Duly Noted

Monday, 2/17: 6 miles on treadmill w/4 miles @ 8:00 min pace Tuesday: 2/18: 5 miles easy, abs Wednesday, 2/19: off, abs Thursday, 2/20: off, abs Friday, 2/21: long run on treadmill, 12 miles! abs Saturday, 2/22: run in the cold but sunny outdoors with Rose, 7 miles, abs. Sunday, 2/23: masters swim team, 3350 yards Total mileage: 30 miles

I skipped month nine and now, we are celebrating month ten! As Misha is attempting to type, I am going to keep this post short and give my readers what they truly want- photos and random anecdotes. Favorites: Food: smoothies! puffs. Drink: water from tippy cup (Momma's Milk is really still the hit fave) Book: Puppy Boo! obviously. Toy: Piano, anything Melissa and Doug(!) Mischief: eating dog hair (gross) Activities: bath time, standing and crawling on top of his parents, reading books together and by himself New skills: -Drinking from a straw -Feeding himself pieces of bread, avocado, food chunks, puffs, etc. -Standing and walking along the couch -Reaching up and playing the "big piano" from the floor -Trying to say "Brrrr" and "Dadd-eeeee"

Monday 2/10: 6 mile run (felt awful but finished...), abs Tuesday 2/11: off, abs. Wednesday 2/12: 7.5 miles outside!  abs. Thursday 2/13: 6 miles w/4x400 (treadmill), abs. Friday 2/14: 4 miles easy, outside!, abs. Saturday 2/15: 6 miles w/ 3x400, 3x800, 3x200 (between 8:00-7:00 pace) Sunday 2/16: 4 miles easy Total mileage: 33.5miles Skipped long run and swim team this week due to a visit from my family.  That said, I ran almost every day even if it was just a nice refresher run.

Monday 2/3- 6.25 miles w/6x800 @ 8:00-7:30 pace, abs. Tuesday 2/4- 1.5 miles easy (I planned to go longer but Misha wasn't into childcare that evening!), abs. Wednesday 2/5- off, abs Thursday 2/6- off, abs Friday 2/7- 6.5 miles easy with Rachel The Dog, Rose and Lida, abs. Saturday 2/8- 10 miles on treadmill Sunday 2/9- 3150 yards, swim team total mileage (running): appx. 24 Reflections: This week had some good moments- Monday's treadmill workout, getting outside on Friday, and then of course, swim practice on Sunday morning.  I made some excellent meals this week too if I do say so myself (and I do!) including a kale salad with beets, sweet potatoes, and apples, a parsnip "rice" with flavored with coconut and ginger, a chicken bean bowl, and a beef chili loaded with vegetables for Saturday night with friends.  I also have been drinking at least a mug of mate everyday- a nice substitute for coffee and full of antioxidants. The week's low point was the lack of runn...

Month in numbers: Running mileage: 133 # of runs with running buddies: 10 Swimming yardage: 9100 (5.170455 miles!) # ab workouts: 23 # of push-ups: appx. 460 Minutes spent weight lifting (+countless minutes of lifting misha): 20 minutes Strengths: I am feeling good about my first three swim team practices!  The workouts stretch me and it has been motivating to join a new community of athletes.  I am the slowest swimmer in lane 2, but I think if I keep going on Sundays consistently and add 1 more swim workout a week (either a practice or just swimming on my own), I will begin to improve.   I am feel strong on the running front.  It is heavenly to get outside when the temperatures allow it.  I am thankful that I joined the gym and its been fun to do some workouts with a buddy next to me on the treadmill.  Not so good: Mostly nutritional stuff... Gained five unwanted pounds over the last month.  I know that is hard to believe with all the workouts but wit...

Monday, 1/27: 5 miles with some hills (treadmill), abs Tuesday 1/28: 8 miles w/ intervals: 2x1600 (3 min. recov), 3x600 (2 min recov), 3x300 (1-2 min recov), (treadmill), abs. Wednesday 1/29: off, abs. Thursday 1/30: 5 miles easy in the snow with Rebecca.  Lovely. Abs. Friday 1/31: off, abs Saturday 2/1: 10 mile long run, outside! with Callie and Rachel the dog!  Amazing! abs Sunday 2/2: swim team, total yards: 3250 Total mileage: 28 miles