I wonder where I ever got the inspiration for the song?! (snicker, snicker) In a time of adversity, they did good - Disco I miss you, but you remain my inspiration to keep on pushing!
WARRIOR DASH RULES!!! Have a great day Buddies :-)
Showing posts with label Adventure Running. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adventure Running. Show all posts
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sweetheart 5K -- Warrior Dash Training
It is just crazy I only have one blog for February = boo! So, I'm cheating and using this video - come along (it is a bit bumpy ... but "oh" once again, I was running - well okay mostly!) I accomplished 13 min miles - next time it will be better AND when I get serious I'll probably not carry my camera ... well, okay - I probably will!!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Week 1: Boot Camp Assessment
*turned over to get out of bed* ..... some body parts said “Hey lady - stop it, don’t move!”
*raises arm to return a file to file cabinet* ..... pectoral muscles just requested “Hey lady, would you not do that!”
*cough, cough* ..... the lower abs just requested “Hey lady, stop it, don’t do that again!”
Information on Boot Camp: Offered by the Midland Parks and Recreation Department and is free (can't beat that cost!) two sessions 6:20 AM - 7:20 AM and 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - started Jan 10 and runs for six weeks. They are trying to encourage people to get out of their recliners and get "outdoors" and more active!
Yes, I’ve been to “boot camp” and I’m very glad -- by “today’s sore” -- that I have gauged my beginnings and not acted like a Super Woman! The little bit-o-sore is not unbearable (or even that bad) but it lets me know that what is being done at boot camp is targeting the areas that I wanted to improve -- so WOOT!
So here’s the skinny (I wish)! The instructor said to gauge your efforts on a scale of 1 to 10 ... 1 being standing completely still :-) and 10 being you are winded while exercising and can’t speak at the same time. Taking that into consideration he said to aim for a 6 and to pay attention to any “unusual feelings” while doing the exercises -- I really like this fellow, straight way!
This boot camp is being held at a church’s gym (a very nice gym, might I add!) and while the instructor set up the circuit we walked the parameter of the bball court to warm up -- we had the option of using some weights if we wanted and I grabbed 3 lb weights, since that is what I use at home ... well I did a turn around with them and put ‘em back in the “holder” -- it was all too obvious they’d been in the truck overnight BURRRRRRR, can we say frostbite on the hands?!
As we walked, he set up the circuits (Yippie ... so we don’t all stand in the middle of the court and do jumping jacks until we drop :-) !!!) It seems the circuits we are supposed to do 5 times around with 10 reps at each station -- I will say I was cautious (not only for me, but for Neal - who is doing this with me - WOOT!) and set my number at 5 reps at each station AND am totally glad I did! We’d gotten to 3 times around the circuit and I made a call that it would be too much for me to do a 4th and 5th time around ... this week ... even at only 5 reps. So we stopped and walked to cool down a bit and in about 5 more minutes anyway, we all got mats and sat on the floor and the instructor led us into a nice cool down stretch.
Then ... I drove like a mad woman back to the house (well not really we live under 5 minutes away from this church), showered, dressed, grabbed food to take to the office and booked to the office .. easy peasy -- still was there 10 mins early.
Okay FYI -- the Circuit was such a simple set up and the instructor encouraged us to teach others, here goes:
Equipment Items Needed: Mat (or I’ve even used towel at home), exercise band, hand weights (I have 1 lb and 3 lb at home and when I want more, I simply use both weights in one hand ... so I can have 2 lbs and 6 lbs ... okay, you’re probably smart enough to figure that out! OR as Dr. Oz is always encouraging you can even use cans of food!) and/or weight bar.
Station 1: Push up station (10 reps, if you can - less and work up, if you’re like me!). He had those little sets of push up bars, which I tried to use - but found I was more successful on the floor - I think the handles are actually harder. I also modified the push up to do the “from the knee” version. Push ups are my weakest - I will say it, I hate them, never have liked them -- therefore my pectorals are weak!
Station 2: Over the head press using resistance (he had many bands with different resistance). This is done with an exercise band under one foot and you pull both hand up and over your head at the same time - he said stopping at the shoulders is not the goal but pulling smooth all the way up over the head is -- I suppose if you don’t have an exercise band, you could use normal weights -- or food!
Station 3: Arm curls and boat rows. Once again done with the exercise band - a shorter version, but you can also use the long one .... once again under the foot and then pull up doing an arm curl (both arms are done). Then grab with both hands “over” and pull up to shoulder height - boat row.
Station 4: Abs - using the little rollers (or he also had two bigger rollers that were a bit easier to use) ... his word of wisdom -- don’t roll out so far that you can’t roll back up :-) seems that is counterproductive!
Station 5: “Tire Jumps” He had orange circles that he put down (probably 25-30 of them) and there were several modifications of going through them one foot at a time, two footed jump, alternating one foot jumps OR the “DEVIL” one footed jumps all the way down and then repeat on the other foot -- needless to say, I did not do that one; since my legs are relatively strong I did the two foot jump from circle to circle.
Station 6: Quick Shuffles ... he set up about 10 cones and the point was to shuffle (or run with little steps) as quickly as you could.
Station 7: Bar lift ... which could be done with regular weights, he had different weights of weighted bars (I used the 10 lb to start) ... stand up straight with arms straight and an overgrip on bar, bend down as far as you can go and then stand back up (the arms do no work, except to hold the bar) ... this is working all the good stuff in the “back” :-)
....go through 5 times (okay, I repeat myself ... LOL, hee, hee ... I said "repeat" -- okay, I probably only crack myself up sometimes!)
Then stretch to cool down :-) He said that as we progress into Week 6, he will be making things a little harder -- my goal is simply to be able to do 5 circuits with 10 reps at each station AND my gauge is the push up -- which will be a real miracle, if I can work up to 10 push ups at one time!
Okay one more day this week of Boot Camp - so I hope my assessment isn't too soon and I wake up Saturday AM with the inability to get out of bed BECAUSE I have a date with the Windlands "training grounds" this weekend! Sorry, this has been a bit long, but I suppose makes up for my not rambling on for a while :-)
PS All images are internet finds stating they were royalty free - so, how's that for a legal? :-)
*raises arm to return a file to file cabinet* ..... pectoral muscles just requested “Hey lady, would you not do that!”
*cough, cough* ..... the lower abs just requested “Hey lady, stop it, don’t do that again!”
Yes, I’ve been to “boot camp” and I’m very glad -- by “today’s sore” -- that I have gauged my beginnings and not acted like a Super Woman! The little bit-o-sore is not unbearable (or even that bad) but it lets me know that what is being done at boot camp is targeting the areas that I wanted to improve -- so WOOT!
So here’s the skinny (I wish)! The instructor said to gauge your efforts on a scale of 1 to 10 ... 1 being standing completely still :-) and 10 being you are winded while exercising and can’t speak at the same time. Taking that into consideration he said to aim for a 6 and to pay attention to any “unusual feelings” while doing the exercises -- I really like this fellow, straight way!
As we walked, he set up the circuits (Yippie ... so we don’t all stand in the middle of the court and do jumping jacks until we drop :-) !!!) It seems the circuits we are supposed to do 5 times around with 10 reps at each station -- I will say I was cautious (not only for me, but for Neal - who is doing this with me - WOOT!) and set my number at 5 reps at each station AND am totally glad I did! We’d gotten to 3 times around the circuit and I made a call that it would be too much for me to do a 4th and 5th time around ... this week ... even at only 5 reps. So we stopped and walked to cool down a bit and in about 5 more minutes anyway, we all got mats and sat on the floor and the instructor led us into a nice cool down stretch.
Then ... I drove like a mad woman back to the house (well not really we live under 5 minutes away from this church), showered, dressed, grabbed food to take to the office and booked to the office .. easy peasy -- still was there 10 mins early.
Okay FYI -- the Circuit was such a simple set up and the instructor encouraged us to teach others, here goes:
Equipment Items Needed: Mat (or I’ve even used towel at home), exercise band, hand weights (I have 1 lb and 3 lb at home and when I want more, I simply use both weights in one hand ... so I can have 2 lbs and 6 lbs ... okay, you’re probably smart enough to figure that out! OR as Dr. Oz is always encouraging you can even use cans of food!) and/or weight bar.
Station 1: Push up station (10 reps, if you can - less and work up, if you’re like me!). He had those little sets of push up bars, which I tried to use - but found I was more successful on the floor - I think the handles are actually harder. I also modified the push up to do the “from the knee” version. Push ups are my weakest - I will say it, I hate them, never have liked them -- therefore my pectorals are weak!
(Okay, I believe he did meant canned food
as this food would be a bit difficult to use!)
as this food would be a bit difficult to use!)
Station 4: Abs - using the little rollers (or he also had two bigger rollers that were a bit easier to use) ... his word of wisdom -- don’t roll out so far that you can’t roll back up :-) seems that is counterproductive!
....go through 5 times (okay, I repeat myself ... LOL, hee, hee ... I said "repeat" -- okay, I probably only crack myself up sometimes!)
Then stretch to cool down :-) He said that as we progress into Week 6, he will be making things a little harder -- my goal is simply to be able to do 5 circuits with 10 reps at each station AND my gauge is the push up -- which will be a real miracle, if I can work up to 10 push ups at one time!
Okay one more day this week of Boot Camp - so I hope my assessment isn't too soon and I wake up Saturday AM with the inability to get out of bed BECAUSE I have a date with the Windlands "training grounds" this weekend! Sorry, this has been a bit long, but I suppose makes up for my not rambling on for a while :-)
Good Day to ya Buddies -- get active!
PS All images are internet finds stating they were royalty free - so, how's that for a legal? :-)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Warrior Dash 2011
I just signed up for Central Texas event held on the weekend of November 19 and 20 -- I picked Nov. 20 and the 1:00 PM wave. I believe letting it warm up a bit before participating in the water and mud is a good idea :-) ... of course, we can always hope for rain! (Of course, it also allows for not having to get up SUPER early to get to the race at 8:00 AM ... and since Neal will be with me - not as a participant! - he thanks me!)
So, I actually "sort of" started my training, but now I will go with full fury .. well I'll start off in slow fury mode! I've been needing motivation to redevelop my core, as I know I've lost some of its value over the years ... so motivation for upper body exercise is now HIGH! :-)
I'm going to try to keep up with some training blogs .. just for the fun of it - so join me on my journey and tell me this doesn't look fun! (I'm also plotting my Warrior costume, but it has to "NOT" impede my progress when it gets wet ... so that let's out the bunny suit!)
So, I actually "sort of" started my training, but now I will go with full fury .. well I'll start off in slow fury mode! I've been needing motivation to redevelop my core, as I know I've lost some of its value over the years ... so motivation for upper body exercise is now HIGH! :-)
I'm going to try to keep up with some training blogs .. just for the fun of it - so join me on my journey and tell me this doesn't look fun! (I'm also plotting my Warrior costume, but it has to "NOT" impede my progress when it gets wet ... so that let's out the bunny suit!)
So, let the Adventure Running phase of my life begin!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Livestrong 2010 and Adventure Running 2011
22 days from today I will be in Austin, Texas visiting with family and getting ready to participate in Livestrong Austin's 2010 Event on October 23. I have walked with my niece in the past and we made a pact to participate in the run this year - she is going to pull me along with a tow rope! "Ah come on" it will be a good workout for her :-)
Soooooo, not wanting to get in any hurry, I figured I should started running -- well, okay wogging (walk/jogging combined) this morning and at least I didn't stop breathing and fall off the treadmill. My brillant idea is to hire a flatbed truck, put my treadmill on it and run on the treadmill, as the truck is driven over the course :-) this flatlander could very well be in trouble in the hills of downtown Austin! BUT I do figure that the trade off will be the fact that I live at a much higher altitude (like 2300 feet higher) than Austin and have been "training" in thinner air (ROFL) - so my performance level will be much better and the hills won't matter!
I believe I'd read somewhere, maybe in an email *note to self, find this information* that the run starts "backwards" from years past which will put the hills FIRST ... at least it will be downhill from there :-) and I could actually fall down and roll ... well until I rolled into the curb (or another runner) *note to self, check this option out*!
LIVESTRONG AUSTIN 2010 IS STRONG AND IS GOING TO KICK CANCER'S ASS -- that is all there is too it, we have no option folks except to do whatever we can to beat the absolutely horrible disease! 28 Million People Living With Cancer
Adventure Running -- now here seems to be the really fun stuff I'm going to do next year ... it is not representative of raising money for any cause, but I came across Warrior Dash one day while surfing the net and just now on Facebook, MudRun DFW just popped up.
I mean running, obstacles, mud, beer, costumes and "serious competition" - well, okay probably not serious competition, but definitely a seriously good time!! I mean seriously how can I not "give it a go"?!
Great Day to Ya Buddies!
Soooooo, not wanting to get in any hurry, I figured I should started running -- well, okay wogging (walk/jogging combined) this morning and at least I didn't stop breathing and fall off the treadmill. My brillant idea is to hire a flatbed truck, put my treadmill on it and run on the treadmill, as the truck is driven over the course :-) this flatlander could very well be in trouble in the hills of downtown Austin! BUT I do figure that the trade off will be the fact that I live at a much higher altitude (like 2300 feet higher) than Austin and have been "training" in thinner air (ROFL) - so my performance level will be much better and the hills won't matter!
I believe I'd read somewhere, maybe in an email *note to self, find this information* that the run starts "backwards" from years past which will put the hills FIRST ... at least it will be downhill from there :-) and I could actually fall down and roll ... well until I rolled into the curb (or another runner) *note to self, check this option out*!
LIVESTRONG AUSTIN 2010 IS STRONG AND IS GOING TO KICK CANCER'S ASS -- that is all there is too it, we have no option folks except to do whatever we can to beat the absolutely horrible disease! 28 Million People Living With Cancer
Adventure Running -- now here seems to be the really fun stuff I'm going to do next year ... it is not representative of raising money for any cause, but I came across Warrior Dash one day while surfing the net and just now on Facebook, MudRun DFW just popped up.
I mean running, obstacles, mud, beer, costumes and "serious competition" - well, okay probably not serious competition, but definitely a seriously good time!! I mean seriously how can I not "give it a go"?!
Great Day to Ya Buddies!
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