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<p>Oh, big deal. I drove 6.3 miles this morning, to the fitness center and back :-)</p>
<p>Way to go!!</p>
<p>I think 6.3 miles at 10:30 pace sounds great!</p>
<p>Good to hear from you, CJane. I’m jealous!</p>
<p>Driving to Bloomington, IN for a wedding this weekend and will run about 11 miles with daughter on the path system (hopefully we can figure it all out). My legs are tired from all the races, but I feel a lot better than I did on Tuesday!</p>
<p>Read an article (NYTimes blog I think) this week about the classifications of shoes (neutral, stability etc) and how it is all unjustified. Who knows?</p>
<p>I’ve tried on shoes that were designed for over pronation. Fine when I was sitting, but as soon as I stood up I could tell the difference. 'Twas not the pair for me. They were cute though!</p>
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<p>^^^My new purple beauties^^^ Liquidation sale =great price+free shipping…too good to pass up.<br>
I have to stick w/ neutrals. I’m that odd person, the supinator. I wear down the outside edges of my shoes.</p>
<p>~ 3 mi rolling hills run, followed by cool down walk and stretches. I then got down on the grass and did a set of pushups. I haven’t been influenced by this group, not at all. 
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<p>Forgot my watch. I should do that more often. Warm enough (70 degrees) that the turtles were hanging out on their rock, and I’m drenched.</p>
<p>Is Ohio racing today?</p>
<p>3.3 mile walk today, plus daily planks and calf exercises. My calves are seriously lame, they were sore from yesterday’s little 7 minutes of running.</p>
<p>Ohio races tomorrow. Good luck tomorrow ohio!</p>
<p>Ive got my distance up to a mile or so- every other day & every other day I do water aerobics.
But today I am skipping class, cause I have an evening baseball game & I know that is going to wear me out. Thinking of bringing my crutches instead of my cane just incase.
But Fireworks! ( and oh- look who is throwing the first pitch & playing the National Anthem! ;))
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<p>Good on the pushups, Deborah. I’m sure the turtles were entertained by the human :-)</p>
<p>Sounds like a good recovery, ek! </p>
<p>Took S2 to the little gym where I ran 3.25 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. I had a very pleasant evening last night visiting with an old friend for hours over a yummy Greek dinner. I think I’ve so conditioned myself to eat healthy food that last night’s rich feast–complete with a rthick slice of cake topped with whipped cream courtesy of the restaurant owner-- gave me a food hangover. Just feeling blechy this morning but recovered enough to work out in the AC.</p>
<p>3 mile run in the rain - started with a few sprinkles, by the end, a steady rain - for some reason light rain works for me - could have ran another mike easy but I knew my family was wondering where the heck I wAs!! Felt great!</p>
<p>Holy mackerel. That was some kind of little metabolic circuit I tried today. CJANE would be proud.</p>
<p>It’s the Phases 3 Metabolic circuit from the random workout videos I found on the internet. Each set is supposed to be the following without rest:</p>
<p>1 arm KB deadlift (right hand 8 reps)
1 arm KB clean (right hand 8 reps)
1 arm KB squat (right hand 8 reps)
1 arm KB push press (right hand 8 reps)
1 arm KB deadlift (left hand 8 reps)
1 arm KB clean (left hand 8 reps)
1 arm KB squat (left hand 8 reps)
1 arm KB push press (left hand 8 reps)</p>
<p>Rest 90 seconds and repeat for a total of 4 sets.</p>
<p>Well, my smallest KB is 35 pounds, so I gave it a go. Dang. It was all I had to get through one side. I had to take 60 seconds between sides plus the 90 seconds between sets. I made it through 3 sets. Saw heart rates above 90% on both sides in the second set and 95% on both sides in the third set. Completely gassed.</p>
<p>I’ve got a way to go on this one, but I think it will definitely get a place in my regular rotation of short intense workouts. Hopefully, it will get a little easier as I get more comfortable with the kettlebell.</p>
<p>Egads, idad, 35? I might try that set if I had, say, a two pound kettlebell 
I guess it’s all relative.
My father-in-law was over the other day. As I’ve mentioned, he’s 85 and energetic, and “works out” every day, or so he always tells us.
Guess he was intrigued by my fire engine red contoured kettlebell (a comparatively lame 15). I was out of the room at the time but apparently he picked it up and did a move – ONCE – with some kind of "wooowie, she lifts THIS!? Mch said it was pretty funny.</p>
<p>CJane, btw, I want your vacation (minus the trx…although I completely admire your commitment!)</p>
<p>In honour of the Cjane/idad style of workouts, I figured out a great vacation move should I find myself on vacation: the diving board chin-up It may be the only chin up I actually master…</p>
<p>Actually, idad, that routine looks simple enough for me to remember since its only four moves and they’re moves I’ve practiced a bit. I think I’ll forget about finding the DVD and watch a few refresher youtube videos to do this one here and there. I’ll go slow – I learned my lesson on the goblet squats ;)</p>
<p>But thanks for the post!</p>
<p>target + 17.6;</p>
<p>It was a recovery day per Insanity and the exercises were very slow and not intensive. </p>
<p>Even so I skipped the full dinner, did eat more than 1/4 of a watermelon and two handful of almond. Adding one banana after the work out. Those fruits apparently did me in and no loss recorded. </p>
<p>The weekend are challenging as everyone knows - fruits every where. DW is thinking I am not eating enough so she is putting all kind of fruits all over the place.</p>
<p>Idad, is that a one arm overhead squat, or a regular squat in that routine?</p>
<p>I just did one set with no weight -just doing the motion of each exercise- it is a very good workout,</p>
<p>I will add it to my program. The decision will be what weight to start out with and should I jump in to 4 sets immediately or start with two circuits and build from there.</p>
<p>idad, is it possible for you to post the link of the Phases 3 Metabolic circuit from the random workout videos you found on the internet? I want to try it with my 35 lb db.</p>
<p>Ran just over a 14 second 100. Not my event. Scratched out of all other events except 800. Gonna focus on that. Think I could have won the 1500. But had a sneak preview of the metals. Plastic. Not worth it!</p>
<p>last round, I lost 55 lbs and it was not that difficult.</p>
<p>This time, my target is only 25 lbs and it has been really hard. With all I have learnt from this and other forum, it should have been easier.</p>
<p>Beside, it is getting harder to look into a mirror these days - all these fat. </p>
<p>Was talking to a colleague who has done 6 full marathons among other extreme distances running. He said that at my age, the training would only slow down the slope of declining performance. It is not that I could keep training and my time would improve from this point on. pretty depressing news.</p>
<p>1.25 miles yesterday. Pushups, upper abs, obliques, dips, pullups hamstring floorwork.</p>
<p>My schedule is a bit of a pain for running as I’m running after meals and it is not optimal. Unfortunately I will be in somewhat of a messy schedule mode for a while. I do need to clean out the basement - it is somewhat restricting my access to doing weights at home.</p>
<p>Was thinking of you Ohiopublic. Good luck in the 800!</p>
<p>11 gorgeous and relatively cool miles in Bloomington, Indiana. Lovely trail system and FLAT! Mix of asphalt and packed gravel with a lot of shade. Took it slow and daughter ran out of gas last 2 miles but I felt pretty good. She has had a busy couple of days here since she presides over her first wedding tonight- her best friend’s wedding. Happy day. </p>
<p>Now off to load up on Indiana basketball and baseball gear!</p>