Week of 12/18

It's the final week before Christmas. The kids have camps from 9-3 PM every day through Thursday. It's a relief not having to match their schedules with my schedule and John's schedule. Any day where I have the kids all day is a day without a to-do list, I've decided. Keeping up with them and the daily stuff is enough!

Monday:

• Errand: make bank deposits for Girl Scouts
• Inside day -- upper level (cars' interior, entryway, stairs)
• Christmas task: open delivery boxes & wrap

Tuesday:

• Errand: grocery store or Target
• Outside day -- front walks

Wednesday:

• Errand: Gifts (Capezio ballet, toy store)
• Inside day -- level 2 (office, bedroom, bathroom)
• Christmas task - wrap final gifts

Thursday:

• Errand: Costco
• Outside day -- side yards

Friday:

• Pageant rehearsal (10 AM)
• Grocery shopping

Daily items -- 15 minutes each:

• get mail and pay bills
• girl scout stuff
• kids home studies - reading, writing, math
• pick up clutter
• complete 1 load of laundry
• water plants or take out trash & recycling

Detailed to-do for Tuesday, 12/13

08:00 AM -- school drop off
08:40 AM -- TDM
09:40 AM -- Christmas shopping
10:40 AM -- Christmas cards & wrapping
11:30 AM -- school pick up (H)
12:00 PM -- Lunch
12:30 PM -- Read & nap
  1:30 PM -- Coffee
  1:45 PM -- Clean house
  2:45 PM -- school pick up (E)
  3:15 PM -- clean house
  4:00 PM -- baths
  5:00 PM -- prep dinner/homework
  6:00 PM -- cook & serve dinner
  7:00 PM -- start bedtime rotation

Trying to do More than Possible - week of 12/11

Monday

• Laundry
• Bills
• Girl Scout paperwork
• Holiday baking

Tuesday

• Clean house
• Buy/wrap gifts

Wednesday

• Yard work
• Decorating

Thursday

• Laundry
• Bills
• Girl Scout paperwork
• Christmas cards

Friday

• House cleaning
• Holiday baking

Saturday

• Yard work
• Gifts - things the kids can make

Sunday

• Decorating?

Triathlons and Kids

I love training for the sprint-distance tris, but I have to admit... there's just not enough time with the kids and the baby. I would hate to risk getting sick or injured to complete in a non-necessary event. But I will keep up the exercise. I love riding my bicycle and hope to get out on it today, after 2 weeks of rain. I've been swimming, even in the rain(!), 35 minutes and 1200 yards last weekend, then 30 minutes and 1050 yards this weekend.

Yoga is still working for me, but I have a pulled muscle in my upper back, so it's a little tough to do all of the poses right now. Baby Boot Camp is still the best combination strength & cardio exercise I've found. So now, my routine looks something like this: Run (Mon), BBC (Tues), Yoga (Wed), BBC (Thurs), Run or Hike (Fri), Swim (Sat), Bike (Sun).

Class Canceled!

It started raining today as soon as boot camp was scheduled to begin, so class was canceled. The rain didn't last long, though, and I had stuck it out anyway because the baby had fallen asleep on my warm up run. So, after running a mile, I went on a second loop, stopping every so often to do push-ups, tricep dips, and lunges or squats. I ended up doing a total of 100 of each, plus did my 100 crunches at home, broken up by 4 1-minute plank holds. I also ran an extra lap, making my mileage 3+ miles for the day.

4-Day Weekend

No time to slack off on the workouts!

Friday: Stationary bicycle for 20 minutes followed by 20 minutes on the treadmill.
Saturday: Swimming (in the rain) for 30+ minutes, about 3/4 mile.
Sunday: 7 mile bicycle ride (very hilly) for 35 minutes followed by 2 mile run (more hills) for 17 minutes.

Sunday Brick

20 minute swim (800+ yards)
30 minute ride (4.3 miles - very hilly)
7 minute run (.7 miles)

BBC Results...cont'd

I'm getting ready for my first day back in the pool, now that I'm recovered from hernia repair. I actually haven't been swimming in months, so I was surprised how good I looked and felt in my suit. I was equally shocked when I took my measurements:

34" - 28" - 37"

I haven't been that slim since high school, I think. Wow! Thanks, Mary, Sara, and Oakland Baby Boot Camp!

Rode the bicycle today, over to Caldecott field. It's only about 7 miles round trip, on the bike route, but it's pretty hilly, especially the first bit, leaving my house. Took me 40 minutes, which I guess I should feel good about, since Google Maps says it should take 54 minutes.

I should do the previously mentioned run strong moves, as I return to running tomorrow.

Run Strong Moves

Strengthening (2 sets of 10-15 reps)

1. One-legged squats
2. Lift and Press. Stand 3 to 4 feet away from a tree or wall. Keeping legs straight, lean forward and place palms on tree at chest height. (If you don't feel your calves stretch, walk feet back a few inches and press heels down.) Pull right knee toward chest, then press leg behind you, pushing back and up through right heel and squeezing glutes.
3.  Hip dip
4. Plank (30 seconds)
5. Side leg lift

Stretching (hold for 30 seconds each side)

1. Hamstring stretch
2. Calf stretch
3. Cross legged side stretch
4. Child's pose
5. Quad stretch

4.7 mile bike ride through Piedmont and up Moraga Avenue, then back home (this makes it downhill as I head home). Less than half and hour.

Exactly 4 miles. 50 minutes. That's a 12.5 minute mile, which stinks if you're running, but for walking on hills, that's okay.