Raining

I figured I should post since it's raining and I'm really not doing anything else with my time :)

I left off Wednesday... so Thursday, I went to the gym in the morning for 2 miles, followed by personal training.... which apparently kicked my butt because my trainer told me I gave her the most evil glare ever during walk-outs. If you don't know what these are, I'll be glad to fill you in, I have yet to decide if they are better or worse than holding planks with someone pushing on your back.

Thursday I went back to try to kick up the mileage and did 12 miles at night. There was a little bit more entertainment than usual, probably due partly to the fact I brought along my phone to entertain me since I knew I would be there for a while :)

When I got in the parking lot there were people (not 2 or 3) but bunches of people running around the outside of the building. I cannot figure this out for the life of me. You sign up for a gym, why on earth would you run outside in the parking lot. Anyone could just come up an start doing the run along with you, furthermore if your going to sign up for a gym and take a class in running, I would request to run in the woods or a trail or something that isn't around the parking lot. I walked inside and saw the list of classes and snagged one on my way to the elliptical. I figured I had enough time on my hands I would figure out which class was labeled "Run around Building for hour" ... There wasn't one. But at this point, I feel like everyone who thinks we (yes I did it too) are crazy for running two miles eating a dozen donuts are running two back, should talk to the people who spend a good amount of money a month for a gym to run around the outside of it.

It started getting dark, and I zoned out for a while, then realized there were these random people peering into the window from outside. I sort of felt like a zoo animal and then realized how retarded they looked. Then I realized (yes for those of you who were with me) how retarded I must have looked last week when I was doing that at Rudino's.

Anyways, so that was my Thursday with a grand total of 14 miles, Friday was a slack day at 3 miles, Saturday I followed up with 8 miles, and I am off to the gym again... :-)

5%

Apparently little ipods are a hit I'm up to 5% now! :)

So this week at the gym has not provided a lot of excitement although I have gotten a good amount of miles in...

Saturday: 4 miles
Sunday: Rest Day (and played softball... which we lost) :(
Monday: 8 miles... I went right after work which is supposedly the "social time" at the gym, so I people watched... nothing happened that was too entertaining.
Tuesday: 4 miles + personal training.
Wednesday: I am heading to the gym tonight, maybe because I'm going later there will be more entertainment... :D

Donations/Fundraisers

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to fill you in on a little more than the working out aspect of the 3day!

In October, Jenna & I will be traveling down to Atlanta joining thousands of other women and men who are also taking the commitment to help end breast cancer by raising money & taking the 3 day, 60 mile journey.

During these three days, we will be sleeping in tents (poor Jenna, I promised I would bring nose strips) hehe :) And eating dinner & breakfast in a dining tent. They will also provide shower & sink trucks for washing up. Between breakfast & dinner we will be on our 20 mile journey through Atlanta, rain or shine! (Pray for no rain for us!!)

We are so excited to be able to take part in such a huge event and meet others who are as committed as we are!!

Between now and September, I will be having a yard sale donating all proceeds to the money that we need to raise. If anyone is interested in donating anything to this, please contact me through e-mail or give me a call. I would like to receive everything before June 1. Thank you to all those who have already donated some of their things!!!

I will also be asking a few restaurants to participate in donating a % of their profit to the fundraiser one night, when my name is mentioned. I am working to do this in Raleigh & in the Burlington area. I will let you know when I get this set up!!

If anyone is interested in donating straight to the website, it is tax deductible you receive the receipt immediately after you donate in your e-mail. Every donation is appreciated, even if it's $5 or $10 dollars, and you can do this in honor of someone or anonymously.

Thank you so much!! If you have any questions or anything please feel free to e-mail me!!

5:30 AM!!

I'm posting this a day late, so pretend above the date is Friday, May 1st. :)

I felt really bad about being slack this week and not pushing more miles so I went to the gym at 5:30am mainly to try to get in some miles (the other reasons were to see if I could actually function if I tried to do this a few times a week, and if there were any exciting things that I was missing in the morning).

I learned a few things during this early morning workout.

1. That whole staring into space, staring at someone problem that I mentioned before, def. does not happen. I think somewhere between 5:45 and 6:00 I dazed out at the tv screen and never looked away for a good 20 minutes. I don't think my body even realized I was working out until about 6:15, which I kind of feel like that's a good thing, then I'm getting in more exercise without my body realizing it :)

2. My trainer has a really long day. I have worked out with her after 6:30pm, and she was def. there by 6:00am. Although, because I didn't realize I was even there until about 6:15, she stood in front of my machine a good 2-3 minutes before I realized someone was trying to get my attention.

3. The front door person acted like it was noon, he was very chipper as if he had been up for hours... I think next time I go in I'm going to ask him what brand of coffee he drinks, I may switch.

On the upside, by 7:00am I felt like I had been up for a while and was ready to start my day like it was 9 or 10. I decided to follow up and go to the gym after work as well and try to get in a few more miles.

I actually enjoyed doing both, so I think I might start a routine of that a few days a week.

Oh and nothing exciting happened in the afternoon. The Friday "after work workout people" like to keep to themselves. But I did get in 6 miles total!! Yay! :)

P.S. If you are reading this because you joined my facebook group, Thank you for reading and joining!!

Lauren, we failed to get the tables for the yard sale... again. :D