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April 27, 2011
WiW: Week 57
Weight: 142.0
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 36.5
Thigh: 23
I never did make up last week's failed long run. Between weather and a chunk I scraped off my big toe and the loving relationship between my ass and the couch, I just didn't go. It really boosted my confidence when I managed to pull off my 65 minute run this week. I'm a little concerned that the only reason I made it was because a cold front came in, and that the return of warm weather will derail me again, but I guess I'll find that out in the next week or two.
Also thrilled that my weight was pretty stable at around 5 pounds down for the last week. I'm starting to think I might actually manage to lose those 10 pounds before I reach year 2!
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April 20, 2011
WiW: Week 56
Weight: 143.0
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 37
Thigh: 23
I'm starting to love Wednesday weigh-ins after Tuesday night runs. I got to walk around all day today thinking "Five pounds down! Halfway!" even though I know some of that will likely be back tomorrow.
And even though I didn't actually do my long run last night.
I mean, I tried. I got about halfway through, and I had to walk. And when I started back up, my legs were leaden, my hip hurt, and I was dragging. I finally just called it at 40 minutes. I don't know if it was the temperature (74, not that bad), the humidity (really bad), a lack of determination, onset of menstruation or just an off day.
I'm still not sure what I'm going to do about it. Make it up? Give myself a break for the week? (I'm still running the C25K, so it's not like I'm doing nothing.)
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April 16, 2011
Warrior Dash
On Saturday, my friend Becky and I ran the Warrior Dash. It seemed like it would be fun, 3.24 miles of running, broken up by 14 obstacles to wade, climb, crawl, jump and slither.
And fun it was.
I was initially was more worried about the obstacles, figuring all the running I'd been doing should serve me well for the distance. The obstacles ended up being more fun than challenging, and the run was harder than I expected, probably because of the uneven terrain, hills and all the pauses to do obstacles.
We got wet right at the start, but managed to stay pretty clean until the last obstacle: crawling through a mud pit under barbed wire.
The day started out cool, and we were worried about the water temperature and being wet all day. It warmed up quickly, and was actually quite a nice day for a run. Not quite nice enough that after the mud started drying were we willing to get firehosed and soaked again.
To sum up: Fun, better with a friend, would do it again with a friend or group, but probably not alone.
The stats:
Chip time: 41:22
Pace: 13:21
184/587 age group
3473/7393 overall
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April 13, 2011
WiW: Week 55
Weight: 142.0
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 37
Thigh: 23
I'm starting to love weighing in the day after my long run. I drop about 3 pounds! Sadly, it doesn't stay off for the rest of the week, but it was nice today to be my lowest weight since I started this thing, even if it goes back up some tomorrow.
These long runs are kicking my ass for days afterward. I need a day or two off, but the C25K schedule just doesn't allow for that. I didn't up my run this week, since I have a race coming up on Saturday. I'm not sure doing the same distance was any easier, but at least it wasn't any harder. I'm also moving Friday's run to Thursday so I can have a day off right before the Warrior Dash, although I'll be working the school's Luau, so I'm not sure it's much of a break!
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April 11, 2011
I'm feeling smug, but I'm sure the Universe will wipe this look off my face soon
I've been putting it off for months, this potty training thing. At some point I decided I'd wait til Owen was 3, just so I could stop feeling like I wasn't slacking.
And then all of a sudden, he was 3.
I spent a week telling him what was coming, talking up all the awesomeness that was to come (read: M&M's). He spent a week telling me that he didn't want to sit on the potty, and he didn't care about my awesomeness.
And then last Monday, the battle began.
Except, he only fussed the first time we put him on the potty the first day. After that, he had no problem trying if we asked. And unlike Katie, if there's anything in him, he lets it out when he sits down. For the first few days, I asked him frequently if he had to go, and made him try almost as often. The only fight we had was when I tried to put him in a pull-up for naps: He insisted on his "manties." We compromised by putting the underwear on on top of the pull-up (which, amazingly, he has yet to wet during naps. He's had a couple come up wet in the morning, but I never imagined he'd make it through the nights, anyway.)
He had an accident or two a day for the first three days. Often, he seemed more upset about his went underwear than I was. I'll admit, I was extremely pessimistic when the first accident on the first day was upstairs on carpet, in a room previously unfouled by urine.
He's been clean and dry since Thursday.
For 5 days, he's put all his excretions where they belong. He has stopped mid-activity to let us know he needs to go. He rarely makes us run to the bathroom for no reason, partly due to his being able to squeeze a little something out for an M&M no matter how recently he's been on the pot. And he saves an M&M for me every time he goes.
Am I an amazing mom? A potty training guru? Was it my patience, waiting so long before we started training (HA!)? Is Owen a genius?
Don't know. Don't care. I'm just enjoying my good fortune!
Posted by me at 10:12 PM | Comments (0)
April 6, 2011
WiW: Week 54
Weight: 142.8
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 37
Thigh: 23
My cold last week didn't ever get horribly worse, but I somehow managed to take it easy anyway. I ran a shorter run on Thursday, figuring that if I got worse, at least I did something, and if I got better, I'd still have enough oomph to do a long run on Saturday. Then on Friday, everyone flaked on the C25K, so I just took the night off. Saturday, I thought my throat was getting sore again so I took it easy. Sunday was just insanely windy.
Tuesday I got back into it. It was rough, but I ran 65 minutes, 6.2 miles. I guess I can run a 10k, even if it was slower that usual. Now I just have to keep it up for the next two months!
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