Getting back in shape

Okay, at least I got out again today, so much for good intentions.  I really have had a busy couple of weeks, and I have had a lot of fun too.  Last week I would get home from work and start helping with dinner and the kids because my wife is still in bed with pregnancy related sicknesses (we are almost out of the first trimester so we hope this improves), and we got two Miniature Jersey calves for our half acre "farm."  Plus I also had to "take care of" the extra roosters in the chicken coup, 11 roosters is way to many!!!  Please don't ask why we had eleven roosters or how I took care of them!  Needless to say we were out having fun with calves for a lot of the time I should have been running.  But to be totally honest, I think the fun time I had with my wife and kids was well worth it.  Now our lives seem to be smoothing out a little and I am hoping to get out and run more faithfully.  Three miles in 27 minutes isn't bad though!

It was a treadmill day.  I was able to convince myself to run even after young mens!  I wish I could count the distance I ran in the combined activity, but who would be able to judge, darn-it-all.

Another treadmill day.  I have 2 kids down with the flu, not fun, thank goodness for a wonderful wife.  Good news though, today at work I took my blood pressure and it was down to 107/71.  I think this running is really helping me.  Is it normal to be gaining weight while running?  I am up to 180, I know muscle weighs more than fat, but that is ten pounds in 3 weeks?  Any ideas?

I am tired, I did 2 miles in 15:15 that included walking or light running for .3 to start it out.  I am going to bed.

PR!!!(since High School at least) 2 miles in 14:45 and the total run of 4.15 in 32 minutes flat. Yes there was some post celebration puking but I did it and I feel good. It was on a treadmill but I put the incline at 1.0 for the entire run. I do have a PT at work that I have to get 1.5 miles in under 15 minutes but I don't want to be the slow one out there.

I did miss yesterday because of some continued soreness in my legs and I wanted to rest them. Today they felt great.

Note, this should be for Saturday, I just noticed I posted on friday 

See the blog entry from yesterday because it should be on todays!!!

Passed the PT.  1.5 miles 10:31, 28 inch vertical, 40 push-ups, 33 sit-ups, 170 bench.

I know, I have been really lazy!!!. . .But I have had a lot of fun.  We went camping up at Oak Grove and I cooked some of the best dutch oven tates ever. 

Yesterday at church the young mens president and I had a long talk about the boys and I think we solved all those problems, plus any that the world has to offer as well.  He is a Nurse also so we had a lot of cool things to talk about. 

Also last week I was able to get my CPR instructors certificate for the American Red Cross, and my ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certificate.  Needless to say, I  haven't had much energy or desire to run.

Today when I went to get on the treadmill, the belt kept slipping so I tore the whole thing apart tightening any bolt I could see, the belt attached to the motor was slipping so I tightened that up, and when I put it all back together it worked perfect.  I decided to take it easy and run as far as I could.  5.1 miles in 42 minutes and then I walked a 1/4 mile.  I am tired but I feel good.

 Now it is time to play with the kids and help my wife out,  she is 15 weeks along and we just got the paper work for the Ultrasound.  My wife is starting to get over the sickness phase but we aren't out of it yet.  Last week she got a couple miles on the treadmill as well.
 

I was running for a PR in both the 1.5 and 2.0 mile, granted it was on the treadmill, but I did 1.5 in 10.15 and the 2.0 in 14.27. Not amazing, but it got the sweat flowing and the heart pumping.  My B/P is back down to 108/69 where two months ago it was up at 130/88.  I feel so much better, and I feel a strange longing to run now.   I wish my wife were feeling good enough to run, I feel a little bit ashamed watching her have to lay around sick (knowing that she enjoys running), while I am feeling better than I have in a  long time.

Strange how fast life can change.