<p>You are ready for a Labor Day trot!</p>
<p>Go sign up for a race now so you will have it to look forward to in November.</p>
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<p>I was a bit surprised at the tone of the kids in that thread. Some are superfit and complaining about the BMI while others don’t want to be told what to do.</p>
<p>Got an email early this morning for a tennis invite but I had to turn it down due to scheduling today. I was actually looking forward to running - we’ll see if the stomach injury is healed. It is still there somewhat but I have to press pretty hard with my hand to feel a dull ache.</p>
<p>Got this morning’s run done. Next run will be at 8900 feet and in the 40s! I will be gasping for air. Colorado, here I come! H is planning on mountain biking on a challenging route in the mountains with WildChild and friends. I hope he doesn’t break something. Stupid…</p>
<p>Yikes, MOfWC! I hope your hubby is uber-careful. Good luck wih the run! I ran 11 miles or so Easter morning in CO (a bit warmer than 40 degrees and at a bit lower altitude). Thanks to the things I learned in this thread, I slowed down my pace and drank a lot more water than I would normally drink. I survived! :)</p>
<p>Bargain time:</p>
<p>Not that I’m complaining, but I have a closet full of LARGE shirts and jackets and sweaters and fleeces and sweatshirts, collected over many years that are now falling off my ol’ (formerly) fat torso.</p>
<p>So, I’m on the prowl for fall and winter stuff in MEDIUM on sale. LLBEAN has jacked the price up on their cotton mock turtleneck shirts and long sleeve T-shirts (a New England staple) to $20 and their super lightweight fleece pullovers (perfect for around the house) to $30.</p>
<p>I’ll be hunting some long sleeve tech t-shirts in my new size as they roll into Marshalls, but I found a steal today: Nike Golf dri-fit tech long-sleeve mock turtlenecks. $55 shirts for $19.99. These are super nice material, a little heavier than a running shirt. Perfect for New England fall and winter, casual or active. I got two colors: the bright navy blue and a really nice dark tan/stone.</p>
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<p>I read an article about back-to-school clothing inflation. I guess that affects the fall stuff too. I guess it’s about time to drop by Sports Authority - they should be discounting the summer stuff now though I’m not that sure that I need much. I like working out in loose-fitting clothing and I have enough stuff that works in baggy now. I did have to drop the 36 inch jeans - too much material to hold up. It’s all 34 inches now.</p>
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I can kind of see their point. I had to complete an online health survey for my health insurance at work, otherwise I would be put into a higher cost plan. I am probably one of the healthiest people they’ve got, but whatever… Now I keep getting emails asking me to respond to another survey on how I’m doing with my recommended lifestyle changes (that would be eating more vegetables). I don’t want to have to report my vegetables to my insurance company. Plus I can’t remember my login & password :)</p>
<p>Marshall’s has been moving a lot of the summer stuff to the clearance rack. I picked up a nice Reebok textured tech t – white with light gray accents – for $5. They’ve had a terrific selection of tech sports stuff, shirts and shorts, all summer this year. Long sleeve stuff is just starting to roll in.</p>
<p>Lands End just ran their 3 day end of summer sale. I happened to notice when it first went live and picked up some really good bargains. Cotton turtlenecks for $5.60. A black cotton plain crewneck sweater for $9. A heavy cotton sweatshirt for $9. Just basic staples in a my new size. I spent so many years having to do baggy and baggier baggier to accomodate the expanding gut that I just can’t stand to have the stuff falling off my shoulders now.</p>
<p>Fortunately, all the killer Brooks stuff I bought last winter is still OK. Their stuff tends to be sized small, so the Large running pants are still fine. Not tight and stretchy by any means, but still serviceable. Same with the $$$ neon yellow running jacket.</p>
<p>Friday. Day 3 for this week’s workout. Cutting back a little bit worked out well this week. I wasn’t as worn down for the Friday workout as usual. And, I’m not feeling hammered sore and beat up like I have been the last few Fridays. Part of this whole new frontier of “maintenence” is finding a level of exercise that is sustainable over the long haul. That means not feeling like it’s a forced march.</p>
<p>Pretty uneventful. I’m only attempting one turkish get up per side in each of the four sets. That lets me take my time and try to learn the proper move. It went OK today.</p>
<p>Weight lifting was solid – 2 sets of four exercises. I’m fighting a little bit of a sore quad on the back leg of split squats and reverse lunges. Not sure what’s up with that. So, I’m trying to focus on the front leg and not stepping back as far as I normally would.</p>
<p>Six solid workout days in row. Long Airdyne intervals. Short Airdyne intervals. A 5K walk/jog. And three core/strength workouts. That’s a really good mix for me, I think.</p>
<p>3 miles, no pain, very nice. I’m sure that those that have recovered from an injury know the feeling.</p>
<p>^ excellent!</p>
<p>Got some unplanned exercise today. The bus could not get through the intersection blocked by a bad accident, so I hopped off and ran 1.5 miles in my 4 inch wedges to get to my exrpess bus stop. Yay! I’m so ready to cream the competition in the infamous high-heel race! I think I will cut my planned run a bit short tonight. :)</p>
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<p>I can see it now! You should write a book. This could be the next big thing on the rebound from barefoot running and Vibram Five Fingers: 4 inch wedgie running! You just need to come up with some line of pseudo-scientific sounding marlarkey about how it tones your butt and shapes your calves while curing all foot and leg pain… :)</p>
<p>Seriously, though. I don’t know how ya’ll ladies do it. I’d be down with turned ankle before taking three steps. I can barely walk in flip flops.</p>
<p>Yes, that’s seriously impressive, BB.
I can get around in my high platforms, but can’t imagine breaking into a run.
lol at idad’s health claims.</p>
<p>Gorgeous here in Crested Butte, Colorado. So what if I can’t breathe? Did a 6 mile run with frequent “catch my breath” breaks. WildChild did some straight uphill thing up to 10,700 ft. He “forgot how hard it is.”. We were about to send out a search party. Now he and H are off to mountain bike and I’m going to show the girlfriend around town and then she wants to run. She said she is a little intimidated by our family’s athletics. She shouldn’t be. Her mother has a business accompanying distance swimmers (I.e. Overnight channel swims) in a kayak.</p>
<p>Yesterday was a rest day.
Today just a quick 40 minute cardio dance fitness class.
Off to so some serious work… on my tan :)</p>
<p>Played two sets of tennis this morning. We were on the court for two hours but part of that time was moving caterpillars off the court. For some reason, there was a caterpillar migration across the courts and every once in a while, we’d use a tennis can lid to move them off the playing area. The courts are next to a lot of woods (used for running trails) and I assume that they wanted to get to the trees to munch on the leaves.</p>
<p>Won both sets, 6-2, 7-6 against a guy that I’ve never beaten before. He has better strokes, more experience, and hits the ball harder but he also has a 40 inch waist. I just ran everything down, win or lose. When you do that the other player takes bigger risks to try to win points and makes more errors. The other thing is that one long point can tire the other person out so that they lose the next four or five.</p>
<p>I know - I’ve been on the other side of that.</p>
<p>Today’s 5k: walk 5 min, run 6 min, walk 5, run 10, walk 3, run 7:05, total time 36:05.</p>
<p>Way to go, blankmind. </p>
<p>The closest I came to exercise today was grilling Yucatan Achiote paste seasoned haddock and making homemade guacamole.</p>
<p>I’m minus a plate and 6 screws in my ankle. Ortho said there was some tissue infected, but didn’t see infection in the bone. I’ve got crutches and have instructions that I should be 25% weight bearing on affected foot. Hard to figure out what 25% is–but based on the demonstration by the recovery room nurse, I’m just putting my right foot down and keeping almost all of my weight on the left foot. Crutches reguire a great deal of strength, especially if you have to go up or down the stairs. The good news is that I have no pain or weakness when I put my right foot down and I have to restrain myself from putting more weight on it. I’m really looking forward to getting back to the gym and will live vicariously through everyone’s posts.</p>