Worn out!

I must admit all this training is wearing me down a bit. Went for a run on Monday at noon, not sure how far but it took me 42 minutes (oh Garmin please come back!!). It felt pretty good, did level 2 last night and will continue with it tonight (in about 10 mins). Did the stairs this morning, 3 times - I'm sure my calves will feel it tomorrow.

Went to Costco to pick up some things after work and we ended up eating there. Still trying to work on the eating thing, I still have some really bad habits. Tomorrow consists of a run at noon and the video at night.

Just finished watching a pretty good game 6 which Pittsburgh won. I will tell you that I am rooting for the Wings - hopefully they can pull it out in game 7 on Friday night - I LOVE game 7's.

Another new week

The weekend flew by (as it usually does) with my final classes on Sat and Sun. It's nice to be done and get my weekends back with the family. A pretty good final session focusing on the Human Resources side of companies/business. Hopefully the certificate is in the mail!

I did the burn on Saturday night but absoulutely had to take yesterday off. I am back to running today at lunch, plan to go for 45 mins and than continue with the burn tonight. I finally broke down and had to send the Garmin in to get fixed. It will cost me aroun $100 but needs to be done, they say I will be without it for 2-3 weeks. I hope I can get through it.

I got home around 4 pm on Sunday- played for a bit and than we all went out for supper. It was a bit of a celebration for a couple of things: 1) My wife and I started going 'out' 13 years ago - although I told her you can't have 2 anniversaries but none the less and 2) my completion of this year long course. We went to Red Robin (one of our favorites) and it was great. We didn't care about what we ate and it was tasty. Em slept for some of it and Blake was pretty excited as there were 3 planes on the wall. He is really getting into counting now.

End of the week (or is it)?

Well I would like to say TGIF but unfortunately (or fortunately, not sure) I have school both Saturday and Sunday. I have been taking a course at NAIT to get my Project Management Certificate, which consists of approx. 1 weekend/month for about a year. We cover different topics like team building, facilitating meetings, procurement, costing etc. And here is the 'fortunate' part.........It is my LAST one!! It's the 12th module and after it there are a couple of voluntary ones but I will have my certificate. It's a pretty good course as all the instructors have 'real world' experience and are pretty straight shooters, not too much BS. It's allright as my company has been paying for it and a co-worker of mine (and current running buddy) has been going through it with me. So that's my weekend in a nutshell and it's a full work week next week so not really any time off until the following Saturday.

Still continuing the burn, went down to level 1 last night. I find the strength a touch harder than level 2 but nowhere near the cardio. It was a good change of pace though. Was going to go for a run this am but just couldn't do it. I will get one in at lunch today hopefully before the rain and than back to level 2 tonight. I am getting pretty tired later in the week, but it's all good. No run tomorrow, but will do the shred. I am planning on both running and the shred on Sunday - not sure how it will work. I have a little free time after about 8 pm so maybe a 45 min run and than the shred? We'll see how it goes. Still Garmin issues, I think it may have finally be done it. Have to see how long it will be gone for, I may look at a new one..........

Meetings (zzzzzzzz)!!

Finished day 3 of the 'burn' last night - seems to be getting tougher. I have done level 2 exclusively but think I may do level 1 tonight. Not that I can't handle 2 but I think I'll do 1 for the variety and it is still a very solid workout. Yesterday first thing a co-worker and I went for a run, approx. 3.5 miles but no idea how long it took - still Garmin issues and neither of us took a watch. It just felt good to get out there and not worry too much about pace and times.

Today I have 2 meetings, one in the morning and one this afternoon. I try and sleep with my eyes open for the most part, I don't have too much to offer. The first one is our regular 'team' meeting, it's not too bad as our leader likes to keep it short. This afternoon is a utility meeting with one of the jobs I am involved with, it's not even really my job but I am covering for a co-worker this week. Anyway, that's my ultra-exciting work life.

Finished hills up this morning, was tough to get out of bed but felt great once we started, errrr I mean finished. Calves are feeling it today from the stairs on Tuesday. Tonight my son has swimming lessons which are alot of fun for him. I hope to watch some of the game (DET vs. PIT) than do a quick workout.......oh yeah and try and squeeze in mowing the grass as well (BOO)!

It's only Day 2?

Meaning, my 30 day burn. For those not farmiliar with the Jillian Michaels 30 day burn, it is approx. a 20 min. workout that hits the major muscles, cardio and abs. It follows 3 min strength, followed by 2 min cardio, than 1 min abs. Repeat the for 3 circuits. I have done some of it in the past, I find Level 1 sort of easy (don't tell Jillian) and have made it to level 2 which I find pretty tough right now. I have done Level 2 the last couple of nights, I plan on switching up from Level 1 and Level 2 to get a variety of exercises. Hopefully I will hit Level 3 as I progress. Right now I am pretty exhausted as we did stairs first thing today. Than I work all day (sort of), come home and hang out with the family, it is sort of a whirlwind until we calm down a bit at bedtime for both Blake (2) and Em (almost 4 months). Try and do some work, either work work or yard stuff (lawn, in the process of painting the fence), or other 'chores'. Better run, me and a co-worker are going for a run first thing. I'm still looking for a tape measure to take my measurements, once I find it I will try and post.

I spoke to soon.........

I went to do my run today and the Garmin wouldn't turn on. AAAAHHHHH!!! Will try and charge it up again, and they are telling me to do a Master reboot. If it ever powers on I will try it.

Approx. 3.5 miles
Time: 30:17
Approx. 9:15/mile

Hopefully the Garmin is online soon!!

Major scare averted....Garmin is recovered!

The title says it all...........

On Friday morning the Garmin (Forerunner 301) crapped out on me. Frustrated I got a hold of garmin and they said you could send it in to repair for $80 (US I think). I wasn't sure how long it would be gone for....they are closed on the weekends. We have been looking at upgrading and thought that my friend from work could use my old one and only have to get it fixed or I fix it and he pays me. I was way more concerned with not having it......I NEED it for RUNNING!!

I read some troubleshooting tips and alot of them say to leave it plugged in and charging - came home from work on Friday and immediately plugged it it. I was trying it a couple of times on Saturday and Sunday to no avail. I was resigned to the thought of calling Garmin back and getting them to fix it. We were actually looking at upgrading to the 305 model which I can pick up for about $225 but wasn't quite sure I wanted to do that just yet.

Anyways later on Sunday at about 7 pm I picked it up and pressed the power button and heard the farmiliar noise.....IT TURNED ON! It was still in the funky lock mode but after I reset it, it found the satellites outside no problem. I went on some walks just in front of the house and all appears to be well. Now I have no excuses so tomorrow (my day off) I am definately heading out for a run - probably around 1 pm when our son takes his nap (2 yrs old, and if I haven't mentioned it yet he, my daughter Em and my wife Tracy are my Life!!!).

Oh and I start the 30 day shred tomorrow night as well - will keep you posted.