Fit with Ruthie

just finished 4 miler. have to go now and cook supper for the family. will post more tomorrow :) was a great run! I love the nikeplus app... just realized it has fastest and slowest pace.... my slowest? when I stopped to stretch 24 min 13 sec LOL (and forgot to press pause).. my fastest tonight? 7 min 56 sec. ... got some goals for 2011 i will share next time! happy running!

Have a Merry Christmas Run!!!  Had a great COLD but great 2.5 miler today... I wanted to run farther but my tummy didnt co-0perate... YES>. it was Christmas eve and yes I watch a movie and ate popcorn and candy.... and yes it was fun and yes thats why my stomach was mad at me :) and YES... I am doing it again today.. because today is Christmas and I get to eat whatever I wanna :) even if it'll mess my tummy up :) ... so there! So.. back to the great run. yes it was COLD... close to freezing... ice on the ground and a wind a blowin... but i was excited to get out and try my new brooks running pants I bought last week.... this shot I have just the tights on... I have another pair I took off when I got home that are looser that go on top :)... I loved them! :) the Jacket is adidas  and it was GREAT! so.. have yourself a Merry Christmas!!! I am off to finish watching the King and I with the family and then we will go see Christmas lights and drink homemade wassel --ak...

Dec 21st run in 70 degree weather! woowhoo! FINALLY! a run to make me remember why I live running so much! 4.5 miler done! It wasn't my fastest, it wasnt anywhere close to where I was before I went galavanting across the southwest... but it was 4.5 miles!!! :) and it FELT GOOOOOOOD! woowhoo! I felt bad all day yesterday and didnt figure it out until about 730pm that it was my blood sugar URGH.. when when I get this all figured out. ???  I thought I had eaten enough carbs yesterday but I guess my body though differently. Such a balancing act...... On the foods update... I tried some Udi's bread last night and it was really good.  I also had a friend bring over some starter to make some gluten free homemade bread so hopefuly i can have some for Christmas day :) Hubby still not well, the water heater  which was leaking is now replaced (he and his dad  did it eventhough they both felt bad :( ... now to get cause up on laundry folding and OH YEAH we hav...

hard to post with sickness in the house. the boys are better... now its the hubby.

Well.. sorry for no 12 days of Christmas post yesterday. I had to teach at co-op and with that plus my 11 year old with broken arm/casting appointment and also having a virus on top of that.... ugh.. its been a crazy few days!! A cold front came through and its cold out today... I really reallly need to reset my mental game plan for this winter. Going to sunny California and then back here to cold Texas kinda put a damper on my wanting to run outside. But... i will get it back.... just have to get the right mind set. :) I am ready for my new running pants to come in so I can be excited about well... new running pants LOL ha. I plan on 3 miles at least today... even if it has to be on the treadmill... I will post after my run! :) (and today's 12 days of Christmas too!) hope to get to the health food store today.... gluten free stuff and vit c  :) UPDATE....... I got a 2 miler in.. not 3 but close :) I also did abwork and legs.... feeling sore already so thats good. We...

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves And a Partridge in a Pear Tree. In our verse today the 3 French Hens refers to Faith, Hope and Charity.  Spiritual We have one scripture for today.... 1 Corinthians 13: 1-8 This is from The Message The Way of Love   1 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 2 If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing. 3-7 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.    Love never gives up.    Love cares more for others than for self.    Love doesn't want what it doesn'...

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... 2 Turtle Doves And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.   The image of the turtle dove, are a grouping of birds which pigeons and doves belong too. But for part of today's challenge I couldnt resist using the turtle as an example :) Spiritual In our song today the "2 Turtle Doves" represent the Old and New Testament. So today we have scripture from both.   Isaiah 53   1 Who has believed our message    and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,    and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,    nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,    a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces    he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.   ...

oh man. LEAD thats what I felt like today L E A D but dispite my leadness I was determined to run 2miles is all I could muster... I never felt good... but time did pass quickly on the treadmill thanks to netflix and Torchwood.. a BBC show i just started watching.. not sure about it... but will give it a go. After my run I did lots and lots of abs... leg  lifts, side leg lifts and planks... enough to feel sore a few hours later.. to tomorrow should be interesting. have had sleeping issues because of not on the right time... as my husband said "we have car lag" ha also.. having low blood pressure issues and actually go dizzy when jogging at track practice today :(.. so tomorrow is a increase my water intake kinda day.... :) happy i got my lead out and worked it even if it was on the treadmill. :) OH and I did my 1 days of the 12 days of Christmas Challenge.. did you? :) and by the way... found this on my gluten intolerance search

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... A Partridge in a Pear Tree. Today we will begin our 12 Day challenge with the first verse of the song. Spiritual For our Spiritual connection we will begin with "my true love". To begin this section read the passages below and think about how wonderful the love of the Heavenly Father is for you today! 1 John 3   1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Romans 5 Peace and Hope   1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we [ a ] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we [ b ] boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we [ c ] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, charact...

I am issuing the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge. Starting tomorrow (Monday 12-13) I will be completing workout/health/nutrition tasks that correlate with the song 12 days of Christmas.  It might be run a mile or 2 or eat a fruit or do something else fun and exciting. The Goal is to finish the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge and enjoy Christmas Day knowing you have accomplished the task of making it through Ruthie's 12 Days of Christmas Challenge. Be sure and check out my blog everyday to see what your 12 Days of Christmas Challenge will be that day :) Ho Ho Ho.. Here we go! :)

Thats short for RUN UPDATE :) Just back from a 2.24 miler.....OMGOOODNESSS I have lost soooo much endurance in only 2 weeks. I havent felt lungs burnin like that in YEARS... I mean Y E A R S . wowzer. The choice to not run while on vacation was a good one mentally and while I think it will be a good one physically... today sure didnt feel like it. What taking a break does to a runner is to really push ya back a bit doesnt it? wether its by choice or by injury... that "starting over" feeling is something that puts a fire in my hat. Gets my brain a going... takes me up a notch to be more determined and more fired up to get back what I lost plus some. I gave nike+ gps for iphone app for a try today (hubby gave me iphone as early Christmas gift) ... It worked GREAT! I loved no sensor to mess with... it works with GPS and I can run anywhere and it will map it out on my phone afterwards i can post it to fb or twitter (not on twitter) and also  join in on the nike+ website. I ...

Ah.. so very nice to be home. I learned a few things while traveling. I love road trips, I missed my life :) It was strange to be in places where we didnt know anyone. It was GREAT to see my kids be together so much and having so much fun! :) It was frustrating to no be able to eat what I "wanted". Gluten free transition is more emotional than I thought it would be and again I am finding emotional and psychological addictions I am needing to break away from. This gluten free thing, as frustrating as it is for me is something I am determined to do. I have lived most my life with stomach aches. Traveling in the past was a dreadful experience because of my stomach aches.  But to go to a Dairy Queen when traveling and having to buy tacos instead of a burger?? That's just not right LOL.  But to get in the car after eating and not having to rush to find a bathroom 45 mins to 2 hours later is NICE :) So, here I am trying to live a mostly sugar free and gluten free lifestyl...

wow.. this is the longest i have gone without a workout since I had issues with my back almost 2 years ago! Vacation has been good but wozer i miss my running. we have done a LOT of walking ... about 5 hours of walking yesterday in vegas... and the day before lots of walking at the beach in La Jolla (mission beach)... but walking isnt the same when you are a runner. Its been a good break mentally and physically i guess... the desire to get back to my non-vacation life :) we go to the grand canyon tomorrow then a 12 hour drive to New Mexico... and home this weekend :) Oh man.. eating has been mostly good. I did give in to a realllly good hamburger at this joint when we were in San Diego. "it will be ok" Just have the burger... the buns were so gooooood... bakery fresh... awesome burger............ but... it was the wrong decision. Stomach ache galore. HATED it. So frustrating. good news is... since then and only then no more tummy aches.... this transition to glute...

on the way "home" from the grocery store with fruit and some gluten free bread products in my pack :) Oh how I have missed bread. You see I am someone who use to eat a whole loaf of garlic bread by myself on my "free day" when I did body for life. Yummy buttery bread. I have missed you. Since doing the gluten free thing I have avoided buying bread. Mainly because all I could find was 7 dollars a loaf! and that was a mini loaf :( . It just seemed too pricey. I would just not eat it. Its been almost 3 weeks since my last peice of ''real" bread. I have had moments (brief) of missing it. Lately, on our trip I have been missing it a lot. mostly cause we are doing sandwiches for lunch every day. Everyone else has bread and I have lettuce wraps.  In reality I cannot see living my whole life without bread. I have gluten free bread mix at home... but I didnt make it before we left on vacation. so today. We went for a walk I needed to get some fruit...