Peace of mind

Just got back from seeing the Good Doc.  Got the results of my last screening and the tumor did NOT grow.  I am happy.  Every time I go for the results I secretly hope he will say: "It is gone!" but I will take it is not growing.  We do this again in August, until then I have peace of mind as far as that goes.  It is not easy to know that I have a tumor on my kidney and I don't know if it is the bad kind..you know the kind that start with a C.  They cannot do a biopsy on these kind of tumor, too risky.  OK enough of the depressing stuff.

To CELEBRATE good news my friends have a drink or buy expensive shoes or go to a spa, me I signed up for not one but TWO HALF MARATHONS!

First one May 1, 2011 and second one September 4th, 2011.   Also today my new shoes arrived, one day free delivery! I like that! I cannot wait to try them tomorrow.

Today I ran 3 miles temp0-kind of...I am not sure if I am doing this tempo thing right.  I was at the gym, so I had to distract myself with the people at the gym...today we had 2 guys working out with their winter coats on (I live in Southern California, it is NOT cold here) and winter hats.  I don't get it.  Also one gal wearing FLIP FLOPS on the treadmill...trying to run at speed 3.0 ...really? That should not even be allowed!  I wish I could take pictures of all these weirdos for you but I am way too shy!!!

1 day until next race/ People at the gym (part 5)

Tomorrow next race: 5k at Universal Studio backlot.  Should be fun but hard.  Weather is pretty cool right now and I hope it stays that way!

Went to the gym before my son's basketball game.  30 min on Elliptical and ran 1 mile.

People at the gym:  In the locker room, I am there with another woman in her late 50s, enters one of her friend about same age.  The friend says "Hi! Happy New Year!!!"  the other one goes super serious "Are you drunk dear?" Haaaaa!!! Could not help it, I started to laugh !!!

I dont have a good title but I need to type one so there it is! and People at the Gym (part 4)

Today's run: 4 miles on treadmill at the gym.  First 2 miles went by so slow I thought I had done 5..but no just 2....crap must stay on longer....I was not tired or anything just bored.   Luckily I found some free entertainment from the people at the gym.  I got 2 good ones today.  Sometimes I think someone should do a sitcom called people at the gym ..I bet most gym in southern California offer good entertainment...

The treadmills are all upstairs and when I run I look at all the people downstairs using the equipments.  This morning in come a gal who probably goes to the same surgeon as Pam Anderson... OK you have an image in your head.  She also probably shop at the same stores.  Clearer image.  So she walked in and of course all the dudes turned their heads...all age groups represented for this task :).  One of my friend told me about this gal but that was the first time I saw her...anyway one guy made an extra effort in the attention giving and he walked into a machine...for real...his poor nose took most of the impact... bleeding and all.   I thought it was hilarious (I know I am a bad person)...the girl saw it and just kept walking by...he did not even get a bit of sympathy!

In the morning there's a lot of older people at the gym.  I became friends with some and I love listening to their stories.  Today there was a woman dressed all in pink, I was told she is in her mid 80s, she was in the middle of the floor where all the machines are and she had headphones on and she was dancing..looked like samba to me but I am no dance expert.  She looked like she was having the time of her life, not a care in the world.  I thought she was great!  I could never do that, I'd be way too concerned with what people would think.  Maybe when I am 80 I'll have the guts to do something like that! :)

Cross Training and People at the Gym (part 3)

Today is cross training day on the plan.  I do not really enjoy cross training.  I almost always cheat and add a bit of running in the mix.  Today no different..did 30 minutes on elliptical machine and ran 2 miles that were not scheduled on treadmill.   Lost another pound....Took the kids to get a smoothie!

Weekend morning at the gym, always interesting to me.  I see people I don't see during the week so it is very entertaining!!  So in the people at the gym segment today we have:

- A woman walking on treadmill with sunglasses on...maybe it is me...I don't get it.

- This one I wish I had taken a picture but I don't have the guts to do that: a woman in the free weight room wearing FLIP FLOPS!!!!!!! No kidding! That should not be allowed right?!

- The loveliest thing: an older couple, probably in mid 70s, walking on treadmill and HOLDING HANDS!!!  Made me smile. 

Speed (it is all relative) training and people at the gym part 2

Today on the plan I had 3.5 miles run and I did 4 miles speed (more on that) training with some weights.  I have weights on Thursday and not sure the gym will be open on Turkey day so I did it today (patting myself on the back right now).

So speed training.  It is not on my plan to do speed training or hills but I know it is better to do some so I do at least I try.  Speed is all relative.  Speed for me is slower then slow for Kara Goucher!  So I did intervals of 0.25 miles going 20 to 30 sec faster then race pace.  Speed work is no fun when you have sinusitis like I do now...boy it was hard to breath on the last one!  Am I going to run faster because of those? I don't know but it helps to change things up a bit when running on the treadmill so for that it is a plus!!!

People at the gym...(I think this will become a regular topic..if you go to the gym almost every day like I do you know there is good entertainment there and for FREE!!)

So today I got 2 stories..

First is this young gal I have never seen before coming up to me and asking "Did you ran the Riverside 10k?" (I had the race shirt on) so I said yes and then she asked how I did and I told her the truth.  She responded "HA! HA! I beat you by 10 minutes!"  HA! HA! Really? and so I could not resist and I was a very bad girl and I said " Well good for you.. Do you have any kids?" and of course she said no and then I said "How old are you dear?" 23...and to that I said "Well I got 18 yrs on you AND 2 kids" The look on her face was worth being 10 minutes slower!! ha ha!!!

Second one:  It is one thing to have people on treadmill or elliptical SINGING really loud and not really well but this morning I had a guy next to me who was Whistling !!! He was walking quite slow and whistling really loud.  A fist for me....cannot say I enjoyed it.

People at the Gym

Workout had to be at the gym today both boys are off from school ALL WEEK!
 There was no running on the plan today but ran 2 miles and worked on my 6 packs humm I mean my 2 packs...and upper body plus some stretching.  The guy next to me on the treadmill was in serious need of deodorant I am telling you this was not just the usual stinky smell from working out..! As if this was not bad enough he started passing these awful gas..the worst! I could not stay there I was about to pass out...so I changed treadmill.  I did not even think if this would offend him or not I just moved a few TM over.  After he was done he came and asked if the treadmill I was on was broken and says I should tell the manager so they can put a sign on it!!!! Ahhh!
Of course I did not tell him the real reason I moved but I could not believe he did not figure it out on his own!

On the treadmill I like to look at the people working out...what can I say; I need a distraction! Some are really interesting and funny.  There's this one personal trainer, I guess he is ok looking and all his clients are cougars!!!! They come in, with full make up on, super tight clothes (most should not be wearing those kind of outfits), hair perfectly done, super long fake nails, and they bring him coffee, smoothies and food!! They come one after the other and they all do the same! This morning one said "Now please Dan (that's the trainer) nothing to make me sweat today!!!" Ha ha!!!!!! I thought that was hilarious!!! 

I found a hat for the cooler days!  On clearance for $6.97 instead of $20! A good bargain! I look like a dork with it but it is ok, it even has an opening for my ponytail!!