Off the Couch...day 4 back to strength.

Hello everybody,

I walked yesterday 2 hours in the forest, nice, mushroom-smell and blueberries everywhere. Of course, we picked a lot.

Today I will return to running and log my km and time.

I did as well some core-training and 100 push-ups ( I can feel my upper arms!)

I will be back later,

Juli

Off the Couch...Day 3 -back to the daily routine-

Hello Shredders,

last night I came home very late, was too tired to write into my blog, log my day and visit all the other Shredder's blogs. This is what I will do just now.

Yesterday I walked about 12 km with a client, my stomach was a bit upset and I think this might count as well..walking is very nice and refreshing.

I did 80 push-ups (not in a row, ;-) ), did some "core-training" and had lots of daily issues.

I will be back later,

Juli

Off the Couch...Day 2...Regaining strength

Hey everybody,

I had a good day: stretching, HIIT, 7 km of a easy jog. And I did 120 push-ups (I joined Danny's push-up-challengehttp://phisiqueimprovemt.blogspot.com/2008/08/challenges-chart.html ). Danny and Larry will do a total of 3000 push-ups, I will do 2000 over a period of 20 days. I am a girl and want to hold a pen the following day, ;-).

Danny even designed a cool log-chart for this challenge, thank you Danny for organising all this, I like your chart a lot!

I could not log my today's and yesterday's kilometers into this month's NIKE+-Challenge ,the battery is empty. I will ask someone to fix the little thingies for me tomorrow...strange, it didn't last very long, but even Shari had problems recently.

Many shredders are very much in love with smoothies and have them as a main energy-recourse. I love to have them for breakfast, some with self-picked blackcurrants or blueberries, berries which I picked in the Swedish forests and frosted them afterwards for exactly this treat.

Bec and Lilla offered so delicious recipes that I have to try them, and Lynda's spinach-banana-version sounded just delicious! I have to try that soon!

Tomorrow I have to use my new-designed accountability-chart I am just a bit too lazy to finish it completely and use it...it is just too late and I am tired...

I will be back tomorrow,

run hard,

Juli


P.S.: It is so good to be back.

Off the couch...and off the records. Day 1

Hey to everyone,

my first day after I was really sick and mostly in bed with a bad sinusitis and a rattling cough; now I am back and happy to start again. I missed you and beeing in the Shredder-sphere.

I revamped my program a bit and think I will be back on track within the 14 days, the penicillin weakened me a bit.

Yesterday would have been my triathlon, I am a bit sad that I couldn't take part in it but there will be new ones, better ones and nicer ones for me soon.

Today I ran 5 km, did HIIT and a special core-training to strength runner's muscles because my next mid-goal is now to run 10 km under 50 minutes.

:-)

Run hard,

Juli

Off the Couch...on the Couch

I am sick, in bed, feverish, taking penicillin and having a strong sinusitis.

I hope to be back to exercising after the weekend again.

Thank you for all of you who come and visit my blog and leave regulary comments, I like them a lot,

Juli

Off the Couch...so very much off the couch.

Big hello to all of you,

first of all: I miss you all and will be happy to be back soon.

My partner (a real!! South African) and I are still in the Swedish outback.
We passed the arctic circle and are in Kiruna, about 200 kilometr north of it.
(Blogging is almost impossible but I grabbed this chance here)

At the moment we are stzing in a verz cililised place called "Camp Ripan", verz soothig to my soul.http://www.ripan.se/se/

We walked som eparts of the the kungsleden and I must tell you: It is tough because of the weather, rain and wind.http://www.travelnotes.de/scandi/kungs/kungs1.htm

I will be back on Saturday and hope you all are well and happy.

Juli

Hello to all of you,

we are in the Swedish outback for about 12 dazs of holidaz and I will trz to blogg as much as I can.

On Sundaz, Monday and today we hiked 10 to 15 kilometers, I run 5 km extra just to get going.
I will try to logg as many kilometers as possible and hope to logg them into the NIKE-System when I am back.

Blogging is difficult here, we don*t even have all time cell-phone access.

I think of all of you.

Juli

Hello to all of you,

we are in the Swedish outback for about 12 dazs of holidaz and I will trz to blogg as much as I can.

On Sundaz, Monday and today we hiked 25 to 30 kilometers, I run 5 km extra just to get going.
I will try to logg as many kilometers as possible and hope to logg them into the NIKE-System when I am back.

Blogging is difficult here, we don*t even have all time cell-phone access.

I think of all of you.

Juli

Off the couch ...Day 22

Hello to all of you,

we are in the Swedish outback for about 12 dazs of holidaz and I will trz to blogg as much as I can.

On Sundaz, Monday and today we hiked 25 to 30 kilometers, I run 5 km extra just to get going.
I will try to logg as many kilometers as possible and hope to logg them into the NIKE-System when I am back.

Blogging is difficult here, we don*t even have all time cell-phone access.

I think of all of you.

Juli

Off the Couch...Day 19

Hello to all of you,

today was a nice relaxed day, I went a bit shopping for our holiday which is going to start tomorrow and exchanged tomorrows cycle-training with today's run:

I went for a 1200m swim and 60 km of cycling. ...the weather-forecast for the next week is terrible and we expect lots of rain, so I thought it would be good to get the cycling in.

Running is always nice and I know I will catch up with the running-plan.

I read again through all of your messages and I can just tell you that all your kind and inspiring comments fire me up to heights which I never thought I could reach.
Thank you to you all.

My accountability was 80 % as I slept too long today to get a private, business project in and my nutrition is still not on the level where it should be.
The business-travels eat me up a bit; I wonder how Debbie can travel with 2 laptops (do you havea little donkey to carry all that stuff, ;-))) and Michael with long, tiring flights over the U.S.A. I admire you two.
My flights here in Europe take normally not longer than 2 hours, train-trips can be longer but in the train one can move, walk and work a bit.

Enjoy your Sunday and know that
I will be back tomorrow.

Juli

P.S.: I read today a quote which reminded me directly of the Shredders:

"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."
Henry Ford

Thank you for bringing out the best in me..better.

Off the couch...Day 18

Hello to you all,

I am back home,

I had a day without training, a complete rest-day and a lot of travelling,

I am still very touched by all your yesterday's comments: Thank you so much!!!
Will be back tomorrow and will fall into my bed now,

Juli