Sunday, January 31, 2010
Day 5: 40 days 'til 40
I liked today's celebration. It did help me unwind. Today, we took a NAP :). I dozed on and off for about an hour and a half; I got back from my workout, made myself a hummus and kalamata olive sandwich (yum!), and then napped. It was good.
Tri workout today
I did another "triathlon" today. Anything to mix it up! The gym isn't open until 10 am on Sunday, so I went in the early afternoon during Michelle's nap. Kudos to my hubby for watching the kids for me!
I started off with a 30-min swim. Warm-up for 500 yds, practicing my open turns. Then 6x50: 25 drill, 25 free. Drills were kicking drills - face down with arms overhead on odd, then with arms at side on even. Getting better with my balance in the water. I accidentally did 7x50 because I threw in an extra lap of freestyle after the 3rd drill. Oops! Finally, I did a short ladder: 50-100-150-100-50 on the 1:00. After yesterday I was curious to see if I could do it. I had about 5-10 sec rest each time, but only about 3 sec before the last 50, which I managed in about 0:57. And I was really working it - my HR was 162 at the end (about 85% max). Yeah, I'm not that good of a swimmer yet. But I am liking it more, which is an improvement. I no longer despise it. Not sure I really enjoy it, but can certainly tolerate it much better than before. I'm actually a little bummed that I'll be at the dentist on Tuesday morning instead of my normal swimming workout.
After the swim, I quickly threw on my workout clothes and did 10 min elliptical, 35 min stationary bike (video bike! yay!), and then 15 more on the elliptical. I only did it that way because only one of the two video bikes at the gym is working, and there was a guy on it. He told me he'd be done soon, and he let me know when he was off. I felt I should grab it right away or I'd lose my chance to do it. Today I did the "Wicked Workout", and set the pacer at a power of 165. It was a hard workout, with my HR averaging about 150 for the bike. I did the elliptical much easier and enjoyed the new issue of Runner's World :).
I started off with a 30-min swim. Warm-up for 500 yds, practicing my open turns. Then 6x50: 25 drill, 25 free. Drills were kicking drills - face down with arms overhead on odd, then with arms at side on even. Getting better with my balance in the water. I accidentally did 7x50 because I threw in an extra lap of freestyle after the 3rd drill. Oops! Finally, I did a short ladder: 50-100-150-100-50 on the 1:00. After yesterday I was curious to see if I could do it. I had about 5-10 sec rest each time, but only about 3 sec before the last 50, which I managed in about 0:57. And I was really working it - my HR was 162 at the end (about 85% max). Yeah, I'm not that good of a swimmer yet. But I am liking it more, which is an improvement. I no longer despise it. Not sure I really enjoy it, but can certainly tolerate it much better than before. I'm actually a little bummed that I'll be at the dentist on Tuesday morning instead of my normal swimming workout.
After the swim, I quickly threw on my workout clothes and did 10 min elliptical, 35 min stationary bike (video bike! yay!), and then 15 more on the elliptical. I only did it that way because only one of the two video bikes at the gym is working, and there was a guy on it. He told me he'd be done soon, and he let me know when he was off. I felt I should grab it right away or I'd lose my chance to do it. Today I did the "Wicked Workout", and set the pacer at a power of 165. It was a hard workout, with my HR averaging about 150 for the bike. I did the elliptical much easier and enjoyed the new issue of Runner's World :).
new swimsuits
I got a couple new swimsuits. My old one was rather saggy from chlorine damage, and that was (literally!) a drag! I debated whether I should upload these photos (3 more linked), given the weirdos out there. However, if one is looking for something salacious, there are a lot better photos to choose from, honestly. And a lot better bodies to look at!
I was also debating because I'm still pretty body-conscious. I mean, I know I look pretty good for losing 100 lbs, but still, there are things that are never going to be great because I allowed myself to get so big. Even if I lost another 20 lbs (which would probably not be healthy!) I'd have loose skin and cellulite on my hips and legs unless I got surgery (which I am NOT going to do).
In the end, I decided that it just doesn't matter. This is who I am, and I'm proud of the fact that I have lost the weight and kept it off. In fact, it will be 5 years this Friday since I joined Weight Watchers and started this journey. So, this is for ALL of you out there who are on the journey. Be confident in where you are and who you are, and know that you can do it!
Oh, and I really DID want to show off the new swimsuits. I like them a lot, and they are 100% polyester so they are supposed to last longer in the pool. I got them for about $59 total including shipping (for BOTH suits) from www.swimoutlet.com. Great site & good stuff. My sister-in-law (a VERY good swimmer) recommended the site to me.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
sickie
Michelle isn't feeling well today. This was SO cute - she made herself a little bed out of couch cushions, and sat watching TV with her pillow, blanket, and favorite stuffed toy.
Day 4: 40 days 'til 40
Today Sarah and I shopped for music together. Very fun! We went to Day Murray Music, because we wanted to look at violin and piano music, and the other store that I like, Daynes Music, only carries piano music. We ended up just getting some piano music, but enjoyed looking at the violin sonatas too. We got a couple duet books and even tried some of the duets on the pianos available in the store for that purpose. Of course, we didn't just shop...we also enjoyed chatting and catching up on stuff. We plan to play some more of the music on Monday night for our day 6 activity. Maybe we'll have to do a short video or something!
I love celebrating for 40 days! I think I'm going to enjoy it even more the 2nd year than I did the first :).
I love celebrating for 40 days! I think I'm going to enjoy it even more the 2nd year than I did the first :).
Swimming again
This morning I knew I needed to practice my open turns so I didn't forget how to do them. Good thing, because it took me a few times (OK, more than a few) to feel like I was getting them again. I know that they could still be better, but at least I have the basic idea. I have no idea how many laps I did - I just worked hard on the turns, swimming rapidly in between them, and also doing a bunch of kicking drills. I was not very good at some of the drills in class, so I practiced the hardest ones - kick and roll, and also kicking face down with my hands at my side. That last one is the hardest - to get a breath you have to get unbalanced by lifting your head, and then rebalance to kick. It's a great drill though.
After 20 minutes I was bored of this, and since I wanted to swim for 30-35 minutes I decided to do a short ladder. 50-100-150-100-50 on the 1:05, 2:10, 3:15, 2:10, 1:05. I was doing each lap in about 1:00, so I got a little rest before each set - about the perfect amount. I think if I wanted a really hard workout I could dry to do these on the 1:00 instead of 1:05; today was hard but not really difficult. The 1:10 we did in class Thursday was a little too easy. I'm still slow, and will probably not be much of a swimmer, but at least I'm getting better.
I finished the swim and changed into workout gear and then did 4 miles on the elliptical in 31:51. I really had to push the last 2-3 minutes to make it to 4 miles before 32:00. I hate the that ellipticals are all calibrated differently from each other; I have no idea if 4 miles is really 4 miles, and it seems to be quite different from machine to machine. Oh well. I like thinking that I could run 4 miles in 32:00. I probably could do it on the roads, if my IT band would hold up. Maybe. But I don't really care about running that much, other than the curiosity I have about how fast I might be able to be. I suspect I'd be a good runner but not quite good enough get age group awards in local races. Probably top 10%. But racewalking...ahhhh, now THAT'S a sport I really care about. In a few weeks I'll get to do it again I hope.
After 20 minutes I was bored of this, and since I wanted to swim for 30-35 minutes I decided to do a short ladder. 50-100-150-100-50 on the 1:05, 2:10, 3:15, 2:10, 1:05. I was doing each lap in about 1:00, so I got a little rest before each set - about the perfect amount. I think if I wanted a really hard workout I could dry to do these on the 1:00 instead of 1:05; today was hard but not really difficult. The 1:10 we did in class Thursday was a little too easy. I'm still slow, and will probably not be much of a swimmer, but at least I'm getting better.
I finished the swim and changed into workout gear and then did 4 miles on the elliptical in 31:51. I really had to push the last 2-3 minutes to make it to 4 miles before 32:00. I hate the that ellipticals are all calibrated differently from each other; I have no idea if 4 miles is really 4 miles, and it seems to be quite different from machine to machine. Oh well. I like thinking that I could run 4 miles in 32:00. I probably could do it on the roads, if my IT band would hold up. Maybe. But I don't really care about running that much, other than the curiosity I have about how fast I might be able to be. I suspect I'd be a good runner but not quite good enough get age group awards in local races. Probably top 10%. But racewalking...ahhhh, now THAT'S a sport I really care about. In a few weeks I'll get to do it again I hope.
Friday, January 29, 2010
workout/podiatrist
This morning I enjoyed a 30 minute ride on the stationary bike. Yes, I am becoming happier about the bike, mostly because I've been riding the video bikes at the gym - they have scenery, hills, and gears that you have to use. Pretty entertaining, actually - next best thing to riding outside. Unfortunately, the gym only has 2 of them - and one was broken this morning :(. But at least I could ride the other one.
Then I had time for 15 minutes on the elliptical before I had to head over to work to pull out some plates from the incubator (yay! my experiment looks like it worked! I have colonies!) and then to my weight training class. Did some great lifting: bench press (85 lb), squat machine (180 lb), pull-up assist (60 lb assist; did 3 sets of 8 reps - working for that elusive pull-up someday), leg extensions, abductor and adductor cable pulls, lateral raises, and a good set of abs, including a 90-second plank. It all felt great.
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Off to the podiatrist this morning at 9:00 am to get my new orthotics. I like them so far (after wearing them most of the day, since they felt fine - he said to wear them as long as they feel comfortable each day). They are a hard plastic, offering more support than my previous orthotics. They are not full-length like my previous pair. Hopefully they will help ease the pressure on my sesamoids. We'll see. I see him again in 2 weeks to get a plan to return to racewalking.
Then I had time for 15 minutes on the elliptical before I had to head over to work to pull out some plates from the incubator (yay! my experiment looks like it worked! I have colonies!) and then to my weight training class. Did some great lifting: bench press (85 lb), squat machine (180 lb), pull-up assist (60 lb assist; did 3 sets of 8 reps - working for that elusive pull-up someday), leg extensions, abductor and adductor cable pulls, lateral raises, and a good set of abs, including a 90-second plank. It all felt great.
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Off to the podiatrist this morning at 9:00 am to get my new orthotics. I like them so far (after wearing them most of the day, since they felt fine - he said to wear them as long as they feel comfortable each day). They are a hard plastic, offering more support than my previous orthotics. They are not full-length like my previous pair. Hopefully they will help ease the pressure on my sesamoids. We'll see. I see him again in 2 weeks to get a plan to return to racewalking.
Day 3: 40 days 'til 40
I like celebrating my birthday for 40 days. It's fun! Especially when you get something nifty like a 15-minute back massage from the husband :). I'm going to have it before I turn in early for bed.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Day 2: 40 days 'til 40
Today we did something simple but wonderful. We gave at least 2 hugs to our kids and husbands. I love hugs, so this was great :).
I just spent about an hour working on the plan for the rest of our 40 days. I love this idea - celebrating life for 40 days is a blast!!! Yes, it takes additional time, but totally worth it and very fun. I thought about having a big party, but this is more my speed and definitely more entertaining.
I just spent about an hour working on the plan for the rest of our 40 days. I love this idea - celebrating life for 40 days is a blast!!! Yes, it takes additional time, but totally worth it and very fun. I thought about having a big party, but this is more my speed and definitely more entertaining.
Morning swim
This morning, as with all Tu/Th lately, I went to the masters swimming workout. I like the coach, and despite the lanes being fairly crowded (we had 4 in our lane, and have had that many each time) it does make for a more interesting workout to have more people there.
Today there were 3 women and 1 man in our lane. The man was actually the slowest, and of the women, I was the fastest at kicking drills, but probably we were all similar speeds when it came to our freestyle. This made for some interesting times touching the toes of the person in front, or getting one's toes touched. It was fine, though.
The workout was w/u with 300 free/200 choice. I did the 300 free and then 50 breast but no one else was doing that so I switched back to free and did another 100 before time was up. Then we did 9x50 in 3 sets: 50 drill (kicking 6x on side, then rolling to other side and repeating), 50 build (acceleration from slow to fast), 50 fast. Repeat 3x. That was actually pretty hard by the time you did the last 50 fast. Then we did a ladder set, 50-100-150-200-200-150-100-50 with 1:10 per 50. Yeah, that's slow, but it worked for me OK. More rest than I would have taken alone; I did swim one 50 in 0:50, but most were about 0:55, which is a big improvement for me. I led on the 2nd 200 and 150, and on the 150 I counted wrong and did 200 by mistake, so I got in an extra 50. Finally, we did some drills to work on our open turns. I used to do flip turns 20 yrs ago when I took a swimming for fitness class in college, but I haven't done them in so long that I've just been doing open turns. Well, no one ever told me how to do them efficiently until today. I am sure I'll be much faster next time for having worked on this. I really ought to get in the pool and practice them - maybe Saturday morning? Otherwise I might forget the things she told me about how to be efficient.
I have no idea how many open turns I did, swimming about 25 yd each time (we started in the middle of the pool and swam to the end then back to the middle to practice). We did them for about 10 minutes; I probably did 15-20 turns in that time.
Total yd for today, counting 15x25 for the turn practice: 2325.
Confidence in swimming? Increasing a lot. And I actually like going to these practices, vs. swimming alone. Much better.
Today there were 3 women and 1 man in our lane. The man was actually the slowest, and of the women, I was the fastest at kicking drills, but probably we were all similar speeds when it came to our freestyle. This made for some interesting times touching the toes of the person in front, or getting one's toes touched. It was fine, though.
The workout was w/u with 300 free/200 choice. I did the 300 free and then 50 breast but no one else was doing that so I switched back to free and did another 100 before time was up. Then we did 9x50 in 3 sets: 50 drill (kicking 6x on side, then rolling to other side and repeating), 50 build (acceleration from slow to fast), 50 fast. Repeat 3x. That was actually pretty hard by the time you did the last 50 fast. Then we did a ladder set, 50-100-150-200-200-150-100-50 with 1:10 per 50. Yeah, that's slow, but it worked for me OK. More rest than I would have taken alone; I did swim one 50 in 0:50, but most were about 0:55, which is a big improvement for me. I led on the 2nd 200 and 150, and on the 150 I counted wrong and did 200 by mistake, so I got in an extra 50. Finally, we did some drills to work on our open turns. I used to do flip turns 20 yrs ago when I took a swimming for fitness class in college, but I haven't done them in so long that I've just been doing open turns. Well, no one ever told me how to do them efficiently until today. I am sure I'll be much faster next time for having worked on this. I really ought to get in the pool and practice them - maybe Saturday morning? Otherwise I might forget the things she told me about how to be efficient.
I have no idea how many open turns I did, swimming about 25 yd each time (we started in the middle of the pool and swam to the end then back to the middle to practice). We did them for about 10 minutes; I probably did 15-20 turns in that time.
Total yd for today, counting 15x25 for the turn practice: 2325.
Confidence in swimming? Increasing a lot. And I actually like going to these practices, vs. swimming alone. Much better.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Trains!
We bought this set for Calvin when he was two years old. He loved it, but couldn't appreciate its intricacies. Now, at age 5, he can pretty much build it all by himself, and finally understands all the neat things it can do. We had fun with this today!
Day 1: 40 days 'til 40
Last year, my friend Sarah and I came up with 40 things to do on each of the 40 days until her 40th birthday. This year, it's MY turn to turn 40 (eek?!), and I can't think of any more fun thing to do than to celebrate for 40 days with my wonderful friend and birthday twin :). Oh, and our birthdays? March 8, to save you the trouble of counting.
So, here goes!
Day 1, Jan 27, 2010:
Today we are each thinking of a word for our year. OK, you know how no one keeps New Year's Resolutions? Yeah, I thought so, seeing as how you probably made a few that have been all-but-abandoned only one month into the new year. Well, the word for the year is a way to be thinking about embracing a positive change that you can easily remember and reference.
I at least plan to embrace my word for the next 40 days, and see how it goes. Then we'll take it from there.
I hope Sarah won't mind if I share her word publicly, because I like it, and I think it illustrates the goal. Her word is "connected", as in relationships. So, doing this 40 days 'til 40, which connects her with me (and hopefully with her family, as some of the things we'll do are family-oriented), will help her with her word of the year.
And my word (drum roll...)? "Unwind". Yeah, I'm waaaaay too high-strung, anxious, and uptight (though if you saw me 20 years ago, I was much worse then, so I guess that's something to celebrate). Unwind here has a connotation of more than just physical relaxing - i.e. reading books, hot baths, massage, etc. - but also mental relaxation. Taking a little more time in the morning so I don't get uptight and snap at my family, stepping back from anxious thoughts at work to analyze what is going on, realizing that I don't have to be in control all the time. Hmm, that's a tall order. I'll settle for simply improving even a little bit in this area, and keeping the word "unwind" in mind for the next 40 days.
So, here goes!
Day 1, Jan 27, 2010:
Today we are each thinking of a word for our year. OK, you know how no one keeps New Year's Resolutions? Yeah, I thought so, seeing as how you probably made a few that have been all-but-abandoned only one month into the new year. Well, the word for the year is a way to be thinking about embracing a positive change that you can easily remember and reference.
I at least plan to embrace my word for the next 40 days, and see how it goes. Then we'll take it from there.
I hope Sarah won't mind if I share her word publicly, because I like it, and I think it illustrates the goal. Her word is "connected", as in relationships. So, doing this 40 days 'til 40, which connects her with me (and hopefully with her family, as some of the things we'll do are family-oriented), will help her with her word of the year.
And my word (drum roll...)? "Unwind". Yeah, I'm waaaaay too high-strung, anxious, and uptight (though if you saw me 20 years ago, I was much worse then, so I guess that's something to celebrate). Unwind here has a connotation of more than just physical relaxing - i.e. reading books, hot baths, massage, etc. - but also mental relaxation. Taking a little more time in the morning so I don't get uptight and snap at my family, stepping back from anxious thoughts at work to analyze what is going on, realizing that I don't have to be in control all the time. Hmm, that's a tall order. I'll settle for simply improving even a little bit in this area, and keeping the word "unwind" in mind for the next 40 days.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Podiatrist
Went to the podiatrist this morning. After taking my rather lengthy history and looking at my MRI from a couple weeks ago, he agreed that I do have a rather severe case of sesamoiditis. In fact, he thought it looked like perhaps I'd had a fracture, something which my sports medicine doc and her cadre of radiologists vigorously denied. Hmmmm...interesting. Doesn't matter too much now, though. The question is what to do next.
He looked at my $250 custom orthotics that I just got and pronounced them worthless for dealing with this problem. Too flimsy; not enough support or cushion. He said they'd be fine for Joe Ordinary who wasn't doing so many miles, but not for me.
Sooooo...they casted my feet and $325 later, I left the office. Oh, plus $30 specialist copay. This injury has been very expensive. $250 ER visit, at least $350 last fall for MRI and cortisone shot and doctor visits and x-rays, plus $250 for the last pair of orthotics. That's $1175 so far, and I haven't seen the bill for the latest MRI. Oh, and that's just my part - the insurance has paid a fair amount (but they don't pay a dime for orthotics).
At least the podiatrist is fast. He'll have the orthotics ready for me on Friday. And the good news is that they will last (he says) 10-12 years. Wow.
The best news? In his opinion, I should be able to start racewalking again in 2-3 weeks, gradually ramping up my miles. I hope he is right. I almost dared to hope and smile this morning thinking about that. But I will admit that I'm afraid to get my hopes up too much.
He looked at my $250 custom orthotics that I just got and pronounced them worthless for dealing with this problem. Too flimsy; not enough support or cushion. He said they'd be fine for Joe Ordinary who wasn't doing so many miles, but not for me.
Sooooo...they casted my feet and $325 later, I left the office. Oh, plus $30 specialist copay. This injury has been very expensive. $250 ER visit, at least $350 last fall for MRI and cortisone shot and doctor visits and x-rays, plus $250 for the last pair of orthotics. That's $1175 so far, and I haven't seen the bill for the latest MRI. Oh, and that's just my part - the insurance has paid a fair amount (but they don't pay a dime for orthotics).
At least the podiatrist is fast. He'll have the orthotics ready for me on Friday. And the good news is that they will last (he says) 10-12 years. Wow.
The best news? In his opinion, I should be able to start racewalking again in 2-3 weeks, gradually ramping up my miles. I hope he is right. I almost dared to hope and smile this morning thinking about that. But I will admit that I'm afraid to get my hopes up too much.
racewalking in the news
Did you know that Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, was a racewalker? I sure didn't! Read this article for an Irish perspective on the sport of racewalking. Thanks to Renee Brown of Dave's World Class Racewalking Alumni Yahoo! group for the article.
Monday, January 25, 2010
and winter drags on and on
I really don't like winter. I don't care for the cold at all; I have Reynaud's phenomenon, and my fingers & toes go numb when outside too long (unless I'm racewalking, in which case usually they are fine). Even when I'm inside, I have trouble at times. I like to keep my house at 65F to save $, but sometimes I just have to turn it up to 70F to keep my hands from getting too cold. I don't really like the dark, either. It bugs me when it gets light at 8 am and dark again at 5 pm. I know, I'm lucky I don't live farther north where it's even worse. Finally, I dislike driving in the snow - intensely. It just freaks me out. It's better now that I have 4-wheel drive, but even so, it's not good.
I woke up in a winter mood this morning. Icky. The scale has not been kind (despite the fact that I've been disciplined about my eating), and I'm running about 150 right now. It was dark. I was not in the mood to go out to the gym to do the bike & elliptical again. Oh yay. But I got up and did it anyway, and I do feel better now. I've been doing the video stationary bikes that have courses and gears, and it's a lot like biking outside - it's much better than the regular bike. My friend Dorothy even told me how to adjust the pacer to get it just right, and you can get a really good workout. I did Sleepy Hollow today, at average power of 185 (that's what the pacer was set at), for 30 minutes. Then I followed that up with 15 min on the elliptical before it was time for weight training class. I was still in kind of a bleak mood at the start of class, but by the end I was feeling better. I did a lot of challenging exercises, and it made me feel stronger mentally. Push-ups, walking lunges, assisted pull-ups (like most women, I really can't do pull-ups unassisted, and to do sets of them I need the assist machine), and 21s (bicep curls, in 3 sets of 7: bottom half, top half, full curl) were some of my favorites today.
While on the workout topic, I did racewalk yesterday. The gym is not open until 10 am Sundays, and so that was just not an option. I decided racewalking would be OK, and it was all right. My foot feels fine. I know this is a bit illusory since the cortisone is still helping me, but the doc said it would be OK occasionally. At least until I get in to see someone who can really help me, I may racewalk on Sundays if I can't get to the gym. Next Sunday I think I might be able to swim at 11:30 am, so that might be an option sometimes. Anyway, I racewalked 5.32 miles at a 10:53 pace (I put 10:48 on facebook by mistake - close, but not quite right) and it was so nice to be out there.
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I get to be home with the kids today :) which I'm happy about. I feel like I've been at work a lot lately, so it's good to be home today. We're going to the grocery store, to Kindermusik (Michelle has moved up to the next level!), and Calvin will practice the piano. I started giving him piano lessons! He had his first lesson Saturday, and I think he is doing well so far. He seems to be ready now, and I'm enjoying it a lot. Hopefully we'll continue to have a good working relationship in the piano lesson department. It saves a lot of money for me to teach him. Other plans for today: work on the family finances, clean the house, cook dinner, and prepare the crock pot for tomorrow, since I'm working then. Oh, and I'm calling a podiatrist today. Can't hurt, might help.
I woke up in a winter mood this morning. Icky. The scale has not been kind (despite the fact that I've been disciplined about my eating), and I'm running about 150 right now. It was dark. I was not in the mood to go out to the gym to do the bike & elliptical again. Oh yay. But I got up and did it anyway, and I do feel better now. I've been doing the video stationary bikes that have courses and gears, and it's a lot like biking outside - it's much better than the regular bike. My friend Dorothy even told me how to adjust the pacer to get it just right, and you can get a really good workout. I did Sleepy Hollow today, at average power of 185 (that's what the pacer was set at), for 30 minutes. Then I followed that up with 15 min on the elliptical before it was time for weight training class. I was still in kind of a bleak mood at the start of class, but by the end I was feeling better. I did a lot of challenging exercises, and it made me feel stronger mentally. Push-ups, walking lunges, assisted pull-ups (like most women, I really can't do pull-ups unassisted, and to do sets of them I need the assist machine), and 21s (bicep curls, in 3 sets of 7: bottom half, top half, full curl) were some of my favorites today.
While on the workout topic, I did racewalk yesterday. The gym is not open until 10 am Sundays, and so that was just not an option. I decided racewalking would be OK, and it was all right. My foot feels fine. I know this is a bit illusory since the cortisone is still helping me, but the doc said it would be OK occasionally. At least until I get in to see someone who can really help me, I may racewalk on Sundays if I can't get to the gym. Next Sunday I think I might be able to swim at 11:30 am, so that might be an option sometimes. Anyway, I racewalked 5.32 miles at a 10:53 pace (I put 10:48 on facebook by mistake - close, but not quite right) and it was so nice to be out there.
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I get to be home with the kids today :) which I'm happy about. I feel like I've been at work a lot lately, so it's good to be home today. We're going to the grocery store, to Kindermusik (Michelle has moved up to the next level!), and Calvin will practice the piano. I started giving him piano lessons! He had his first lesson Saturday, and I think he is doing well so far. He seems to be ready now, and I'm enjoying it a lot. Hopefully we'll continue to have a good working relationship in the piano lesson department. It saves a lot of money for me to teach him. Other plans for today: work on the family finances, clean the house, cook dinner, and prepare the crock pot for tomorrow, since I'm working then. Oh, and I'm calling a podiatrist today. Can't hurt, might help.
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