[DOUBLE OR NOTHIN!]

I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK... AROUND 6:30 AM... COFFEE ON MY DESK, SLEEPING BABY, STARTED WORK...

AND THEN... MY NEIGHBOR, LISA, WALKED DOWN THE HILL IN FRONT OF ME, JUST GETTING BACK FROM HER EARLY MORNING RUN. A COUPLE MINUTES LATER, HER HUSBAND, CHRIS, SET OUT ON HIS RUN.

WHAT WAS I DOING?

ITS LIGHT OUT. IM MOTIVATED. ALL I COULD THINK WAS "THIS IS HOW TRIATHLETES DO IT."

ITS ALL ABOUT DEMANDING TIME FOR YOURSELF. KEYWORD: DEMANDING. MY YOGA INSTRUCTOR SAYS IT EVERY CLASS: "THANK YOU FOR COMING AND DEVOTING THIS HOUR TO YOURSELF"... MY TIME. I CAN CHOSE TO DO WHATEVER WITH MY "ME TIME" AND I REALLY WANT TO DIVE IN TO BE ACTIVE FOR ME.

I GET TOO WRAPPED UP IN LIFE, AND BY THE TIME I GET HOME IM TOO TIRED OR HAVE NO MOTIVATION.

MAYBE I SHOULD WORKOUT IN THE MORNINGS? MY NEW PLAN, EVEN IF ITS JUST A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK. ITD BE AN AWESOME WAY TO START THE DAY, AND GET IT OVER WITH. NO EXCUSES. I HAVE JOSH IN MY BED TO KICK ME OUT WHEN THE ALARM HITS... WHATS MY EXCUSE? 'IM TIRED...?' NO FLYIN THIS TIME, SUCKER.

THIS WEEK I WAS INSPIRED BY CHRIS AND LISA (THEY ARE HARDCORE. TWO KIDS. AND HAVE BOTH COMPLETE IRONMANS... YES, IRONMANS!). I WANT TO UP THE ANTY (SP?). SO I DID. IN MY OWN WAY. I WORKED OUT 5 TIMES THIS WEEK.

MONDAY: YOGA
TUESDAY: RUN 2 MILES WITH CAE
WEDNESDAY: BIKE 12 MILES, SWIM 1/2 MI
THURSDAY: YOGA
FRIDAY: RUN 5 MILES (SEE WHAT I CAN DO WITH NO STROLLER?! HAHA)

WEDNESDAY WAS AWESOME. IT MAKES ME REALLY WANT TO JUST JUMP IN AND DO A SPRINT TRIATHLON (750m SWIM, 20km BIKE, 5k RUN). TOTALLY DO ABLE. THEN I WANT TO WORK UP TO A BIGGER AND BIGGER ONE. MUA HA HA.

FRIDAY WAS ALSO HUGEEE FOR ME! 5 MILES?! I HAVENT DONE THAT IN MONTHS. MY KNEES HAVE REALLY BEEN HURTING LATELY, SO I WAS SOOOO EXCITED TO COME HOME AND BRAG! THEN I WENT FOR THE ICE PACK. (THANKFULLY I DONT REALLY HURT TODAY... A GOOD SIGN INDEED!) I WANT TO DO A COUPLE OF 5 MILE RUNS DURING THE WEEK, AND WORK UP TO AN 8-10 MILE RUN ON THE WEEKENDS AS MY LONG RUN.

THATS MY GOAL. ALONG WITH HOPEFULLY SAVING FOR A ROAD BIKE, SO I CAN GET HARDCORE WITH THAT WITHOUT KILLING MY KNEES.

IM SO EXCITED THIS WEEK! NEXT WEEK I WANT TO KILL IT AND DO THE SAME, BUT INCORPORATE MORNING WORKOUTS... HOPEFULLY DO MY STRENGTH TRAINING THEN. I NEED TO START LOOKING UP SOME LEG WORKOUTS SO I CAN STRENGTHEN MY QUAD MUSCLES SO MY KNEES CAN START LOVING ME AGAIN (AND REWARD ME WITH LONG RUNS!). IM ALMOST TEMPTED TO USE A PERSONAL TRAINER, EVEN IF ITS ONLY A COUPLE OF WORKOUTS. IM PRETTY GOOD AT PUSHING MYSELF (I ACTUALLY PREFER TO WORKOUT ALONE), SO I JUST NEED SOME DIRECTION.

IN OTHER NEWS, MY SUSAN G KOMEN 5K WALK WENT AWESOME! IT WAS SO NICE TO BE OUT THERE WITH MY MOM! I THINK SHE WAS IN UTTER SHOCK ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE. IT WAS AWESOME. SHE EVEN WANTS TO DO IT NEXT YEAR! YAY MOMMY!

I HAVE ANOTHER 5K ON THANKSGIVING MORNING WITH DARCY. WE DID IT LAST YEAR, AND DECIDED IT HAD TO BECOME TRADITION. THIS YEAR WE ARE DRESSING UP... TURKEY BEANIES AND TUTUS! HAHA IT SHOULD BE AWESOME. IM EXCITED. THIS TIME IM RUNNING IT, AND IM PRETTY EXCITED ;D


I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WEEK! DREAM BIG!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR "ME TIME'? WHAT DO YOU DEMAND OF YOURSELF? WHAT DO YOU DEMAND OF YOUR TIME? ARE YOU REALLY PUSHING YOURSELF?
OXOX