Fit with Ruthie

Our team did GREAT at our track meet this past weekend... Bottom three are pictures of my kidos running :) .. they are in the blue :) Had an amazing 4 mile run this morning .. the weather is BEAUTIFUL here today and the temps-wind was perfect. I also had a fun track practice where we did a bit of aerobics on the track with the kidos... it was a blast! :) Housework calling my name :) .. gotta run (tehehe) more later!

got a morning run in today :) I ran 2.5 miles outside and it was AMAZING outside! wind 2 mph and temp in low 50s. I loved it. I actually over dressed and my tummy started hurting (more on that later) so i headed home and finished another mile on the treadmill. The last mile on the mill was sprint work :) I felt great afterward . The photo above is after I finished my 101 pushups for today :) I did a set of 20, rest, 15 rest, 15 rest, 15 rest, 10 rest, 10 rest, 10 rest, 6 done :) for a total of 101. My arms are shot. but I can tell i am getting stronger. :) I am actually starting to LOVE pushups! (who thought that would ever happen!) I love the work of it, i love the cardio effect and i love the way its changing the look of my arms and yes.. my chest. :) as far as my tummy issue... yes.. i made homemade bbq pizza last night. I ate only one and half peices but that was enough cheese to make my tum tum not happy. So.... I am steadily getting use to the idea that cheese as well as milk are...

got new shoes today............. I know.. you are thinking.. DIDNT YOU JUST GET NEW SHOES?? well.. short of. I got new Ghosts as a gift and they were too big... right size but just too big.. weird... So... I just so happy to have a daughter that can have the too big shoes.... and today I went to the store and got these.......... BROOKS Defyance 2 I havent run in them yet.. just on the mill at the store but I love them so far! I have been having some pain in my right foot ball area.. i know cause i have been doing more speed work....but i am hoping this shoe will give me a bit extra cushion to help with that :) today is pushup day... my abs are sooooooo sore from that side stitch ab workout so i will rest them today :) might throw in some lunges between push ups.... UPDATE: 100 pushups done (10 sets of 10 yikes) then a fast 2 miler to test out the new shoes and I LOVE THEM new favorites for sure!!! :) sweet! things i heard on my run girls talking about new york the motor from a generato...

yeah.. one of my favorite sayings (thanks Bill Phillips :) its 918pm and i am just home from a 4 mile run. drippin sweat and stinky and red faces and destressed! I would love to chat about the run a bit longer but i have no time.. you see.... i need to get something to eat, shower and get to bed before tomorrow gets here......... I am happy i went.. but i am so wishing the days would start earlier (like the sun come up sooner) so i could go early in the morning....... progress..........and not missing feels good.

so. the whole coaching and training thing really really does get in the way of MY workouts.. but.. you know its not like i am NOT moving... but still.. i need to get in MY stuff.... tonight i didnt get on the mill until 9pm.....after a quick 1 mile with sprints.. i began some abwork.. in which i gave myself side stiches.. YES from abwork! ... that was when i was doing Crazy Frog hipups! .. ha.. doing you think i would ever develop a 6 pack? its doubtful because of baby belly skin.. but i am going to give it my best shot! ... miss my 3 and 5 mile run this weekend.. YIKES.. but got some mileage in with the half gang... I will just stick to my schedule .. with a 3 miler tomorrow.. (hopefully get up early in the morning and get it done!).. and then my 100 pushups is a must do! OH and on the coaching note... OH MY am i LOVING It! .. LOVE IT!... what a blessing it is to my life!!!! :) such great kids and such great woman training for the half! soo excited!

if you have read my blog for any time.. you know i threw out my scale a LONG time ago. I never weigh... and... i stopped measuring myself about a year and half ago. I do find measuring yourself is the BEST way to see if you are progressing... but I just stopped that too... relying on how my clothes fit to measure my progress. In September a week before i ran my marathon I bought two new pair of jeans. Size jr 9s, in the matter of two weeks i was having to belt them to keep them up. And for months now I can slide them off without unbuttoning them. I got so annoyed a few weeks ago i decided to go buy some jeans that fit. (I have fluctuated from a womens 6 and 4 depending on the brand of jean... for the past few months) .... I got jr 7s. .... not two weeks later.. i hate to belt those jeans! ... this morning i put on that same pair of jeans (7s) and put my belt on... At Christmas I could barely belt it in the first whole and it was tight.. today.... i was surprised to find i was able to...

I LOVE running in the rain! I do .. I really really do... I mean.. I LOVE running.. and then to add rain to it... wow! Its almost as good as running in the snow .. it MIGHT be a tie in my book... but i think i like ran better cause its warm and cool at the same time :) did close to 3 miles tonight which is what i am spose to do.. jogged a bit with the kids at track (about 10 mins) and then after track came home really fast and dropped the kids off with Daddy and left to try to run in the rain. It rained wonderfully on us during track practice.. but once i got home and back out.. it had stopped.. I did have fun in the puddles though :) good grief.... i still step back and think "what is this thing i have become"... I use to use every excuse... too hot, too cold, too wet, to windy..... but now that i love running for running and not because I want to "get skinny" now that I love it for my metal and spiritual wellbeing and not just because my clothes are tight, now tha...