Lets Post our Daily Exercise

Ha ha, Ruth.  That's an error you better fix!  We bought annuals, herbs, and strawberries last weekend but I'm afraid to plant them yet after last week's cold spell and snow on May 16.  Sure wish we could send some of the rain and coolness we've had to those in need.

Ann, so sorry that you had to deal with being evacuated and worrying about fires when your father has just died.  At least you are in the comfort of your home now and I hope the danger is past.

Annie you look fabulous at that race.  I love the inspiring pictures.

Today was lovely weather after a week of yick so like Wonderland, I got my lawn mowed.  I was out there an hour and 20 minutes today because my assistant landscaper is down with a cold, so I had to do front and back!

yoga this morning, then since last night's rain decided to move off this morning, got some golf in with hubby....thennnnnnn then rain, lightning and thunder started again. Oh well, tomorrow is still a holiday.....

Ann so sorry for your loss, glad your home is safe and your shoulder is easing up. Annie fabulous picture and congratulations what an achievement. LB my runner gym friends ran the Bay to Breakers today in San Francisco, apparently is a crazy crazy run and oh my, they kept texting me pictures of naked men running  Ruth it's been a long time since you've hung out with Richard. Did Body Pump this morning but I pulled a muscle in my back yesterday so I've been doing a lot of icing today, grrrrrr.

Ran 2.6 miles before work this morning. Walked the dogs a mile yesterday and will do the same later today with DH.

Ann - what a rough week.  So glad your home is OK.  Annie - great picture!  We knew you'd rock that 5K!

Up at the cabin all weekend - ran a 5K race Saturday morning - Paws on the Pavement - to benefit the local humane society up there.  Lots of people running with their dogs so that was fun!  We didn't take Mikey this year - we took him a few years ago, and didn't get much running in as he had to stop and sniff everything, then at about the 2 mile mark he got tired and went on strike and wouldn't move, so we had to carry him.  So he got to stay at the cabin and sleep in while DH and I got out first thing to head to the race.  I ran it in 37:18 for a 12:03 minute mile pace - sooooooo close to breaking the 12 minute mark, but not quite there yet.  Maybe next time. I was 12/22 in my age group (dogs slowed down a lot of the other runners, I think  ).  Spent the rest of the weekend clearing gardens and digging out rocks.  It was a great workout but I'm sore and tired today.  Did a yoga DVD this morning to help stretch things out. 

Got up and was at the gym about 5:45am for the first time in a long while.  Still having plantar fasciitis issues so I did 30 minutes on a recumbent bike for a change, some circuit weight machines for lower body because I have 3 more weeks of no targeted upper body workouts (hated the machines - I miss my intense group class!), then stretching.   It's a good little start after two months away but I'm still impatient to do more.  Just gotta get rid of the foot problem! 

A big guffaw from me OncoW reading of your "Presidential work-out" and  ninety minutes of tai chi and painting class - beautiful and very mindful. I wondered how paws went Mary and good to see checking in. Can't imagine running with our dog - that would be scary. S&S it's hard to hold back and I hear ya on the machines, easy does it as some circles (w/triangles) say. 

Body balance this afternoon. 

I'm feeling pretty worn/flat from a long morning of domestic goddess duties that included washing the kitchen floor.  I'm foregoing my usual Monday night step at gym#2 to give some easy does it time for me too and try to make some headway in reading; Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler.

gosh sweet, wish I'd thought to mention it sooner! I bet you find it makes a big difference for you. 

Run done, dodging the worms on the sidewalk and pathways, yoga next, then....hmm...laundry, housework, yucko. I want to be rich and have a maid!

Hi Everybody!  

Good news - 2 mos. post chemo and my exercise ability is really returning.  I am far from where I was but the chemo heaviness seems to be leaving.

Bad news - Infection after my exchange surgery and it looks like I'll have to start my reconstruction all over thus adding another 3 mos. to my sentence and slowing my overall physical improvement.

Tamoxifen update - A few weeks into it and I don't seem to have any new side effects.  

Sooner or later I will be back to my old self and able to post better progress reports.

I hope everyone is well.  

Nat I guess you need a rug to 5k program for your dog.  

I'm trying to imagine lilacs painting and tai chi class?  Paint brush in each hand creating modern art while you exercise?  

Warrior so sorry about the infection.   They are not fun. I landed in the hospital post surgery myself. 

Went to the grocery store and walked the dog but had to cut it short for rain drops. Here we go again. 

warrior.....el crappo about the infection. Hope it clears quickly and you can get back on track. Those unexpected and totally un"wanted" detours can be tough to handle. Hang in there.

Just got home from a birthday supper for daughter.....omg......I am so full it is almost painful. I think I'll be eating nothing but celery sticks tomorrow!!!!

Skipped the pedicure and walked at lunch yesterday, which was lovely.  It is still very nippy here in the mornings, so I'm wearing socks anyway.  Have my MO appt this afternoon.  Considering talking to him about going off of anastrazole, I'm just always so achy on it.  Of course, perhaps at my age I would be achy off of it too - so hard to say.

Got my 10k steps in yestarday, plus some run/walk intervals and upper body weights at the gym.

Have been reading everything to catch up.  I had quite the weekend away and the most fabulous time.  Slow start which included wiping down the inside of my car and then the car wash, so was clean for at least a few hours.  Way overdue.  Then off to Yakima and my adventure.

First off, was seeing the Wells Fargo Wagon.  I mean really.  This huge truck painted in WF colors which contained HORSES!  So they must still maintain a huge team of them.  I had no idea.

I cycled along the Yakima river Greenway.  This is interested as was built using monies donated by the Fruit and Produce growers, and just the most gorgeous wetlands.  I saw one guy with half a dozen shiny trout. Others were jealous, I am sure. There what looked like fields of yellow irises. And the most amazing sweet scent of late spring.

Then off to the vineyard where the tasting room is in a 1880 farmhouse, including a huge porch. I had the most perfect moment sitting on the porch swing, drinking Pinot Grigio, taking in the flowers (clematis, lavender, various shrubs) with a grey cat snoozing beneath. Naches Heights is a very special and mystical place, and I was surrounded by all this splendor.

I had dinner in town, and pitched my friend Sarah's tent on the vineyard lawn. (Still need to download pix.)  Fortunately, I brought warm clothes and bed clothes so was toasty.

The ride itself was splendid.  Perfect weather, and I finished just prior to the hail storm moving in. I saw eagles soaring in the canyon, and then an eagle's nest.  What a thrill.  There was a winery along the canyon, so stopped in for a tasting on the way back.  Fortunately, I have panniers so bought a couple of bottles.   I also saw a rattlesnake on the road, so made a wide swerve (and warned those behind me). I missed the Big Horn sheep, but some other year.  The trip is 17 miles uphill, and then a wonderful fun coast back (other than a brief section).  There is one really serious hill, and I was able to easily do it this year.  I walked it last time.

Watched the storms dance along the mountains and hills as I drove home.  I saw one other white cloud in the midst of all the dark grey clouds so someone else got hail too.

Yesterday was a long work day and followed by a run. I am getting better running too.  Not about to try to "Beat the Bridge", but better.  Back to work....long day ahead.  With glorious sunshine! - Claire

Mary - Dive-bombed by mockingbird -- I'm sure it was surprising.  Finished regular Rads just got 4 boosts left -- oh so ready to be done.   Been feeling a bit stronger overall so that's good but I'm giving in to the exhaustion too and resting/napping when needed.    Went further on the bike -- 11 miles on Sunday.   Had a nice long (for me) run yesterday after work - my 4.5 miles and left great.  Did some yoga to relax afterwards and slept great.    Going swimming later.   Watching my skin turn bright red and dealing with tightness but stretching and working it anyways.