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Moving Day

Oh boy, today is going to be a long one.

The alarm is set for 7:15am but Tate was up at 6:30 “too excited to sleep, it’s like Christmas morning”.  And he wanted to talk about truck packing strategies at that hour.  Just. A. Few. More. Minutes. Sleep.  I certainly appreciate his enthusiasm though ;).

And now I am up, slurping coffee from my new china

My two sisters, niece, and I hit the thrift stores yesterday and I walked away with a set of 4 of this china (much prettier in real life than this poor picture!) and 2 dresses for a whopping $3.90 total.  West Virginia is cheap, I will give it that.

I almost took yesterday as a rest day but at the last minute (actually 6:50pm) my brother and I jogged up to the track and did a fast and furious 25 minute workout.  10 minute warm-up, 10 minutes of sprints, 5 minute cool-down and home just as the enchiladas were coming out of the oven :).  Ben is really fast but he doesn’t have great endurance so we compliment each other well (he’s a quintessential 18 year old boy, runs hard and fast until he can’t anymore!  Pacing oneself comes a bit later in life…).

My 4 runs this week were “supposed” to be at least 35 minutes so I am not sure whether this one will count towards the 4 or not.

Today is a rest day. Well, sort of.  We will be in the truck for close to 7 hours total but there will also be brief spurts of heavy lifting, 2 couches, 2 beds, a dresser,etc. loaded and unloaded.  Humm, maybe it’s a two cup morning!

Gotta go buy a house!

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Week Four

Mission Get Moving

Week Three Wrap Up

This week was a very active one but I did not meet all of my goals.  I am learning what is realistic for me these days and some tricks to make sure I get done what I want to.

Four runs just did not happen.  I was really tired yesterday and Tate and I were at his mom’s house where the only run is a very hilly one.  I subbed in a 45 minute hilly fast walk and still got a good cardio session in.  One thing I learned from this is that I need to get my runs in early in the week.

Abs/arms was on the plan for 6 days but only 5 happened.  I am usually happy to hit the mat just before bed to squeeze out 50 push ups or a few sets of crunches but on Wednesday last week I was exhausted and had drank two glasses of wine.  Once again, it works best for me to start early.

I did three yoga routines last week, not the four scheduled, and they were excellent.  Same story, yoga works best for me if I do it first thing or close to it.

My interval workout

Mission Get Moving

Week Four (August 30-September 5)

I am already prepared for this week to be a doozy in many ways.  IF we buy this house in Charlottesville (we are still in negotiations!), we will close on Friday and start moving over the weekend.  My grandmother was admitted into the ICU yesterday and my mom is going to Pennsylvania Wednesday to see her.  My brother-in-law and his wife are having a baby any day now.  What a week it will be.  My plan of attack for Mission Get Moving is to get my workouts in early in the day and early in the week.  I can imagine that by this weekend I may exhausted and very busy.

  • 4 yoga sessions
  • 4 runs (long run at least 50 minutes)
  • 6 days arms/abs
  • Zumba/interval/cardio dvd

What’s on your workout schedule for the week?

When I am starting to drag this week I will look at this picture from the beach a few weeks ago.  How energized do I look?!

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