Jenny On the Spot

How’s that for a scintillating title? Heh - I just used a word with 4 syllables. Awesome.

So, it is with a lack of fervor, pride, inspiration and direction I write this post. I intend to summarize my training each week. I strive to inspire, discourage, and confuse as many unsuspecting readers as possible. Oh. And probably Bore. You. To. Death. Today, in particular I am feeling a bit uninspired as far as my training goes - and not sure how to post the info in a way that doesn’t suck. Maybe I need to adopt a small mascot… mascots make everything more fun. Yes?

Without further ado…

• Monday: Strength Training (ST) - arms, and then a 1 hour spin class. Spinny, spin spin. I burned 404 calories!
• Tuesday: ST - legs, and then 3.5 mile on the treadmill. I did 1-2 minute intervals of speed and hills. The hills jacked me knees up. Hills stink, but I hear they help lengthen your stride… I burned 429 calories! I was wearing a shirt that read, “Will run for chocolate”. After I staggered off the treadmill, I was asked, “So, did you run for chocolate?” Um… if it’s drizzled in a martini glass!
• Wenesday: Nada - I know. Slacker. Instead… I had 2 beers, a glass of wine, a whole “personal” sized pizza, and an entire pint of Chubby Hubby. I am not kidding. I am a dedicated athlete. I am fully committed to protecting this vessel as I eek toward peak performance. Eek.
• Thursday: ST - arms, and then 20 minutes on cycle and 10 minutes on the treadmill. I like to do the bike/run thing a lot. Making the transition from the bike to the run can be a strange feeling. The more often I do it, the less strange the transition is. I burned 481 calories.
• Friday: I woke up late. I intended to do arm weights and then head to the pool. Instead, I just headed to the pool. Motivation was not in a spot I could reach, so it was an easy/moderate workout that lasted 32 whole minutes. I forgot to set my heart rate monitor until halfway through. The monitor is not very accurate in the water, I’ll explain some other time. Suffice it to say - my watch logged 100 calories burned, but I suspect it was more like 200-250. Not so impressive in that end, but my knees LOVED me for it.
• Saturday: Nuttin’. Kids were sick, hubs was gone. No creative option. I was hoping to get my dancin’ on, but that didn’t happen either.
• Sunday: Nuttin’. Sick kids, hubs was gone, and when he got back… I. Just. Didn’t. Want. To. Neener.

My 5 mile run was supposed to happen this weekend, but it didn’t. I’m not worried. I have run several 5-milers over the last few weeks. BUT, somehow I need to get 6 miles in next weekend. Going from 5 miles to 7 miles with a couple of weeks in between just isn’t the best plan. I have to make it happen.

Things to watch out for:

• My knees. They are already actin’ up. I think it was the hills on Tuesday.
• My toenails. The one I lost while training for the half in November is nearly back. It’s be nice if she’d stick around for summer. I spent all last summer with only 8 toenails to paint. It’s my dream to paint 10…