Fit with Ruthie

Ok.... I think my arms are coming back pretty nicely! ... I think the bump is back in my biceps! I tried to help it out a bit this afternoon .... a crazy bi tri and chest lifting session.... I did abs too! a few pushups thrown in :) ... I was drippin sweat and it felt great! One reason to keep those arms strong is incase I need to do cpr on anyone! last night I got certified (again)... I had it years ago..... Its exciting cause I feel 1 step closer to personal training certification! OH and I did a bit of sprint work at practice today :) nothing like a job to help keep you up your running ability! :)

So happy with my run this morning :) 4 miler and after the first 2 miles my legs were nice n loose! YAY! The third mile I did at a fast pace and then did sprint work the 4th mile. Pushups a bit while at track but need to try and squeeze in some weights this afternoon :) need to work on those biceps :) Here's a few more songs I love! :) Loved running this morning! I missed it last week! :)

What is NORMAL anyway? A quest to be like everyone else. The desire to blend in to show the world you can be just like them. I threw out normal a long time ago I think. I was always different. I didnt like being different. I was outspoken, honest, and confident as a child. I was the youngest of 4 and well I could sure speak my mind! I lost that gift of being ok with being different when I was in my 20s and 30s.... I wanted to be like everyone else. You know THOSE people who have it all together? The moms who must have a personal shopper cause their clothes are so in style, the ones who's kids are always dressed perfectly and are placed in every activity under the sun, birthday parties to the hilt.... you get the picture. I always wanted to be like them too with their cute figures inspite of them eating sugar or being addicted to starbucks or fast food. I finally realized that the act of being normal is not worth the cost i had to pay. 60lbs over weight, stressed out because I...

My ankle is doing great! just a little tad of swelling still to go away so I decided to hold off until sunday or monday for a nice run. today I did some weight lifting. Legs and bis and tris.... I did some leg  extensions and then sat down on the bench to do some curls and looked at my shins in the mirror and there were veins popping out! and this crazy muscle definition going on... I just started lifting weights regularly last week.. I am doing low weight n high reps. I dont want to put on a bunch of muscle which is easy for me to do esp in my thighs and butt (thanks to all those years as catcher when i was a youngin) Anyway.. It's interesting to me how I didnt really see my legs as being in that great of shape I had never noticed they were so lean.. from all those miles of running! ... See! I have like lines and definition I didnt know existed! Our brains play tricks on us you know.. esp after pretty much a rough few weeks and feeling so tired and trying to get my eats ba...

... WAIT! .... HOLD ON A SECOND! I must tell you about my foot first.  bumps where they ain't spose to be ain't no good.  About an hour n half after practice yesterday I noticed a swollen ankle. it was tender but not bad.... I sent coach a text and he said do this: TWO TIMES a day for FIFTEEN MINS.... ooooooooweeeeeeeee ... he's a mean coach that one. I had to use my hypnotising singing technique just to keep the foot in the bucket. Every fiber of my being was saying "get FOOT OUT!".. but after about 12 mins... everything went numb and it was all good. LOL just in time to pull it out. So what happened you wonder? Well.. remember how I did dancing jumping high impact aerobics after I ran on the treadmill on Sunday night? ... well... that was with out shoes on. and.. pretty sure that is what did it. Coach says I should be good to go in 2 days.... today the swelling is MUCH less and I actually jogged on it just a tad at practice with the little kids.......

I did a bit of a fox trot this morning on my run. I had just started out.... a bit before 5am and saw what I thought at first was a cat jumping into the bushes close to where I was heading. I stopped and waited and sure enough there was a grey fox. It was the biggest fox I have seen while out on my runs... and it was light light grey instead of like the one in this photo... I tried to take a picture of it but it was dark LOL.... I had a beautiful run... 4 miles and then headed to track practice. I really thought I would be crazy sore from yesterdays workout as I was sore last night from it.... but to my surprise I am only sore in my shoulders :)... My legs felt a bit tired so I took it easy this morning and didnt push it I didnt use my nike plus and just listened to my ipod and ran without that voice telling me how far I had gone or how fast i was going. I just ran to run. It was great. I am so stinky and sweaty and can't wait to finish my smoothie so I can get cleaned up and e...

The movie theater did it to me.... we took the kids to see Rio at a local $1 movie today. Its old and run down but it my favorite theater. No fancy stadium seating here! BUT the BEST popcorn in town! YES... I had some and three sips of coke... What a way to celebrate my week with no caffeine huh? ha. The low blood pressure I have makes Cokes even harder to resist.... the salt in the popcorn and soda increase my blood pressure and give me a great amount of energy. After being home for about an hour and a half I was about to come unglued. I had to get a run it. Get the energy out... and detoxify. I did 2.5 miles on the treadmill.... followed by 30 mins of high energy aerobics/dance, abwork, pushups and leg work.... I was DRIPPING SWEAT!!!! crazy amount of sweat .... afterwards I lay in the floor exhausted but felt GREAT! It was insanely fantastic. I loved it! and NO... i wont be drinking caffeine tomorrow :)