No S%$t!

Well, I wasn't gonna say anything. But someone with the initials Keith Hall brought it up himself.

(ever heard of the phrase, whoever smelt it, dealt it? Well, whoever brings up "there's no man crush..."! I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.)

Keith got a lot of workout time in at the exhibit hall we were at in Chicago, mostly running away from his man crush. Lot's of core work as he hid under the table for hours at a time as the man crush kept finding reasons to come up to our booth (seriously, dude, how many pens can you need?).

And it all started, after Keith's seminar, when the man crush came up to the booth, put his hand high in the air to bring down to a hard hand slap with squeeze, and said, "No Shit! Man! That was the best seminar of the conference!"

Need I remind you... it was a tax seminar.

I should also point out that this man crush was not a bad-looking kid. Yes! Kid! He was probably 27! Not my type, but not bad-looking! In shape, hair cut short, short - totally urban-looking with his style of clothing.

But, uh, like Keith said - no man crush whatsoever.

Pushups and non sinkage

Ok, I have some concerns about you people. Amidst all of the light hearted banter, I sense a lack of genuineness related to pushups. My concern is that most of you don't use proper form when doing them. I thought it might be the proper time to demonstrate the correct form. While I haven't polled each of you individually, I am probably considered by the group to be the most committed, athletic(remember the ratios)...and I'll go ahead and say it...humble group member.

On to the workout for Tuesday morning

weight 184

run 22 min

swim 400 meters

speaking of pushups 0

I swam for the first time in a loong time today. My cadaver graft held as far as I could tell...and... as a bonus, I did not immediately sink to the bottom. All in all a good day.

I'm Back Too!

Way to go Scott! Under 8 minute mile pace, that is awesome. 8 minute miles translates into 49:36 in the 10K! Outstanding! As usual I will need you to put your race number on the back of your shirt instead of the front so that I can see it. Great Job! I too, am back now. I have been on the road and therefore not that diligent at working out and even less diligent at posting.

Just for the record, any posting here about any "Monkish" tendencies on my part are grossly over estimated. When I was using the GPS to plot Debbie's walking course I distinctly remember saying "about" .084303 miles. I am in no way a stickler for too much detail and am totally comfortable with rounding that actual number to .084. Further, walking the route three more times after Debbie was in bed solely to verify the distance, variance, standard deviation, and the effect of axis nutation on the overall distance was strictly routine and would have been done by anyone one of us here on this blog. So don't bring that Monk stuff in here, thank you very much.

One more for the record comment. Any totally exaggerated comments from a member of this blog whose initials are Maureen Petron about some so-called tax groupie or man-crush insinuations are totally fabricated and unsupportable. Bill Clinton's "I did not have sex with that woman!" is completely unrelated to my statement "There is no man crush! There is no groupie! Read my lips!"

Okay! Now that the record is straight I can tell you that I did have a very good run on Friday. I ran 3 miles in just over 24 minutes and felt like I could run forever even though I am not sure if forever is enough. Did 100 push ups that morning in four sets, so it was a good day. Ran four miles on Sunday afternoon and thought I was gonna die so I won't even mention the time. Also ran 3 miles today in 24:56 and lifted the weight so I am back on track. Did I mention there is no man crush and that I am totally comfortable with about .084?

Keep up the good work everyone! The blog is working for me! Thanks everybody!

I'm back!

Have intended to Blog but have been playing catchup for a few days.

last Thursday
weight 184
run 20 minutes
strength 30 min
abs/stretch 15
pushups 50

last friday
weight 183
spin class 50
abs/stretch 10
pushups 50

Today
weight 185
run 2 miles 15:48 level.5
strength 20 min
abs/stretch 10
pushups 50

Mo's numbers

Not too exciting today! Just my normal walking and Curves. My arms are beat, and I could only pull out 25 push ups, so I walked a little extra this evening to get to my goal. (Of course, my one zero is still bringing down my average!)

I had a great run yesterday morning that I didn't post about - 3 miles on the track in 27:48, then a mile on the street back home. Felt great.

Keep posting, everyone!!!

report for Saturday and Sunday

Saturday: Walked to brick mailbox in front of house. Did cool down.

Sunday: Asked Keith to drive the route I wanted to walk as we came home from dinner.  Of course this was not nearly accurate enough for Mr. Numbers.  He got his GPS out and determined what the starting point was... tens of yards from my closet where I slipped on my shoes which is my starting point.  As we walked he tracked pace speed, wind direction, breathing rates, mileage, elapsed time, distance from the new moon, change in elevation (in our flat subdivision), and on and on.  After we had done a lap, I asked him to measure how far it was to the end of our street and back.  At the end of the block we had to stop precisely where we had crossed on our previous lap. He said the additional amount added .08 miles to the walk.  I said "Good, now if I want to add an extra tenth of a mile I can walk to the end of the block".  Of course, i was corrected and told that I would be adding .08 of a mile.  I am married to Monk.  Walked about half a mile in a little over 15 minutes.  I am sure a correction will be forth-coming to improve the accuracy of this posting.

No problem!

I'd like to put the newest member of the blog at ease. Her questions are no problem!

That's the beauty of the Google Docs spreadsheets! We've assigned points or calories to all the different activities that we do, and even though we all do different stuff, we can track what we want! So I came up with riding in a cart for 18 holes of golf equaling 25 points.

You can come up with your own! Walking with a can of Diet coke - 1 point. Walking with a 20 ounce bottle - 2 points! Putting up with Keith's distractions while you're on the phone with me - 75 points! (hey, out of all those things, which do you think increases your heart rate and blood pressure the fastest?)

Burning workout issues

I have some serious issues to bring before the group which I believe have been ignored by previous posts.  Does it count as lifting weights if you carry a diet coke or ice tea with you while you walk? How can one be sure that you are breaking a sweat from the effort of walking or from the friction heat of your thighs rubbing together? Do escalators count in your walking distances? Maybe up escalators do but down escalators don't?  Is pushing my walker when it is loaded with shopping sacks a core exercise?  

I appreciate any insights that you might have to offer on these troubling questions.  When the issues are resolved to my satisfaction, I may contemplate beginning an exercise routine.  I wouldn't want to jeopardize any future evaluations by jumping too precipitously into an ill-defined activity. 

My first zero!

I'm blaming it on Keith. I wanted to work out. I even thought I had scheduled it. But he wanted to drive to Indiana and Wisconsin. Said we'd work out when we got back. I know I should never listen to his advice.

So, I got my first zero yesterday!

Had a great work out today though, running 4 miles and 75 push ups!

Waiting in the O'Hare airport to get back home.

Da Bears! Go Cubs!

The new me

Several days late on the posting

Wednesday

weight 185
run 15 minutes
strength 30 minutes
abs/stretch 15 min

50 PU

Thursday
weight 184
Run 2 miles time 15:42 level 0
strength 30
abs/stretch 15min
50 PU

So I'm thinking of retooling my running program. Going to try increasing cadence, stride length and smooth form. Run for time once or twice a week then longer runs on other days...hence my 2 mile run on the treadmill today. We'll see how it goes.