ZOMBIES ATE MY NEIGHBORS!!!! What a life change...NOW and THEN...

Zombies????   Yeah, read the blog and you will understand!!!!

I saw this list on fat girl iron man journey blog, I really thought it good.  And asked if I could "copy" the list for my own blog.....But I just thought I would change the list up to fit my life a little more... Thanks Laura for the original list...

• Now: You think 1 workout in a day is a '"DAY OFF"

• Then: Used to be a workout to go downstairs and get laundry
• Now: You look forward to the next training session to beat what you did the day before

• Then: Work was the next training station
• Now: You smell like chlorine no matter WHAT you do

• Then: Did not own a bathing suit
• Now: You forget how to drink from a cup, no squeeze top, no workie

• Then:  Dunkin Extra Extra Extra 
• Now: You have everything with you to shower at all times

• Then: Would never shower at a gym, did not go to a gym
• Now: You always have 3-4 pair of shoes with you at all times (bike, run, shower, work)

• Then: well shoes I have always have..but not bike or run....
• Now: You are constantly charging gadgets (phone, Garmin, HR monitors, GP)

• Now: OK always had gadgets...
• Now: You check your workout 'stats' 3x a day

• Then: Yeah OK 3 x a year!
• Now: You get excited when you see a workout gear sale, but can't figure out when you can get there

• Then:  Shopping and Sales:  OK so I have always done this but not for gear...junk food and restaurants and potato chips
• Now: You offer to 'run' to the hardware store, but then realize you have to carry the items back in your POCKET

• Then:  used to be quoted "Run, what is that?"
• Now: You have a designated dresser (or room) for your workout / race gear

• Then: My work out gear was couch and remote
• Now: Your bikes lives in the living room( or in some case your bed)

• Then: had not had bike in years....
• Now: Your bike is worth more than your car

• Then: See above
• Now: Your house is a disaster

• Then:  OK that has not changed either, just out moving instead of sitting in front of TV or Computer
• Now: You have 3x as much laundry than anyone else in the house



• Then: Had 8 outfits a week...Work (7) and PJ's (1)
• Now: Your spouse forgets who you are

• Then:  Couch Potatoes together
• Now: Your dogs forgets who you are

• Then: Couch Potato # 3
• Now: The neighbors think you got a divorce because your car is always there, but you aren't

• Then:  I had Neighbors????  Never went out to find out!

This weeks workouts WERE AWESOME!!!!!!

Count: 7 Activities

Distance: 65.50 mi

Time: 8:58:57 h:m:s

Avg Speed: 7.2 mph

Avg HR: 132 bpm

Avg Run Cadence: 81 spm

Avg Bike Cadence: 59 rpm

Calories: 4,742 C

Race Day Prep...

Coach Tara asked us to do this for one of our mental race day preps... so I put in my race plans and thought  hey why not blog it as well!!!! So this is how my big race and the evening before will go June 15 and June 16!!!!

 Friday Evening go to hotel....triple check I have everything I will need for race day..Have a cup of Coffee and GO TO BED,,,,Yes I drink coffee a lot.( coffee is my substitute for ADHD meds)....even right before going to bed... Sleep??  those of you who know me...will know that that my brain never seems to stop and I do not sleep much and even when i do sleep it is never more then a couple of hours at a time.... is not something I do well even on a GREAT NIGHT!!!! go to bed around 930 or 10 pm...sleep an hour or two get up go potty...midnight go back to bed for and try to go back to sleep...2 am sleep till 430 when ...

...Alarm goes off...PANIC!!!!!   where am I ??  Oh yeah,   a hotel.....What time is it>>>>   430 AM Oh OK I did not over sleep.   roll out of the bed and go potty....COFFEEEEE,,,,,, peanut butter on a round...Get dressed.. shorts, heart rate mnrt, garmin watch, FLIP FLOPS!!!!   drink water....another coffee!   another water...    go potty....again!

Double check transition bag and bike... wet suit, goggles, timing chip, helmet, bike pump, sunblock, GU, Fruit squeezes,,, Cera drink water bottles, running shoes, change of clothes for after the race....plus a dozen other things I will bring with me just in case.

Drive to race..check in....set up bike and gear for the day...sip on coffee and water....have another round but with cream cheese instead.... find friends and hang out till almost race time.

GO POTTY AGAIN!!!

Wiggle into wet suit...waddle like a stuffed penguin...to the start line....gun goes off,,,hit water and swim, bi lat breathing and swim  chest press and swim and do it all over a million times,,,,,

Out of the water...trot to bike stripping off wet suit as I go....put on bike helment and shoes and sun glasses...switch garmin to bike... pedal  drink pedal  drink pedal,eat  drink  pedal eat drink round one: done round two YEAH... eat drink pedal eat drink pedal....56 miles down....

Drop off PIPPY and change shoes and grab Garmin off bike and put back on watchband...put on running belt and shoes...walk, trot, run, walk, trot, run, drink...eat....trot, walk, run...trot, trot, trot, run, walk, run...   13.1 MILES!!!!! FINISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SMILE...HUGS>>>JOY>>>PRIDE ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!!  WATER, BEER, POTATO CHIPS!!!!!!!!  LOTS of POTATO CHIPS!!!  ( my food addiction: can you tell?)

I will be saying: 

You did what??? A total of 69 Miles in 48 hours!!

"What? Are you nuts?You did what?"... is what one of my coworkers said to me this morning. I was talking to a group of co workers about what we did this weekend and how great the New England weather was for being outside on Saturday and Sunday.  So I repeated what I had just said:  I did a total of 69 miles of physical activity in about 48 hours.

It started on Friday evening around 5 pm with a 1500 yards swim at the Cranston YMCA... FRI Swim

Then of course off to Bar 101 with Sparky and Hubby for dinner and drinks (did not count those into the mileage though!)...Our favorite Local Bar...
 

Saturday:  Sparky is at the house, in Johnston RI,  by 615 am....we packed up Sliver Bullet (the Jeep) with all of our gear and Bikes..got gas and was on the road for 8 am to headed to the Patriots Bike course, In Freetown, MA.  In 1: 48 riding time and 1:58 total time we covered 28 miles....(I dropped a chain and we were trying to following directions on a map).  Not too bad..I thought it would be much worse then it was....SO after the ride we did a short 30 minute run, I got just 3 miles in!!!!
Saturday Patriots ride......Run after ride

After The brick, we headed to Narragansett RI.  We were meeting  a couple of friends for lunch.  Of course we were there a little early so we decided to walk the Narragansett Beach...2+ more miles there..  So we had lunch at Crazy Burger in Narragansett...

Sunday was the RIDA 5K.. 2012 it was the 4th year in a row for me to do this race...The RIDA 5k was the first official race I ever did in my life in 2008.  

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Thank you to Sue and her team that does a great job every year,,,, And first time I got to run outside in shorts and summer running top...(running bra, for those of you who do not know what one of those are!)








I had talked to Leslie the day before and decided I would try the Patriots course all over again!!!  Yeah twice in 26 hours, I figured for the race I was going to have to do it twice to get the full 56 miles!

Met Leslie up there around 130 and we headed out...at about mile 2 I realized I left my phone on the front seat of the Jeep (that had no doors on it...ALMOST time to go TOPLESS on Silver Bullet!)  Back to the Jeep and started the route all over again....Warm Up!.

One hour and 44 minutes later we made it back to the cars...Patriots bike route on Sunday

So the total count for the Friday 4-13/5 pm to Sunday 4-15/430pm and a  2 mile walk on the beach!!!

Count:	6 Activities
Distance:	67.64 mi
Time:	5:30:33 h:m:s
Avg Speed:	12.3 mph
Avg HR:	142 bpm
Avg Run Cadence:	87 spm
Avg Bike Cadence:	31 rpm
Calories:	3,168 C

Not to shabby for a almost 44 year old Grandma!!!!!!   Feeling a little sore in a few particular areas of my body though,,,,but not a bad sore but a good I worked hard and accomplished a lot this weekend feeling!

WHAT CAN YOU DO????

Great Swim, Not so Good Run, Awesome Ride

Well I hope everyone enjoyed their respective Holiday Weekend.  For those of you who are either Jewish or Christian.  I hope either way it was a beautiful time for fellowship, good food and times with your family  & friends.

I had a productive weekend.  Friday Evening...took in a small trot of about 4 miles, even though the Garmin said 3 (I was wiping the running nose) and turned off my Garmin at about mile 2 and did not notice it till about mile three.  But it was still a good run.  It was an interval run after a few minutes warming up running almost all out for 2 minutes then recovery run for two minutes x 3, then a tempo run for a mile then a nice jog home.  Later that evening went to McDermott Pool with Melissa and Leslie..and swam about 1800 or so yards...Even with all the toys in the world I still can not keep count of laps in the pool.  The SWEET thing was the pool was warm...Thank God!!! But by the time we were done swimming there was a warm fog raising out of the water..almost eerie...

Saturday was the Jamestown Bridge 10K.,,,,,BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!  Little chilly to start, but nice.  My First mile was AWESOME!!!!  did it is 8:18... Yahoo.. then the tummy started to gurgle....OH NO!!!  By the time I got to mile 3.5 I was walking and praying to find a spot in the woods....But nope did not find any...By the time I was back on the bridge and coming over the other side of it I was just praying to make it off the bridge before getting sick.  it was cold and windy on the bridge going back and most of you know I have a fear of bridges...running this race last year started the winning battle of defeating that fear!!!!  About 400 or 500 yards left of the bridge, a GREAT FRIEND!!!  Dianne, stopped to encourage me to finish the race with her, I think when she saw the distress in my face she knew I was not feeling well.  She walked to the end of the bridge with me and was my "look out" while I was hiding int he bushes under the bridge....THANK YOU DIANNE!!!!  Enough of the GROSS stuff...  Back to the run....Dianne and I walked a little more, then my gut started to feel better and we jogged the last .2 miles or to the finish line.


Still trying to figure out why I had a sick gut that morning, maybe it was because I was running int eh AM for the first time in months, been running in the afternoon and at night since December?.  Maybe it was cause I had not taken my anti-acid med?  I had not changes my diet that morning or the night before, So who knows...  BUT I FINISHED...a little slower then I wanted especially starting out with such a great first mile.... official time was 1hr17minutes45 seconds....for 6.2 miles....

Split	Time	Distance	Avg Pace
Summary	1:17:45.0	6.31	12:15
1	8:18.4	1.00	8:18
2	10:39.1	1.00	10:39
3	10:32.1	1.00	10:32
4	13:35.8	1.00	13:36
5	12:54.4	1.00	12:54
6	18:20.1	1.00	18:20
7	3:25.1	0.31	11:03

Jamestown Bridge 10K 4-7-2012

Sunday was EASTER!!!   Happy Easter,,, THE LORD IS RISEN!   Thank you JESUS!

Got up early, Melissa meet me at my house we packed up the "Girls" (the bikes) into the jeep and headed to Seekonk to meet Robi Ann, Helen, Kelly and Wendy...We did 40 miles in 3:02..What a great workout...and PIPPY was AWESOME!!!!  Even though there were not any BIG hills there were several long rollers and a couple of steep ones  and one or two really NICE DOWN HILLS....  

Here is the route and the ride:  Happy Easter with a 40 Mile Ride!!!  

So after that I weekend, I had no issues eating a piece of cheesecake (sugar free of course) made by my In-Laws for dessert after dinner at their house and having a glass of wine....

Cause I can NOW......Is why I do it!!!!!   SO can YOU!!!!!!!!

Give the girl the RIGHT BIKE and she will CONQUER the world!

Today was Pippy's first time out on the road!   She handled so well....AFTER..I relearned to balance myself on the bike.  It is so amazing how much difference there is in the ride between my two bikes.  So like the picture above...Give the girl the RIGHT BIKE and she will CONQUER the world! I rode 35 miles with Sparky today...it was a great ride and a bit chilly!!!!

Last week I had a swim workout with  COACH TARA!  I am learning to Bi Lat breath and concentrating on my form and stroke.I feel like I am getting better but I do not have them all quite down to a perfect to do them all at the same time....Tara video taped me practicing...

.Tomorrow is a SWIM TT....1000 yards..... and Tuesday will be a BIKE TT...I am so excititd it is only 75 days till 70.3 miles of FUN!!!!

This next picture is for my HUBBY, David, YOU ARE AWESOME....and HAPPY BDAY.....

 David got a new Tattoo this weekend for his Bday...I love it...

This week should be pretty busy...ONE month till The 2012 Rhode Island Obesity Symposium...Working on finishing up all the details....Weight Loss Success Striders Monthly meeting. 

And some great training....

This weeks update on my training results from the GARMIN Since Jan 29, 2012

Count: 57 Activities

Distance: 312.26 mi

Time: 41:06:37 h:m:s

Avg Speed:       7.6 mph

Avg HR: 138 bpm

Avg Run Cadence: 85 spm

Avg Bike Cadence: 77 rpm

Calories: 20,051 C

Not too bad for a Former FAT CHICK!

GO OUT there and DO IT!!!!!  Cause YOU CAN!