<p>Hope your day ends on a better note Brom…!</p>
<p>Owwie, Bromfield. 
Eating at a restaurant is supposed to be one of the tamer sports. I hope you’re all fixed up again in no time.</p>
<p>MOWC, thanks.</p>
<p>Brom- ugh. What a way to wreck a vacation. So sorry!</p>
<p>pizzagirl- Back in Dallas I fell out of frog pose in a class and completely rolled onto someone else’s yoga mat and knocked THEM over! My daughter couldn’t help but laugh (which is a no-no and ruined everyone’s “zen”).</p>
<p>My Chi Running class on Saturday was really an eye-opener. As I suspected, my running form is not the greatest. My biggest/most helpful take away was to focus on “knees down/heels up”. And keeping my posture erect (not slouching down) while running. There were lots of other points as well - the instructor video’d everything and will be sending us the videos and accompanying critiques (mine will be rather lengthy…). Interestingly, at a running club meeting later in the day, the club president opined that as long as you don’t run feet first, you are doing well in the form department. We’ll see if my attempted form changes help my speed and endurance.</p>
<p>That’s interesting Cooker- I’d like to be “evaluated”!!</p>
<p>An evaluation of my running form would probably go something like, “Have you thought about swimming…” :)</p>
<p>LOL Idad, I think mine would say the same, though I have a medal for winning my age class in a 10K race. I was in my 20s and was slower than both the teens and the Moms, just was the only one of that age in the race! </p>
<p>Bromfield - fishes aren’t supposed to hurt your teeth! Hope the fix wasn’t too bad.</p>
<p>It’s so hot here, I’m not even going out to deposit checks. I did fling the kettleball around, but then new clients started calling. I guess that’s a good thing!</p>
<p>It’s 94 degrees here right now. I want to do another two miles tonight at the YMCA. I was thinking about running outside though. I like the warmer weather.</p>
<p>It’s so hot here that I drove to the mailbox (well, I also had some bags of garbage and recycling to take to haul to the dumpsters)…</p>
<p>I’m headed to the basement for a brand new workout, the first of Phase 3 of this random workout video I found on the internet. BC will be glad to know that the video series has NIKE sponsorship and cute Nike Sublimated workout apparrel in this one.</p>
<p>I’m going to be guessing at weights. The new challenge of the day will be rear foot elevated split squats with my foot in the TRX/Jungle Gym XT.</p>
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<p>Awesome! Those are difficult, but I like them. Haven’t done them in quite awhile since they aren’t programmed into Show&Go. I’m halfway thru phase 3 and then I have phase 4. I’m looking at finishing Show&Go in early August and I think I’ll try my hand at designing my own then!</p>
<p>Thunder and lightning in our area now so no outside run for me.</p>
<p>5 miles on the alter g. Last mile run at 90% weight, 5 minute pace.</p>
<p>3.25 mi treadmill run. No 5 minute miles. ;)</p>
<p>PG, the workout schedule you came up with sounds fun!</p>
<p>Good lord. Phase 3 of this random workout program I found on the internet just about killed me.</p>
<p>The first superset, in particular:</p>
<p>Deadlifts 12 reps (140 lbs)
(60 seconds rest)
[url=<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube]T-pushups[/url</a>] 12 reps total (no rest)
TRX Rear foot elevated split squats (12 per leg)</p>
<p>Silly me. I had DBs all set up next to the TRX, but I quickly found out that a) I was totally gassed trying to do that many reps back to back with the t-pushups and b) you get absolutely zero help from the back ileg in the strap so bodyweight is pretty darn challenging. So I went from 140lb deadlifts to bodyweight on the t-pushups and split squats and still had to hit PAUSE at the end of each superset. Saw a max heart rate of 87%, which is crazy high for a bunch of exercises where you are barely moving.</p>
<p>The “finisher” was 20 squat jumps on the minute, every minute for three rounds. Whew, talk about some burning thighs.</p>
<p>Punched. The. Clock.</p>
<p>Out of town on vacation for two weeks will make it hard to keep to a schedule.</p>
<p>I brought my resistance band along to work on strength after runs/bike rides
On Saturday I ran 5.75… a new PR for distance. My time was pretty slow though.
Today I did a 10.5 bike ride. </p>
<p>At this point I find that I enjoy running longer distances at a slower pace more than a fast 5K. I’ve never run in a race and prob. never will so may as well do what I like most, right?</p>
<p>Right!!!</p>
<p>Almost 6 miles is a lot of distance in my book !</p>
<p>So hot outside I decided to go to the fitness center and use the treadmill- honestly, it wasn’t much cooler there once you got started and no “breeze” - I think I would have preferred being outside.</p>
<p>So, Sunday I did a 2 hr Bike ride (tandem, and H does more of the work), kickboxing and hot yoga. This morning I did the C25K (week 1 day1) with walking at 4 mph and the running at 7 mph. Then went to work. I felt fine until 3 pm, when I got out of my chair to walk to a meeting, and felt like an old lady! Ok, ok, I will give myself a day rest from running. Will do the yoga sculpt class tomorrow which is heavily arms and abs.</p>
<p>2 miles, 8:20 pace.</p>
Was just reading on letsrun that a typical mile pace reduction is 2 seconds per pound for weight loss, if you aren’t losing muscle.