HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVABLE

Do I really have a 21 year-old?

Smart Lovable

Today Lovable takes her Dental School Entrance Test. I can't believe my little girl is big enough to go to dental school. Please send her SMART thoughts! She's been studying her a$$ off!

Workout Log

Sunday, Jan 11
Volunteered from 5am to 2pm at USA Fit marathon. I think that was harder than running the marathon....NOT!!!

Monday, Jan 12
Nothing....Met with Coach Sam to discuss Ironman Canada training plan

Tuesday, Jan 13
Weights with Hawaiian Christine

Traditions

Remember the movie Fiddler on the Roof and the song "Tradition". It's one of my earliest movie theater memories as a kid. Our family rarely went to the movies....too much money. But I remember the whole family of 6 going to the theater to see Fiddler on the Roof.

So, this week starts Tradition for me. Houston Marathon weekend #9. The countdown has begun. I'm now one week, seven days, 154 hours from the start of the 2009 Houston Marathon. The traditions have also begun. The first tradition is to have a HORRIBLE last long run on the weekend prior to the marathon. So I had to uphold that! After a good 21 miler six days earlier, I started running on Saturday. After about 1.5 miles, I decided that I'd rather walk this weekend, than spend the last few miles on Jan 18th walking. So I finished the run with a long, slow 2.5 mile walk. It was a great time to think about the good times and bad of the past year.

This week will be a comfortable week of more traditions (massage, pasta dinner, expo, pre-race dinner, etc) culminated by a run with my four original Spa Girl running buddies pacing me for the 26.2

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!


Workout Log

Sunday, Dec 28

Monday, Dec 29
45 minutes on the bike trainer. It's been a while! Did a wattage ride for the first time like Coach Sam taught us a few weeks ago. It different.


Tuesday, Dec 30
Weights with Hawaiian Christine. Yikes she took my body fat and measurements. Gained 3 pounds and lots o'fat! Back to the eating program on Jan 5. She'll take my measurements again on Jan 20.

Ran 46 minutes of parking garages with New Angie and Yvonne.


Wednesday, Dec 31
New Year's lifting of glasses and toasting. Had more martini's than I usually have all year....uh-oh


Thursday, Jan 1
WII Fit with Sweetie and the kids. Yes, it really does count!


Friday, Jan 2
Day of Rest

Saturday, Jan 3
Day of Rest #2 in prep for big one

Sunday, Jan 4
21 miles with Sweetie, Canadian Debbie and Chris. Hot as H-E-L-L. So where does the Big Man get making it 75 degrees and 110% humidity in January? I was happy with our time given the weather. I even got a little kick at mile 19.5 and ran ahead of the group for about 5 minutes.

Monday, Jan 5
Recovery

Tuesday, Jan 6
SICK :-(

Wednesday, Jan 7
Yoga

Thursday, Jan 8
Weights with Hawaiian Christine

Friday, Jan 8
Rest

Saturday, Jan 9
Ran 1.5 miles, walked 2.5 miles

Home for the Holiday

Well you can see by my workout log below that I've been a bit pre-occupied by the holidays. It really is more important this time of year to spend time with folks you love rather than exercise. I've fit in a few good, quality workouts and got lots of family time so all-in-all it was a good Christmas.

Christmas 2008 was extra special for the Jackson clan. We had a new addition, the first of a new generation born about 2 weeks before Christmas. My niece, Jessie, had a little boy, Matthew Madden on Dec 8th. Lovable is his Godmother, so she's pretty excited. This new generation was especially significant because we now have 5 living generatins in our family. My 89 year-old grandmother is now a Great-Great-Grandmother....WOW. I sure hope I get to see my great-great grandchildren.



Workout Log

Tuesday, Dec 16
Weights with Hawaiian Christine
5.25 mile run in Sugar Land with Canadian Debbie

Wednesday, Dec 17
Nothing!!!! Was a bad girl...

Thursday, Dec 18
5.25 mile run in Sugar Land with Harvest Moon Angie

Friday, Dec 19
NOTHING AGAIN! But then Friday is supposed to be my rest day.

Saturday, Dec 20
10 miles by myself in horribly, hot, muggy weather. Was happy with my 10:00/mile pace

Sunday, Dec 21
Two parties - does that count as a workout...oh and got a massage.

Monday, Dec 22
Wonderful Christmas Light Run led by Dandy Don Ruggles. Did 6.1 miles and enjoyed all the decorations of Brightwater

Tuesday, Dec 23
Weights with Hawaiian Christin
Does present wrapping count for cardio?

Wednesday, Dec 24
How about driving home to New Orleans? I flexed my ankle on the gas peddle!

Thursday, Dec 25
I promise I'll get back to working out

Friday, Dec 26
How about driving home?

Saturday, Dec 27
FINALLY - ran 10.5 miles in Sugar Land

Sleep, Exercise, Shop

That's how I spent my summer...oopps....winter vaction. Rounded out the rest of the week with this pattern. Sleep until 8:30 - didn't even hear Sweetie leave for work each morning. Wake up. Eat breakfast and catch a little of the Today Show. Who knew Hoda Kotbe (a former New Orleans reporter back in the day) and Kathy Lee Gifford now host the Today Show later in the morning? What the working girl misses these days. Afer that I would do a workout of some sort and then hit the malls of Raleigh/Durham area. I still seemed to not be able to finish Christmas shopping though.

Since I missed the 30K Race in the Land of Sugar, Sweetie and I did 30k through Durham and Duke University. He tells me I pretty much saw all of Durham! Hey that's what happens when you have to do that much mileage. We took it fairly easy but for some reason at mile 15, I got a burst of energy and started running a sub-9 pace. Well that didn't last for long. The last half mile seemed to go on FOR-EVVAAAAA.

Here's a little pre and post run view for ya:

BEFORE




AFTER





Workout Log

Friday, Dec 12
Rest Day

Saturday, Dec 13
18.6 miles at 10:45 pace. Would like to have been faster, but I did this with Sweetie and it was about covering the distance, not the pace.

Sunday, Dec 14
Rest Day (lots of those lately!)

Tuesday, Dec 15
Travel Day - back to Houston

Snow in the Land of Sugar

So I'm on a week of vacation being a Lady of Leisure in Sweetie's home town while he works. It's unusually warm here for December and has rained for the last 2 days. Sweetie and I go to see Australia on Wednesday evening and Mr Smarty Pants calls during the movie. It's unusual for him to call so I step out of the movie.

It's SNOWING in Sugar Land, Texas. No REALLY!!! It's 70 degrees in Raleigh and it's freakin snowing in Sugar Land while I'm not there!!!!!! What's up with that?





Workout Log

Thursday, Dec 4
Weights with Christine (and I was sore until Monday!)
5 mile Christmas Lights run in Sugar Land followed by Vineyard on the Square

Friday, Dec 5
Weights with Christine

Saturday, Dec 6
10 miles with Coach Bob (my original running mentor) and Alia. Had a great time catching up with Coach Bob. It's been a long time since I've run with him!

Sunday, Dec 7
Rest Day

Monday, Dec 8
1800m swim in Raleigh. Timed a 400, 300, 200 and 100. Did all in sub 2:00 (ranged from 1:45 to 1:53)/hundred. This is a big improvement since the last time I timed myself. Yay for me!

Tuesday, Dec 9
6 mile run in Sweetie's neighborhood

Wednesday, Dec 10
Rest Day (went shopping...isn't that exercies?)

Thursday, Dec 11
3.2 mile fast run in Sweetie's neighborhood in the rain!

Construction Project

After 12 years of living with old fashioned white laminate counter tops and what seems like 6 months of trying to pick out granite, construction finally started in the kitchen project. Granite is installed, lights are mostly there, but somehow I don't have a faucet! Oh well, guess that means dinner out. (Like I need an excuse!)

I'll post the "after pix when it's all done. It may be a while cuz I still gotta pick out the backsplash!

Workout Log

Saturday
Rest Day

Sunday
Computrainer 65 min

Monday
Computrainer lesson with Coach Sam so did more listening than exercising

Tuesday
NOTHING - one day biz trip to Tulsa

Wednesday
Yoga