Thursday, February 17, 2011

Thank God for padded toilet seats

When I realized Monday that training starts this Sunday, I got scared.  Who am I kidding?!  I am NOT ready!  Here's why...

I started doing P90X November 8, 2010 and was LOVING it!  I was really noticing some definition, especially in my upper body (see my "after" shot below.... HAAAAHAHAHAH), and it just made me feel good (aside from some minor knee issues from the plyometrics workout).

 Then I got sick...what I thought was a little cough put me in the ER with a pulled muscle and on pneumonia meds for 20 days!  Thanks to my stubborn stupidity, I was forced to rest.   

Since I have "gotten better," all I have done physically was run once, if I'm lucky, twice/week (2-4 mile treadmill run) on the weekend.  Except this week, once I realized that I am NOT ready to start BSR training, I had the brilliant idea to try a couple of P90X workouts.  Last night, my workout of choice was legs & back and oh my word.  My glutes are so incredibly sore... so sore that I held my breathe, clung to the wall and cringed every time I had to get up or sit sown at work.  When I got home, I went right to our powder room to use the bathroom and oh what a glorious experience - we have a padded toilet seat in that particular bathroom.  Thank GOD for padded toilet seats!  I am REALLY scared now! 

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Third time's a charm... hopefully!

Alright, so I don't know what I was thinking but I registered for the 2011 Broad Street Run in Philly.  This will be my third year (hence the crafty title of this post) participating with my bff Megan (who is certainly more of a runner than I) but this year we have another friend joining us for ride, Bethany!  :)  The plan is to attempt using Hal Higdon's novice training program but this time I personally hope to incorporate some P90X strength training sessions into the 10 week program (reminder, I did say attempt!).  According to Hal's training sched, the girls and I should begin "training" (ah-hem) THIS SUNDAY, 2/20/11!  Eeeeeek!

PS-Why are Girl Scout cookies always on sale around the same time this starts up every year?!?  I just can't resist and that's why I gave all 8 or so boxes to my dad!