Closing the books for June

I can't believe it, but the summer is already 1/3 over for this chica. Let's reflect on June a bit. A lot has been going one...

• Overall, the weather has been pretty good with only a handful of rainy days here and there, and the temps have usually been between 75 and 90... which is perfect....until the humidity picks up in July.
• I tagged along with Lisa and joined her in Streaking through the month. Here's what the numbers looked like...
• Total days: 30 (24:40:33)
  # of Swims: 12 (6:43:00)
  # of Rides: 12 (9:18:15)
  # of Runs: 11 (5:12:18)
  # of ST: 3 (1:02:00)
  # of Walks: 2 (1:02:00)
  # of Turbo Sculpt Sessions: 3 (2:00:00)
  # of Turbo Ab Jam Sessions: 7 (2:20:00)
  # of Softball Games: 6
• Here are the stats for the month as well....
• SWIM - 16200 meters (or 10.06 miles) ....... 3200 meters in May
  
• BIKE - 170.87 miles (mostly outdoors!) ...... 82.77 miles in May
  
• RUN - 26.57 miles (my lowest this year) ..... 34.22 miles in May
  
• I also participated in Viv's Weight loss Challenge. I have increased my workouts and decreased the bad foods. All in all I am pretty happy with the 6.2 lbs dropped this month!! Now the key it to keep it off and maybe drop some more.... slowly.
• On top of all of this, I am currently in the market for a home of my own. I met with a wonderful realtor last week and looked at about 7 homes, all different sizes... townhomes, twinhomes, condos. For the past week I have been looking online for more to look at and crunching numbers like crazy. Who knew this could be that much work?!
  
• And today? Today I started the crazy 100 Pushup Challenge. I was only able to do 7 pushups on my initial test, but starting W1D1 today... I completed 28 pushups altogether.

Keep on keeping on, y'all!
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OCN (Sunday): 12.02 miles indoor, 32:34 (avg. 22.14 mph)
ORN (Sunday): 1.41 miles, 15:02 minute run-off the bike (avg. 10:39 min/mile)
OSN (Monday): 1600M, 41:00 (avg. 2:33 min/100M)
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The past few days....

Wednesday I went in for a haircut. Mind you, my hair was getting very long (middle of back), and with it being so heaving and thick, I had to get it chopped. I wanted it just long enough to still get in a low ponytail for when it's hot, working out, and when I am just too plain lazy to do it. And that is exactly what she did...and then some. Damn, it turned out shorter than I was envisioning. However, I figure it will be back to my shoulders by the time school starts back up.

Thursday night I didn't get to the cycle group ride. I actually did my bike workout earlier in the day as the forcast predicted rain. Sure enough, it ended up raining (briefly) while we would have been out on our bikes. Instead I opted to watch the Celtics and their unbelievable comeback (in hi-def) with a couple friends. That was an amazing game. Period.

Friday night a few of us went bowling and I was quite surprised to see how well I did considering there was no alchohol involved! I bowled 117 in the first game and 109 in the second. Anything above 100 is good for me!

Last night we had a nice little tornado warning here. I am extremely fascinated by weather, but as soon as it is too close for comfort, I am scared shitless. The sirens were going off like crazy and the black clouds outside my patio were rotating. Supposedly a funnel was located about 7 miles southwest of my apartment. I grabbed my purse, keys and shoes and joined a handful of other neighbors in the basement. Luckily nothing came of the storm and in less than a half hour the sun was shining. Ahhh.

The streaking lives on! I am actually enjoying this, because to be honest, I have been a bit bored with all the extra free time. I am not as productive as one would like to be with all my free time. Here's what the streak looks like 15 days into it....

Total days: 15 (12:19:45)
# of Swims: 5 (2:54:00)
# of Rides: 6 (3:52:00)
# of Runs: 6 (2:45:45)
# of ST: 3 (1:02:00)
# of Walks: 1 (32:00)
# of Turbo Sculpt Sessions: 1 (40:00)


It's another gloomy/rainy/cool day and I look forward to relaxing a bit; reading, watching the Twins, reading, and watching the 5th game of the NBA Finals. Do the Lakers even have a smidgen of a chance? Because I love a good playoff game, it would be fun to see the Laker's win tonight in Boston territory... plus it would probably make my Dad a happy camper! .... come on... it's Father's day people! Happy Father's Day, Dad! I hope you have a great day! Same goes for all the other father's out there as well.

Don't worry, once the finals are over, this blog will have a new look with new colors! :)

Thursday: Bike 15.63 miles, 46:00, 20.38mph
Friday: Turbo Sculpt, 40 minutes;
Swim 1200M, 26:00, 2:10min/100M
Saturday: Run 3.2 miles, 40:22, 12:36 min/mile
Sunday: Bike 15.24 miles, 42:00, 21.77mph;
Lift arms/core

Family, Blues, Streaking

I spent this past weekend in the cities. Friday night my sister had a bunch of our relatives who were in town over. We were able to meet my cousin's baby girl for the first time and she is oh so adorable and teeny. Saturday afternoon was spent in down town Mpls taking in a bit of the Famous Dave's BBQ and Blues Festival. It was free (the music), fun, and a great day to get in a bit of sun! If you like Blues, here's a few of my favorite groups from the day to check out .... Willie West, Big Jay McNeely, and The Brass Kings.


Saturday night was spent at my cousin's high school graduation open house. It was fun to see everyone.

After returning home from a fun-filled weekend in the cities today, I was exhausted and had no desire to do anything. Nada.

But, I had to.

I went out for a nice walk through the neighborhood and enjoyed the stroll by checking out some of the neighborhood houses for sale.

The streak lives on and here's what it looks like so far.....

Total days: 8 (6:36:06)
# of Swims: 2 (1:15:00)
# of Rides: 3 (2:57:00)
# of Runs: 3 (1:32:06)
# of ST: 1 (20:00)
# of Walks: 1 (32:00)


Despite all the crap I ate this past week (don't make me list it), I ate a lot of good stuff too and was able to lose a couple lb's. Goal for this week is to not add the weight on and try to drop a bit more!

Now, it's time to take in game 2. GO CELTICS!

Yesterday's ORN: 2.5 miles (run/walk), 32:00
Today's Walk: 2.1 miles

Friday Randoms

BLOGLAND BOOK CLUB:
It sounds like there are a few of you still interested in the Blogland Book Club. Super! For those of you who are new to this and would like to be a contributor, drop me your email address and I will add you. Makita wrote a post with some ideas as to how we can organize our book club better. Is everyone up for starting the next book and discussing it by July 31st?

STREAKING:
Still going strong. 6 days in. Tomorrow might just be a long walk. I will be in the cities with family for a cousin's graduation but am really counting on getting something done in the morning. Yesterday I was able to sneak in a run before meeting up with some family in town. The run was brutal. It was too damn humid and hot in the gym, but was too wet/windy outside. This morning I got my ars out of bed and hit the pool for a nice long swim. It was definitely more successful than Monday's. I felt like I was in my groove.

NBA FINALS: Game one .... Celtics win.... Lakers lose. What more can a girl say? I am so very happy!

Have a great weekend y'all!

ORN: 3.15 miles, 36:00, 11:25 min/mile
OSN: 1650M, 40:00, 2:25 min/100M