Training Log Archive: JanetT

You may or may not have seen the news story about the middle school graduate in Illinois who impersonated political leaders in his speech.

I just watched/listened to the whole thing, and was surprised when "cross-country orienteering" got a shout-out in his gym class memories. :-) (at about 8 minutes in, near the end).

Worth a listen...he does a great job.

C • Comedy 2

About 2.6 mi. After-dinner walk to burn off a few calories and to visit a road I'd not been on in years which leads to the Kinderhook Creek. For awhile the road had a "private drive" sign on it when someone lived at the end near the creek, but the house is not occupied at the moment.

More upper body than yesterday. Standing warmup with warriors, so got into things earlier than usual.

We did pliés with lat pulldowns, but when she changed that to side lunges, my knee became very unhappy. I stopped doing the side moves and just bent my legs but knee didn't loosen up by end of class so I skipped doing any walking. I'd go out later but it's gonna be a hot one today so we'll see.

All aerobics (plus abs and stretching) today. Boy did I feel my glutes/outer thighs, tight from yesterday.

Nice tribute to our boys' band teacher. He deserves recognition!

Lots of hip focus today, enough that I felt the burn in my left abductor when we were doing side-lying exercises. Also had a bit of cramping in right hamstring when doing a one legged shoulder bridge so had to stop to stretch before continuing.

Because I had errands to run afterwards I opted for just a quick mile after Pilates, trying to keep the cadence up (sneaking in the mile before my knee caught on and started hurting; a second mile would have been slower).

0.1 mi cool down, 1:52

5-5-5 (aerobics-step-weights) x 2, except I did the stepping without a step. Knee got tired/creaky by the end but held up okay. Certainly not as painful/tight/swollen as last week after the trials middle.

After the t-storms, and as the temps started to recover from 50s this morning. About 62 when I left, 66 when I got back, and humid.

As is typical in this neck of the woods in the "summer," I was stopped for directions to someplace. :-) One of them was headed the wrong way, which is also typical (I think she had been given directions but had missed a turn).

Lots of birds calling, squirrels grazing, and one tractor-trailer being lifted/towed back onto the highway after going off the roadway beyond the shoulder with the tail end still on the highway.