Just for Fun

The Farnsworth Family is taking over! And it's all because of Lybi. Lybi is my sister-in-law. She came for a visit and we went running together this morning. After our run I thought it sounded like fun to get on the blog so that I have someone to keep track of me and help motivate me.

I had my first baby two months ago. At 6 weeks postpartum I began running on the elliptical for five minutes. Since then I have been running on the elliptical 6 days a week and have added a minute to my workout every day. I have also added more resistance as well. Today was my first outside run since I got pregnant. During my pregnancy I would do fast walking three days a week. Today we ran for 25 minutes and about 2.5 miles.

I was VERY tired after our run. I am in an online jogging class and we are supposed to keep track of or heart rates. We are supposed to workout between 60-70% of our VO2 max. For me right now my heart rate should be between 150-160. Today my heart rate was above 180. Oops. That's a bit too high J Now my legs and my hips and my abs are all sore.

I may have worked too hard today, but I still feel good about my run. It was good to finally have a nice long outside run. Also, the elliptical didn't say I had run 1 mile until I had hit 18 minutes. In high school I could run and 8 or 9 minute mile and even though I'm not really in shape, I didn't think I was really running 20 minute miles. That would be way sad. So it's good to know that I'm running about a 10 minute mile, which is about what I always run when I'm out of shape. So even though I am sore, today's run makes me feel good about myself. It's a lot more encouraging than that dang elliptical and that horrible scale that keeps telling my I've stopped losing weight. I also had fun running with Lybi. It's too bad we can't run together more but at least we can be running blog pals.

When Seth and I started running today I said "Seth! I think my hips are going to fall off!" They were really sore. The first few steps felt like I was the creeky Tin Man that really needed to be oiled. After we kept running the soreness went away. I didn't run as far in 20 minutes today. Maybe because I ran faster with Lybi. Maybe because I was so tired from yesterday. Maybe because I didn't get a nap today. Probably a combination of a lot of things. It is good though to take it easy. My heart rate was only 29 today, which is closer to where it needs to be. I also enjoyed running with my husband.

I was a bum today and didn't go running. After the crazy and wild family reunion, the elliptical machine is mysteriously broken. So now if I want to go running I have to go outside. It's not always easy to find someone to take care of the baby during a time when its cool enough outside to run. But that's not really my excuse today. My real excuse is just that I was too tired to go running today. The baby had a grumpy day and didn't really go down for a long nap. That means no nap for me either. So I just said I don't want to go running. Seth and I went for a nice walk in the park though.

 I really appreciate Sarah's comment though. I'm always glad to know that there is still hope for me to lose weight. Seth says that us women like to just get around and justify our lack of weight loss, but really it's nice to know that I haven't reached the point of no return yet :)

Tomorrow the family reunion will be over so hopefully things will be calm enough again that Seth's mom can take the baby while we go running.
 

I appreciate the comment from Brent. I try to be active every day, even if it's just going for a walk outside with my husband. 

Today Seth and I ran outside again. It had just rained so it was nice and cool and the ditch bank wasn't muddy but the dirt wasn't so loose, so it was easier to run. Since I hadn't run for two days I thought today would be a hard day, but it wasn't. In fact, today was much easier than Saturday. We enjoyed our run together and have decided that we want to keep running together as much as we can. After we move into our house, we won't live by the ditch bank anymore but we might still drive down to run as many nights a week as we can.

We have a non-electric tredmill--makes running hard but is good for walking. It's actually a fairly difficult workout. I might start walking on it in the mornings and running with Seth at night. That way if Seth ever can't run with me I will still get a workout, and when we do run together I will be getting double workouts. 

I walked this morning on our treadmill for 8 minutes. Then this evening Seth and I ran on the ditchbank again. The weather has been great. It's been cloudy and close to raining so it has been very cool. I love running with Seth. It makes the time go faster and it is so fun.

I have a bad knee and it was hurting a little bit about halfway through our run. But it went away when I kept running. My cross-country coach in high school used to say that sometimes when you hurt the best thing you can do is just push yourself a little bit harder and you will feel better. Obviously that is not always true. But it's nice when it actually works. :) 

Oops. I didn't run again today. Seth and I left at 8:00 this morning to drive to my parents house. Then when we got there my dad said Let's go fishing. So at 4:00 we went fishing and didn't get back home until 9:30. Then I showered, fed the baby, and ate dinner. Now I'm way too tired to run. Plus my parents live in the mountains so running after dark isn't the greatest idea.

I love running in the mountains! It is so beautiful and the weather is so perfect. The only problem is the lack of oxygen! Actually I am proud of us. My parents live at 10,000 feet. That's a lot higher than where we live in New Mexico. Last year when we came up to visit, Seth and I went running. We ran for about five minutes and we were dieing. It really bothered my asthma and I had a hard time breathing. I lost my voice afterwards and coughed most of the day. In short it was pretty sad. With that in mind we were pretty wary about running up here again this summer. Since we usually to a 20 minute run we decided to power walk for 5 minutes, run for 10, then end with another 5 minute power walk. So we did our 5 minute walk. Then we ran. After 10 minutes we felt good so we ran for the next 5. We ran for 15 minutes at 10,000 feet! Wow! And we still felt good afterwards. So tomorrow we are planning to start with the 5 minute walk again but then run for 20 minutes. We are pretty proud of ourselves.

By the way. We did not get eaten by a bear. That is a pretty great accomplishment right there :P

My mom has an exercise bike and this morning I used it for 10 minutes. Seth left today for Colorado Springs. He is picking up some furniture from his sister. He will be back tomorrow. So I couldn't exercise with him today. My mom and I went to town (which is an hour away) to go to WalMart and to visit my sister. On the way home I was really tired and wanted to fall asleep in the car, but my mom and I were talking so I didn't. I didn't get a nap again today and I was pretty tired and didn't really want to exercise, especially since I would have to exercise by myself. But then I thought of all the fire and brimstone chastisement you all would give me if I missed another day.

So we got home around 7:00. I fed the baby and ate dinner and was hoping to start running right after dinner. The baby was crying because he was tired and giving him to my mom only made him cry harder. So I took him to put him to sleep. It took a LONG time to get him to sleep so that by the time he was asleep and I was ready to start my run it was getting pretty dark. I took my parents dog out with me to run but as it got darker I felt pretty uncomfortable (don't want to get eaten by a bear just yet). So I ended up power walking for 5 minutes, running for 5 minutes, and then did 15 more minutes on my mom's bike. I didn't get quite the workout I wanted but at least I got some running in and at least I didn't have to end my workout with just a short run. I'm glad I was able to use her bike.

My total bike miles for today were 6.1 miles. When Seth gets back he is going to measure the distance that I ran (even though it wasn't much).

In the morning I biked for 10 minutes. In the afternoon I walked for 10 minutes and jogged for 15.

I got into bed around 8:30 pm with the intention to sleep for about an hour, wake up, exercise, eat, feed the baby, and then go back to bed. Well I didn't wake up until 3:00 in the morning when the baby got hungry. Oops.

Yea! Seth and I added another 5 minutes to our run. Today we walked for 5 minutes as a warm up. Then we ran for 25 minutes! We got out even further than the time I ran with Lybi. I was so excited. We are getting better and better and running is feeling better too.

But there was a downside! I got attacked by the mosquitoes! And for some reason they bit me only on the fatty part of my calves! I have like 20 mosquito bites on each calf and no where else! It looks like I have some kind of nasty rash. I hate mosquitoes!

Oops. I did it again. So last time I fell asleep at 8:00 intending to get up and exercise. Well this time I fell asleep at 6:30 intending to get up in about an hour and exercise. Well I slept until 10:30, ate dinner, fed the baby. Now it's almost midnight and it's time to go back to sleep. Lybi's right, I must have a sleep mortgage. :) I guess I might have to start exercising in the morning again.

Took the snortums with me...he thought it was fun. I thought it was pretty weird to run with a stroller. My parents are bringing me our jogging stroller this weekend but I don't know if he's old enough for it yet.

So I kind of fell off the running wagon there for a while (sorry Lybi). And since I'm such a slow runner, the wagon left me behind and I couldn't catch back up to it to get back on. Actually I must have bumped my head when I fell off because I think I just laid in the dirt as it sped far far away.

Actually it's been difficult to get a schedule for running since we moved into our house and Seth started school. I thought Simeon was too young to go jogging with me--I don't want all the jiggling to scramble his poor little brain. But he's gone with me twice now and he doesn't seem to jiggle too much. Actually, this morning he did throw up a whole bunch after. So maybe we shouldn't go jogging right after he's eaten anymore.

Anyway, I think I'm back on the running wagon now.  

Running With a stroller is tough. Actually it would be easier if I could run somewhere straight and flat. The sidewalks in our neighborhood are all messed up and I have to keep running back and forth across the street to find good sidewalk.

Actually it would be easier with the jogging stroller. It's so much lighter. But I put Simeon in it and he looked so tiny! The shoulder straps started at the top of his head instead of the top of the stroller. I ran a few steps and didn't like the way he rocked and bounced so I went back and traded for the normal stroller. Does anyone know when is a good age for putting a baby in a jogging stroller?

I'm not sure I should keep jogging with Simeon. He threw up while we were jogging today and it was before he had eaten. It was thicker than when he spits up and it smelled like stomach acid. I think the movement is too hard on his little stomach. I don't want to make him sick :( So when I might have to stick to walking for a while until he's a little older. Once again, it would help if I had something smoother to run on than sidewalk. It's a little bumpy.

I went for a light walk with Simeon in the evening. It rained and we went out just before it rained so the weather was nice and cool but still warm enough that Simeon didn't need a blanket. WE had a great time.

 I'm really glad for all the good advice everyone has given me about taking Simeon running with me. He really enjoys going with me because he gets to see me and he gets to see the big outside world, which he loves. I enjoy seeing his excited little face trying to look at everything.

Seth will be home early today so I will try to see if he will go out with me when it starts to cool down later today. I will also try to get him to go out with me tomorrow morning.
 

So I went for a walk today thinking it would help me feel motivated to do stuff. For the last week I've been really tired and lazy. It's been hard to find the motivation to get things done. So this morning I said to myself, "Self, it's a beautiful day today. I bet if you went for a walk with the snortums, you'd feel really motivated to do stuff."

Well sadly to say it didn't work :( I went for a walk and now I want to crawl back into bed and not come out :( If only the snortums would agree to that...

BTW I don't like running with a stroller. Maybe it's because Simeon's stroller/carseat combo is really heavy and hard to push. Maybe it's because I can't swing my arms and swinging your arms makes a big difference. Anyway, I think I really should start taking Simeon to Seth's parents house some mornings. Then I can get in a few real workouts every week. They aren't always home in the mornings so I will have to find out what days they are home. Running on dirt is so much better than running on pavement anyway. I miss BYU's track and treadmills :(

went for a walk in the morning with the snortums

Today after I took Seth to the train I drove down to his parents house so his mom could hold Simeon while I went for a run. It's something I plan to do more often now. His mom was way excited to see the baby.

The weather was great today. I got to their house at 7 am and started my run around 7:15. It was 54 degrees outside. At first it felt kind of cool but once I started running it felt great. It was also nice to be able to run on the ditch bank again.

Simeon got to play with Grandma today while I went running. Even though it's been a week today's run still felt better than last time. My knee was a little sore after I ran but it feels better already so that is good.

When I got home Simeon did the cutest thing. I was playing with him and I snorted like a pig. He thought it was so funny and he just laughed and laughed. He just started laughing last night while Seth was playing with him. Today he really laughed a lot though. It was super cute. He's a cute kid. 

An amazing thing happened this morning. Yesterday it started raining after my run. It started raining as I walked out the door of Seth's parent's house and once I got Simeon in the car it started pouring (great timing). It rained most of the day. So today I drove to their house again without thinking about the rain. Well when I got out of the car and stepped in a big puddle it occurred to me that it was going to be really muddy to run on the ditch bank. And Seth's parents just cleaned their carpets yesterday. So I was thinking I could at least get a nap while I was there. Well when I walked in the house Jackie said "Guess what the elliptical just started working this morning." It really was a miracle since it's been broken since the reunion in July. So I got to run on the elliptical today. I was feeling tired. I don't even remember the last time Simeon slept all night (we aren't sure why he's not sleeping well) and this week has been especially bad. So I only did ten minutes on the elliptical. I figure that would be a little under a mile since I always start my workout walking (and I run slow). It was nice exercise though. It's good to work some different mussels now and then.

Anyway, Lybi and Laura have inspired me to get serious about my exercise again. So I really am going to make it a goal to go to Seth's parents' 4 days a week. They aren't home Wednesday mornings so I will take the Snortums for a walk. I really want to try to get Seth to go for walks with me on Saturdays, but so far that has been unsuccessful. Something always comes up to distract us. So that is my new goal. We'll see how next week goes.

Today was also pretty amazing because I got to take a 2 hour nap while Jackie held the baby. I really needed that. Naps make me happy :) 

Jackie and Archie had to fill in at the temple today so they weren't home. But fortunately since the elliptical is working I was able to go over and lay the snortums on the futon while I exercised. It's nice that the elliptical is working. Especially since Laura and Lybi are stealing my babysitter for the next two weeks. Haha, just kidding.

There is only one problem with using the elliptical. The snortums isn't patient enough to sit there for 15-20 minutes without being held or played with. So it's actually pretty difficult to even get in 10 minutes. But it's okay, 10 minutes is still better than nothing. 

I didn't go use the elliptical this morning. Simeon hasn't been sleeping well at night for the last few weeks and this week he hasn't been taking good naps either. He used to take four 30 min naps every day and this week I've been lucky to get him to take 2 20 min naps. And he's still waking up a lot at night. And he's not eating well. It worries me so this morning I wanted him to sleep as long as he could. When I take Seth to the train I have to wake Simeon up at 6:40. This morning he only ended up sleeping until 7:10, but that is like an entire nap so I am glad he got that extra 30 minutes.

We did take a very LONG walk this morning. I didn't check the time before I left but our walk had to have been at least 40-45 minutes. I like to look at people's yards in the neighborhood. So today we walked back to the big newer houses where all the people have boats and RVs. Some people have done really nice things with their yards. Seth and I have a big strip of dirt and weeds in our backyard and we are trying to decide what we want to do with it. So I've been getting ideas. Plus it's just fun to see the pretty houses and the pretty yards.

Anyway, I will have to check the exact mileage when Seth gets home and I can use the car. I really enjoyed myself though.

NIGHTTIME:

Yes, Seth and I ran in the evening together! We were talking last night about how we feel like we don't really have a common goal. We don't feel like as much of a team as we did when we were both in school or both taking care of the baby. So we decided that we needed a goal or a project that we could work on together. Seth mentioned that he wanted to start exercising again since running to the bus yesterday nearly killed him. We decided to start running together in the evenings. We tried the Snortums in the jogging stroller again and it worked fine. He didn't jiggle at all. So I am really happy that we were able to go together. We may not make it out every night but if we can go a couple of times a week I think that would be really nice.

20 minutes outside--I ran and walked for a total of 20 minutes with the snortums. I wanted to go and use the elliptical but today is garbage day and we forgot to put the garbage out last night. So I had to go back home after taking Seth to the train and put the garbage out. Then I didn't want to drive all the way back to use the elliptical.

So today I would walk for 5 minutes then run for 5 minutes, etc. until I reached the end of the loop I was running. It happened to take 20 minutes. My plan is to slowly increase the number of minutes I run and decrease the number of minutes I walk until eventually I start out with a short walking warm-up and then run the rest. I always walk from the end of our street to our house as a cool down.

BTW in case anyone was interested, Simeon's new sleep method is going well. Last night was night three. He hardly cried at all when we put him to bed (abt 5 minutes) and he slept until 5:45! Considering that we get up at 6 that is really great. He is still strongly resisting naps though.

I had a headache so we decided to walk instead of run. We almost got rained out. We were worried we were going to have to sprint back to the house to keep from getting soaked. But we only got sprinkled on a little. Fortunately the jogging stroller has a nice big cover so the snortums didn't get wet at all. He also had a blanket and warm clothes on. It's been getting a lot colder here lately.

I woke up feeling really tired this morning and I was also feeling nauseous. So I ate some oatmeal wondering if I wasn't just hungry. I felt a little better at first and then wondered for a second if I was going to lose my oatmeal. Anyway, I was debating on going for a walk but the Snortums started acting tired so I put him down for a nap. I'll see how I feel when he wakes up. I might still make it out for a walk before it starts to get too warm. That's if it gets warm today. Yesterday I didn't even turn on the fan it was so cool all day. And Simeon had to wear long sleeves and pants and socks. Right now I'm all wrapped up in a blanket. I hate being cold.

Last night Simeon fell asleep without crying at all. He slept until 6:45! It's pretty amazing. He was only up for an hour and even though he was acting sleepy, I wonder if he really was ready for a nap. He hasn't fallen asleep yet and it has been 15 minutes. I think he's just resisting naps in general. He'd much rather play :)

I finally made it out at 11:00. Yea for me! The sun was out and it was pretty warm, but there was a nice breeze that helped it to be not so hot. I ran a little bit different route today. I was getting tired of the route I usually run. Unfortunately our subdivision isn't very big and all the houses look the same, so no matter what route I take, it gets old pretty quick. I'll be excited to run on the ditch bank again.

My knee was hurting at the very end of my run. When I got back I did a few lunges and leg lifting exercises but they also hurt my knee so I stopped. Also, a funny thing happened on my run. There is a grate that extends across the road to drain water. Usually I run over it just fine, but today I stepped wrong in one of the slots and turned my ankle a little bit. It hurt for the next few steps but it was fine for the rest of my run. So that wasn't a big deal but it was kind of funny. I'm sure if anyone had been watching they would have laughed and said, "Look at that stupid clumsy girl." I look funny when I run anyway. I look even more funny when I trip :)

I thought it was good advice to try using the elliptical for a few days and see if it helps my knee. Unfortunately, it's not really the impact that hurts my knee, but the bending motion. So when I got on the elliptical my knee started hurting quite a bit. Then I remembered what Heber said about doing leg lifts before a workout. I tried it and it helped a lot. I didn't have any more knee trouble during this workout.

Seth didn't feel like running tonight. His back was hurting. I made him go anyway. I thought it might help to get out and moving since he sits most of the day. Well his back still hurts but we had a good run anyway. The loop we usually run is 1.2 miles. We usually walk the first .2 so that we can run full mile. Well the whole loop took us 15 minutes today. That means our mile must be 12 or 13 minutes. I think we are improving. Right now my goal is to be able to run my workouts faster than I can walk them :P 

 BTW, if any of you women are interested, while I was pregnant I discovered a website called babyfit.com. They have workout suggestions and meal plans and calorie trackers. It's all designed to help you stay healthy and fit during pregnancy. My favorite thing though is their recipe section. I was looking through Sarah's recipes the other day and though some people might enjoy the variety of recipes on this site.
 

Yea for great running days! Today Seth didn't have to go to school. The doctor that teaches his class wasn't going to be there today. Some of the other students were going to get together, but Seth thought he could get more done if he stayed home and studied. So he held the baby this morning so I could go out and run. I was curious to see how my mile would be since our mile last night was pretty good. I did the entire loop in 14 minutes. It took me 3 minutes to walk the first .2. That means my mile was 11 minutes! I was pretty happy with that.

I got new running shoes today! Hurray! I have always bought Asics shoes because I over-pronate and I was told that Asics are the shoes for over-pronators. However, I also wear custom orthopedic inserts in my shoes so I wasn't exactly sure how much good the Asics were doing. I wasn't sure if I was actually over doing it on the arch supports. Well we went down to the store and after trying on 5 pairs of shoes, with and without my inserts, I finally settled on a pair of Sauconies. They felt more comfortable than the Asics, very cushiony soles. We kept asking the salesmen about them but no one seemed to know anything. Finally, a salesman came over who said they are a newer shoe brand and that they are the best shoes they carry in their store. He also said they are good for lots of wear, so they are durable. I really like them

Nothing is better than the feeling of new running shoes. When Seth and I went out tonight, it felt so good to have some cushion under my feet. I am really impressed with these shoes. Maybe it's just been too long since I've had new running shoes and I've forgotten what it feels like to have a little pep in my step. Anyway I am very happy.

My mile time was 12:02 today. It was windy and I think I actually started out a little to fast. It felt a little too good to have new shoes. Anyway, I got a stitch all across the bottom of my belly and had to slow down for a while. Still I feel like it was a good run. Did I mention that I love having new shoes! 

I ran on the elliptical for 12 minutes in between conference sessions. Then we had a very exciting conversation about lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Actually it was just about lions and tigers. I couldn't resist throwing in the bears.

I took the snortums our for a short walk before bed.

12 minutes on the elliptical. Jackie wasn't supposed to be home until tonight, but she called me this morning to let me know that she got home last night. It was so cold this morning that I didn't go over there until almost 10:00. And it was still really cold in the sun room! Our house is still cold and it's 1:30.

I ran on the elliptical in the morning. Simeon was kind of grumpy so I only did 7 minutes. It's okay because I was feeling kind of tired anyway :)

BTW, Seth is coming home at 6:00 every night this week because he has his end of block competency exams next week. We barely have time to eat before Simeon goes to bed so we are having to take a break from our evening runs. 

I have a sad story to tell. A year ago, Seth and I were in Colorado visiting my parents. My license was about to expire so we went to the DMV to get a new one. It was two weeks before my 21st birthday, so they wouldn't renew it. I couldn't have an over 21 license because I was two weeks away from turning 21. So I had to get an out of state extension on my license. Well that extension just expired. So last week Seth and I were at the DMV to renew the registration on our car. I wanted to get my a new license that day but I didn't have my social security card with me. They told me to bring my social security card and two proofs of residency back. Yesterday I did that and I found out that anyone who is under 25 and is getting a first time New Mexico license has to take a DUI awareness course first. So now I don't have a driver's license and don't know how long it will be before I can get one since I have to sign up for the class, take it, wait for them to mail me a certificate, then take that certificate to the DMV. Needless to say, I'm feeling a bit frustrated. 

Anyway, it means that I no longer drive Seth to the train, which means I can't drive to his parents' house either. Today, they picked me up on their way home from the temple and then took me home again afterwards. I ran on the elliptical. Tomorrow I will probably run outside with the stroller before it gets too warm. Anyway, I was really excited for Jackie to be home because I like going over there in the mornings. But now it will be a while before I can do that regularly again. 

I went running with the snortums in the stroller today. He always likes that. He holds perfectly still with his fat little chin resting on his chest and his eyes as bit as dinner plates. He's so cute. 

Anyway, I was feeling a bit sluggish today. When I started running my first thought was that my legs felt like they had 50 pound weights strapped to them. When I finished running, my legs felt kind of jello-like and my arms could have sworn that Simeon weighed 30 pounds rather than 13 or 14.

Still, my total time was 15:21. I didn't look at the watch after I walked the .2 but usually my total time is around 14 or 14:30 so that isn't too bad. I expected worse. Especially since my other times were without the stroller.

Seth took care of Simeon so I could run on my own this morning. It's always a little bit nice to be able to do that. I decided to run my usual loop backwards for a change in. I got to see a bit more of the yards on the other side of the street :) Also, I was surprised at how quickly I got to different mile-stones. It seemed to go a lot faster (though my time was about the same, 14:36 total). Anyway, I didn't really feel like going out this morning, but after I did I felt better and was glad that I had gone.

[Insert exciting, descriptive story here]

Oops. Looks like I've fallen off the wagon again. Actually Simeon and I have had a cold. So I could handle some light running, but I don't want to have to take him out in the cold. Being carless is really not fun :(

Actually, I've started to get concerned about taking Simeon out jogging with me. The weather is getting cold now and it has been really windy lately. Even with a hat and a sweater and a blanket, I still feel like he's going to be cold. I'm sure he won't like that cold wind in his face. So do any of you moms have suggestions?

Simeon wouldn't take a nap so I took him out in the stroller for a walk. It was warm and that made me glad. Halfway through I was feeling like jogging and thought that I could jog the rest of the way back. A few steps reminded me that I wasn't wearing a sports bra so jogging wasn't a good idea. Still, going out for a walk was nice :)

Today has been an interesting day. I got my driver's license yesterday. Yea! So this morning I took Seth to the train then came back home. Simeon and I took a nice long nap (that was nice). Last night when I realized that my new driver's license had the wrong birthday on it. Just my luck. I finally get my license and it has the wrong birthday. So I decided to go back today and have it fixed. I also wanted to go running though so I decided to stop by the rec center (I've been wanting to try it out) and use the treadmill there. They have really nice treadmills that not only show your distance and time, but the pace you are running at and where your position would be if you were running on a track. It even tells you what lap you would be on. I was very impressed.

So that was the good part of my day. Then I went to the MVD. Seth told me I should call them before I left to make sure they would make me bring anything. I thought it was their mistake, they should just print me out a new license, right? But just to be safe I decided to bring my folder with birth certificate, SSC, etc. Well when I got to Belen I realized I had left that folder sitting on the kitchen table. But I went into the MVD hoping it wouldn't be a problem. I explained that yesterday I got a new license and THEY put the wrong birthday on it. They very rudely told me that I needed a birth certificate and that they couldn't help me. I told them that I didn't need a birth certificate yesterday but they still said they couldn't help me, even though it was their mistake to begin with. So I drove all the way back to Los Lunas, got my birth certificate, and drove all the way back to Belen. Then the lady told me my birth certificate wasn't valid because it was a hospital certificate, not a state certificate. I told her that I used this same certificate to get my first driver's license. She said that they could make an exception just this once. I don't think they realized that I wouldn't have even been there today if they hadn't made a mistake on my DL in the first place. And you would think they would be more considerate of the fact that they had made a mistake. But they were really unhappy that they had to use my "invalid" birth certificate even though they never would have needed it if they hadn't made a mistake in the first place. (They didn't need it yesterday because I was changing my residency, I'm not sure what the difference is). So it was a horrible horrible experience. And they weren't nice either. They seemed very impatient and rude about the whole thing.

So it wasn't a great day. But the running went well and I guess that's all I'm really supposed to say  huh :)
 

I took the snortums out in the stroller this morning. It was kind of cold but not too bad. I wish I had been wearing gloves. My legs kind of felt like lead so that wasn't fun. But today's run seems to have cured my two-day headache so that is a plus. 

I'm excited that it is halloween. Simeon has a pumpkin costume that he got from my mom. It is way cute :) 

I ran on the elliptical

Seth and I went to the rec center and ran on the treadmills. 

I haven't been to good about blogging lately. Oops. I went back and typed in the miles I did last week. I got busy after exercising and forgot to blog what I did.

Anyway, I went over and used the elliptical this morning. Now that the weather is getting colder I'll probably do most of my jogging on the elliptical or at the rec center. Actually I really like running on the treadmill. It's fun. 

I ran on the elliptical this morning. It really does wear me out faster. It's hard to do a lot of time on it. But I am trying to slowly add time.

I went to the rec center this morning. I had a really great run on the treadmill. I have been walking .25 then running a mile then walking .25 again. I ran most of my mile at 11:30 pace but the last .25 I ran at 10:30 pace which felt really good. I'm not sure I am ready to run an entire mile at that pace but that last lap felt really good at that pace so I will try to do more of it next time. At the end of the run I felt really good, like I could have done more. I guess maybe I should have kept running since I felt like it, but I didn't. Next time though, I will try adding another lap and I will see what happens.

I went over to use the elliptical this morning. The best part about using the elliptical is that I get to eat a good breakfast. I usually don't eat very good breakfasts when I'm home alone. oops.

There were lots of dogs out on the ditch bank. So I guess it was a bad day to run outside. So ended up walking most of the way.

Ha ha, I like the new lists. I'm glad to see that I'm not on the lost sheep list even though I haven't posted in a long time. Here is the account of my digression and rehabilitation. First, I started getting busy and distracted by other things and stopped blogging, though I was still exercising. I admit, my exercises were becoming less frequent and then they stopped entirely. Then Thanksgiving came and I ate A LOT of pie and gained three pounds. That is when I started exercising again. And now I am blogging again. Or at least I am going to make a strong attempt to blog regularly. So I really was a lost sheep but I have returned to the fold :)

Mostly I have been using the elliptical at Jackie's. It is fun to be able to go over there, even if it means I don't get anything done at home. Ha Ha. They are gone on vacation now so I will probably go to the rec center some. It depends on whether or not we have anything for me to eat for breakfast. If not then I will have to go raid their cold cereal and use the elliptical :)

I went to the doctor yesterday for my yearly checkup. While I was there I also got a flu shot and the new tetanus booster. It protects against tetanus, diptheria, and whooping cough and you only have to get it once. So no more tetanus booster shots. Anyway, my arm is very sore. Last night was worse though. I couldn't move it at all and picking up the baby was horrible. It's still sore, but much better.

I'm excited for Christmas! Especially since so many people are coming to visit. Now if only everyone could come, then maybe I could finally be in the family picture. Ha ha, just kidding.

What a sad week I've had (as far as running goes). Actually I have been using our walk-fit (non-electric treadmill thing) at home almost every day. But I still don't think I've been getting in enough miles to count. Plus I can't figure out how to hook up the mile calculating computer that goes with it. It's hard to be on it for a lot of time. It wears you out like running never could :)

Anyway, I just commented on Laura's blog about the cold. And the thought occurred to me that I should pose a question for everyone. My high school CC coach / science teacher warned us against running in cold weather (below freezing). She said the cold air could hurt your lungs. I don't have the best lungs anyway so I don't want to make them worse. I guess it is not actually below freezing here most of the time, but does anyone have any thoughts on this? It seems a lot of you run in the cold and I've heard people say it's okay as long as you dress properly.....

She was kind of eccentric about a lot of things. She also said if you don't drink enough water your intestines will stick together and it's really gross. She had a video. She liked to scare people with it....

I ran on the elliptical this morning. It has been a while since I've done that. Our life is pretty uninteresting right now.......