I have Shaun T to thank for realizing that I am neither fast nor agile. I completed the first four days of The Asylum, with yesterday being the first rest day. Today I had to go back into Speed and Agility. I feel confident that when this month is over, I'll be fairly well prepared for the obstacles of the Tough Mudder. Hopefully I'll be more prepared to start running too. These workouts are ridiculous.
Sorry I don't have pretty pictures or interesting things to say today. :-/
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Training
Ok, I'm here. Mostly. I'm trying to get back into a routine, but it hasn't happened quite yet. I just sort of go with the flow of each day. It will probably get better when Chad goes back to work.
I'm getting prepared for the Tough Mudder coming up in October. Chad and I have started Insanity: The Asylum. It's pretty hard core. It's harder than Insanity. I would say it's the hardest workout I've ever done. Each workout is 45 minutes to an hour and when it's done I'm ready to keel over. We've gotten pretty strict about our diets. We pretty much eat what the program suggests for each meal and make sure we get enough calories and protein.
Once these 30 days of The Asylum are over, we'll start running pretty hard core. I have a friend who wants to do the mudder with us and I'll need to help her train too, because she doesn't have any training experience. I'm getting really excited though. It's going to be such a great experience and such a challenge!
Well, I don't want to bore you and I don't have much more to say. Keep checking in for adventures in Tough Mudder training!
I'm getting prepared for the Tough Mudder coming up in October. Chad and I have started Insanity: The Asylum. It's pretty hard core. It's harder than Insanity. I would say it's the hardest workout I've ever done. Each workout is 45 minutes to an hour and when it's done I'm ready to keel over. We've gotten pretty strict about our diets. We pretty much eat what the program suggests for each meal and make sure we get enough calories and protein.
Once these 30 days of The Asylum are over, we'll start running pretty hard core. I have a friend who wants to do the mudder with us and I'll need to help her train too, because she doesn't have any training experience. I'm getting really excited though. It's going to be such a great experience and such a challenge!
Well, I don't want to bore you and I don't have much more to say. Keep checking in for adventures in Tough Mudder training!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Normalizing
Hello friends. I apologize for my prolonged absence from the blogging world. We went on vacation to visit my family in California and I was too busy catching up with them to do much blogging. If you want to catch some highlights, visit Chad's blog here. He blogged pretty consistently while we were there.
Being there made me realize how much I missed it. It was pretty hard to come back to West Virginia. I still feel like I haven't settled back into life here. It also doesn't help that work has been very slow and I've only been working a few hours a day, if at all. I'm getting over the jet lag and I feel very lethargic most of the time.
I've been staying up late and waking up late. It's certainly not helping me get back on track. My blogging might be a little sporadic for a while. Please bear with me as I try to get back to normal.
Being there made me realize how much I missed it. It was pretty hard to come back to West Virginia. I still feel like I haven't settled back into life here. It also doesn't help that work has been very slow and I've only been working a few hours a day, if at all. I'm getting over the jet lag and I feel very lethargic most of the time.
I've been staying up late and waking up late. It's certainly not helping me get back on track. My blogging might be a little sporadic for a while. Please bear with me as I try to get back to normal.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Preparing for Vacation
I don't think I'll have much time to blog later today, so I need to bust out a quick one before I go to work (for the last time for two weeks, huzzah!). I've been slacking on my blog all week because it's been SO INSANE at work. I've had a minimum of 6 appointments in a day all this week. I've been totally fried after that every day.
Today I need to get packed and ready to go to California for TWO WEEKS! I also need to finish up some cleaning around the apartment. Then, tomorrow, we head out to Columbus, OH. Chad has a friend who lives there with his wife and we'll be spending the day and night with them. They're going to take us to the airport Monday morning and let us leave our car at their place. That will be a big money saver for us. It's nice to have cool friends.
Monday (July 4th), we'll get to CA around 10am and go straight from there to my grandparents' house, where all my mom's side of the family will have a big get-together. I can't wait to see my family and spend the day swimming, lounging, and eating. I can't promise that everything I eat that day will be healthy since I'll have no control over it but, hey, sometimes that happens. I can't wait for the day when we can go back there for good. If only I had infinite money. :-P
So, between tomorrow and Monday be expecting plenty of tweets and twitpics. I probably won't get to blog again until Tuesday. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and happy Fourth of July!
Today I need to get packed and ready to go to California for TWO WEEKS! I also need to finish up some cleaning around the apartment. Then, tomorrow, we head out to Columbus, OH. Chad has a friend who lives there with his wife and we'll be spending the day and night with them. They're going to take us to the airport Monday morning and let us leave our car at their place. That will be a big money saver for us. It's nice to have cool friends.
Monday (July 4th), we'll get to CA around 10am and go straight from there to my grandparents' house, where all my mom's side of the family will have a big get-together. I can't wait to see my family and spend the day swimming, lounging, and eating. I can't promise that everything I eat that day will be healthy since I'll have no control over it but, hey, sometimes that happens. I can't wait for the day when we can go back there for good. If only I had infinite money. :-P
So, between tomorrow and Monday be expecting plenty of tweets and twitpics. I probably won't get to blog again until Tuesday. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and happy Fourth of July!
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