Hi, everyone! It is so great to see everyone here, even if some of us are a bit "loopy"!
I don't know -- I am thinking we are in big trouble come January -- can you all imagine WWDave, Mike & Vic in the same place at the same time?
Oh, wait a minute! I just realized something -- Mike, are you coming to ToT? If so, the World has 2.5 less months to prepare for the chaos that is about to rein!!!
Judy -- already sending out positive vibes and pixiedust to you, sweetie!
Dena -- congratulations!!!! Can't wait to see a pic of our new WISH K.I.D.!
Okay -- I just got in my longest wog since the Minnie and am feeling a bit more comfortable about Chicago. I was beginning to freak myself out.
Today's training on the dreaded conveyor belt, complete with watching Bon Jovi and other gorgeous men in the music video library of my ipod video. Geez, I am embarassed to even claim this as training!
5 minutes warmup at 4.0 mph --> .33 miles (calories -- ???)
60 minutes walking and jogging 4.0./5.0 -->> 4.31 miles (445 calories) (pace 13:55)
60 minutes walking at 4.2 -->> 4.18 miles (373 calories) (pace 14:21)
I did something pretty stupid and started paying for it in the first hour. I worked out with only coffee in my stomache. After an hour I had some cliff blocks and at about 90 minutes, I ate 2 bites of a powerbar, but by then it was too late to really make a difference.
But, as my dear Lily keeps reminding us, it's important to get the steps in, and that I did.
8.82 miles total -- 818 calories -- overall pace including warmup 14:10.
Okay, I need advice. I can get in one more LW next weekend before vacation, then we'll be home for one weekend 2 weeks before CDC and then away at DS14's performing arts camp performance weekend the weekend before CDC. I think I will feel much better if I can get in 10 miles next week and then 12 two weekends before CDC. Howard and I plan some kind of training at POFQ the day before boarding the Wonder, but I doubt it will be more than 3 or 4 miles.
It would end up looking like this:
8.8 today
10 next week
3 or 4 on 7/21
12 on 7/28
3 or 4 on 8/4
CDC on 8/12.
Do you think that will work out okay? (Okay, maybe its not the lack of miles on vacation
that I fear as much as the effects of 5 days of good food and konk koolers!
)