But here's to staying fit, healthy, and in a good mood!
What motivates you? Progress and results does it for me every time!
Cautiously Audacious "You can quit and no one will care, but you will always know!"
Monday, February 25, 2013
Monday Motivation
What more motivation do you need than to see that your hard work has paid off! But I want to keep this going and stay on track! So this last week was the first full week of exercise I've been able to get in, in a very long time and even though I had a couple of days where I felt really bad I still went and got something in. So I worked out 6 of the 7 days and the weight gain has leveled out!! I was panicking a little bit because yes I do realize I'm supposed to gain weight while being pregnant but I want to stay with-in the healthy range and I was on a little bit of the high end for what week I'm in. I also realized that it was probably due to not being able to workout for a while due to dizziness. Now that I'm back on track I hope to keep this up. I have my really bad days as far as how I feel and acting like this:
But here's to staying fit, healthy, and in a good mood!
What motivates you? Progress and results does it for me every time!
But here's to staying fit, healthy, and in a good mood!
What motivates you? Progress and results does it for me every time!
Friday, February 22, 2013
Who's ready for spring?!?
I am! I am! So normally I'm totally a winter person and don't mind it at all. One of the things I like the most about where I live is the fact that we get to enjoy all 4 seasons (I don't enjoy our 5th season so much, WINDY season) but this year is different. I didn't get to snow shoe, cross country ski, and barely got to hike with my dog in the snow. I only got to go skiing once and I spent most of that time thawing out or sucking wind cause I was so out of breath. This has been a bad winter for us snow wise and we are in a drought! It also was the 1st trimester and where I was getting use to this whole dizzy and out of breath thing.
So I don't see the point in it being cold if I can't do any of those things. I say bring on the spring flowers!
I remember when I use to get Spring Breaks too!!
It's kind of funny because at the beginning of the "off" season I had gone out and bought myself a cute bikini to motivate myself to stay in shape through the winter and be able to fit into as soon as the outdoor pool at my gym opened!! But now I will have to go out and buy a different kind of bathing suit, one built for 2....
Instead of:
I will need one of:
Are you ready for spring? How bad has cabin fever hit you?
Lastly I'll leave you with this just cause I got a laugh out of it:
So I don't see the point in it being cold if I can't do any of those things. I say bring on the spring flowers!
I remember when I use to get Spring Breaks too!!
It's kind of funny because at the beginning of the "off" season I had gone out and bought myself a cute bikini to motivate myself to stay in shape through the winter and be able to fit into as soon as the outdoor pool at my gym opened!! But now I will have to go out and buy a different kind of bathing suit, one built for 2....
Instead of:
I will need one of:
Are you ready for spring? How bad has cabin fever hit you?
Lastly I'll leave you with this just cause I got a laugh out of it:
Happy Friday!!!
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Ironbaby, maybe?
So remember there were a few posts where I complained about being really dizzy? Then there was the Ironman where I got so dizzy it made me have to walk a lot of the run? Well I thought it was all going to make sense after today's appointment but it's still kind of a mystery. Because I do have this announcement to make:
So I've known for a while now but I still had a question as to exactly when. The due date is being calculated as Aug. 24th which puts me into my 4th month and means that technically conception should have been December 1st. But that I surely can't remember what exactly we were doing that date I mean we weren't exactly planning this out that extensively. The Ironman was on November 18 and I was getting dizzy spells a few weeks before that. So I may have to look into that again after this is all over. But then I did the Nutcracker tri in December so I was definitely pregnant by then. :-) Then I tried to go skiing in January where I totally was sucking air the whole time I could barely do 3-4 runs each morning and afternoon I felt so worthless but I guess it's normal to be out of breath. :-) I get out of breath just speaking now try giving a new hire orientation while having to take a deep breath in the middle of each sentence.
I thought I should get a shirt that says "It's Ok I'm pregnant." Or one I can wear to the gym that says "I'm not a wimp I'm pregnant." Cause I sure do feel like a wimp right now. I had to refrain from working out for about a month and a half because every time I did I would get extremely dizzy. So the nurse told me I could only get my heart rate up to 50% of my max which I laughed cause I said Ok so basically I can walk to the mailbox to check the mail! Now that the Puke trimester I mean 1st trimester is over I am no longer getting dizzy and I am back to working out just not at the same intensity I use to. This is my first pregnancy so everything is new and scary to me and it's so weird that my body is not my own anymore, I'm sharing it with someone and I can't just tell myself to push past the pain.
I'm not going to go into detail about my complaints or how horrible I've felt but I will say this much THERE IS NO GLOWING ABOUT THIS!! It's not pretty and I know it'll be worth it in the end but I already can't wait for the baby to be here and ready to get back to working out like normal! :-) Now that I have a due date I can plan my race calender for as soon as it's born. I'll start with a 5k and work my way back up!
Hubs is so excited and of course wants a boy, I'll be happy either way as long as it's a little athlete :-) I'm sure I have a lot to learn along the way. So there you go that's why it's been kind of quite here on the blog front, it's been hard not to say anything but we wanted to wait until we actually had a due date! I've also been having a little bit of a hard time adjusting to not doing my normal workouts. But I'm so happy I still get to keep teaching my beginners 5k class and Boot camp!!!
It was pretty funny seeing it jumping around it wouldn't sit still long enough for them to take a good pic but we finally got some!
So if you have an excellent piece of advice that I absolutely have to have during this pregnancy I'm all ears. Or how about you guys what should hubs know to help him get through this alive?!
So I've known for a while now but I still had a question as to exactly when. The due date is being calculated as Aug. 24th which puts me into my 4th month and means that technically conception should have been December 1st. But that I surely can't remember what exactly we were doing that date I mean we weren't exactly planning this out that extensively. The Ironman was on November 18 and I was getting dizzy spells a few weeks before that. So I may have to look into that again after this is all over. But then I did the Nutcracker tri in December so I was definitely pregnant by then. :-) Then I tried to go skiing in January where I totally was sucking air the whole time I could barely do 3-4 runs each morning and afternoon I felt so worthless but I guess it's normal to be out of breath. :-) I get out of breath just speaking now try giving a new hire orientation while having to take a deep breath in the middle of each sentence.
I thought I should get a shirt that says "It's Ok I'm pregnant." Or one I can wear to the gym that says "I'm not a wimp I'm pregnant." Cause I sure do feel like a wimp right now. I had to refrain from working out for about a month and a half because every time I did I would get extremely dizzy. So the nurse told me I could only get my heart rate up to 50% of my max which I laughed cause I said Ok so basically I can walk to the mailbox to check the mail! Now that the Puke trimester I mean 1st trimester is over I am no longer getting dizzy and I am back to working out just not at the same intensity I use to. This is my first pregnancy so everything is new and scary to me and it's so weird that my body is not my own anymore, I'm sharing it with someone and I can't just tell myself to push past the pain.
I'm not going to go into detail about my complaints or how horrible I've felt but I will say this much THERE IS NO GLOWING ABOUT THIS!! It's not pretty and I know it'll be worth it in the end but I already can't wait for the baby to be here and ready to get back to working out like normal! :-) Now that I have a due date I can plan my race calender for as soon as it's born. I'll start with a 5k and work my way back up!
Hubs is so excited and of course wants a boy, I'll be happy either way as long as it's a little athlete :-) I'm sure I have a lot to learn along the way. So there you go that's why it's been kind of quite here on the blog front, it's been hard not to say anything but we wanted to wait until we actually had a due date! I've also been having a little bit of a hard time adjusting to not doing my normal workouts. But I'm so happy I still get to keep teaching my beginners 5k class and Boot camp!!!
It was pretty funny seeing it jumping around it wouldn't sit still long enough for them to take a good pic but we finally got some!
So if you have an excellent piece of advice that I absolutely have to have during this pregnancy I'm all ears. Or how about you guys what should hubs know to help him get through this alive?!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
What does it take to be a race director?
I got to thinking about this the other day because I mean you know us bloggers we love to do race reports and usually part of the race report is not only reporting on our performance but on what we thought of the race itself. I mean most of us have to budget for the races we enter and we want to get the biggest bang for the buck. I've done my fare share of congratulating and complaining on here about races but I'm sure good or bad it takes a lot of work to put on a race.
I did a little bit of research on line and there isn't much to be found. USAT has a certification to become a race director but they don't give you much details on what it takes ( I mean that's what the $450 class is for right?) But I have volunteered before to help with a small 5k running race in the past and the very small part I had in helping I could see right away that the race director had to devote a lot of time into it. So you have to worry about:
1.) Porta Potties you don't want to spend more than you have to on these but we all know if you don't have enough people will complain!
2.) Permits, depending on the township this could be a very long arduous process or just a matter of putting in the paperwork
3.) Police to block intersections and emergency crews for safety and paying them
4.) Volunteers to man all the stations
5.) Awards
6.) Advertising
7.) Sponsorships because I'm sure entry fees don't cover everything
8.) Shirts how do you order just the right amount and get them in in time
9.) Packet pick-up
10.) Timing
11.) Marking the course
12.) Transition set up (if triathlon)
13.) Trash clean up
14.) Aid Stations
15.) Liability Insurance
16.) Photographers
I'm sure I missed some important ones but my point being that I'm already tired just trying to list it all out! I guess that's why sometimes when you take something like this on you pretty much have to treat it like a business to make sure it gets done properly. And the fact that there's not a lot of info out there to help you. I'm thinking putting in a lot of race and volunteer hours is the best way to get to know all of these things. Would you ever consider putting on a race? What are some of the things you would make sure you had as part of your race?
I did a little bit of research on line and there isn't much to be found. USAT has a certification to become a race director but they don't give you much details on what it takes ( I mean that's what the $450 class is for right?) But I have volunteered before to help with a small 5k running race in the past and the very small part I had in helping I could see right away that the race director had to devote a lot of time into it. So you have to worry about:
1.) Porta Potties you don't want to spend more than you have to on these but we all know if you don't have enough people will complain!
2.) Permits, depending on the township this could be a very long arduous process or just a matter of putting in the paperwork
4.) Volunteers to man all the stations
5.) Awards
6.) Advertising
7.) Sponsorships because I'm sure entry fees don't cover everything
8.) Shirts how do you order just the right amount and get them in in time
9.) Packet pick-up
10.) Timing
11.) Marking the course
12.) Transition set up (if triathlon)
13.) Trash clean up
14.) Aid Stations
15.) Liability Insurance
16.) Photographers
I'm sure I missed some important ones but my point being that I'm already tired just trying to list it all out! I guess that's why sometimes when you take something like this on you pretty much have to treat it like a business to make sure it gets done properly. And the fact that there's not a lot of info out there to help you. I'm thinking putting in a lot of race and volunteer hours is the best way to get to know all of these things. Would you ever consider putting on a race? What are some of the things you would make sure you had as part of your race?
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