Fit with Ruthie

back home after vacation up at 515 for 6am track practice happy we are back and early morning practices are here! I have lots of pics to share from my run at the forest we camped at but that will have to wait until later today :) we are off and running!

Its about 10 day until our 20th wedding ann. and yesterday I found the perfect black dress to wear to celebrate :) See my DD holding up for me so I can take a photo of it for you to see :) Happy and surprised to report its a size 4..... of course all of you know when you go dress shopping we never know what size we will end up in. Some dresses i wore a 6 and one an 8 was too small ... (go figure)..... BUT... THIS DRESS is a 4. .... so ... i say I will embrace it as my size .... ha . Now to find some great shoes to go with it. I want some HIGH HEELS! ... I have a thing for those you know... and now that I run all the time.. my legs and feet are happy in them too :) I am thinking a color... Like red or hot pink.... OR MAYBE I should go with black... what do YOU think?? :) . on the workout front... 100 pushups followed by abwork after a bit of a swim workout (but without getting my hair wet).. ha... i did tricept work and some abs in the pool :) arms.... JELLO abs too. only 10 days left

Had a great run this morning with the kidos. We did thirty min jog with sprint work afterward :) we had a great time! Best part .... the kids just jogging and talking and laughing and visiting :) the other best part? My oldest sons saying: "mom, I know what running is like......... its like Coffee." .. Oh really.. i said.... "why".... He said "because it wakes you up AND its addicting" .... woowhoooo! (this coming from my son, who a year ago couldnt run a lap around the track" :) woooowhoooo... a blessing! swimming and pushups and situps tonight :)

Had a great morning run this morning :) my foot was still a bit tender.. I tried to use the pad in my shoe (see below) and I just couldnt get it in the right spot.... so I finally just stopped and took it out :( but good thing is my foot is just slightly sore... so I will rest it some by not doing high mileage for a while and also wear the pad in my shoe when I am just doing my daily stuff. I started out with my jacket on... and came home like this.... got to see the sunrise, NO WIND, 63 degrees, PERFECT why wouldn't I want to start my day of like this everyday! Its much better than sleeping :) next time I post will be on vacation. Kids have already informed me "Mom we are going to do a long run on Friday at the campground" ... LOVE IT! OH.. and I am HOT! seriously... my dd took this photo and right after said "MOM! YOU HAVE STEAM COMING OFF YOU!!! WOW!" we tried to get a photo of it.. but it wouldnt show up ... steamy hot is a great way to start the day!

Yeah.. I had planned a nice little parade.. Just me and the road.... Figured 4 miles would be entertaining enough... but Storms have decided to end my parade before it even started. shoot. Good news is I feel the NEEEEEED to run. I am tight in the shoulders, restless feeling.... durn storms.... So.... 4mp wind and 65 tomorrow morning sounds perfect for a 4 miler. I will finish my packin and cleaning and cooking and plan on getting up and out early :) I am looking forward to it? THAT would be an understatement. I decided on a new goal xs 2 1. Run Marathon in October of this year. (who wants to join me?????) 2. Qualify for the Boston Marathon on or BEFORE my 44th birthday (I am 41 today) My Goal? 3hr 44 min or better I prob wouldn't GO to Boston.. but knowing I COULD if I wanted too would be amazing :)

had a great lifting workout this morning.... with the exception of just a few but necessary interruptions. Neighbors dog got out... so about 10 mins of chasing Turbo to get him back to his back yard. Hubby called to say AC man was coming to give estimate. And that of course started a quick clean up of the house :) good news is... workout is done, house is clean :) Here is what I did. SQUATS... on the smith machine... its been prob 8 months since i have done squats with weights. 10-8-6-6 (no burnout).. I was burning enough already. (ha) in between sets of squats I did incline situps .... straight up and with a twist Shoulder flies Bi curls chest flies and in between those sets more abwork. needless to say i am jello allll over :) My goal was to be SORE tomorrow. I think I achieved it ! On the foot front.. woke up this morning with no pain! :) .... I will be transitioning my foot the the ball pad (see post below).. which means I will wear it for a few hours each day until i work up to a...

well... I noticed last friday my right foot was bothering me. I would try to explain but a photo is just easier :) It hurts between my fingers and that same spot on the underside of my foot. It did this about 6 weeks ago... and i just took a few days off and it was great.. no pain until friday. What I think did it was more speed-work than i am use too and more hill work done at the same time. .... I was up on my toes a bit more than usual.... so i will take a few days off .. with the exception of a bit of a jog here and there on the grass.... which is of course a bit of a bummer cause I am already feeling the need for a de-stressing run .... With running and fitness.. its always going to be something... something telling you to quit or stop.... but knowing that this wont last forever and i will be back at it before too long is great. Cross training and finding other ways to be fit in the mean time is key. Running is my passion, my stress reliever, my cake instead of cake..... but I can...