Well… Almost barefoot.

Day three, in the bag.

ran yesterday. the husband flogged my sorry out of shape ass for 5K at near race pace. I did not barf.

ran this morning. 5.36K at 9:30/M pace. felt good. better than yesterday. husband was not running with me.

sent fat pictures of myself over the internet to a stranger in order to participate in a health challenge. did I mention I’m wearing a bikini and they are unflattering fat photos? ick. I feel like Lindsay Lohan.

so back on the healthy food eating bandwagon as of today. I did not do myself any favours last night by having Swiss Chalet after cleansing for two weeks. my body hates me. must continue to make smarter choices.

note to self: pick some of this up for Thanksgiving.

*happy birthday to Great-Grandma H, CP, JMP of debsaidno.com, and CMcK.

so there is this guy… who works in the factory next to my building… that we think is smoking meth at 9AM in the morning…

apparently these:

aren’t welcome in bed. who’d a thunk it? I hear a resounding ‘not sexy’ from the audience.


went to visit the awesome people at Runner’s Choice last night after our brick work out. ME was in need of tri shorts and he found some awesome Zoot shorts. I picked up these bad boys, some gels and chews. now I just need to make an effort to get into the pool…


last night’s workout:


~15K bike – nasty head wind
~4K run – 9:30/M


the calves were protesting when I came off the bike. likely that is the result of me not getting enough water or electrolytes throughout the day. must remember to hydrate better over the next few days.

sorry folks. long time, no write.
I do have some excuses: I got engaged, I got married and now it’s September.

but I’m back now. promise.

Well – a bit late on this week's post but here's a synopsis of my weekend two weekends ago.

Friday afternoon was spent snoozing. Evening we got some CC and then went to Peel Pub for dinner and pitchers. Home to the Sheridan for more CC. I fell asleep.

Saturday morning we hit jBloom and I purchased a super cute pair of cream pumps. Then off to Simon's for clothes and sunnies. ME bought some crazy man undies that put Bjorn Börg to shame.

In the afternoon, we went to La Cage Aux Sports – Saturday afternoon to watch the Habs beat the Rangers 2-0. (SQUEE!!) Evening activities included more shopping for a short sparkle skirt and a jacket and tie (Happy Birthday ME!). Then off to Dundee's Bar and Grill for dinner – School House Cab-Sauv was yummy and smooth.

Sunday was spent doing more shopping and then… HABS GAME!!!! So much fun! They lost unfortunately but we had a blast! The Bell Centre was a great atmosphere and cheering in French and English was cool. Afterwards we booked it to Peel Pub to watch to Super Bowl. We came home with random new caps (LNH!) and a silicon collapsible bowl. #canyousaytoomuchtodrink?

Monday we slept in and the jetted home.

Above are a bunch of photos from the weekend.

Up next: a new job, a birthday prank and Las Vegas.

(Koalas training and eating well… Fallen off that bandwagon. The long sorry crawl back up will be coming soon too!)

Allie says “Arrrrrr.” She wanted to be featured on the blog this week and did her best pirate for your viewing pleasure.

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It's Chinese New Year today. Year of the Rabbit starts tomorrow. What better time to publish some resolutions than now?

In no particular order, here they are:

• This blog is supposed to be about keeping me motivated. I've been doing a shoddy job of posting to it. Resolution: weekly posts. That's only 52 posts a year, minus the 4 I've already missed.

• Get serious about training and racing. Consistently complete training prescribed by Koach Koala. Resolution: sign up for and complete 3 triathlons and a half marathon.

• Getting serious about training and racing means getting better at managing my time. Resolution: make weekly plans for work, training, activities, and meals. Follow them.

• Food consumption is rampant. Not acceptable. Resolution: keep a food journal daily.

• Take better care of my ass. Resolution: drink more water. (go see The Ass Backwards Diet at http://theassbackwardsdiet.blogspot.com/)

Pretty manageable I think.

Gung hei faat coi!

Here it is, already the last day of 2010. This year has whipped by and the last half of it seems to have completely slipped through my fingers. I'm now sure when or how but it's gone.

I've been negligent with blogging as of late. As my motivation to workout dipped toward the end of the year, so did my ability to write about my skipped workouts. Despite the lackluster finish to the year in terms of workouts, there have been a few very big highlights.

In October, I (mostly) completed the KW Bikram 4 for 4 Challenge. I attended 4 Bikram classes a week for 4 weeks, except in the last week when life got in the way and I missed 2 classes. This experience was incredible. Bikram challenges your mind and body in ways that are difficult to describe. It sounds cliché, and I'll be the first to admit it. Bikram changed my body, making me leaner, stronger and yes, a bit more flexible. These tight hammies are hard to conquer but I made some progress. What was maybe most surprising was the improvement in the range of motion in my injured right knee. My physiotherapist tells me that she's very impressed with my progress. I am too; my knee is mostly pain-free through my activities. Admittedly though, I haven't been running or playing as much soccer.

Another highlight has been the progress in the pool. Throughout the fall, I made a few appearances at the Laurier pool. Koach Koala has been putting me through the paces and my level of comfort in the water has greatly improved. Not to mention my stamina and tolerance of laps!

Overall, 2010 was a great year – I accomplished a lot over the last 12 months. I won my age group in a duathalon and was the 4th woman in overall, I completed my first triathalon and accomplished all my goals (1. Don't drown. 2. Don't lose my shorts when stripping off my wetsuit. 3. Finish.), lost 15lbs with my training… although I've gained 4lbs back this holiday season I think!

Given this base of awesomeness, 2011 should be even better!

**New Years Resolutions post to come in the new year.**

I’ve completed my review of  Agion Active’s odour elimination technology (the stink shirt!)

read my review and  vote for me here: http://stinkatnothing.com/index.php/2010/08/10k-in-a-tutu/

here’s the summation of the june challenge:

PASS

Partial pass

FAIL

1 – 15 mins stretch, Koala’s run (scheduled: 30mins yoga, Koala’s run)

2 – 40mins swim (scheduled: Koala’s bike – cancelled, inclement weather)

3 – 45mins run (scheduled: 45min run)4 – soccer (scheduled: soccer)

5 – none (scheduled: 20mins run, 1hr bike)

6 – none (scheduled: 30mins bike, 30mins run)

7 – golf (scheduled: 30mins weights, golf)

8 – Koala’s run (scheduled: 30mins yoga, Koala’s run)

9 – Koala’s bike/run (scheduled: Koala’s bike/run)

10 – 1hr Koala’s swim (scheduled: 45 min run)

11 – soccer (scheduled: soccer)

12 – 20mins run, 40mins bike (scheduled: 20mins run, 75mins bike)

13 – none (scheduled: 40mins bike, 40mins run)

14 – 30mins weights, 30mins run (scheduled: 30mins weights, golf)

15 – 30mins shred, Koala’s run (scheduled: yoga, Koala’s run)

16 – Koala’s bike (scheduled: Koala’s bike/run)

17 – none (scheduled: 45mins run, beach vball)

18 – soccer (scheduled: soccer)

19 – 20mins walk (scheduled: easy 20min run)

20 – Waterloo Classic 10K (scheduled: Waterloo Classic 10km, 30-60mins aerobic bike)

21 – golf (scheduled: 30mins weights, golf)

22 – Koala’s swim and Koala’s run (scheduled: yoga, Koala’s run)

23 – Koala’s bike and run (scheduled: Koala’s bike/run)

24 – off (scheduled: 45mins run)

25 – soccer (scheduled: soccer )

26 – off (scheduled: run 20mins/bike 40mins/run 20mins)

27 – off (scheduled: bike/run )

28 – 45mins run (scheduled: weights, golf)

29 – off (scheduled: yoga, Koala’s run)

30 – 35km Koala’s bike (scheduled: Koala’s bike/run)

I fell off the exercise bandwagon pretty hard on the last week of June. very disappointing. that said, the run on the 28th was pretty killer. I felt absolutely fantastic and I negative split the run. my mile splits were sub 9:00/mile except for the first one which is pretty quick for me!

overall:
I took 8 days off in June.
I worked out 22 days in June.
For 8 days out of the 22, I modified my prescribed routine.
I lost 6.2lbs in June.
June challenge = SUCCESSFUL.

July’s goal:
I’ve been asked to post exactly what workouts I’m doing in July by a friend so for this month, I’ll try to post weekly what workouts I have when and duration/intensity/details of the workouts.