Maggie\’s Blog

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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