1st 5K

Ran it today.  It was around Lake Merritt in Oakland as part of their 4th Sunday run.  Olivia ran it too.  Finishing times:  Olivia - 29min, me - 38.50 min.  I ran straight for the better part of 2 miles, then ran walked the rest (with 3 walks total).  It was fun and I was happy with my results - most notably that I finished it and was not on the ground gasping for breath.  Crystal, Roger, the girls were there too as spectators.  Went to breakfast after and then home for a nap.

then and now 2

basketball lesson

Taught a Class

for my quilt guild.  We made messenger bags.  It was fun and I think the ladies had fun too.

new look

blogger has offered options for new blog looks - so I am trying them out.  I hit on one, but my pix did not center right.  So I am trying another.  Unfortunately, they do not offer much in the way of creative license.  I am not asking much, just want to be able to size my opening picture and maybe use one of my quilts as a background.

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Just Ran

2.25 mi... on the treadmill.  How is everyone else doing????

is anyone else still with me on this????

Can we do a 5K???

it is coming up....

Then and now

first in a series of images then and now....

Last few days

My husband is so incredibly thoughtful...he got me a new....

and we went riding on Monday in Tiburon - pleasant, flat ride that ended at a place so close to Angel Island, you could almost reach out and touch it - that is it to the left.

The trail started in Blackies Park...

Then later in the date, I did a bit of running -  up to 5 min run 1 min walk for 30 min  (hereby referred to 5/1) although it actually went 5/1/5/2/5/2/5/2/3/1/2 - anyway, I did it.

Tuesday - just walked with Merle

Wednesday - back to CFV - where Li has us doing what she calls 6WOH (had to ask - means 6 weeks of hell) which means warmup (I ran an 800m and did a few of the non-shoulder related activites), then three different workouts, yesterday it was:

1. run 400 m, then a single arm lift and, I think, thrusters (I do not recall as I did not do these - my left shoulder still hurts - doc visit planned for next week)
2. 10 min to max deadlift - did 175lbs - have actually lifted 180 in the past but did not want to push the shoulder
3. 10 rounds - 10 deadlifts (I did 95lbs) 10 burpees...I subbed 5 mt climbs for the last 5 sets of burpees as my shoulder was starting to hurt.  21 m and some change.

sounds shoulder whiny, I know - but it is annoying and it does hurt (see prior post)!!!  Seems like a while since I have been at it hard at the gym- prob about 1 1/2 weeks - so this was hard and I was gassed when done.

On Day 3 of my personal Paleo challenge - had slipped quite a bit after the Masters competition so back on it.

Long post - to my 2 or so readers - how do you like the new format (mainly just trying to get a comment or two).