August 12, 2010, Check-In

[muck_a_luck]

Hey, EED community!

Here is your daily check-in post! Happy 4:13 am! Stupid cat.

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Comments

[shanaqui]

Just did my run. I really need to figure out what makes me sick after I run so I can stop doing it. (Spoke to a doctor about it casually, and she suggested how much and what I should eat before, how much water I need, etc, and so far that's helped but not stopped the problem. Blurgh.)

Especially irritating is that I'd been planning on a longer yoga practice today -- house to myself, no disturbances or curious staring sister! -- but I don't feel well enough. Maybe in a little while.

Edit: Did indeed feel well enough later! Did sixty minutes of yoga, my longest practice so far. Focused on hip opening poses, today, and managed half-lotus fairly comfortably. Also, managed a full forward bend in pigeon pose and could rest my forehead on the mat. I'm suuure I couldn't do that before.

[muck_a_luck]

Piegon feels just SO AMAZING, doesn't it?

[shanaqui]

It does, now I understand what I'm doing properly! Heee.

[green]

yoga! 85 of 108 pushups today. I can really feel myself getting stronger.

upper body strength exercises -- tricep dips are especially hard for me, must work on those.

walk/jog for 20 minutes. am getting closer to being able to do week one of c25k!

[sapote]

Heh, life came along and hit me in the face, so this is the first day I've done PT since Monday. But I did it, so I'm going to stick to being proud of that.

[codyne]

Ran/walked 2 miles. I think it was two miles. I got interrupted by the propane truck coming to deliver propane and had to take a break while it was parked in the driveway. Then I couldn't remember whether I'd counted the last lap I'd done just as the truck arrived or not. At first I thought I had, but when I got to the one-mile mark, my time was way over what it should have been, so I decided I must have counted that lap after all and I was really one lap ahead of where I thought I was. So. Most likely 19 laps but possibly only 18.

I will be really glad when the new sport watch I ordered arrives!

Followed my run with the usual crunches and stretches.

[codyne]

Possibly running later in the day would help? Personally, I find that I cannot simply get up in the morning, throw clothes on, and go out and run -- I inevitably feel yucky during and after my run. I need to be up for at least an hour before I can run. I get up, do morning chores, then sit with a cup of cocoa and my journal and write for half an hour or so while my digestion kicks in, and then I go do my run, and I feel fine.

Also, I can't eat solid food before a run, it makes me sick. Everyone's body is different, so you just have to figure out what works for you.

Good luck!

[muck_a_luck]

Oi. Life. Can't live with it, can't live without it. :/

[muck_a_luck]

Dratted propane truck! What happend to the jellybean program to substitute for the sport watch?

[shanaqui]

I wait an hour before I run anyway... Get up, eat breakfast, wait an hour, run. But yeah, I'm working on figuring it out.

[codyne]

The pebble/jellybean counting system works -- as long as I remember to drop/eat one each lap. Considering how easily my brain is scrambled, I will undoubtedly forget now and then. And I will still forget when I've got a new watch, but at least the watch keeps track of split times, so I can go back and check whether I've got a split that's twice as long as it should be, and it will be easier to correct for my mental lapses.

Anyway, since I seem to be running again for reals, I decided I ought to celebrate with a new watch. :)

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, then a couple of 20-minute yoga podcasts during the day.

[shanaqui]

Good going!

[shanaqui]

Do be proud of that! I always have trouble re-motivating myself when I've had to skip a day, especially when it's because life hit me in the face. Well done.

[nicolakgreen]

morning pushups again, they're fun! Long day at work so didn't manage yoga in the evening like I'd planned, which was annoying.