love and be loved

Woke up and talked to Benn before he went in to work. Then had breakfast and paperwork (blahh). Afterward, stretched and ran on the treadmill for 3.3 miles at 6.3mph and 2% incline. Then did a cool down with 2-lb. free weights for 1.8 miles at 4.2-4.3mph and 2% incline. I spent the last few minutes of the cool down using the weights in a rowing motion to really feel a little burn. I haven't had much time (barely any!) to do my free weight lifting routine and am feeling cruddy about that. I am really excited for Benn's century ride tomorrow. I'm really proud of him and the dedication he has to truly understand and enjoy what he does.

Did biking and some walking up my (mountain of a) street. Took about a 1.3 mile ride out trying to to catch Benn finishing his century ride. I finally caught him and rode back to the bottom of my street. Handed the bike of to Benn's little brother and walked up the street with Benn's mom. We had a great day!

 (I don't know if I can enter bike miles into this, so just yell at me if it messes something up on the running blog and I can remove it!)

Dunno how far I went, but I spent a good half hour or so mowing the front, side, and back yards. The back yard has a gradual hill which I took the oppertunity to jog up every time I passed over it with the lawn mower. It made me feel good seeing my neighbor across the street (with a smaller yard than mine) using their riding mower. 

Woke up this morning to hungry cats batting at my face. Sat with them for a while and then changed and fed them their breakfast. Stretched and hopped on the treadmill and ran for 3.2 miles at 6.3mph and 2% incline. Then did a bunch of fast walking as a cool down for 2 miles at 4.1-4.2mph and 2% incline. I used 3-lb weights for some of the time to get my arms working. Stretched afterward and did squats and lunges. Then more stretching and then off to do dishes, laundy, and make breakfast for myself.

I went to the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail with Benn today after we ran errands together. Got my ring looked and and we put down payments on our wedding bands! So exciting!!! There were clouds today and the temperature was in the mid 60s. A few people out on the bike trail. Benn wanted to run so we started off slowly. He stopped after the 5k mark and said he was going to walk a bit before finishing, so I kept running and then turned around at the end of the trail and went back and met him. Then we ran the last bit back to the cars. I did 4.75 miles of jogging today in 45:00 for average pace of 9:28 a mile.

Didn't get the miles in last week as I had hoped. Spent the weekend at Benn's but, besides running from their massive dog, didn't get to do much active exercise. Drove home from Benn's this morning and got in a run before work. Stretched and did 3.2 miles at 6.3mph and 2% incline and did a cool down of 2.05 miles at 4.3mph and 2% incline. Stretched and did a lot of free weight lifting outside on the carport. Then went inside to do leg lifts and pet Ruby (my fat cat) at the same time. Stretched again and went to take a shower!

1.1 miles of continual (and hill) walking at work during a break.

Stretched and ran 3.3 miles on the treadmill at 6.2-6.3mph and 2% incline. Then did a brisk cool down walk of 2.0 miles at 4.2-4.3mph and 2% incline. Stretched out on the carport with Skyler and lifted a lot of free weights (many different exercises). Then did leg lifts and 3 different sets of quats. Soon, I would like to fit in more time for crunches.

 At work, got to walk 1 mile total to student apartments for Social Mentoring sessions. It was a gorgeous day, but got a little bit chillier/windier as the evening rolled in.

Ran a bunch of errands and had to go to the mall to get an ink tag removed from a dress I bought for my students' convocation tomorrow. I'm glad I took the dress out of the bag and noticed ahead of time! While I was at the mall, I tried to find some clothes for the summer (or just in general!) but 4 stores down and no luck. Oye. The only good thing was that I got plenty of exercise walking from end to end and all around the mall. Decided to go home and forget about it!

Got a little exercise mowing the front lawn with the push lawnmower. Went to do the big backyard but then I went to restart the mower, I heard a big pop and a red spark flew from near the front right wheel. Was scared I might blow up but tried to start it again. No good. Looks like it is broken for now. Same with the clothes washer. Did laundry one day last week and I went to take my clothes out and the water was still inside! So I ran it again and the water drained a little more but there was still some in the bottom. It took me a long time to ring out my clothes and put them on the clotheslines. Even then there was still enough water in them to leave puddles all over the floor. So I have been washing my clothes by hand and bringing them to my dad's house to wash. No matter how hard I try, it seems like everything I touch turns bad.

Stretched and went for a run on the treadmill. Did 3.2 miles at 6.2mph and 2% incline. Then slowed to fast walking for 2.3mph at 4.1mph and 2% incline with 2lb free-weights. Sped back up for a 0.5 mile run at 6.2mph and 2% incline with 2lb free-weights. Did a cool down for 1.12 miles at 4.1mph and 2% incline with 2lb free-weights.  Got off the treadmill and did stretching and free-weight lifting routine. Finished with leg lifts, squats, lunges, and more stretching.

 Been really down lately but went to Galway to spend time with Benn. Found out that......

Sorry I haven't blogged in a very long time. Been very busy and emotionally drained. Loss of the majority of my savings, job interview, doctor's appointment, relatives visiting, two days of tag sales & moving around, a death & funeral, bad news about the job, had to file for unemployment, sad memorial day memories, babysitting, bad nausea and exhaustion from new medication. Couldn't find the time to run. When I did, I felt too sick to do so. I;ve called the doctor to see what I can do. Also time to call and make a dentist appointment but need to get my files transferred first. Even though I love my old dentist, my new insurance doesn't cover them so I have to seek out a new office. Feeling cruddy about myself and lack of exercise although my mom and aunt have said I have lost weight. I don't see it. If so, it is probably just from sickness and lack of appetite.. not loss in a healthy way like through exercise. Anyway, I hope to get back into he running scene soon!

Happy Birthday, Benn!!!!!!!!

Stretched and ran on benn's treadmill for 3.21 miles at 6.2mph and did a cool down (fast walking) for 1.32 miles at 4.2mph. Then stretched and did leg lifts, lifted free weights, and 3 different sets of squats.