Saturday March 14th back at the track!

Saturday March 14th and the weather is just plain PERFECT so it was perfect to start the day out with some training so off to the track I went and it was good to be there! The track was like an old friend that I have missed since taking time off to let me knee recover so we sparked up our friendship again today :-) Anyway I started with a brisk walk around the track twice then started into a jog and putting in 4 laps around then the 7th lap a brisk walk then the 8th lap a jog.  I felt really good today and was careful to pay attention to how my body was feeling and I have to say it was awesome and I did not overdue it.  I listened to a variety of music on my ipod shuffle and all the songs were uplifting and that made my time on the track even more worth it but somehow the Gilligan's Island theme came on and I just had to crack up laughing...all I could think was where in the world did that come from so needless to say I have been singing that crazy tune pretty much all day it's just stuck! Oh well I will get past it.

Well I have to run for now and thanks to all of you who read and watch my blogs stay strong.

Karen

New Bike, Exciting Day!

Today was a day spent with my sister Lori her husband and their son Ryan who will be in the 6th grade next year. We went to Tampa to try out some road bikes out and we ended up staying practically the whole day. The day went well Lori bought a new bike and I ended up getting one as well and will pass along my old bike to my nephew. My bike is a Specialized Roubaix . I am looking forward to training on the bikes but we all have a lot to learn yet but this journey will be a great one! On the upcoming blogs I will make sure to take some pictures for everyone to see.  

My run tonight called for a brisk 3 minute walk,  jog 18 minutes and another brisk walk for 5 minutes. I made it through and was pleased that I ran the 18 minutes with out passing out!!!!!! BUT it was rough at first  when I started out my knees were SHOUTING but they settled down thank the Lord. I am still not where I need to be with this whole thing but I know the longer I do the training and stay the course the easier it will get .  

Looking forward to sharing about the new bike and the training side of it but I am ready to close for now I can barely keep my eyes open need to get some rest.

Karen