Week of June 22

I had been looking forward to this week for a long time, because at the end of it was the first trip back home since Christmas! Yay! I really miss being able to take off a few hours early on Friday afternoons and have a nice weekend at home before heading back to Kansas City. This whole living in Colorado thing is simply not conducive to that.

Monday

Shoulders and legs. After I had gotten dressed in the women's locker room at work, I realized I had forgotten my shoes. Meh, I lifted anyway. The other guy that lifts hard at the same time I do seemed to have forgotten a t-shirt, because he was lifting in a zip up hoodie. What a pair we were. At least neither of us forgot pants.

With my pedometer I use for work health incentives, I have found myself trying to get to 12,000 steps each day (80 points!). I have been pretty good about it. Last night, I was at 11,500 and just couldn't bring myself to get those extra 500 steps. I took that as a sign that I kicked ass in the gym.

Tuesday

Remembered all of my gym attire and so did my "lifting partner", who really isn't my lifting partner, but definitely drives me to not slack during my workouts - which I frequently want to do.

Pulled 110 pounds on the V-Cable row.
60 pounds barbell row.
Strength gains every day.

Wednesday

The plan was another day in the weight room, but I decided to head east to Iowa a day early.
Drove 5.5 hours of the 9.5 hour trip, stayed overnight at a pet-friendly hotel that assigned me a non-pet room, so Jeff had to stay in the car :( . Apparently, you need to specify that you have a pet. I didn't get in until midnight and was up at 5, so he was ok. No storms and a low of 65*, so he really was ok. I was probably more not ok than he was about the whole thing.

Thursday

Stopped in Omaha because a bunch of cousins were in town that I never get to see. Planned on spending an hour or so chatting; stayed for 5 hours. Still had 2 hours to go before I finally made it to the family farm, where I passed out hard core on the couch until Momma came home from work.

Another day without a workout; totally worth it. This was the first day since I had gotten my pedometer that I didn't get at least 7,000 steps. That was a little annoying, but all the family time was definitely called for, so I will call it a fair trade.

Friday

Combined two days of Shortcut to Shred (sort of) and used an exercise band since I didn't have easy access to a gym. Worked out outside and enjoyed every minute of it.

Saturday

A run! Run/walking is definitely helping my hip a lot - I believe that was the problem with the return to running program I was trying; it was simply too much. I suppose that is also a sign that surgery probably is the best option for me if I want to toss out the walking.

The trail I was on said I had done 5 miles; Tjom called 4.83 in 1:01. I'll take the 5, ha!

Sunday

Nothing. Enjoyed my last day at home with my parents. Rested up for the long drive the next day, which I knew would be hard on my hip anyway.