Almost done with the HBBC challenge, and with all of the holidays!  Hoping to find some time in the next couple of weeks to make this blog a bit more interesting, even if it is just an exercise for myself!

Looking forward to starting 13 in 13 on Tuesday with a virtual 5k/Resolution Run!

HBBC By The Numbers

 

December 24 to 30, 2012

 

Monday

4.25 miles
3 hours cooking/cleaning for holiday

Facebook Check-in

Fruits & Veggies

Total Points:  12.25

Tuesday
45 minutes strength (J. Michaels No More Trouble Zones)
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  5.3

Wednesday
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  1

Thursday
6.25 miles
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  8.25

Friday
15 minutes strength (arms)
1 hour power yoga with Bob Harper
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  7

Saturday
10.59 mile run
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  12.59

Sunday
Rest Day!
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  2

Total for week:  48.39

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

HBBC By The Numbers

December 17-23, 2012


Monday
5.5 mile run
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  7.5

Tuesday
20 minutes strength training
Fruits & Veggies
Facebook Check-in
Total points:  3

Wednesday
4 mile run
Facebook Check-in
Total points:  5

Thursday
1.25 mile run
WOW #5
15 minute core workout
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  6.25

Friday
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  2

Saturday
8.25 mile run
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  10.25

Sunday
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  2

Total Points for Week:   36

I think I'll map this out a little differently this week and break it down by day...

 

HBBC By The Numbers

December 10-16, 2012

Monday

4.25 mile run

Facebook Check-in

Fruits & Veggies

Total Points:  6.25

 

Tuesday

45 minutes strength training

WOW #4

Facebook Check-in

Fruits & Veggies

Total Points:  6

 

 

Wednesday

5 mile incline run

Facebook Check-in

Fruits & Veggies

Total Points:  7

Thursday
REST!
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  2

Friday
7 mile run and .5 mile walk
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total points:  9.5

Saturday
Facebook Check-in
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  2

Sunday
Fruits & Veggies
Total Points:  1

Total for week:  33.75
 

Kalamazoo River Valley Trail

Just wanted to post a picture of one of my favorite local places to run, the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail out by the nature center. The weather was cool and sunny - perfect for the 7 miles on the schedule today! Now on to wrapping and some holiday baking!

I just posted my weekly HBBC results and I'm quite excited about the difference in points from the previous two weeks.  Training for the half marathon in February really pumped things up!  Here is the run down:

HBBC By The Numbers

December 3 - 9, 2012

Runs: 4 (total 21.45 miles)
Strength and/or Core Workouts: 2 (1.5 hours)

WOW:  1

Fruits/Veggie Servings: 6 days
Facebook Posts: 7

Total HBBC Points: 41.45

Kalamazoo Run Through the Lights 5k

Last night my 9 year old daughter Maggie and I went to downtown Kalamazoo for their annual "Run Through The Lights" 5k.  This is an untimed race put on by Gazelle Sports (one of the top 4 running stores in the nation apparently) to collect food for the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission.

My GPS seemed a bit off but I think it took us about 40 minutes to run the race (the most beautiful part was passing through Bronson Park and the myriad of lights at the end).  The weather was perfect (dry and not too cold) and it was so much fun to see all the people that had donned festive costumes for the event.

The best part of the race was running it with Maggie of course.  We started running together back in the spring when I was an assistant coach for her Girls on the Run team.  She HATED running at that point, and was always crying and moaning at me that she wanted to walk, and how she was hurting, in her usual drama queen fashion.  The 5k at the end was even that way (although to be fair it was 98 degrees out that day and miserable, although running was better than standing around in Waldo Stadium at WMU for an hour and a half waiting to begin - heat reflects very nicely off of astro turf).

That attitude seemed to have changed when we did the Turkey Trot 5k on Thanksgiving Day.  Maggie was so cute with her self talk - "this is not going to kill me,"  "I can make it through this pain," "I CAN run this whole thing."  And she did!  Even when her brother caught up to us and I had to walk with him for a while, she kept jogging slowly in front of us and literally ran the whole race.

The same was true last night, although I think it hurt her a little more than she let on.  I kept encouraging her to walk when she said that her ankle was hurting, but she was determined to just keep going.  So I slowed down to a walk for part of the race and held her hand (well, we always hold hands when we run right now) while she slowly jogged along.  The only time she would stop was to pick up fallen jingle bells (if she could get them without being run over) along the race course.

And as we approached the finish line..."Let's GO Mommy!"  And we did.  :)

My first post!

Wow - my first blog post.  I really don't have that much to write about - I decided to start blogging because I find myself involved in a number of online fitness challenges, and most of the other participants are blogging about those experiences.  So I'm jumping on the band wagon and we'll see how this goes!

I'm currently on week three of the Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge, and it is my first week of a twelve week training program to get me ready for the Princess Half Marathon at Walt Disney World on February 24th. 

That's it for now - just wanted to get things rolling.  Hopefully I'll find something to make this more interesting for anyone that happens to read this thing!