| Location: Pittsfield,MA,USA Member Since: Jan 08, 2009 Gender: Female Goal Type: Recover From Injury Running Accomplishments: I ran Varsity Track and Field in high school and was primarily a sprinter (100m, 200m). I also did the 400m, 4x400m, long jump and triple jump. Sprinting comes most naturally to me, but I am opening myself up to trying new things and increasing my endurance. I didn't get into running any long distance events until I met Benn and I'm still getting used to it! Short-Term Running Goals: I sprained my ankle the night before Thanksgiving 2008 which forced me to come back from that injury. Right now I am primarily doing running workouts in the 5k range, hiking, trail running, and some cycling. I also do lot of stretching and some free weight exercises, along with some cardio & yoga here and there.
Long-Term Running Goals: To stay healthy and active. To make exercise a permanent part of my life. To act as a roll model for wellness.
Personal: I live in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Earned my Bachelor's degree in Psychology. Am currently working at a day spa but am taking steps to work in a laboratory. Getting marriedto the guy of my dreams, Benn, in October 2010 and am honored to be able to spend the rest of my life with him. Lots of excitement and planning to do, but taking it all in "stride". Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Stretched and jumped on Benn's treadmill while he braved the outdoors. Ran a gradual 6.0 - 6.4 mph for 4 miles. I tried to put the treadmill on an incline, but when I tried it started making a funky noise... so I put it back down to 0%. Did a cooldown walk and gradually decreased speed from 4.0 - 3.8mph. Did good stretching afterward. | | Comments(4) |
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Lost my work schedule. Can't find it anywhere. I have no idea who I am teaching today or what I am going to teach them. Getting snowed in and definitely don't want to shovel. Got woken up by my cat at 6am this morning wanting to be fed. She is relentless. Got up and made breakfast for the two of us. Worked on some lawyer stuff and checked my email. Then went for a run. Stretched and got on the treadmill at 6mph for 15 minutes. I began feeling queezy so I reduced speed to 5.8 and then to 5.4 and eventually 5.0mph. Then gradually worked my way back up to 6mph. Repeated these intervals a couple of times until I hit 3.2 miles. Felt throwy-upy so decided to call it a day. Took a few drinks of ice cold water from the faucet and felt a bit better. Stretched and lifted free weights while watching morning television. I feel better now. :)
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| | Asked my sister to be my workout buddy today. She agreed and we did a good mega workout! We did Power 90 (Cardio 1-2) which is an instructional exercise video that brings you through segments of lots of stretching, power yoga (Oye!), and bunch of cardio stuff like kickboxing, etc. We did 10 different-positioned crunches for a total of 140 or so. The video runs for 45 minutes and then we jumped on the exercis equiptment. My sister ran on the treadmill and I did the eliptical at level 5 resistance for 3.4 miles. At the end we were sweating bullets! We stretched again, got cleaned off, and I made smoothies. MMMMMmmmmmmm! | | Comments(6) |
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My sister and I had another workout "session" today. It's good that we are bonding now and she is really getting into physical exercise again. I think part of her motivation is from her moving to California in less than 2 months... but I like to think I had a little persuasive impact on her, too! hehe We did Power 90 (Cardio 1-2) again today. Usually I would switch up the workout to do the Power 90 (Sculpt 1-2), but I missed it yesterday and didn't want to screw up my sister's schedule. Again, we did stretching, power yoga , cardio (kickboxing, etc). I did 10 different-positioned crunches for a total of about 137 I think. My muscles were burning! After the video, I ran on the treadmill while my sister went on the elliptical. I ran at 6mph for 1.25 miles and then worked gradually from 5.5 to 5mph and then back up until I finished 2.5 miles. Did a short 4mph cool down. Stretched.
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