Misty & Dusty

Short and sweet.  I'll try to catch-up tomorrow.  It's been CRAZY at work.  End of month / end of quarter.  Anyway, working out is just okay.  My husband is out of town so I can only do so much.  Worked in the yard all day Sunday.  It was a welcome relief.  Hope to do the same again this week.  Was supposed to go bike riding but looks like the trails will be too wet.  It was a family ride.  I was really looking forward to it.

 

2 weeks until the Georgetown Poppy ride.  Kelley, look for my email.  Let's hook up.  Janna and I are going to do 62 miles.  I'm excited.  Hope she's ready.  I KNOW YOU ARE JANNA!! 

 

Just wanted to let yall know I'm still here and plugging along.  It's just been crazy.  Keep it up.  Don't let that cookie get the best of you!

 

More tomorrow - DJ

Man I had another great workout day yesterday.  At lunch I was kind of tired but managed to squeak out 40 minutes on the stairs.  Then last night I got to the gym early again so I went outside for a 2.25 mile jog.  Then I came back inside and jogged 1 mile on the treadmill.  I would do it all outside but the wind gets the better of me.  Once the wind dies down I'll do more jogging outside.  I jog over to a grave yard and they have a really nice paved walking trail that is .3 miles around.  I jog that and then jog back to the gym.  Seems kind of oogy if you think about it too hard.  But there's LOTS of walkers out there and they even have a sign of rules for walkers.  Weirdo, but it's working for me.  Anyway, then I did my personal trainer session.  We didn't do the dips but we did chin ups.  Bonnie took 2 plates off the weights and I still managed to do 10, 10 and then 12!!!  Rock on!!!  Then she made me do boy push-ups.  I did 3 sets of 10.  That's alot for me!  I can do 60 girls push-ups, but when she very first made me do boy push-ups (back in the day - hehe) I couldn't even do 1!!!  So my upper body is def coming along.

 

Enough rambling.  Get outside and get some fresh air this weekend. ~ DJ

Man I had a great workout yesterday.  I got to the gym early and decided to jog OUTSIDE!  It was awfully windy.  About 25 MPH.  But it just felt good.  So I jogged for 2 miles outside.  Had enough of the wind so I went inside the gym and jogged for 2 miles on the treadmill.  Then we jumped right in to my personal training session.  I was huffing and puffing the whole time.  We hit it hard and fast.  It was GREAT!!  I wish they could all be like that.  My trainer and I talk alot so sometimes we take longer breaks in between sets.  Not last night.  We just kept on going!  AWESOME!

 

Going back tonight for upper body.  I'm kicking butt on that stupid tricep dip and chin up machine.  Chin ups are still hard.  Mainly cuz I'm so dang fat.  But I'm kicking major butt on the tricep dips.  I told my trainer that if I ever lost all this fat I'd have a killer body.

 

GO ALI!  I've jumped ship from the blue team and am now rooting for Ali.  She is kicking major booty.  I can't believe she lost another 7 pounds.  That's just amazing.  SHE IS MY HERO!!

 

Get up and move! ~ DJ

Go Dusty Go Dusty Go Dusty!  Yeah me!  Went to Kerrville for the bike rally.  Saturday we did 70 miles.  The weather was perfect.  We had mainly gently rolling hills with a couple climbs.  I felt great the whole day.  And while I was ready for the break, I think I could have squeezed out another 10 miles.  I didn't even crash afterwards.  I didn't get up and run around, but I felt fine.  It was truely an awesome day.

 

Sunday the wind was really picking up so we scratched the bike ride and went hiking.  It was a nice change of pace.  We had a great time and the views were awesome.

 

This is definitely the way to spend Easter.  I told my husband that this will be our Easter tradition.  No more overeating at the family's and picking up eggs full of chocolate.  From now on it's outdoors and exercise.

 

The weekend was very rejuvinating.  I'm working towards the Shiner Bash 100 mile ride.  This really showed me how prepared I am.  I have about a month to get fully ready for the 100, but I know now I'm well on my way.  It was definitely what I needed mentally.

 

And this week the weather is supposed to be gorgeous.  IT'S GARDENING TIME!!  I love to work in my yard.  I spent an hour outside last night pulling weeds and laying fertiziler.  I could spent every night doing that.  I just love being outside working.

 

I hope everyone is rested and ready for a great week.  Get out and live! ~ DJ

Really looking forward to my biking weekend.  Hope the rain holds off on Sunday.  I sure want to get two good days of riding in.  I'm going to do the Shiner Bash on May 3 (about 100 miles) so I'm using this as part of my training.  My friends are going over to Enchanted Rock to hike after the ride.  They're "only" doing 40 miles so they'll be done long before me.  If I have time and energy we may drive over there and hike around a bit.  It's not that far from our campsite.  And I LOVE Enchanted Rock.  So does my son.  His uncle will be taking him over there during the day.

 

So that's what's on my agenda for Easter.  Biking.  YEAH!!   Hope everyone is safe.  STEP AWAY FROM THE EASTER BUNNY!!!

 

Get an out live! ~ DJ