all about timing...

No, I haven't quit working out... I just had to shuffle things. Last week my son injured himself by being his own stunt person in Jackass - aka Johnny Knoxville and WeeMan and decided to tear open his upper shin/knee area with a 3 in deep gap... he did this while I was out jogging... so, I had to turn around, run home,and get him to Medical City. So, I managed to complete 1 mile at least! LOL!
Boy is fine... stitches and all... he is now in Central America with his dad on a cruise... so, no time like the present than to regroup and get at it...

Last night, I did 14 miles on the bike! YIPEE!!!

Today, I did a 3.17 mile jog...

Grand total = 18.17 miles to log!!!

I have also decided, it is now worth my effort to get up an hour earlier - get up at 6 am instead of 7, because it's too damn hot out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weekend Wrapup

...I almost thought my son was going to jog with me this weekend... until he found out the distance I was going...then he backed out. No matter how much I pleaded with him that he could turn around and come home when he got tired, he wouldn't budge. At least at this point he is thinking about a healthier lifestyle.

So, on Saturday - in the humidity - I completed 4 miles. I ran the entire way. When I got home, I was soaked, my hair was wet and smelly - and Jerry thought I was darn out reeky! LOL! I thought I was going to puke when I got home, because like a dumbass I forgot my hydration. That'll learn me!

Tonight, I completed a 7 mile bike ride at an easy pace while I watched the season finale of Desperate Housewives.

This weekend, I also decided that I need a buddy to work out with, so I re-joined the Dallas Running Club. I have my training schedule taped to the fridge and am now committed to the DRC Half Marathon on November 5th, followed by the White Rock Marathon (again, I'm doing the half) on December 5th (a day before my 36th birthday). I also informed the hubs that I will be running the Disney Princess Half Marathon in March 2012. That has always been my goal race - the Disney Princess - and I will be there!!!

Damn, would it just rain already!

Freaking humidity...
I did another workout today in the humidity... and I sweat more today than yesterday... it just needs to freaking rain already!

So, I did a "double workout" today... I ran 1.63 miles using my C25k app on the iPhone at the split intervals of 4/1 followed by 4.5 miles on the bike. If friends and coworkers come over tomorrow... we will do a jaunt to the arboretum and back (provided it doesn't rain), otherwise I will do some core strengthening to Jillian Michaels and a bike ride.

Humidity Training

So, I took my friend Colin's advice - and today I took a 30 minute training jog in the humidity... wow... talk about sweat and pacing! It's different in the humidity and the amount of effort you must exert to keep the same pace, but I feel good about it just the same...just adjusted my stride a bit to conversational pace and I was good to go - and still the massive workout! I jogged for 5 minutes, walked 30 seconds, repeat as a pace (per my "handy dandy Couch to 10k iPhone app")

After dinner, will definitely get a cold shower!

...the weather was the determining factor

After debating if I wanted to go run/not run - and my dear friend Colin suggesting that a run in the humidity would actually be beneficial for me, as I ventured outside - wham, thunder in the neighborhood. Well, that has altered my course - I ended up doing 16 miles on the bike instead! That's right - 16 miles in 1 hour!

Run tomorrow.

its not all fun and games...

Despite the mania surrounding my family in our quest to find some normalcy and balance for the kiddo and the ups and downs that go with it, I managed to finally get on the bike this evening and do 14 miles. I have to be able to maintain some sort of calm and balance within myself in order to effectively care for him.

Austin is going through some hard times right now... these times are hard on my family, extended family, and beyond. Once we get him in to see Dr. Lowrimore and the bad nine years of habits from Dr. Jacobson out of him, I will finally hope to see some light in this dark period that has plagued his behaviors. Saturday night was a really bad night, one that wasn't experienced in nearly a year and a half... I'm going to start charting his episodes of mania... honing in on the triggers. Thankfully, we got the results back from the treatment team at Children's Medical Center. He does not have Wilson's Disease as suspected... he does however have elevated liver enzymes and fatty accumulation because of the Abilify. His medications are out of whack and have created an imbalance within his system... getting him an autism specific psychiatrist (although it's more costly) is the first step in getting him back. The second will be firing his current psychiatrist whom I believe is slowly killing my kid without knowing his true needs. A good friend of mine has a coworker who went through similar experiences with her kid... I have faith, but it's going to be a long ride. We will get through this, God protects us and gives us what he sees that we need in our lives. I believe that.

Benchmark

I'm halfway to my first benchmark - my doctor's goal! He said lose 30 - so far I've done 17.5!!! Im not done yet - not till I reach my goal!!!

Off for weekend long jog!

It's not been forgotten...

Nope, I haven't forgotten about exercise this week... but with TEA audits and some life situations, I haven't had a chance to blog my standings either, until now.

So on Monday - we had some bad weather = didn't go out and do anything. Plus with the electricity flickering... didn't do the recumbant bike either. Tuesday = 1 mile jog and tonight (Wednesday) = 10 mile bike ride. Total of 11 miles to add to my fitness tracker! YAY!

Just one more day of audits, and one more week of grad school till August...and I can breathe.

I still haven't heard back regarding my son's testing, and that is about to bother me. I called CMC today, but heard nothing. This sucks.

That's what I call awesome!

Holy crap batman - I haven't done that since late 2007 before I broke my foot and was casted all the way up to my knee! I did the distance today - 5 miles... I ran more than half of it!!!! YAY ME!!!!!!! I went from my home here on Beachview - past the arboretum, over the bridge at Garland Rd/Lawther and to the top of the spillway at San Rafael and back!!!
I must admit, I jogged the entire distance to the spillway (and walked back home)... but this is a great accomplishment... to think, I can do the distance of a little more than a half around the lake, in no time I will make it all the way around...

However, my husband is threatening to put a tracker on my cell phone! LOL - as he worries about me during my long weekend jog...