<p>Week 3 was coming along just fine. We’ve had some unsettling news, and it’s taking a lot of energy, so I’m going to take a break from the running for now. I hope I will feel up to continuing with it again soon.</p>
<p>Saying a prayer this Sunday for everybody here facing trials. More impt. than ever to take care of yourself. ~ Peace</p>
<p>Going for a walk/run has done wonders for me</p>
Played one hour this morning outside. It was mid-80s and sunny and dry on the court and one guy didn’t show so I played one on two for most of the hit and then two games with one guy that wanted to play a few.
These are the public courts at one of the high-schools and the courts at the high-schools are the best public courts in the city. These courts are in poor shape. Many of the nets don’t have straps, the nets have detached from the cord and are held up with whatever string and tape people bring along to hold the net up. The paint has worn down and the courts need to be repainted. What happens when the paint wears down is that the surface becomes very abrasive and wears the felt off the ball very quickly and they don’t last very long.
<p>DeborahT:</p>
<p>Wishing you the best! If you can squeeze in a little physical exercise, even if just a few minutes, it will probably do wonder for your stress-coping!</p>
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<p>I’m locked 'n loaded with a car full of junk packed into every crook and cranny. The rest of the gray hex prison dumbbells are in this load. Two 30 lbs and two 25 lbs plus the metal stand that holds that set. The only weights left are my six heavy DBs. Heading out the door as soon as I finish my soup.</p>
<p>Finished up a 40 mile running week before planting myself on the beach. 2 more flat running days in Florida then back to my hills and very early mornings.</p>
<p>Hang in there, everyone.</p>
<p>My exercise today was dancing at a wedding. Wild, crazy, nonstop dancing! 
There was even some jump-rope at the end…the young people made a jump rope out of napkins tied together. :)</p>
<p>I was towards the upper end, age-wise, of the parents there but one of the most enthusiastic dancers. Thank goodness my knees still allow me to do this; I plan to keep on as long as I can!</p>
<p>“Knackered” is what I am…!
First spinning class in five years: 18 miles (instructor 20) in 60 min
My RPM sitting = 60-89 (instructor 85-105)
standing = 40-50 (instructor 50-65)
Followed by a rather humiliating Beg Yoga class, where I discovered I have lost all my core strength and most of the flexibility in my hips- grrrrrrr
Reward: yummy lo-carb lunch at Baja Fresh!</p>
<p>Tomorrow is swimming.</p>
<p>I have so much to work on, I am just pathetic. But gotta start somewhere!</p>
<p>Thanks to you all for inspiring me to take these crucial steps to health and fitness. (And I will cuss y’all out tomorrow AM when I wake up SORE!!!)</p>
<p>The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.</p>
<p>I went to the gym today, but I might have skipped the elliptical if I’d known I was going to carry 12 boxes of books and photographs up to the attic. (I’m not moving, but my my Mom’s house was recently emptied and my sil was tired of all the stuff in her family room.</p>
In MOWC’s case, it’s a 40 mile week.
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<p>Doesn’t sound pathetic to me! I’d keel over dead in a spinning class…</p>
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<p>By the time I got back this evening, I was so stiff that I could barely move. I think it’s the number of hours I spend carrying stuff and also the time spent sitting behind the wheel.</p>
<p>performersmom, spinning classes are hard work and yoga made me cry, give yourself all the credit you deserve!</p>
<p>Crossposted with interesteddad.</p>
<p>Performersmom- wow! Doubling yoga with spin is intense. Spin is SO hard. Good job.</p>
<p>We are all doing what we can do- and sometimes more than we can do…</p>
<p>I always do a double-take when I read about spinning on this thread because my frame of reference leads me here:
[spinning</a> wheels - ashford.co.nz](<a href=“ashford handicrafts - ashford handicrafts”>ashford handicrafts - ashford handicrafts)</p>
<p>:) I think that’s the first time I’ve smiled all day. </p>
<p>Thank you and enjoy spinning! </p>
<p>I did get in a good walk today. Not the jog-walk, jog-walk that was originally the plan, but all things considered fine, just fine.</p>
<p>Those look just like my Schwinn Airdyne!</p>
<p>That’s what spinning is - you just do it with a group.</p>
<p>Thanks for the sympathy and encouragement… but you all blow me AWAY!<br>
I know I could not do all the weights and farm-carries and videos and running you do.
For example, I could not do a plank at ALL today- that is scary. I know I SHOULD be embarrassed.
Hope you all enjoy feeling good about you have achieved after reading this!
(I am ALREADY sore- but the pool will help me tomorrow!!!)</p>
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<p>The first time I got on the exercise bike a little over two years ago, my belly bounced off the top of my thighs every time the pedals went around. 30 seconds of plank was pure gutting it out, with sweat pouring off my nose as I tried to hang on. </p>
<p>What’s really rewarding is seeing the progress, not so much day to day, but certainly looking back a few months later. It’s so exciting to see (and feel) the results.</p>
<p>Don’t sell yourself short. That spin class was probably a bigger workout that MOWC running 3 miles or BC Eagle playing three sets of tennis or me carrying boxes to and from the car. I know what those workouts were like for me in the early going. They were intense because I was in such bad shape. Relatively to my fitness, I don’t work out anywhere near as hard today.</p>
<p>The body is pretty amazing at adapting - it may seem slow but it helps if you record what you do.</p>
<p>I have to disassemble two beds and the big desk today and I expect that to take about two hours. With the beds, I need to take lots of pictures so that I can put it back together again. Later this week I need to get a U-Haul to bring three pieces home and then I need to clean the whole place and then we’re done. I don’t know if I’ll get any workouts in. Right now the basement is so cluttered that it is hard to do a weight workout.</p>
<p>Last week I went through 16 workout shirts. I did the laundry and counted up the number that I set to hang dry. I had to dig into the old Ls in the basement for tennis yesterday. All of my DriFits except for one are too snug for tennis which requires a lot of shoulder freedom. I dug out the three Adidas shirts that I bought for tennis a while ago and will use those when I play more than once per week.</p>
<p>Deborah T, don’t feel bad if you need to take some time off from your running. Between injuries and life situations, I’ve had to do that several times over the last 2 years. I did something new to my knee about 2 weeks ago, and although it now seems fine, I’m supposed to run a 5k next week… uh, yeah.</p>
<p>It seems like moving is the current theme. We just had to move D out of the apartment she’s been in for the last 3 years. What a workout.</p>