Rough

It's been a rough month for a whole bucket o' reasons. But, here I am, and I've been rebuilding a lot of stuff, one being my fitness.

I was sick mid-march. It was just a cold but wiped me out a little more physically than the average cold. But, I've had almost two weeks of 'getting back to it' now.

We have the Kinect Nike+ trainer for Xbox. What a mouthful. I'm still trying to come up with what to call it for myself. I keep saying Kinect trainer, because I'd rather associate it with that than Nike I suppose? The program is really quite amazing. After a fitness assessment and choosing what I'd like to focus on (weightloss, toning or cardio I think were the options), a plan is developed. You simply choose the days you want to work out, sign in and do them. You don't even have to do them on your scheduled days, you just can't do 2 workouts in one day.

So I've been doing that since March 9th. Here it is the end of March and I've done 5 workouts now. Again, the sickness was in the middle there. But even after 5 workouts, and some running sprinkled in there, I'm able to tell a difference. We did yoga after a way too long hiatus Tuesday night and low and behold I noticed core strength. During canoe and rolling down into shavasana, I actually was able to control myself. Woohoo! Something else I've noticed is just an overall feeling of being stronger. AND, I ran 5 miles at Sharon Woods last Saturday. Those are hilly miles. This after having run a whopping 4 times in the month prior. Well...I know I went pretty slowly, but I didn't struggle on any of the hills, which was pretty surprising to me. Maybe my legs are getting stronger.

Today I ran 3 miles and did a Kinect workout afterwords. Neither went well. I'm not sure what my deal is today, as I took yesterday off. Meh, happens. Just tired or something I guess.

So...maybe by May I'll be back to some decent shape. I am planning to run a 10K at the end of April. I am happy about the Kinect trainer. It's fun, even though I'm doing a handful of the same exercises I am usually sore afterwords, and it's convenient as hell.

Might spin tonight. I am not sure - that or arms. I'm just doing whatever I can do whenever I can.

Done Being Sick I Think...Moving On

I was doing ok in March, but as it typically goes when I 'start to get back into it' I got sick. Wiped out from acold and I gave in. I'm feeling a lot better today and think I'm at the level to suffer thru run tomorrow. It isn't going to be pretty I know. But all I care about is getting consistent again.

It will be about 30 (I hope) with some gusty wind and sunshine. Bring it!!