Exercise: - What : interval walk
- Time: 40:57 minutes
- Distance: 5 laps plus warm up and cool down
- Lap Times:3:50, 3:58, 3:56, 3:57, 4:19
- Minutes/mile: 16.0
Tonights walk was HARD. Isabel was sleepy and grumpy so we went out at 6:30 instead of 7. My stomach was still full of dinner and I was burping a lot on the way over to the track. It was still pretty warm, but cooler and breezier than yesterday. We got a great start but I had a stich in my side right away, a problem I haven't had since I started walking. I kept walking through it. I stopped for water after the second lap and it went away. I had to stop for water again after the fourth lap, then didn't walk intervals on the last lap. All in all, a good effort, the most I could offer today.
While I am out and walking, I always think of things to write in the blog, but then by the time I return and sit in front of the computer, my mind goes blank. I had to go shopping again today. I am having a pants issue. Remember all the pants I brought down from the attic a few weeks ago that I was amazed that fit? Most of them are too big now. But they are only too big in the crotch area, not in the waist. My waist is still a size 18 or 20, but my butt and thighs are a size 16. Today I was wearing some shorts that I really like, the waist was almost too tight, but the crotch was so baggy and low, my thighs were chafing. So I went and bought some stretch capris. They are size 16 and seem to fit everywhere ok. I also tried on a cute bathing suit, but I already have 3 old ones that still fit and can't justify buying a new one. I will try the old ones on again the week before my vacay though and get a new one if they are the least bit baggy.
I am going swimming for the first time this weekend. I am looking forward to it. I need to get Iz a bathing suit though. I saw some cute boy bathing suits at target that had little shirts to go with the long shorts. I want her to have the most cover possible. Why do they make little girl bathing suits so skimpy? I am just worried about her sun exposure, not her great tan!
Oh yes, I just remembered, shin splints. I was reading some info on beginning running and how to avoid injury. It talked about shin splints which was an immediate problem for me the last time I started running. It said the reason for them was tight calf muscles and undeveloped shin muscles and gave some stretching and exercises to do to help with the problem. I have been doing them lately to get ready to start running in July. It is hard to exercise your shin muscles. I dont' even realize I have a shin muscle until I try to exercise it. But they feel good. Makes me want to do isometrics.
# posted by amy @ 8:11 PM
