A breath of fresh air

I did the circuit work out.  One minute of plank, sumo squats, superman, shoulder front raises and side raises, v-twist (abs), and forearm squeezes 3 times each.  Then I did a few more minutes of abs: reverse crunch, leg lifts, bicycle, holding the V, and side planks.

I ran on my in-laws treadmill.  I did one minute intervals of 6-7-8-9 intensity again and again.  Near the end I did a couple 10's.  I had a good time.  I watched Serena Williams's advance to the finals at Wimbeldon.

While on the treadmill, I thought about some things I want to put on my "100 things to do before I die" or my bucket list or whatever you want to call it.  (I don't have an official list.)

Take tennis lessons

Play in a women's tennis league

Take swimming lessons to improve my freestyle

Compete in a half-iron man

Be in a women's golf league

Win the Idaho Women's Golf State Amatuer

Compete in the National Public Links Golf Tournament

I jumped rope again.  Same work out as last time.  I wonder if the high knees bother my back.  Or maybe it's the extra abs I'm doing.  My lower back isn't feeling so great.

I ran during "the heat of the day" as my mom would say.  This run went better during my last 3 pm run when Lars told me my face looked purple.  I kept more to the shade.

I did yoga today to see if that could help my back.  I worked up a pretty good sweat during the first half.  I didn't realize I was sore in my quads.  When I was finished I felt more balanced--more together.

I'm off to do my five minutes of abs.  I'm 4 for 5 so far this month. I think I might have over done some of the workout.  I'm going to keep it simple tonight.

I figured out where the back pain is coming from... doing high knees during jumping.  So today I stuck with normal jumping and running in place.  Felt good.  And hopefully my back will feel better soon.

Did my 5 minutes of abs.

5 minutes of abs. That's it.

5 minutes of abs

I got up early and ran!!  The air felt so good and cool.  I ran down the road that goes along the bench.  There were a lot of fun houses to look at--unique and at least 20 or 30 years old.  Turns out this road dead ends into the sidewalk that leads down to the bike path!  Mystery solved!  I was wondering what road connected that sidewalk.  And now I know!

With my new knowledge, I can also create some fun loop routes.

I got up early again! Will and I ran the newly discovered bike path/neighborhood loop.  However, the run wasn't as fun as it might have been... the jogging stroller had a flat.  Luckily it was just the front tire, so Will and I could still go.  I ran the three miles trying not to put any pressure on that tire.  My arms got a good workout.

5 minutes of abs

Yeah!! Back on the wagon!

I am determined to get as many runs as possible while it's still light before seven.

Today was successful.  I definitely want to add a bit on to my run.  I want to run 3 or 3.5.  But, right now I'm happy that I'm waking up and getting the run in.  I want to keep this up and get up to six days a week.  Right now I'd love 4 days a week.

Played volleyball tonight.  It was fun to run a few steps here and there.  I enjoyed digging the serves.

5 minutes of abs.