Book lists

I love book lists!  Lists of books you should have read.  Lists of book you should read.  Books I need to add to my own "need to read" list.

I saw this BBC book quiz that claims most people have only read 6 books on the list.  And members of Goodreads have read 23.

My score...

43!!

How many books have you read??

Enjoy!
ELH

Garmin GPS watches

I bought the Garmin Forerunner 110 in February 2011. 

It has been great, until recently.  It now has a hard time connecting to the satellites and just isn't acting like normal.  I have used it 778 times for a total of 2263miles in the past 3 years.

It might be time to get a new watch!  I use the garmin almost daily, so I need a reliable watch.

I am looking at the Forerunner 220.

Any recommendations??

thanks!
ELH

WWW - 2 weeks!

Mon, March 3^rd – Busy day at work – we moved to a new office building!  I wore my pedometer and took ~12000 steps!

Tues, March 4^th – 1.35miles in 10:51with Molly (was running late and G had to leave early, so the run was short!), ~8400 steps during the day, 200 abs, and 25 push-ups.

Wed, March 5^th – 2.0 mile run with Molly in the morning and then 200abs and 25 push-ups.  I am pretty sure my watch wasn’t working properly – the first mile was at 7:15 and the second was at 14:14.  Humm!

Might be time to start looking into a new Garmin…

Thurs, March 6^th – Wednesday was our big move day, so I was tired Thursday morning.  Lazy/rest day!

Fri, March 7^th – Just flat out lazy!

Sat, March 8^th – 4mile run with Molly and then a 2.41mile cool down walk with the family. 

Run – 10min warm-up (1mile @ 9:24, 0.07miles @ 8:54), 2min easy walk,

3x {5 min “fast”, 2min easy walk} (0.57miles @ 8:48, 0.57miles @8:50, 0.58 @ 8:40)

0.79 miles @ 9:13 Cool-down run.

Sun, March 9^th – 2.2mile family walk and then lots of work during the day.

Mon, March 10^th – 1.73 mile walk with P in the evening, 200 abs, and lots of arm exercises with my 5 and 10lb weights.

Tues, March 11^th – 2.06 mile walk with P in the afternoon and 200 abs.

Wed, March 12^th – Long morning workout -

3x {25 push-ups (on my knees)

       30 crunches

       50sec wall sit

       10 dips

       45sec plank

       30 lunges on each leg

       15 squats}

  

Thurs, March 13^th – Lazy and tired in the morning and it was really windy in the afternoon, so we didn’t walk.

Fri, March 14^th –  2.10 mile walk with P in the evening.

Sat, March 15^th – 40min run (~4miles).  My garmin didn’t charge (even though is was on the charger over night), so I just wore my timex and did a timed run.  It felt good and the fast parts felt fast!

10min warm-up, 2min easy walk, 3x {5 min “fast”, 2min easy walk}, and 7min easy cool-down run.

I also started 30 day Ab and Squat Challenge.  Today was Day 1 – 10 sit ups, 15 bicycle crunches, and 30 squats.

Sun, March 16^th – Day 2 – 10 sit ups, 3x5 V-Up crunches, and 30 squats.  It was a rainy, lazy, chore filled day!

Enjoy!

-ELH

February mileage

This is what P thinks of my mileage for February -

He turned his back on it's lameness.  I am going to chalk it up to bad weather, cyclical illness passed between P and I, and so over the late sunrise and early sunset.

Running - 10.13miles

Walking - 18.21miles

Yearly totals - 

25.45miles running

36.18miles walking

 

March will be better!

-ELH 

WWW

I have no motivation... Hopefully the upcoming time change will change that!

Mon, Feb 24^th – 2mile walk with baby P after work and 200abs.

Tues, Feb 25^th – 2mile morning run with Molly 2.01miles in 19:42 (Mile 1 @ 9:50, Mile 2 @ 9:44) and 200abs and 25 push-up.

Wed, Feb 26^th – Long morning workout and an additional 200 abs.

3x {25 push-ups (on my knees)

       30 crunches

       50sec wall sit

       10 dips

       45sec plank

       30 lunges on each leg

       15 squats}

Thurs, Feb 27^th – Super busy day at work and an early morning taking P to physical therapy.  I only did arm weights with 5 and 10lb weights.

Fri, Feb 28^th – Another super busy day at work, so I didn’t do anything.  We are moving our lab and office, so I was on my feet most of the day.

Sat, March 1^st – 2.13mile walk with baby P.

Sun, March 2^nd – 4mile run with Molly and then a 2mile cool down walk with baby P. 

Run – 10min warm-up (1mile @ 9:48), 2min easy walk,

3x {5 min “fast”, 2min easy walk} (0.55miles @ 8:59, 0.56miles @8:56, 0.57 @ 8:48)

0.86 miles @ 9:31 Cool-down run.

This was probably the best run I have had since before P was born.  I loved it!  Maybe I have found my groove:)

Enjoy!

ELH

WWW

Mon, Feb 17^th – Lazy day!  Busy day at work also!

Tues, Feb 18^th – Run with Molly – 2.10miles in 20:16 (Mile 1 @ 9:12, Mile 2 @ 10:03) and then the “Short” Morning workout – 80 jumping jacks, 20 push-ups, 40 sit-ups, 50 squats, 20 lunges (per leg), and 60sec wall sit. 

Wed, Feb 19^th – Morning workout –

3x {25 push-ups (on my knees)

       30 crunches

       50sec wall sit

       10 dips

       45sec plank

       30 lunges on each leg

       15 squats}

Thurs, Feb 20^th – “Short” morning workout, 5 and 10lb arm weights and 200 abs.

Fri, Feb 21^st – 5 and 10lb arm weights and lots of stretching in the evening.

Sat, Feb 22^nd – 3mile run with Molly in 29:45 (Mile 1 @ 9:36, 0.71miles @ 9:47, 90sec walk break, 0.21miles @9:25, 1mile @ 9:36) and then 10lb arm weights while laying on the ground and 200abs.

Sun, Feb 23^rd – 2.42mile family walk.  And it seems like I am sick again – blah!  More congestion and coughing.   Hopefully this will past quickly.

Enjoy!

ELH

WWW

Mon, Feb 10^th – Lazy!!  Pretty busy day at work and preparing for the next snow storm (not really -  we didn’t do any extra preparation)!!

Tues, Feb 11^th – 2.03 mile walk with baby P during a let up in the sleet.  I did also do 200abs and 25 push-ups.

Wed, Feb 12^th –  Snowed in!!  The weather was awful, so we were actually stuck in the house all day.  I did do 200abs and arms with 5 and 10lb weights.

Thurs, Feb 13^th – 2mile walk in the melting snow and ice!  And I did arms with 5 and 10lb weights, 200 abs, and 25 push-ups – got to get bathing suit ready!

Fri, Feb 14^th – Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Sat, Feb 15^th – Turns out I have a sinus infection and am on amoxicillin, so taking a running break and instead walked 2.10miles with the family.

Sun, Feb 16^th – Still feeling a little under the weather and lots of mucus, so baby P and I walked 3miles, did 200 abs, 25 push-ups, and arms with 5 and 10lb weights. Hoping to feel better tomorrow and get back into running.

Enjoy!

ELH