Maggie’s Blog

A pretty good week all in all. Was able to train regularly and had few setbacks.  Am quite happy to be running outside and am anxious to continue to do so.  For all those that ran the Thrill; congrats!  Here is my week #7

Monday: 

Regular Monday for me.  Toning class for hor and fifteen and then advanced step for another hour and fifteen.  Didn’t change anything today as far as routine or weights went.

Tuesday:

Ran for three miles in the evening.  Easy run.  Picked up the pace in the middle by .5 miles per hour.

Wednesday:

Regular Wednesday for me.  Toning class for an hour and fifiteen and then kickboxing for another hour and fifteen.  Nothing new to the routine.  Regular weights, etc.

Thursday:

Took the day off today, had a long day at school…

Friday:

Long run today!   Only went six miles, but better than nothing.  I plan on adding mileage in the weeks to come!

Saturday:

Ran a quick two miles after work today.  was thinking about everyone running Thrill on the hill… Hope it went well.

Sunday:

Ran four miles today outside. Great weather, perfect day for a run.  Looked around for new areas to run.  Need to find longer routes…

Well, there was my week.  Nothing too exciting, but I like it like that sometimes.:)  Hope everyone had a good week!

So, I feel that I had another tought week.  The beginning and the end weren’t so bad, but the middle was pretty rough.  I seemed to have gotten a stomach bug that lasted for about twenty four hours, however, it decided to linger for about another two days.  My belief is that with all the stress fo school (finals around the corner…Yikes!) and the stress of life in general, my body decided to retaliate.  I decided to take a much needed rest in the middle of the week, got a lot of much needed sleep and by the end of the week, I felt like I was back of track with a new fire!  Here is my week six;

Monday:

Toning and advanced step today!  Totaling about two and a half hours.  Felt good and pretty energetic, even through the last hour.  Am continuing with the heavier weights, Some times it seems easier, however, I think that sometimes everyone wonders; ‘When will this ever get easier?’

Tuesday:

Ran about a mile this morning, pretty tired.  Around noon, my stomach started doing sommersaults, got home just in time.  Was ill the rest of the night.  Went to bed early to get some much needed rest.

Wednesday:

Felt a little bit better when I woke up, had some toast with PB & J and my stomach started doing the same thing as yesterday.  Went to school and handed in my assignments that were due and immediately went home.  I slept for about three hours, felt a little better. I couldn’t bear the idea of missing any more workouts, so I went to my toning and kickboxing classes.  Surprisingly, I felt as good as new when I got home.  Did a lot of jump roping today and a lot, I mean A LOT of lunges.  Felt good though.  It seems that my stomach does not like it when I eat full meals right now, so I will stick to mini ones for a while.

Thursday:

Took the day off.  Thought it might be smart to rest after all that my body has been through in the past few days.

Friday:

Long run today.  Not as long as I would have liked; six miles.  However, I felt like that was better than nothing.  Was hard to keep going at times, pretty tired, but I pushed through.  My glutes still hurt from Wednesday, so I was anxious to get some lactic acid going…

Saturday:

Took the day off

Sunday:

Easy run today.  Four miles, ran really easy.  Ran quite a few hills, and experienced a pretty excruciating side ache.  This told me I need to start running outside more.  If only we would stop having these ’snow storms’!!!!!

Well, I hope everyone had a successful week!  Hopefully I will be able to run more this week, I sure plan on it!  All things considering, I am actually pretty pleased that I ran as much as I did this week.  I feel that a big part of running, especially distance running, is knowing/learning how to push yourself.  I learned some lessons in that area this week.  (My silver lining).  Good luck with week seven everybody!!!:)

Wow!  I cannot believe it is week five!  Overall, this week was not so great for me.  I was extremely tired and sluggish.  School was very busy and I ended up working 30 hours at my job, so I was beat!  I am still very frustrated with my diet and I just cannot seem to find a happy medium. (Between protien and carbohydrate consumption) I am sure that this will occur after or right before Grandma’s!:)  (Murphy’s Law)Anyways, Congrats to all that ran Fitger’s on Saturday!  I really would have loved to run, however, I had to work.  Hopefully next week will be better and I will be able to get more miles in!  With that said, here is my week.

Monday:

Toning class for an hour and fifteen minutes followed by advanced step for about another hour and fifteen minutes.

Tuesday:

Tried to attempt another six A.M. run.  Not very successful. Only ran two miles.  Felt very sluggish and tired.  Got a tip from someone to try eating a banana before running right away in the morning.  I am anxious to try it!

Wednesday:

Toning class for an hour and fifteen minutes.  Increased my weights today!  I struggled, but made it through.  Kickboxing class for another hour and fifteen minutes.  Did alot of jump rope in class today, boy are my calfs going to be sore tomorrow!

Thursday:

I was right, sore calfs!  Took the day off today, no real time to run between work and school.

Friday:

Long run day!  I was really, really tired today.  I think that the week caught up with me over night.  I put six miles in.  Not what I wanted to do, but there is always next week…

Saturday:

Fitger’s Day!  Too bad I’m at work!  I came home and ran for about three miles before I was ready for some studying and then bed.  Felt a little less tired today.  I think that my protein shakes are starting to pay off!

Sunday:

Took the day off.  Was nice to rest up for the coming week!

CONCLUSION: 

Well, it wasn’t my best week, but I felt my body was telling me to take a break, so I did.  Hopefully next week will be better and I won’t feel so exhausted. 

Thursday;

didn’t go like I had planned, but what can I say, hardly anything does at the moment with finals around the corner:) I had planned on getting a short run in today, but by the time I got home, I was exhausted and needed to get to the grocery store before the storm hit. 

Friday;

Yea!  Free day!  No school, even work closed for the day!  Lucky for me, I have a treadmill at home and was able to do my long run today; seven miles.  I felt surprisingly good afterward.  I made sure to get in my carbs afterwards and took a cool shower afterwards. 

Saturday;

Feeling pretty good today.  I can feel my muscles, but they aren’t so sore that I am in pain.  My workout for today was ’digging out’.  Definitely got some upper body work done there!  It took about an hour and a half to shovel/snowblow our driveway and walkways!

Sunday

Worked all day today so decided to take a day off of things.  I decided to study for an exam tomorrow morning instead.

Hope everybody had a great week!  They are saying 60’s this week!!!:) 

Hi everybody!  My name is Maggie and I just turned 28.  I am a full-time student at LSC and I work a part time job.   I will be transfering to UMD next semester (Yay!)  Right now I am taking Physics, Organic Chemistry, Calculus, and this class.  Grades are my absolute number one priority, so needless to say that most of my time is spent studying.  I plan to major in Biology and minor in Chemistry.  I then plan to embark on the journey of medical school.  I am extremely busy and I find it very challenging to squeeze in time for workouts.   But, as you may imagine, I live for a challenge.  Even though something may seem impossible, I find that most of the time, it is not.  Plus, the feeling of accomplishment at the end is worth more than any amount of money, or any other award for that matter.

I am so excited to be running a marathon, even if it is a half.  A few years ago I was considered obese and lived a sedentary lifestyle, so for me this is very exciting.  I guess it started out about a year and a half ago.  Even thought I had lost wieght, I was still quite overweight and decided I was sick of it.  I have had athsma all of my life and have used that as an excuse to exercise, and especially run.  I started taking group classes at a gym.  Soon, I decided to give myself a goal to be able to run for a half an hour without stopping.  When I reached this goal, I knew it was time to make a new one.  This is when I decided to run Grandma’s.  I look back at how far I have come and am kind of in disbelief.  I remember when I started taking my classes.  I was the girl that was in the back, taking the lightest weights and struggling to get through.  Now I’m the one taking the heaviest weights and owning these workouts!  (Even though sometimes it never seems easier) It feels great!  I feel sometimes too that I am inspirational to other people coming into these classes as well, and that feels great! 

Fitness and health are now a huge part of my life.  It helps me with stress, and gives me a sense of confidence and achievment that nothing else has ever given me.  I am really looking forward to learning from all of you during these few short weeks and improving my fitness levels and most importantly; achieving my goal of running Grandma’s!

Today was a little disappointing for me.  I got up to run at six a.m. and was only able to push myself to run three miles.  I think that this is because of two things.  I am not used to running at this time of day, and because I wasn’t able to mentally push myself enough to go further.  This is a good lesson for me though I feel.  I know that I must make early morning runs more regular, and I have to work on mentally pushing myself, and motivating myself.  I wish the weather was better!!! I feel that running outside is so much easier than on a treadmill.  However, the cold air does not agree with my athsma.  Bummer! 

Thanks for the diet ideas, I feel that I am getting the hang of it a little more.  I am going to put cottage cheese into my every day diet (great idea!)  and I am realizing the more I concentrate on good complex carbs and protein, the better I feel.  Yesterday I had beef jerky and fruit for snacks, and I ate six smaller meals instead of bigger ones.  This really helps! 

Maybe I will try skipping the small run on my class days.  I usually consider it a ‘warm up’ , but your point on conserving energy for runs the next day is very good.  Today is Wednesday which means that I will have my toning class and my kick boxing class.  I will not run before these classes and see how that affects my run tomorrow morning.

Today will be a pretty heavy training day for me.  I ran for two miles on the treadmill.  Speeds ranging from 5.0 to 5.8.  Then I took my toning class which lasted about an hour and ten minutes.   My toning class was immediately followed by my advanced step class which lasted about another hour and ten minutes.  I am still trying to work on my protein intake.  For breakfast I had cottage cheese and half a peanut butter sandwhich with wheat bread.  Lunch was yogurt and a “lean gourmet” meal.  Snacks were fruit and a protein bar after my training.  Dinner was red beans and rice with a salad.  this week I plan to start doing more morning runs. (6 a.m.)  We will have to see how this goes since I am not a morning person!!!

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