Get Lit

OK it is not looking good for the Get Lit Race. It is really cold and lots of snow. Mom still says we can do it if it is over 30 degrees she will pay the late amount for us to run in the Christmas lights.

Sat 12-04-10

Worked out at the fitness center for 1 hour. I league bowled 3 games and followed with 3 quick games with a friend

Thurs 12-02-10

Worked out at the fitness center for 1 hour. Very sad day at our house. Grandma Dodie passed away today.

Tue 11-30-10

Worked out at the fitness center for 1 hour.

Sat Nov 27, 2010

Ms K and I ran in the Folepi River Trail Clasic today. 4 miles. I am so tired. I did finish we think the time was 1hr 4min. Our time is slower in the cold. Ok I am slower in the cold.

Tues Nov 23, 2010

Worked out at the fitness center for 1 hour. I did 4 miles on the eliptical

Sat Nov 20, 2010

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 minutes cardio. I am using the eliptical.

I bowled in league for 3 games.

Thurs Nov 18, 2010

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 minutes cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Tue Nov 16 2010

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Sat Nov 13, 2010

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Bowled in my league 6 games

helped decorate for a suprise 50th party

Also had a lot of fun at the 50th Suprise party.

Cleaned up after the party. Not so much fun.

Thurs Nov 11, 2010

worked out at the fitness center for 45 minutes doing the 15 min of weights and 30 of cardio on the eliptical.

walked on the track 3 miles. They had the track lit for band practice.

Tue Nov 9, 2010

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Sat Nov 6, 2010

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Bowled in my league 3 games

Fri Nov 5, 2010

walked around my improvised route through town. It is about 3 miles. It was so cold and windy. It is getting difficult for me to run outside. Gonna have to find a plan B soon

Thurs nov 4, 2010

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

walked on the track 3 miles. They had the track lit for band practice.

Tue Nov 2, 2010

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Sat 10-30-10 GHFD Run

wow this race was FUN. I was not fast but I finished. There were some steep hills and the last mile was runnin into the wind. It was so cold and windy but I was ready. Thanks for the help from my friends. They encouraged me and I finished.

Fri 10-29-10

I am ready to go taking it easy night before race. Just did a little walking.

Thurs 10-28-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Wed Oct 27, 2010

walked around my improvised route through town. It is about 3 miles

tue 10-26-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Mon Oct 25, 2010

walked/ran on the track I really try to go at least 12 laps for 3 miles.

Sat 10-23-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Thurs 10-21-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Tue 10-19-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Mon 10-18-10

walked/ran on the track I really try to go at least 12 laps for 3 miles.

Sat 10-16-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Thurs 10-14-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Wed Oct 13, 2010

walked around my improvised route through town. It is about 3 miles

Tues 10-12-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Sat 10-09-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

I also league bowled 3 games

Fri Oct 22, 2010

walked approx 3 miles on the roads through town.

Fri 10-08-10

walked/ran on the track I really try to go at least 12 laps for 3 miles.

Thurs 10-07-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Tues 10-05-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Mon 10 -04-10

walked/ran on the track I really try to go at least 12 laps for 3 miles. I bought a "clicker" to help me keep track of my laps.

Fri 10-01-10

Night before the St Jude run. We walked but took it easy

Sun 10-03-10

Thur 09-30-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Wed 09-29-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Tue 09-28-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Wed 09-22-10

Mon 09-27-10

Sun 09-26-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Sat 09-25-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

I also had league bowling (3 games)

Thur 09-23-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Tue 09-21-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Fri 09-24-10

Fri 09-17-10

night before the race. just taking it easy

sun 09-19-10

Mon 09-20-10

Thurs 09-16-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Wed 09-15-10

walked late on the track

Tues 09-14-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Mon 09-13-10

Happy Birthday to me. We had a bowling birthday party. Lots of fun. We bowled 2 games and ate pizza. It was great.

Sat Sept 18, 2010

Ms K and I ran in the Morton Pumpkin Run today. It was great weather and really fun. We had a great time.

Sun 09-12-10

walked early 8-9am on the track with Ms K

Sat 10-02-10

Ran in the 11th annual Morton St Jude Road Race. I am not sure of my time as the time clock blew over in the wind if that tells you anything. It rained until race time and it was damp and cold. Ok enough excuses I did finish but I(we)think my time was 43 minutes. My other excuse was I rode in the combine all day Friday made me wheeze and have alot of asthma and allergy trouble. Guess it was just good to finish. Next race is Oct 30, 2010. Going to go this week and get some long pants to run in.

Sat 09-11-10

worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes (0830am)
league bowling total of 6 games
walked 7-8pm with Ms K on the track about 3 miles

Fri 09-10-10

Went to the football game with my grandpa. Didn't work out but I did do homework.

Thurs 09-09-10

Worked out at fitness center for 45 minutes. This is about 15 minutes on weights and 30 cardio. I am using the eliptical.

Wen 9-7-10

worked out for 45 minutes at the fitness center

Wed 9-08-10

Walked/ran in town with Ms K about 3 miles

Monday 09-05-10

Back to the walk/running. Ms K and I walked/ran tonight. It is really cool and windy. Not to great on the wheezing. We did two miles but sometimes I just have to take it easy and do what I can do.

How was your weekend? Ours was great. We went to the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt Pleasant Iowa. Really had a great time. Our friends joined us. It was a great camping weekend. Nice and cool with plenty of sunshine. (until the rain started last night) I have no idea how far but I walked my legs off. It was great.

Thursday 09-02-10

Look here I am again. In print. Ok so it is really hard to see and the color is lime green but I am on page 10 if the IPVI newsleter. The picture is from my blog and I wish they had the one with Ms K in the picture

Wed 9-01-10

Ms K, mom and I walked around town. That is a nice switch. Wednesdays we have to go later but it works out great for all of us. It was really nice and cool tonight. i am not sure how far we walked tonight but it was a steady 40 minutes.

Tue 08-31-10

Tonight there was no running or walking. I have signed up for a fitness class. This will be a credit for me but will help me meet people and reach some of my fitness goals. Mom is taking this class too. We had orientation tonight. I will be lifting and doing cardio she is just doing cardio. It was really really hot in there as they are just setting up after they had to relocate to the back of the gym. Tonight they walked me through all the machines and how to set up the seat height and the amount of weight I can lift. Cannot wait until next Tuesday to begin working out. I have to have 32 sessions for an A. The orientation gave me two workouts so I have 30 to go. I am going to like this class.

Mon 8-30-10

Tonight Miss K and I went running/walking. I should post as soon as I get home to I will remember how far we went

Sat 8-28-10

Tonight Miss K and I went running/walking on the track. We ran around the track 14 times so that is 3.5 miles. My mother walked on the track too.

Wed 8-25-10

It was a great night. We couldn't get together until 8pm so Miss K, Mom and I walked really really fast 1.5 miles around the track. It was a cool great night to walk.

Mon 8-23-10

Tonight Miss K and I went runing/walking on the track. We did three miles. My mom ran/walked with us too. I was very impressed with mom for running two different times without us.

Sun 8-22-10

Tonight my mom and I went running/walking. We did 2.5 miles. It got dark and was not able to finish.

Maui Jim Maka Maka Race Thur 8-19-10

Tonight Miss K and I ran/walked another race. This makes race number two. This race was 5K or 3.1 miles. We finished it in 46 minutes. The race started at the Maui Jim and went through the parking lot and some small streets near Maui Jim. The weather was hot but not too bad. However, by the end I was really hot! Miss K and I had a great time. We will be taking a break, 3 days, We are already set up for another race in the middle of September. I am looking forward to it!

Wed 8-18-10

Tonight Ms K and I walked

Tue 8-17-10

Tonight Ms K and I could not run/walk out side because of the rain. That did not STOP us. We ran/walked inside on the Elliptical. We walked/ran for about 2 and a half miles. Then we walked around on the first floor of the school to cool down. It was very very very hot up in the weight room.

Sat Aug 14 2010

I met Ms K at the track we walked/ran 3.5 miles that is 14 times around the track. It was so humid and hot.

Fri Aug 13, 2010

I didn't get much done today. Went with grandma to the doctor and out to lunch. It stormed by the time mom got home from work so no running for me. I did get signed up for a 5K on Thursday at Maui Jim. That will be fun looking forward to the race.

Thur Aug 12, 2010

it is still very very hot. We are running/walking at night. Mom, Ms K and I walked 3.25 miles. We walked our in town route and took mom. She liked it except for the part that she tried to fall off her feet once. Gotta watch her all the time I thought she was going to take off running. (she was trying not to fall) We made it back to the school in one piece. We were all very very hot.

Wed Aug 11, 2010

Tonight we attended an open house/orientation for the college. I am set and ready to go only need one more workbook. It is for my computer class. They said I should check each day and they will be in soon. Mom and dad have made me walk my class route and shown me so much stuff. I cannot believe it. I am sure I can find the cafeteria, library, bathroom, vending machines, fire exits and coffee shop. I am sure I didn't need to run/walk tonight. I did alot of walking.

Tue Aug 10, 2010

Tonight we went to the college to get my books. Wow that was expensive. I went to the fitness center/gym and checked out the equipment. One of my classes I signed up for a fitness class. School starts in less than two weeks. I cannot wait.

Mom and I met Ms K (yeah she is back from her vacation) We walked/ran 1.5 miles. Too much thunder and lightening. Had to stop. It was very humid.

Mon Aug 9, 2010

Didn't get to run/walk today. Too much going on and it is very hot and humid.

Sun 8-8-10

My mom and I went running/walking on the track today. I walked/ran 9 laps. that would equleal about 2.25 miles. It is very very hot.

Sat 8-7-10

Tonight my mom and I went to the track. I ran/walked for about 9 laps. The weather was beautiful tonight too.

Fri 8-6-10

Tonight Mom and I went to the track. I almost ran two complete laps with out stopping (one half mile). I stopped just short of lap from the start/finish line. I was so proud of myself. Mom was too. I was completely out of breath when I stopped but I still kept going walking/running the remaining 8 laps. I have improved my pacing but still start off much too fast when I run by myself.

Wed - Sun 7-27 to 8-01-10

I have been on vacation. I went to an airshow in Wisconsin. My family and I looked at many old war airplanes. I had tons of fun. We are not sure exactly how far we walked but we do know that we walked more than 20 miles. We were camped about 1.25 miles from the flight line and in one day made 6 trips back and forth. We walked alot and my mom will tell you how much she walked carring a folding chair (we all did). We saw a great number of exhibits and lectures. We drank alot of water. It was really really hot. Look up Oshgosh Airventure 2010 for more info. We have gone several times to this air show and I know we will go again. It is so much fun.

Lincoln Douglas Race

This is a picture of Ms K and I coming to the finish line of the Lincoln Douglas Run on June 26, 2010.

Sat 7-24-10

Today I weighed myself. I weigh 168. I lost 8 pounds in 4 weeks. That would be a total of 15 pounds lost so far. I was very happy. Ms K weighs weekley. I am going to try that.

sun 7-25-10

Ms K and I ran/walked on the track today. We did 9 laps which would equal 2.25 miles. We were so hot.

Fri 7-23-10

Today Ms K and I ran/walked on the access road in Germantown. We walked/ran 3.5 miles. It was extremely hot.

Wed 7-21-10

Today Ms K and I went to East Side to walk in the pool. It was tons of fun. Well realy when we were going against the current it was a work out. However going with the current was not so bad. Ms K and I passed several people in the pool going both ways Ms K and I discovered that we went 8 times from one side of the pool to the other. We do not know th length of the pool or how many times it took to make a mile. I do know one thing I am very tired. Running in a pool is hard work

Mon 7-19-10

Ms K and I ran/walked on the road today. We ran/walked 3.5 miles. That is the farthesst we walked/ran together! We had a few people come up to us and congratulate Ms K and I on our first race.

Sat 7-17-10

Ms K and I ran/walked on the track today. We ran/walked 2 miles. We walked most of the way. It was so hot and mucky.

Thur 7-15-10

Ms K and I walked through town. It was very very hot and humid. We walked about 2 miles.

Wed 7-14-10

Today Ms K and I ran about two miles. We ran one fourth a mile three times.

Mon 7-12-10

Today Ms K and I ran hard on the track. We ran one lap with out stopping three different times. We tried to run a fourth lap without stopping but the heat got to us. It was very hot.

Sun 7-11-10

Today Ms K and I walked. We walked 2 miles. It was great to get out and do something even though my father and I went to the car show on Saturday night at the Metamora Town Square and walked.There were not many cars so My father and I did not do much walking.

Fri 7-9-10

Okay, I am really sore today. First I went to a truck show in Iowa with my dad. We walked almost 3 miles looking at all the restored trucks. Later I went walk/running 3.5 miles on the track with the addition of running up and down the bleachers (1 time). I ran almost 2 laps without stopping I will say that running up and down the bleachers was not my idea. My mother saw a few other people doing the bleacher steps and she asked me if I wanted to give it a try. I told her sure why not. Well my mom and I are really regretting are that decision. I am very tired today and she is totally worn out.

Thur 7-8-10

I'm a star, I am a celebrity, I am famous. I made the front page of the paper. Okay, mom has just ripped me out of my clouds! I am back to earth. Ms K and I are pictured on the front page of the Woodford Courier. It is the whole front page, color pictures and an article. Thanks Mrs Dale.

If you want to see the article you can read it here




Ms K and I walked around town today 2 miles.

Tues 7-6-10

Ms K and i walked/ran on track for 2 miles it is so hot and humid

Sun 7/04/10

Ms K and I ran for about 2 miles

Fri 7-02-10

Ms K and I walked 3 miles this morning.

Thurs 7-01-10

Ummmmmmmm today must have been my day off. I did nothing but went to my grandma's and helped her with her house work and flowers, I bowled 2 games and took my grandma to the movie and we ate at Culver's.

Wed 6-30-10

Ms K and I walked/ran 2 miles this morning. We ran a full lap (1/4 mile) then walked a lap then ran a lap walked a lap you get the idea. That was one of my goals to run an entire lap.



Mom and I walked when I got off work I walked 13 laps so 3.25 miles. I only ran 1/2 of one lap I was too tired.

Tuesday 06-29-10

Momo and I walked 3 miles tonight

Monday 6-28-10

Ms K and I walked 1 mile this morning.

Race

Today April 24, 2010 I walked the Save R Sight Run/Walk
My time was 56.7
I have added this post to keep track of the day this fitness journey began.

Lincoln-Douglas Run

Today was my first official buddy race. I ran/walked the Lincoln-Douglas Run. My finishing time was 45.45.

daily training

walked (morning) with Ms K 3 miles.

walked (evening)on the track with mom 1.75 miles

training

walked/ran (morning) with Ms K 3 miles.
walked/ran (evening) with mom on track 2.25 miles

training

was supposed to run with Ms K but it was storming out.
walked/ran with Ms K(eveing)not sure how far

training

I began training with Miss K for the Lincoln Douglas Run in May 2010. This is a post I made on 6-26-10. I will update the days I ran or walked soon.