(G) I am back on the wagon or at least its rear wheels are officially in sight. I ran and strength trained every day that I should have so that’s a step in the right direction. My midsection, however, is definitely also within view and I am not sure that it’s on the proper wagon. While the rest of me is trying to be on the health wagon my belly is on the “Give me pizza, beer and bread wagon.” Are you noticing a disconnect? Me, too.

 

24 hour race
In 11 weeks, Johnny Armani and I will head off to North Carolina for the Croatan 24. I suspect to prepare I may need to run more than 10 miles at one time. So far that’s not felt super interesting. I did run 10 miles on Saturday and Sunday and there was a serious bodily protest on Sunday. At one point I was fairly certain that there were 5-6 children running with me saying things like:

“I am tired”

”I’m bored”

“Are we there yet?”
Then I realized those were just the voices in my head. Don’t know what to do about that?
Anyway, training for real must begin. So as of today I am committed to training hard-core.

But just in case, Johnny Armani is taking me to this race, under the premise of celebrating our anniversary, and I don’t come back you all know who to chase after.

Ab challenges resurface, let’s hope my abs do too!
So this month’s plank challenge got the better of me. It was clearly designed by an inmate or some other confined individual. Why else would someone ever think of holding themselves in that kind of isometric hell? I did really well until we hit 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Then the wheels started to come off but my body, apparently, was happy to report that a total of zero pounds came off! I am deliberating about what’s next as of September 1st. I will keep you posted 🙂

Metabolism: 1

G: 0

#August100miles
As of today I am sitting at 109 miles for the month!! If I can stay on track I will hit 145. There is also a possibility that if I reach 145 miles it will punch me back. These miles aren’t as easy as they used to be.

Becoming TWFKAP (The woman Formerly Known as Pocahontas )

(L)  For the love of God or at least your sister, could you chill?  I mean, really, did I not say I am having a bad month? Did I not mention last week that I have had multiple home surgeries on my feet and that the miles were NOT adding up?  So, how am I supposed to finish the month with any dignity when I must follow G’s torture report?

The only way I could muster any dignity for the last week was to begin again.  Yes, I have decided not to wait until September 1st, so I began working out this week.  I am back to running, lifting weights, doing the Ab Challenge…again, and I am starting a 21-day yoga challenge.

So, how is it going?  Well, as with anything, starting over after having a little respite is never fun.  My arms were shaking so badly that I could barely navigate the water bottle to my mouth!  Yep, it’s great to be back on the wagon or as G said, “the rear wheels are at least in sight!”

P.S.  A special shout out to G who sabotaged my healthy diet with “vegan” cinnamon rolls.  Yes, I say sabotage because i had no sooner told her that I was back on the Paleo diet that she sent me a text saying, “cinnamon rolls are in the mail!”  What?  They arrived on Monday and did I refrain??  Of course not…they were delicious!

P.S.S. In my defense (G), they were ALREADY in the mail before I got the Paleo announcement. Oops

Sunshine & Sarcasm,

Lowi & G

 

Tuesday’s Torture Report is a running log of our progress as we train toward fitness, specific races or our latest exercise-related obsession. Lowi’s working toward Becoming Pocahontas and G’s latest adventure goal is Croatan 24.