Cross Training Today

I have a very busy day today, but I was still determined to get up and get my cross training time in the gym.  We are going to Mike's grandma's 90th birthday party today.  We are in charge of bringing a veggie tray, green bean casserole, and a root vegetable dish in the crock pot.  No problem!

We got the stuff yesterday and last night Mike and I peeled and cut up turnips, parsnips, rutabega, and carrots.  It saved me a ton of time this morning.  I got up a little before 6 and put everything in for Crock Pot Balsmic Root Vegetables and started the crock pot.  Then I hit the gym.

I'm getting ready to mix up the green bean casserole before I get ready to go.  We are leaving around 10:30 so I'm typing and eating my breakfast.   I also have a few more things to get done before we leave.  It should be fun though.

I'm about halfway through No Limits by Michael Phelps.  It's a really good book.  It really shows how hard he works and how hard Bob Bowman works as well.  I should be done in the next couple of weeks because I am only reading it while I ride the recumbent bike.  After that I'm reading a biography of Mark Spitz.  I can't wait!  I'm finding that I'm really inspired to push myself as well as push my swimmers to become better and to reach their goals.  I almost need to bring a highlighter so I can highlight quotes that I want to remember.  Hmmmm....I just may start doing that.

Well, off to make the casserole!  I hope everyone has a restful and blessed Sunday!

I'm on a roll!

10.5 miles today on the bike!  It felt great!  I decided to try something a bit different and did some intervals while I was reading.  I warmed up for one mile then sprinted as hard as I could for a half mile.  I did that for 3 rounds today.  It felt pretty good.  I think I'm going to add 2 more rounds on Friday.

I also finished reading my book.  I was reading Darker Angels by M. L. N. Hanover.  Its the second book in the Black Sun's Daughter series.  I loved it!!!!!!  It really keeps me going.  I find that when there is a lot of action I pedal faster.  When I got done I hurried down to the office and quick hopped on Amazon to see if the next book was out.  It was!  I ordered it.  It won't be here until the end of May, but that's okay because I have the 2nd book in the Blood Lily Chronicles by Julie Kenner to read.  I am alternating between the two series.  Both are great and really keep me going.

Tomorrow it's a running day for me.  I just need to decide if I am going to run in the morning or after my nail appointment.  I'm thinking morning.  We'll just have to see.

Only 10-15 more miles and I've got my goal for the week!

Hello Friday!

I am so glad it's Friday!  Although the week went by quickly, it seemed like Friday would never get here.

Last night we went and saw an illusionist.  James absolutely loved it!  He was fascinated by the magic and how people disappeared and reappeared.  When I asked him what his favorite part was, he said, "The floating lady at the very end!"  It was a lot of fun, but a bit of late night for a Thursday.

I had another night of not sleeping.  It's not fair to keep Mike up so I headed down to the couch to read.  I did fall asleep reading, but woke up when I heard the cat knock something over.  Then I read again to fall back asleep and woke up again when Anya needed to go out.  Third time I read and never fell back to sleep.  I got to practice a few minutes before 5:00am since I was up and moving.  I was hoping that getting back on my exercise schedule would help the sleep, but it hasn't so far.

I did get on the recumbent bike for 35 minutes today.  For 30 of those minutes I was peddaling as hard as I could.  The last 5 minutes was a cool down.  Tomorrow I will see if I can do a split run/bike workout like I did Wednesday.  I have 16 days until my next 5K.

I got to start reading a new "workout book" today.  I keep a book in my bag and read it while I'm on the bike.  It makes the time go faster and I find that I go really fast when there are exciting parts.  I just finished Tainted by Julie Kenner.  I love her books and I really like this one.  It's the first book in a triology.  I had to remind myself of that when I wasn't too keen on the ending.  Now I'm reading the second book in the Black Sun's Daughter series by M. L. N. Hanover.  It's called Darker Angels.  I loved the first book Unclean Spirits so I'm hoping this one is just as good.  I like reading these Urban Fantasy books while I workout.  They are full ofi fights with demons and like I said earlier, it makes me peddal faster.

Now I have to buckle down and get some work done.  I really just want to take a nap, but that's not in the cards today or tomorrow for that matter.  Oh well...sleep is overrated anyway.  Right?????