Ahhh, Jamaica

So, today is Photo Friday (check out Nike Mom at Adventure Seeker) and since I've been thinking a lot about vacation lately, I decided to post a this picture. We've been to Jamaica a few times (we were married there!) and I can't seem to get enough of it. I absolutely love the island and hope to one day have a vacation house (hut, shack, whatever) there...oh, and enough money to travel there each weekend. Wishful thinking. Anyway, we usually take a Caribbean trip each winter but with the house, renovations, furniture purchases, etc we are thinking of pushing it back this year. Maybe in the summer, which would be good timing for our 5 year anniversary.

As for the HBBC, I had to take yesterday off because I was soooo sore from lifting on Wednesday. I was going to go after work to do some light cardio to loosen up but we had a ton of stuff to do and by the time we finished running around, it was bed time and my legs were shot! Even though I'm still really sore, I ran 5.5 miles today and felt great while running. It was the walking and getting on/off the treadmill that hurt the most!

I'm really looking forward to the weekend, even though we have a TON to do. We're babysitting my nephews tomorrow night and taking them to Dave and Busters. Should be a lot of fun!!

No Pain, No Gain

I lifted today, the first time in several weeks because of the marathon training, and I think I'm going to be really sorry tomorrow. Convinced I hadn't lost any strength, I continued right where I left off. I did however only do 12 reps instead of 15, but I don't think that was playing it safe enough. I just sat down for the first time tonight and my legs are killing me!!! Darn walking lunges...UGH. My favorite, but oh so painful. Tomorrow is really going to suck because I'm sure I won't be able to sit down normally. Instead it will be a fast drop to get through the pain as quickly as possible!! (That's always fun when you have to go to the bathroom). But with that being said, it's nice to know I worked out hard and made it worth my while! No pain, no gain.

HBBC is going well but man, I don't think I stand a chance! Everyone is doing so well! Hopefully I can make up some points when I go out on vacation for the rest of the year. 7 days and counting...

I Loooove My Challenges

So today kicked off the Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge. To keep track of my progress, because we all know how I like to keep track of everything, I created a new blog (on my side bar) for this challenge and all my future ones...

Which brings me to my next topic!! I found the 100 push up challenge on Landy's blog and think I'm going to give it a try. It's really weird that I found this today because as I was working out this morning, I was thinking of adding more push ups and pull ups to my lifting routine. Shape magazine recently had a pull up training program that I wanted to try but never got around to it with the marathon training. Since I stumbled upon the push ups program today, I'll start with that one. Check out this site if you're interested. It will also help add up the points for HBBC!!

New blog is nothing fancy, I'm just going to tally up my points within the same post each day. I love seeing the miles, etc grow as time goes by.

Like the show says...

It's always sunny in Philadelphia. We're back home safe and sound from our trip to Michigan this weekend. Upon arriving in Detroit, meaning the second we came below the cloud cover, it was grey and dreary. What a shocker. The entire 3 days we were there, no sun. Not once. On top of that, it was freezing cold. The kind of cold that hurts. Burrrr. Anyway, as soon as the pilot said we were cleared for landing in Philly, I opened the window shade, smirked and pointed out to Andy how sunny it was! Have I mentioned recently how happy I am to be living back in Pa? I have? Well, too bad. I'm saying it again.

So, the Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge starts tomorrow. Could not be better timing. I'm feeling MUCH better and have had too long of a break from working out since the marathon. I miss my routine and am looking forward to getting back on track. Since it's time to get serious again tomorrow, I let Andy talk me into pizza for dinner. Or I might have suggested it. But that's not really important.

I'll be keeping track of the points I earn daily on the side of the page. Good luck to everyone. Looks like a lot of people are up for the challenge!

Congrats to...

BROOKE!!!

The tattoo says "Happiness, One mile at at time."

Once it heals up, I'll post a better picture. Ok, back to spend some time with the in-laws. I just saw the confusion over what the tattoo said, so I thought I'd give an explanation. :-)

Happiness...One mile at a time

First of all, I feel like a slug. I haven't done a thing since last Saturday because of this cold turned flu business and I feel like atrophy is setting in. I can't wait to feel better and get back to my routine. Especially during this time of year, I can't afford to not be working out. I must be feeling better though because I decided to eat something other than soup and bread today and made a pretty good dent in some trail mix. Yum.

Oh, and I had a bit of a breakdown this morning and made Andy tell me where he hid the scale. Made meaning I whined REALLY bad and since it was first thing in the morning, I knew he wouldn't be able to take it. If the whining didn't work, I had the tears ready to go. Luckily, I didn't have to take it that far. I haven't weighed myself since he took it away and I just wanted to see how things were going. I have resisted the urge to find it myself, which would have been easy, so I think pulling it out once in a while is acceptable. Thankfully, considering the lack of working out, the scale was nice to me and I didn't have to smash it.

And now, for my newest addition and the reason behind the title of this post. My treat to myself for successfully KICKING ASPHALT! It's hard to see in this picture, but there are little purple stars all around the foot symbol.

So, I'm off to Michigan tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to sneak away to check in at some point...Have a good week!

Blogging From Bed

So my cold turned into the flu on Sunday. I was up all night puking and was home in bed miserable yesterday. I am even staying home today because I'm still not feeling great and everything on me hurts. Why does the flu have to hurt? Ugh. Anyway, I'm starting to think this is a blessing in disguise. A lot running club runners who ran the marathon are in bad shape and injured. I know if I wasn't sick I'd be out there running, or trying to, so I'm thinking it's a good thing that I'm giving my body the time it needs to recover. We're heading to Michigan for our holiday visit on Thursday and I'm hoping Andy doesn't come down with this right as we get on the plane. *fingers crossed*

I would normally run while we're out there, but I might just take it easy and gear up for Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge which starts on Monday. Check this out, it will be a fun competition to keep us on track through a month filled with cookies and cocktails!