Insanity

It's been 9 weeks since baby boy Deckland was born and I decided it was high time I start kicking my butt back in shape. I started teaching Saturday and have 3 days a week that I teach, but I wanted to do more, without bringing my new baby to the gym more than needed. Here's where Insanity comes in. Generally it's a 6 day a week routine, but I figure teaching 2 spin classes and 1 lifting class a week, I could skip those days!

Here are my starting stats:
Oct 31, 2011
Weight: 133
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 36
Bum: 38.5
Left thigh: 23
Right thigh: 23
Left Calve: 14.5
Right Calve: 14.5

Monday I did my first Fit Test. Holy cow that was harder than I expected, and I was sore the next day! Here is the week's workouts:

Monday: Fit Test--Time: 30 min--220 Calories
Tuesday: Spin--Time: 60 min--600 Calories
Bootcamp--Time: 60 min--500 Calories
Wednesday: Body Works--Time: 60 min--350 Calories
Thursday: Plyo Cardio Circuit--Time: 45 min--330 Calories
Friday: Cardio Power and Resistance--Time: 45 min--350 Calories

Tomorrow I teach spin, and then Sunday I'll take off and start the program again on Monday! I'm kind of torn on if I really like it or not. It's hard but not exactly what I expected. I'm intrigued to get through all the videos, and give it a few more weeks to see if I'm getting any results. Here's to hoping!

What to do?

The registration for the 2011 MS 150 opens up on Wednesday and I'm at a complete loss of what to do. I would LOVE to do it again. I really would. It was so challenging yet rewarding even though I really hated it multiple times during the whole event. My problem is, we want to get pregnant again. So, if I do get pregnant, I wouldn't really be wanting to ride that far. If I don't get pregnant, I'll be super mad that I missed out on doing it. It's not an event to sign up for last minute either thanks to the money you HAVE to raise (oh yeah, and registration closes after so many people sign up). It really did take me 5 months to raise the dough this year. I already have a team I would ride with again too. Ugh! I just don't know. There are other MS rides throughout the summer also, that I guess I could join in on depending on what happens. I hate putting my life on hold on the chances that something may or may not happen.

Race for the Cure

The start (at the end!) We were totally in downtown Houston, which was really cool! I usually avoid this area best I can, but running in it was definitely an awesome experience!
Me getting ready to start! Thankfully I was close to the front, but we still didn't get off at a quick pace!
Getting ready to start. Check out all the people and the beauty of a sunrise in a ridiculously large city! (For those of you who do not know, from left to right we have Marnie, Monika, then myself.)

For years, I've had the goal of running in the Race for the Cure. Thanks to the motivation of Marnie and Monika in the branch--this year I actually did it! The event is crazy! This year there were about 35,000 people who signed up. Some for the family fun walk, the competitive run, the non-competitive run (that was me!) and then the rest to walk (Marnie and Monika!). Most participants were there in honor of someone. We were there for Sister Walker from the Branch.

For me, the race was slow, but the crowd was so crazy, I don't think I could have run much faster! It wasn't a bad route at all, only a 5k, and there were drinks and bathrooms at every mile. At a couple of points of the run we crossed paths with the competitive runners, and then near the end we passed all the walkers. The finish line was nothing amazing for us regular folk, but they had a survivor lane lined with cheering people that was great to watch!

I met up with Bret (Marnie's hubby) at the end of my race and we backtracked up the path to meet up with Marn and Monika and walk the last bit with them. It was cool to once again be surrounded by people doing something for a great cause! This disease has impacted so many peoples lives, and I loved being involved with something to help out!

I'll be honest, I'm totally hooked on these races/rides! Hmm . . . what should I do next?

Pioneer Day 5K

I ran my first 5k with my best friend Kalle Reynolds! It was in St. Anthony, Idaho and I was totally worried about the altitude difference but it was great! I ran it in record time thanks to my attempt to keep up with Kalle and ran it in 30 min 41 sec! I was averaging a 12 minute mile, so running it so fast was more than I could ever dream! Now I can mark it off my list of "to do's"!

I DID IT!

I did it! I finished my first tri! I'm still so excited and happy about it I could burst! I was #168 out of #500 based off of swim time. In the scheme of things, this really doesn't mean much if you are a fast bike rider or runner. Check out the results here.
Yeah, my swim outfit is quite astounding. My swim time was 6:41, which is lower than I was timing it during practice!
I'm not much of a runner, but my bike time was descent, averaging about 18mph-making it about a 39 minute ride. I thought I wanted to hurl by the time I hit the pavement in my running shoes, but still averaged under a 12 minute mile (which is my average!).
My lovely glamor shot. I placed 22 in my age group, and 105 overall in my gender (not including the Athena group). I'm quite pleased with my results! I wanted to finish under 1 1/2 hours, which I did with a total time of 1 hour and 25 minutes! I figure if I want to improve on my overall, my running would be the first thing. I had a lot of fun though! I definitely want to do it again!

Tomorrow!

I can't believe my first tri is tomorrow! I'm totally freaking out, but trying to stay calm. I'm number 168 so I'll have to wait awhile, but still have a whole lotta people behind me. My goals are simple:

Swim: about 7 minutes
Ride: 40 minutes
Run: less than 35 minutes

If I can do the whole thing in under 1 1/2 hours, I'll be happy! Let me restate that; If I actually do the whole thing and actually do it (run the whole time, mainly), I'll be happy! I am excited though! My transitions will no doubt be slow and I'll probably look like a lost puppy, but you've gotta have your firsts to improve on, right?

It's Getting Close!

These pass couple of weeks I've been focusing on my running and I'm proud to say I can now run 3 miles! Tonight I think I did my all time best running a straight up 3 miles in 31.5minutes. I have felt the need to puke since then, but what can you do! I did a practice tri tonight with running, then teaching my spin class, then going to the pool and swimming laps. It's a downer swimming at the actual pool because I was rockin' a 6 min 300m, and now I'm closer to a 7 min 300m which is what my original time was. I did get it down to about a 6 min 50 sec, but I doubt I'll get any closer to my goal. Oh well. At least I know I can hack each event! Jon and I changed my bike tire tonight--an adventure in and of itself. I need to pick up some more tubes. I think I may be out. Well, I should have one more. The race is on Sunday, I pick up my race pack on Thursday, and I'm already nervous! At least swimming I've met a lot of people doing this for the first time too!