Week 3, Day 1 and 3–Tennis and a 5km

Ok so not as good this week as the last two but sometimes you just need to take a break. On Monday I only played tennis, didn’t want to over do it like last Monday.  I was also still in a turkey coma from our Thanksgiving meal on Sunday, so I played dismally.  It was embarrassing.

Yesterday was a day where my body spoke to me and said, please leave me alone.  Most times I actually don’t listen and feel better after but yesterday I listened.  I did nothing, well I baked cookies but physically I did nothing.

Today I decided to go a little longer and made it 4.5 km (2.8miles).  I dropped both kids at their respective spots this morning and then ran the bigger block.  I also decided to run the path in behind the big hill.  I thought maybe it would run around it but nope, it’s just a rolling incline which in the end was not easier.  I’m not sure which I prefer at the moment, the one big uphill or the rolling.  I’ll let you know tomorrow as my legs will tell me as the day progresses :)

View from the path:

I ran in the rain!  For those who know me know I don’t run in the rain.  I’ll run in the snow, deathly cold and crazy hot, but I don’t run in the rain.  Today I did.  I got up, put my running gear on and then took the kids.  I was all ready to go, so I just kept going.  It didn’t rain long but I was damp when I got home.  I didn’t take Dartagnan this morning and he was not happy about it when we left.. He normally doesn’t bark when we leave, today he went nuts.  So when I got home, we went for a walk.

The Music: it was with me today, thank god!

• Monster – Lady GaGa
• Telephone – Lady GaGa & Beyonce
• Loser – Glee
• Neighbourhood #3  - Arcade Fire
• Somewhere Only We know – Glee
• Can You Feel It – The Jacksons ( I don’t know why but I love this song!)
• Taking Chances – Glee
• Heart of the City – Arkells (awesome Canadian band, a must have)
• Eyes on Fire – Blue Foundation

Until next time!

Week 2, Days 5 and 7–5km(3.2mi) complete!!!

Well I did it, longest run so far in months.  5km or 3.2 miles(pick your poison!)

I also did workout on Friday I just forgot to blog about it.  I did a Body Pump class.  Lisa (instructor) decided to do a breast cancer pink theme and chose every Pink song which are usually pretty brutal.  I am still sore.

Then that night Rob and I went to the tennis club social and played tennis.  Well he played, I was pathetic.  I never played doubles, I play singles.  I don’t understand it but I’m trying.  We got killed 0-6 first set then we changed partners and split up.  We met the kookiest couple, they were great.  My partner, Joe, and I won 6-4 and it was much more fun.  I still didn’t play well.  Then Joe offered to play a short set of singles for fun.  I didn’t win but I finally played tennis.  I could hit the ball the way I wanted, place shots etc.   My serve actually went in.  I lost 1-3 but it was a ton of fun.  It was great to get out!

Today was the long run of 5km.  It wasn’t fast, it wasn’t pretty but I got it done!  I went alone this morning because I needed to run on my terms not Dartagnan’s.  He’s still not talking to me.

View from the path:

It’s also a good thing he didn’t come because I almost got hit by a car twice.  Once when I was crossing on the light and the person wanted to turn left.  He honked at me and then kept coming because traffic was coming towards him.  Jackass!  The second was a car didn’t stop at the stop sign but at the corner.  Good thing I was paying attention because god knows she wasn’t.  Missed me by inches.  If Darty was there he’d have got hit.  It certainly kept it entertaining.

The Music:

It was against me.  Great songs came on but all on the slow side.  So I had to stop and put on the girls dance songs to boost my morale!

• Alejandro – Lady GaGa
• The Resistance – Muse
• Can’t Always Get What You Want – Rolling Stones
• Pretending – Glee
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Glee

This is where I couldn’t handle another slow song

• I Like That – Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull
• Dynamite – Thaoi Cruz
• Rain Over Me – Marc Antony and Pitbull
• Give Me Everything – Ne-yo and Pitbull

Week 3 – Bring it on!

Week 2, Day 4–tennis lesson

hey there all.  Today was my tennis lesson day and I only needed to take a break once. So much better than my first lesson 3 weeks ago.  It’s a great workout running around the court, so much different from just running forward.

I’m enjoying being back on the court and having great encouragement by the tennis pro as well as my family. It’s great!  I especially enjoyed going into the proshop to pay for my lesson and having the lady behind the desk ask if I was Karen, from Monday night quads.  I said yes and her response was, “oh, I hear you’re good”.  Ego boost!

Tomorrow is another 3km run and body pump!  Then the big 5km (3mile) run on the weekend.  It’s not Rob’s 16 mile run, but it’s still a big one :)

Until tomorrow!