Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon

Today was my last race of the season, the Chicago Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon. The day started out at 4:30 am. I regret not eating a full banana before I left this morning. My boyfriend and I got downtown via our train system at 6 am. The race was not as strict as the other races I have done in the past. I liked that! There were no ropes for the corrals or people telling you you couldn't stand there or walk here. It was refreshing.




I started in corral 18. Immediately I ran into a friend, Colleen. The running community is such a small world. I decided to run with her and her friend Josh. They had about a 10 minute pace. We ran to each mile marker and then walked for 1 minute.


The beginning of the race was challenging. Chicago had a heat wave last week and the heat was still in the air.




I found myself trying to keep up with Colleen and Josh most of the first 1/2. At mile 8, I told them to go ahead of me. I walked for about 10 minutes dehydrated with my hands swelling.




I finally got the energy (thanks shot blocks) to start running again. I ended up catching back up to my friends. It was great. We were all motivating (kudos to Colleen) to keep each other going.


I finished with no injuries and in a decent time considering my lack of training and the heat. For now I am going to limit myself to running the 1/2 in Nashville every year and not running in Chicago in the middle of July!



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30 minute lunchtime workout

30 minute lunchtime workout



3 Sets of 12 Reps
Seated Row - 40 lbs
Lat / High Row - 40 lbs
Chest Press - 30 lbs
Shoulder Press - 15 lbs
Bench Press - 15 lbs

10 minutes of Abs!!!!



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Running!

Training for my next 1/2 marathon has been productive. I actually prefer to run in the higher heat than inside. It seems like the time goes a lot faster and miles seem shorter. I have to get back to the gym tomorrow to do some weights.


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Total Body Slim Down

Needless to say if you read my blog, you know that I am on a mission to tone and slim down.  Below you will see some of the transformation in my face.  It is nice to actually see some results.  

Picture taken on 3/17/13.

Picture taken on 6/17/13

Workout Journal

Back in 2008, I started this workout journal.   I didn't post every workout I ever did in my journal, but I did create a mini training manual for myself.  My journal is full of workouts from trainers, magazine articles, and motivational articles.  This is a great way for me to stay on track.  Unfortunately, I lost my journal until 2013, but at least I found it again!  

Here are some examples what is in it.  

A few exercises from Self Magazine.

Exercises from a training session at my gym.  (No I am not the best artist!)

More exercises from Self.