out there walking/jogging too keeps me going. See ya tomorrow

 

[plutosmyfav]

Welcome Wendy and Debbie

Yesterday was a nice run/walk: 4.0 miles in 51 minutes (35 minutes was running at 5.0 mph). With cool down, 4.33 miles (1/3 of the race). Yahoo!

Today was a rest day. I did lower body weights and abs, no cardio.

Keep up the good work everyone

 

[decaff38]

Just back from walk /run 3.55 miles in 69 minutes. Did about 5 sprints for 30 secs. First time to try that. It was pretty exhausting. My scale has finally moved downward. Only 2 pounds but I've been stuck for 3 weeks. Hoping to be in Onederland soon. Just keep ploding along hoping to increase my speed as the weight comes off. Any great ideas for food to eat before a morning run. If I don't have anything, I run out of steam about mile 3.0.
thanks, Beckie

 

[Susan--Ontario]

Good Tuesday Everyone,

I did my 40 minute walk last night and went 1.9 miles. My DS had me trapsing through the back fields though so it slowed me down quite a bit. Last Saturday I went 3.4 in 1 hour. Someone tell me that in 9 more weeks I'll be able to go fast enough to be able to finish the marathon in the time allowed.

Did my 25 minute stroll today with a co-worker and we had to turn back because she was feeling faint. I told her to drink her water but she wouldn't. I learned that lesson the hard way two weeks ago. Now I've got that bottle with me and I make sure that I drink some every 10 minutes of so.

Have a great evening!!

 

[CDoobee]

Hi everyone, and thanks for the welcomes!

It turns out my rib xray was negative, so I guess it's not broken. However, it feels just like last year when it was broken! Two years ago I hurt it also, and that time the xray was negative too. I guess maybe it was sprained that time and this time. Doesn't matter to me what they call it, hurts just as much as when it was broke!

I stayed OP on Monday, maybe didn't drink as much water as I should have. But counted and journaled all my points and was 1 point under my allowed for the day! Yesterday I wasn't as good.
I went to a talk given by a Dr. at a restaurant and paid for by a drug company. It was a seafood restaurant and I'm a vegetarian, so they made me a pasta dish, that I ate about half of. I also had too much bread and a piece of carrot cake for dessert! I haven't totaled up the points yet, but I will today. I'm sure I used all my flex points for the week!

Today it's back OP and going to try to get in LOTS of water. (That's hard too, since our toilets at work are having flushing issues.)

Congratulations to all of you who are doing so well!

Debbie

 

[Auntmeme]

Good morning everyone

It's wednesday already - where are you? Did a great bike ride yesterday instead of walking, about 18 miles. My legs were feeling it all last night, but today I feel good Does anyone else bike? if yo udo how do you get the seat not to hurt soo bad, I do have a get seat too.

Plan to walk today, probably a short one. Any news on the t-shirt design?

 

[tw1nsmom]

Hi all! I haven't checked in lately, because, to be honest, I haven't been doing much lately. I pulled that muscle in my upper back again this weekend. I decided to get a referal for a chiropractor and try to fix this problem for good. Today is my second visit.

I haven't walked since last friday and I've been making horrible food choices (comfort/compulsive eating). Things have been a little blue for a while, but I'm trying to do what it takes to snap out of it and move toward a positive, healthy way of life.

Today I'm concentrating on getting back OP. If the chiropractor says it's okay, I'll start walking again tommorrow.

 

[Debbie]

Well, I've had two good days for eating, and have kept up on the walking. Did Curves this morning before going into work for 3½ hours. (Got lots to do here at home, too!). First, though, I think that I will head out for a short, 'easy' walk. It helps to know that I am more than half way to my 1000 minutes this month. BUT I need to keep saying to myself, "Two days of FitDay ! Two days of FitDay ! Two days of FitDay !" It's a small victory, but a victory it is!

Slow and steady wins the race....and the Donald medal!