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Day 11 | Circuit Training is hard
I went back to that really challenging Circuit Training class again today. Wow is that a difficult hour. And it’s not 45 minutes of workout and 15 minutes of cool down. It’s 60 minutes of workout and 5 minutes of cool down. We always go over the allotted hour. I felt worse during class this […]
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Day 10 | Weekend Visitors Bring Fattening Food
This weekend I learn that it’s best to let everyone know before they come to visit what your priorities are. A friend came to visit that I hadn’t seen in a long time. I didn’t tell her what my goals were for this year, because I figured we would talk about it after she got […]
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Day 7 | On the Seventh Day She Rested
After taking two high intensity classes this week, I took the day off from working out. It was not a hard decision, as most of my muscles are still sore from Monday’s high intensity circuit training class, and will probably peak in soreness tomorrow from Wednesday’s high intensity circuit training class. I will try to […]
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Day 6 | Sore muscles after workout
Two days ago I took a circuit training class at the YMCA. It was a full sixty minutes of stair stepping, squats, weights, abs and calesthenics. It was hard, but I made it through with a smile on my face. Yesterday I was a bit sore, but okay. Today I can barely move. I just […]
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Day 5 | Work Gets in the Way of Running
I couldn’t get to the gym. I intended to go at lunch but the day spiraled out of control and I couldn’t take a lunch today and I couldn’t go after work. This sucks. It’s Day 5 and I haven’t yet run a friggin mile. Sigh. I am not off to a good start. But […]
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Day 4 | Hitting the Gym
I went to the gym after work with the intent to run on the treadmill. I forgot that the first week of January brings gyms that are twice as crowded as usual due to those pesky New Years Resolutions. I couldn’t get a treadmill. I couldn’t get an elliptical. I tried the little track and […]
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Day 3 | Ice Skating as Alternative to Running
Today it snowed again. All day. The roads were crap so we didn’t venture out very far. We did go ice skating though, which although not the same as running, certainly was a work out. The calorie calculator claims that ice skating burns 461 calories per hour. Since we were there nearly an hour and […]
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Day 2 | Shoveling Snow as Exercise
We’re having a blizzard here in New England so I won’t be able to run today. I can’t run outside and I can’t get to the gym. So instead of my husband snow-blowing the driveway, we all got out and shoveled. We spent and hour and a half outside shoveling. It was awesome and I’m […]
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Day 1 | Running It Off
Last night was New Years Eve and some friends came over to celebrate. We had a decadent night that included too many champagne coctails and too much cheese. Cheese fondue, baked brie, you get the picture. I’m glad we did it for two reasons. One, it was good to indulge in one last crazy meal […]
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I’m going to run it off
This is the inaugural post of RunningItOff.com. I am determined to lose the excess weight I’ve been carrying around before I turn 40. I turn 40 in 5 months. 5 months. I need a drastic plan, and that plan is running it off. I will keep a running blog and will document my progress as […]