Little Liz’s Training Blog

I just bought a tri suit for the triathlon. I don’t even have a great pair of running shoes. Actually my plan for the day is to push hard on the swim & the bike and then if I really have to, I will allow myself to walk part of the run (ummm, I’m being […]

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Logbook Activity

Type: Run
Date: 01/08/2008
Time: 06:30:00
Total Time: 00:16:45.00
Distance: 1.45 miles
Average Pace: 11:33.64/mile

Short run with Megan this morning. Today kicks off my official “training” schedule. The plan called for a one mile run today. We went ahead and ran 1.5 simply because that’s the route […]

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I picked Tommy up from the airport this morning. He has been gone all week on work travel. I was wearing jeans and a little jacket and tennis shoes. He got in the car and said hello, then he put on his seat belt and settled in for the ride. And then he looked at […]

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Logbook Activity

Type: Flexibility
Date: 09/20/2007
Time: 12:00:00
Total Time: 00:01:00.00

I hadn’t exercised in over a week before today’s yoga class. I think I hurt my lower back. I couldn’t take deep breaths for the rest of the class. I can now… but it might hurt […]

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It’s been 5 days since I have logged any activity. That’s because I haven’t exercised in five days. I’m discouraged. And for the first time since I’ve started this thing — I talked myself OUT of working out. Twice.
But this morning on my way into work I remembered how great it feels to be “the […]

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Tommy told me my butt felt firmer.
I know, I know… not a very appropriate topic. But, it’s all I’ve got right now. He swore he “seriously felt a difference.” So I got excited and hopped on the scale… to learn that I’ve gone up another 2lbs. I’m almost convinced that it’s muscle.
I don’t feel fat […]

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I took the “weight goals” text off of my sidebar.
Yesterday I added the “fitness tip of the day” tool to my iGoogle home page. Wouldn’t you know that the first tip I saw said something like “Think about how great you will feel when you lose the 10, 20, 30 lbs that you are reaching […]

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