<p>Kudos on 700 days and the win, MOWC…and to sabaray for getting through the alt skedder.
And anyone I’ve missed in my rush.</p>
<p>Short on time if I’m to get back in the saddle. Big success was that this weekend didn’t cost me an ounce We forced my mom on a trail hike after she claimed to be able to do two miles no problem in daily life…a claim we didnt really believe when we queried further about whether she was exercising as she was “supposed” to be.</p>
<p>She complained the whole way despite the snail’s pace while my sister ran a flat, easy 5k around us… to which I responded that since the Canadian government graciously gave her two new knees we thought she’d better use em or lose em :)</p>
<p>I did a cardio dance class on Sunday followed by run/walk intervals. My glutes were sore from the hill repeats. Yesterday was a cardio dance “super session”.</p>
<p>Just realized that I had been reading “wharfrat” wrong all this time. Always thought it was Whar-Frat, as in Wharton Fraternity. Been on cc too long…</p>
<p>I’m sure I would be terrific at juggling while I run, since I have trouble staying on my feet anyway! 4 miles this morning- legs are tired and it is still humid, but only 69 degrees. Fall is definitely on the way. Supposed to be cooler tomorrow morning.
We leave for Vegas Friday for WildChild’s race- it will be over 100 degrees there. Ugh. “But it’s a dry heat!” His bruises on his quads look absolutely horrible, but he has more ability to move every day. I think he’ll be OK by Sunday. He’s freaking out about not being able to run right now, though. Eyes on Kona.</p>
<p>Speaking of glutes, mine are a little sore and I think it’s from treading water in the pool! On the next to last day we spent some time there, much of it just treading water & talking. Didn’t seem so strenuous but I guess it’s different from swimming. I am always discovering muscles that I haven’t used in a different way for a while! :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Thanks for the Washington Post link on sugar. </p>
<p>It almost reads like a subtle defense by the food industry: sugar is fine in moderation and the evidence is not conclusive. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, but I thought it was interesting that one of the points in the accompanying slide slow was EAT LIKE GRANDPA.</p>
<p>The coincidence is that Coca-Cola released a new ad two weeks ago admonishing us to LIVE LIKE GRANDPA:</p>
<p>[Coca-Cola</a> Advert - Grandpa - Living a Healthy Lifestyle - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>Message, sugar water is fine. It’s all the other stuff…</p>
<p>Wow. My Vitamin D levels must have been in the tank…</p>
<p>For the last three months, I’ve stopped using sunscreen, even on my hikes. And, I’ve been taking 4000 IU a day of vitamin d capsules (plus the 600 IU in my multivitamin). That’s long enough for levels to stabilize, so I got my vitamin D levels tested last week. </p>
<p>So, despite no sunscreen on all day hikes and fairly massive supplement doses, I’m still just barely into the sufficient range. I must have been incredibly low before.</p>
<p>The rule of thumb is that every additional 1000 IU per day raises the testing levels by another 10 ng/mL, so I’m adding another 2000 IU per day (three caps up from two caps), which theoretically should push me up near the Vitamin D council’s recommended 50 ng/mL target. There is apparently no risk even if levels were to get to 100 ng/mL. And, the test confirms I’m in no danger of getting that high!</p>
<p>BTW, I could tell that even without sunscreen on all day hikes, sun exposure in NH is minimal. You can just barely see a tan line on my wrist under my Garmin watch. A far cry from what would happen in Florida or Southern California!</p>
<p>Just set a new monthly “goal” on RunKeeper. I’ve been doing one monthly. Since this is my bday month my goal is miles to = my age. While I’m not turning 100 this month , 54 will still be a challenge for me. FYI, all miles will be juggle-free.</p>
<p>You go, abasket! I’d be flat on my face, or scrambling on the ground for dropped items if I tried to juggle while running. Heck, I can’t juggle when I’m standing still. Nevertheless, I too stand more in awe of MoWC’s streak!</p>
<p>I ran 3.5 miles today on the treadmill and did a “drop two sizes” strength workout. I’ll walk two more miles tonight with H. Gotta work off not only the fried chicken of yesterday (yes, DeborahT, nice to have the company too), but the care package cookies I made and of course tested while making up a box for youngest last night.</p>
<p>Abasket, happy birthday month to you and MOWC. I know you didn’t ask, but I’ll offer up some input in case it’s helpful. Disregard if it’s not. I think your goal sounds doable, but that, yes, it will be a little bit of a challenge. I say this because I do notice when I run more like 13-14 mi/wk rather 10, and I figure that just knowing that someone who is as close to you in running as I am notices the difference will help bring it to your conscious mind to be aware of how you’re feeling each week (want to stay injury free!).</p>
<p>Here are my approximate monthly miles run for each month this year:
Jan 44
Feb 40
Mar 47
Apr 51
May 48
Jun 45
Jul 51
Aug 54</p>
<p>Darn Deborah. I thought you meant you would do some of my miles for me. :). </p>
<p>You are correct in talking about that being a lot of miles - for me too. I had met monthly goals of 30-35 miles the last couple of months - so some of these miles will be walk/jog or fast walk times. I will continue with my every other day runs and on “off” nights will record any fast walk nights ( I can usually average 14 min miles on walks) or walk/jog bonus nights
lunchtime walks at work, walk the doggie walks- those won’t count. </p>
<p>I promise that remaining injury free is my ultimate goal!!!</p>
<p>abasket, I like your goal. Mine for September is to complete a 10 mile run. September is also my birthday month…sounds like we can have a heck of a party!</p>
<p>Another hat tip to PizzaGirl for the nudge to bump my weights up a little bit. A perfect example of how one little comment from someone about their workouts can be the motivation to kick it up a notch.</p>
<p>Today’s workout:</p>
<p>*TRX plank and side plank
Ab Wheel rollouts (belly almost touching the floor)
Palloff Press</p>
<p>Med ball slams
DB snatch (up from 25 lb to 30 lb)</p>
<p>Hex bar deadlift
Single arm DB bench press*</p>
<p>I kicked the rear foot elevated split squats up to 2 x 25 lbs on the second and third sets. Went up to 35 lb from 30 lbs on the DB bench press for the last two sets. Both were fine, despite a pretty big percentage jump in weight. I’m really surprised at how well these rear foot elevated split squats with my foot in the strap are going. They are really comfortable and not as wobbly as I expected.</p>
We forced my mom on a trail hike after she claimed to be able to do two miles no problem in daily life…a claim we didnt really believe when we queried further about whether she was exercising as she was “supposed” to be.</p>