I love burpees

Taught my 3 hours - zumba, turbo, zumba.  Wow i'm sore -havent taught all that for a couple of weeks.

I really wanted to run early this morning, but it just didn't happen.  I taught core, and really tried to bust my butt as well.  My obliques are still not right, but it felt good to work them. 

Put kids down for a nap, got a sitter, and ran an afternoon run to the water tower trail backwards - wow so much uphill!  i didn't realize it.  I was pretty dead by the end.  abs and ulcer bugged a little - not bad.

taught flex, but they wanted to do cardio today - dang it.  i did some turbokick for them and my body just did not want to move.  I knew i had an appointment with april afterwards, so i could push it a little bit:)

full body massage tonight - had a tight back, but legs seemed to be ok -my quads really weren't too bad. what was torture was my ab massage.  ugh...she said all my problems lately (abs, ulcer) are stress related, and i had some serious knots at the top of my rectus abdominis. its been making it feel hard to breathe. k anyways, i'm hoping that makes it all better - and I will work on de-stressing!

Oh yes, i got 1 measely mile in today.  It was my son isaac's bday, and i spent my whole day getting ready for that.  at around 10:30 pm, i got myself to start on the treadmill, and my knee was bugging that whole mile, i didn't have the drive to push through at that time of day.  iced my knee (it's been bugging for a while, not bad).  Decided to run in the morning.

One of the results of slacking off the day before is a lot of energy for the run today.  I wasn't actually planning on doing speedwork, but after a mile i decided to do the workout that i was going to miss out on with the club later that day.  So here's my workout...which btw is so not as much fun on the tread....alone...

every 1/2 mile i would change the incline through this pattern - up to 1.0, down to -1.0, and then .0...it keeps me occupied

miles 1-3- 7.0 - 8.0 - (treadmill speed)

mile 4 - 8.2, mile 5 - 8.7 mile 6 - 9.5, mile 7 - 9.8, mile 8-9.5 = 10.2. 

cool down .5

Last mile felt pretty hard, but that's the first hard workout i'd had since the marathon.  My knee has been bugging here and there, and hurt for about the first mile, then eased off - hmmm.

on the positive side, abs never really hurt.  ulcer just a little - I'm a mess ha ha.

Got to do my Zumba Party tonight!!!!  So much fun - packed room with 65 people and 5 instructors - I love my job:)  I was surprised i didn't feel tired for the whole 1.5 hours at all. 

Man i'm being lazy.  couldn't get myself out of bed early this morning, so i ended up on the stupid tread...again.  5.5 miles running up and down mile long hills.  average 8 min mile.  where is the motivation??

Seriously woke up to hail and dumping snow...my poor garden.  luckily i pulled my grow boxes in and the tomatoes and peppers seem fine. 

I am in such a slump right now...i am having the hardest time getting motivated.  i think i just need a schedule, but don't know what to follow. (recommendations??)  I have an app from runner's world on my phone, but i'm questioning that all my easy runs are average 7:41.  ha ha i guess i just like to take it way more easy on my easy days.  I want to run the hurricane half in 3 weeks, and then possibly the UV marathon... so 10 weeks - if i can get my quads ready for the downhill.    I'd like to do 1:25 or better in hurricane (hilly course), and then 2:55 or better in UV.  So i should be excited to train, but i haven't found my drive yet.  I wish i had more people to run with out here.

Well it's 9:45pm and i'm going to feel way too guilty if i don't get some sort of a run in tonight.  It's freezing outside, so I'm doing the tread for the 3rd day in a row - SHOOT ME NOW.  i needed a long one, so maybe i'll turn a movie on and run 12 - 14.  oh my gosh.  maybe that will movitvate me to wake up early next week. 

Next week, i'm going to commit myself to less sugar and early bed time.  1 a.m. hasn't been cutting it.