September Move my @$$ Challenge Completed

I completed my September Challenge today.  I walked 3.5 miles in 60 minutes and burned 340 calories.  My challenge was to walk and run 60 miles and I did 95miles.  The October challenge is starting tomorrow and I am going for 100 miles in October.  I'll change my exercise ticker on my next update.

Thursday September 29, 2011

Walk 65 minutes
3.5 miles
240 calories

Run 40 minutes
3.5 miles
388 calories

9/28/11 Wednesday

Run 2 miles
21:54 minutes (10.27 minute miles)
210 Calories

Walk 10 minutes
55 Calories

Last years MB Coastal 5K results.  I think I can beat it this year.
http://results.active.com/pages/oneResult.jsp?pID=93360328&rsID=101520

Tuesday September 27, 2011

Walked after work. 
3.5 miles
60 minutes
Calories Burned: 246

Run tonight
3  miles
35 minutes
Calories Burned: 325

Total Miles 6.5
Total Minutes 95
Total Calories Burned: 571

Monday

4 mile walk
75 minutes
burned 255 calories

Sunday Run

3.1 mile run
33 minutes
338 calories burned

If I had been in the mood to run I could have done better.  33 minutes is still a good time for me though. 
Lots of training to do in the next 3 weeks.

Saturday

The past few days I've just been walking after work.  I walked around 3.5 miles both days.  Today was pretty busy.  Went to Bojangles and had breakfast then to Hardin Salvage.  Cool little store with odds and ends.  After that I went to Gastonia to buy some embroidery thread.  I was getting low on a few colors.  There is a good store there for buying thread at cheap prices.  I've had a lot of embroidery projects to do lately.  So, when I got home I figured I better get out and run.  I got in a 3 mile run.  Burned 333 calories.  After that I ate lunch, got ready and went to a wedding at 2:00. It was very nice.  I helped at the reception and oh my I ate and nibbled on stuff the entire time.  Now I need to detox myself from good wedding food and cake.  Tomorrow we are having a runion and I'll have to cook for that.  Not a good weekend for watching my calories.
Hope to run again tomorrow evening and get in a good long run.

Past My Target

Just finished a 2.5+ mile run  so that puts me over my September goal of walking/running 60 miles.  I should be around 75 miles before the month is over.  One month from tomorrow until the Myrtle Beach Coastal 5K.  I think I will be ready.

Run 2.5miles.....Burned 280 calories

Run, Run, Run

I wanted to try and do a long run today.  I went to the school track and started my run.  I was going along pretty well this afternoon.  I ran 2 miles in 21 minutes.  That is probably one of my best times.  Then I walked about a minute and ran another 2 miles.  The second 2 miles was slower at 22.55.  I was happy with my times.  I am trying to up my speed some.   Hopefully by the time I run my next 5K I'll be able to run it in 32 minutes.

Calories burned
4 miles running......446 (HRM)
1 mile walking.....(didn't set my HRM so I'm not going to count any)

Today's Run

I had a pretty good run today.  It was one of those days that I really didn't want to go out but I did  and after I got started I felt pretty good running.  I'm not sure exactly how far I ran but I'm sure it was at least 3.5 miles.  I ran non-stop for 40+ minutes.  I think I could have run a little longer.  Hope to run again tomorrow and Sunday since the weather is cool. 

Run 40 minutes
Burned 387 Calories

Bad Day

No exercise today :-(  One of those tired days.  I know I should have gone out and done something but I didn't feel like it and I've not done as well on my eating either.  Back to normal tomorrow.  Cool weekend ahead so lots of running to do.

Wednesday 9/14/11

Walked 4 miles......329 calories burned (HRM)
Ran 2 miles.............196 calories burned (HRM)

I really like my heart rate monitor.  It keeps up with my calories burned during exercise and I don't have to guess.  Glad I invested in it.

Tonight I ran my fastest mile ever.  I need to work on speed so I ran 1 mile to see how fast I could do it.  My time was 10:18.  Then I walked some and decided to run 1/2 mile and see if I could run it faster.  I did it in 4:51.  Walked again and then ran a slow 1/2 mile.  Usually I try to run 2.5 - 3 miles without stopping.  I hope I can get the mile under 10 minutes.  This probably don't seem fast to most of you but for me it is good.  I usually average on a 3 mile run around 11:30 minute miles. 

Walked after work for about 3 miles.  It was hot out today.  The weekend is going to be cool. Better training weather.

Goodnight!

Tuesday September 13, 2011

My exercise today:

Walked for 65 minutes.....burned......248 Calories

Ripped in 30 Week 3 Day 4....burned......199 Calories

Hopefully I will have week 3 of Ripped done this week.  Not sure how long it will take me to complete this DVD.  I need to start running 5 days if I'm going to run at the Coastal 5K at Myrtle Beach in October.  This was my first 5K last year and I want to run again this year.  I'll decide for sure in the next few weeks.

Ripped Week 3 Day 3

Ripped W3D3 Completed.  Whew.  Today was not as bad on me.  Mornings are better doing this but I can't get up early enough during the week to do it.  My calorie burn was a lot better than last time.  Hope to run this evening when it cools down.  I'm going to look for some new running shoes today.  My legs are beginning to hurt some so I think it's time for a new pair or 2.  Shoe Carnival has Buy one get one half price and I printed a $5 off coupon to use in addition.  My last pair was Saucony and I've really liked them so I will probably get them again.

***update****
New shoes purchased, ran 3 miles in them and they felt good.

Calories Burned
Ripped W3D3....................213
Walked 1 mile.....................105
Ran 3 miles.........................364

Thursday September 8th

I came home from work and decided to do "Ripped" Week 3 Day 2.  I do not like week 3 much at all.  Maybe it will get better but some of the exercises are just awkward.  I got the hang of week 2 pretty good.  I'm going to try and get 6 days of week 3 in if I can stand it.  But, I did it and glad I did.  I still felt like I needed to go out and run since I've not run in 3 days.  I am planning on trying a few 5K's this fall and I need to keep running and I need to do it more often.  I really thought I would tire out fast today but I ran 2 miles then walked 1/2 mile then ran 1 more mile and finished walking another 1/2. So, I got in 4 miles today along with ripped.  I will probably not run tomorrow since we will be walking after work.  My weight is at a stand still these days.  I can't seem to lose anything.  I wanted to lose a few more pounds but I'm not going to kill myself trying.  I will update again in a few days. 

Pretty decent calorie burn today.
Ripped................................150
Walking............................... 95
Running...............................331

Ripped Week 3 Day 1

Yesterday I started Ripped Week 3.  It was a pretty hard workout.  The push-ups in this level were different than anything I've done before but they weren't bad.  You get on your hands and feet and your bottem is up instead of flat.  Then you do the push-ups by touching the top of your head toward the floor.  It was a fast moving routine and I was sweating a lot.  I know on the sit-ups with leg lifts in this level I will have to change back to 3 pound weights.  I couldn't do them at all with the 5 pound weights.  My arms arn not strong enough.  I need to work on them more.  I walked right after work on Tuesday.  I think it was around 4 miles.  Today we walked again about the same amount of time.  I'm being lazy tonight and not doing anymore.  I'm tired and going to watch tv this evening and lay around. No Ripped tonight.  Hopefully I will tomorrow.

September 5, 2011

Had a good beach trip for Labor Day.  Now back to the real world of eating right and exercising more.  I did good on keeping my calories down on Monday.  We were suppose to have a lot of rain Monday afternoon and evening from Tropical Storm Lee.  The rain was off and on all afternoon, so I decided to go outside on my road and get my running done since I've not run in 4-5 days.  I ran 3 miles and walked 1.5 miles.  It totaled 60 minutes of exercise.  Didn't do Ripped.  It's hard to get both in on most days but I will try if I can.  Hopefully today (Tuesday) I will be able to walk after work.  Still having a lot of rain and under a tornado watch until 8pm tonight, so I'll have to see how the weather hold out.  I might have to use the treadmill after work and start Ripped week 3.

Labor Day Weekend

I didn't think I would get any exercise in on Friday but I decided to walk in the gym at school during my lunch.  I got  a 30 minute walk in at lunch.  After work we packed the car and headed for the beach.  Traffic was pretty bad in Charlotte but most of the trip wasn't so bad. 
Saturday we walked to breakfast so I got in about a half mile walk, then I spent the rest of the day on the beach laying around.  When I came in I got out my laptop and "Ripped" with Jillian.  The traffice at the beach was pretty heavy so we walked to a Mexican restaurant and had supper.  Then we decided to walk on more and ride the new Sky Wheel in Myrtle Beach.  I used my phone and the gps said it was 1.5 miles, so we walked there and rode the wheel and walked around MB for a while.  The walk back was nice on the board walk at MB.  It is really nice and pretty.  There was a little mexican boy sitting by himself, around 2-3 years old.  I tried to ask him where his Mama was, then another lady stopped to try to help.  He wouldn't talk or look at us.  He was sort of crying.  I don't think he understood what we were saying.  Then a woman yelled out of a motel that his mama was coming that he was tired and she just let him sit there.  People are crazy leaving  little kids alone like that. So anyway back to my exercise.   I figured I walked at least 4 miles on Saturday and did 30 minutes of Ripped.  This morning we walked to Friendly's for breakfast.  That was about a mile total walk.  Planning on doing Ripped and more walking later today.  Now back on the beach for the rest of the afternoon.

September Move my @$$ Challenge

Update on August Move Your A$$ Challenge.
So I ran a little more and my final miles for August was 43.3 miles.
A guy called dino kept up with everyones miles and has created a spreadsheet.  You can look at it on google docs. here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?pli=1&key=0As57uSwFQUGJdC1OU0dvNEdQSXpWQzhfYjdTb1plWnc#gid=9
I'm listed as luckysusan.

So I joined the September challenge and this month I'm going to try for 60 miles but I'm counting running and walking this month since we walk most weekdays after work. (well we've not done so good yet but next week we will).  It's fun trying to make your goal with others in a Challenge.  If you want to join our group go to myfitnesspal.com and join then look for Move Your A$$ Challenge under the Community section.

I skipped yesterday's Ripped since I ran but tonight I'm planning on doing week 2 day 6.  I will probably do one more day of week 2 since I skipped Wednesday.  Then on to week 3. 

Everyone have a good safe Labor Day weekend.  I'll be Ripping/Walking/Running at Myrtle Beach!(and probably eating way too much)