Sunday Run

Getting ready to show off our shoes!My shoes were Kate Spade and the girls were in cranberry patent leather peep toes!

Today's goal was 10miles.
I meet up with Stephanie and another boot camp/running enthusiast for a very chilly (23-25F) run this morning.
Between the three of us we had two GPS watches, a Timex pace watch, and three different speeds. One GPS watch died :( at ~8miles.

Some of the splits -
2.25miles - 19:48
4 mile point - 36:19
Mile5 5 was a snowy run in the woods!
Miles 6 and 7 - 16:47 with mile 6 being 8:13min
Miles 8 and 9 - 16:46

Total mileage 10.2 in 1hr 26min
Last Saturday, I did 10.6 in 1hr 36min - so I am very happy with todays run!

Enjoy!
-ELH

Workout update

GAH's dog checking out my older tailless cat. We have a blended one dog, two cat family!

This was a hard workout week since I ended up catching a cold and have a wicked cough!
Sunday, Jan 16th - recovery day
Monday, Jan 17th - Boot camp with Stephanie! She kicked my butt.
2min of push-ups -> 32
5 min plank
Lots of work with weights and cardo.

Tuesday, Jan 18th - went home sick. I did go for a short walk!

Wednesday, Jan 19th - Boot camp with Stephanie!
2min of push-ups -> 33
5 min plank
5 min alternating jumping lunges
5 min of laying flat on the ground with one arm up like you are holding a candle and don't want to get wax on you. Stand up fast, then lay down, keeping your hand up. We did 2 1/2 min on each arm.
2 min of single leg squats x2
Arm dips
Finish with some ab work.

Thursday, Jan 20th - ~5mile run with roomie in 44min.

Friday, Jan 19th - I was supposed to do a track workout, but it had snowed the night before and was really windy. I am also still a little sick, so I decided to do another cross training workout.
15min of running up and down 7 flights of stairs
90sec of calf raises on each leg
2 min of single leg squats on each leg
2 min of squats
2 min of 2nd position pile squats
2 min of alternating jumping lunges
1 min of squat jumps trying to touch the ceiling!
I finished with some ab work and stretching.

My plan for the weekend is -
Saturday -> compact chain
Sunday -> redo the airport run at a faster pace, since I know the route!

Enjoy!
-ELH

G's email box

So I thought about starting a new theme - random emails from GAH's email box.

GAH has a straight forward email address (ex. bobsmith at gmail dot com) and about once a week the email address gets mixed up and it ends up in GAH's box. I think the best one so far was from a wife who was in the middle of a nasty divorce. She was pissed that her soon to be ex hadn't returned her emails...they never made it to the ex-husband! GAH is diplomatic and does let the sender know their error.



This is this weeks latest email... (names and addresses have been changed). It looks like girl A was trying to forward girl C's email to a friend.



"From: CK
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:20:39 +0000
To: AM
Subject:
A,

This is all very sad to me! I have chosen the bridesmaids and usherettes with the same amount of care and devotion and with real thought! I had special requests for YOU to be a magical part of the ceremony but to be honest I am so sad at all of this and for all the times in my life this is not the time for me to feel hurt and upset. You are with the family members A and I cant believe you would even question that!

We are grown woman and you had to have understood this was a decision I have had to put a lot of thought into You have upset me so much and I actually think you have been rather selfish - this is not even about my wedding or my day this is all about you not being a bridesmaid!

Why have you not bothered to pick up the phone to me since the engagement - not once since the 15th December have you called to say congrats (bar Xmas day when I called you) you have been in JHB I am sure?

You could have used your home phone or grans phone or something but you have not so much as called and I have not called you because I have not heard from you! You were so strange and badly behaved in xx on that holiday and I totally understand you have been going through the most difficult time in the last while and we have drifted A and we have very different lives in different places

BUT WE ARE FAMILY and the fact that you have kicked up such a stink when I have asked you lovingly to be a special part of the wedding - not even recognising that I want you there but focusing on what you are not instead of what you are!

You hardly gave me a chance to share and celebrate and plan with you and now I feel sick every time I think of this all. You have not asked once about the wedding, half the reason we moved the venue was because I knew you would DEFINITELY be able to be there and you have not made one comment about it - not even one nice or loving or joyous comment.

Every other girl called immediately and glowed about being a special part of the ceremony even if it was to just be there! Most of the girls being so understanding about the difficulty of having everyone you love in one place and to make them all feel special as they are!

I really thought I would have had that from you but instead you have worried about a title - there are readings and prayers and blessings and things that I want special people to do FAR more important that saying you are a bridesmaid and you didn't even give me a chance to be happy enough to talk to you about this

The real stab in the heart had to be the "Let me know the date and if I am around i will be there" this is my wedding day A !!!!!!!!!!! How could you even suggest the idea that you may not be there because you would be in xx or somewhere else/ my heart shattered

This is all so sad - just so sad and i don't know what to do I wanted my friends and family to be bridesmaids but I also did not want 8-10 of them so I created the family members as ushers - this makes you no less important!

I know you are hurt but this is a marriage between M and I and if you cannot empathise with the decisions we have made as a couple then i don't know what to say I am sorry this is an email and not over the phone but it is difficult to think about how I really feel and this is very emotional. I hope we can move on from this with no hard feelings and just be happy for each other

I love you

C"



I am so glad I didn't have any bridesmaid drama! GAH's brother did want to be a musican at the ceremony, but he was the bestman and couldn't be at two places at once!

Enjoy!

ELH

Airport run

Interesting plant in a garden at the Kula Lodge. I think they look like churros.

Saturday, Jan 15th
Long run!
10.6 miles around my local airport.
It was 1/3 covered with snow and ice so my time wasn't that good -> 1hr 36min which would lead to 9:36min/mile. I want to a min faster/mile, but I am happy with this, since it was my first run over 5miles in a few month.
It was also a new path, so I had to stop a few times at trail heads.

The mile markers were not that great, so my times are a little weird. The trail is part of bike trail from city A to city B (the city names actually start with an A and a B!)
Splits:
~1.5 miles - 14:19
next time I saw a mile marker - 9:13
next mile - 11:39 - I don't think this one was correct
1.5 miles - 13:08
last mile - 8:49 - very happy with this.

The I was happy to finish this run and especially happy to have not fallen down! That was until the warm-down walk. I slipped and fell on hard on my rear on the ice into some snow. It was pretty pathetic. At that point I just wanted to lay in the snow indefinitely!

Mileage 1-9/1-16 = 5 + 5 + 4.5 +10.6 = 25.1
Enjoy!
-ELH

Track workout

One of many rainbows we saw in Maui. We even saw many Double Rainbows (but I guess it is now called Flying Star)!

Wednesday was another boot camp with Stephanie. She is killing my arms in a good way!

Today I decided to do a track workout.
4x400 easy/warm-up
Crescendo 400, 600, 800, 1200, 800, 600, 400 - 30sec rest between each run.
800 easy cool-down.
Mileage = 4.5miles
My goal was to maintain consistent splits -> 2:08 was my goal (which would be 8:32min mile.)
It was also pretty windy and cold ~30F. Fun times:)

Splits -
4x400 - total time - 9:30
400 - 2:07
600 - (400 = 2:03), (200 = 1:06) 3:09
800 - (1st 400 = 2:07, 2nd 400 = 2:09) 4:16
1200 - (1st 400 = 2:07, 2nd 400 = 2:13 - missed the marker, so it probably was 2:09, 3rd 400 = 2:04) 6:24
800 - (1st 400 = 2:05, 2nd 400 = 2:06) 4:11
600 - (400 = 2:03), (200 = 1:01) 3:04
400 - 2:00

I guess I negative split the run!
Pretty happy with this.
-Enjoy
ELH

Workout update

One of the many Maui beaches we visited.

East Maui Mountains

I mentioned before that my back has been hurting, so I took Friday off from running.
Saturday, Jan 8th
I got up at 6:30am to make pizza dough - my first attempt with yeast and making homemade pizza. It was a tasty and a big success! We took the pizza over to GH's brother's house - if you bring food you get to see and hold the newborn! It was a rectangular shaped pizza so the 2 1/2 year old nephew won't eat it because it didn't look like pizza! His loss:)
Anyway, back to workout....
After making the dough, I went back to bed for a few hrs - lower back still painful. On the second wake up, I did some ab work and stretching and took Molly for a 30min walk.
Later that night I did walk the US's busiest airport - I hardly ever take the train!

Sunday, Jan 9th
~5.5 mile run with my roomie on the walking trails near her place. It was extremely hilly and cold. Wind chill was 19F!!
It was good and I didn't have any pain.
I finished the run with some ab work.
Successful day!

Monday, Jan 10th
Boot camp with Stephanie! She definitely worked us into the ground. It was fun and gave me new ideas for exercises to try when I do boot camp on my own.

Active stretching/warm-up
2min pushups = 32
5 min plank

We did ~3min of each exercise using 10lb weights.
Altering lunges with bicep curls - all done slowly
10 legs kicks, roll over, 10 mountain climbers with your hips up high
Crunches with arms straight infront of you with your weights. Killer!
Army push-ups - lay flat on your stomach, pushup, right leg comes up quickly to your arm, drop down to your stomach, pause, pushup, left leg comes up quickly to your arm, drop down to your stomach, roll 360deg - repeat.
One arm triceps raises.
Squat jumps
Leg lifts - One foot flat on the floor, the other leg stretched straight out, pulsing up and down (do not raise it above your other knee)
Criss-cross abs
Superman abs
Stretching/cool down.

Tuesday, Jan 11th
5mile loop run near work in 42:30. My fastest is 41min, so pretty happy with it. It was also starting to rain/snow - part of the Eastern US storm. I was wearing a long sleeve dry fit shirt, a dry fit pullover, pullover fleece, running tights, waterproof workout pants, a beanie, and gloves. I don't get hot expect for my hands. I usually take the gloves off after the first mile and carry them with me. The best part was the bottom of my shirt was frozen when I got home!
I did some ab work when I got home.

Feel the burn!
Enjoy!
ELH

Happy Birthday BT!

Flowers from my birthday while we were in Maui! Bird of Paradise are my favorite flower.

Today is my sister's Birthday!

She is officially entering her late twenties.
2011 is going to be an amazing year for her, as she will become a wife in May!

Love You!
-ELH