Calling All Hamsters Week #131 Ending 7-3-05

[CaptainSwab]

Please do all posting here and let the other thread go!

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Go Hamsters!!!


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[CaptainSwab]

10.5 mile run for me this morning.

[NDvegan85]

I swam a mile today. It helps to dry out my poison ivy. And it's helping with my sore muscles from the steroids that I'm taking for it.

[markc7]

As promised, I went to the gym today. :) Just a quick workout, but it felt good.

[annabanana]

Today was busy and fun, especailly exercise-wise. I ran 35 minutes of pure hills (ouch) and 15 minutes on regular flat ground and did yoga for an hour. Also went to an hour-long aerobics class just for fun, but it was pretty intense because it also involved a yoga ball, resistence bands, and zero time in between exercises. Lots of lunges, squats, arm stuff, etc. There was cheesy aerobics music but it was fun :D

[Elena99]

Body Flow class for an hour. :hamster:

[CountessKerouac]

Today:

50 minutes elliptical, ab work, leg work. 1 hour trampoline with my little cousins (really 2.5 hours...but it wasn't hardcore jumping...so it's about 1 hour of "regular" jumping's worth of exericise).

[pseudo_vegan]

Today:

Lower work
40 minutes on the Ellip
20 minutes on the stationary bike

...might go running with a friend later but...it's pretty hot outside :sweat:

:nigel: Cheers!

[NDvegan85]

4 mile run today

[FreshTart]

I can't run. Deal with it :p

Sun: off
Mon: 22.6km bike
Tue: off
Wed: 22.6 km bike
Thu: off
Fri: 22.6 km bike
Sat: 22.6km bike

As you can tell, biking is how I get to work :D

[remilard]

I carried a 50 pound bag of sand downstairs and almost half way around the block.

I am playing tennis with two people tommorrow, back to back, around 4 hours likely.

[Elena99]

Hour-long body flow class. A rainstorm began during meditation, and there's an emergency door in the room that leads out, so we got to meditate to the sound of the rain. :smitten:

ETA: Yesterday was 25 minutes of running/walking intervals.

[shesxxelectrik]

About a 20-30 minute walk and a couple hours of tennis today.

[Chouyuan]

I ran 35 minutes of pure hills (ouch) and 15 minutes on regular flat ground and did yoga for an hour. Also went to an hour-long aerobics class just for fun, but it was pretty intense because it also involved a yoga ball, resistence bands, and zero time in between exercises. Lots of lunges, squats, arm stuff, etc. There was cheesy aerobics music but it was fun :D

I think if I tried to do all that, I'd probably keel over :p Anyway, 6 mile run today and then did shoulders and triceps. Oh btw, someone once told me this motivating thing, if you can run 1 mile, you can run 5, and if you can run 5, you can run 10, etc. Easy to say, hard to put into practice, let me tell you.

[annabanana]

Tuesday: 5 mile run, 30 minute easy bike ride
Today: 5 mile tempo run, 20 minute bike ride, 3 miles walking. The air is sooo heavy, it makes breathing really hard and I had to use my inhaler for the first time in months...I'm just glad I remembered how to work the contraption when I needed it :D There's supposed to be a thunderstorm tonight and the rest of the week should be cooler, so hopefully this won't last much longer.

Yay hamsters!!!

[CountessKerouac]

Yesterday:

30 minutes elliptical, leg work, arm work

Today:

30 minutes elliptical, ab work, arm work

[pseudo_vegan]

Tuesday: 30-min. run outside (running partner crapped out on me :grr: )
30 minutes on the bike at the gym
ab-work

Yesterday: upper work; no cardio :-/

:nigel: Cheers.

[annabanana]

5.5 mile pickup run today. Also walked about 4 miles. It's much cooler today than it's been previously, I like it :)

Last longer bike ride tomorrow before the race next weekend. I'm excited :hamster:

[remilard]

Later, tennis. Long (hour) warmup and 2 sets match play. I walked about 2 miles this morning.

[Brandon]

Hour-long body flow class. A rainstorm began during meditation, and there's an emergency door in the room that leads out, so we got to meditate to the sound of the rain. :smitten:

ETA: Yesterday was 25 minutes of running/walking intervals.

I've meditated out in the rain, under a canopy before. It's amazing. :)

My week so far:
last Saturday: 5 miles running
last Sunday: rest
Monday: 6 miles running
Tuesday: a little more than 4 running, and a nice long walk around a lake/pond I've discovered around here.
Wednesday: 4 miles running
Thursday: (today) I plan on doing 5 or 6 miles.

I may rest tomorrow, or just go for a quick couple miles of running. It's hot here too (like 97 degrees and up this whole week).

[NDvegan85]

Tues: 30 min free weights, abs & back, 30 min stationary bike
Weds: 4 mile run, 1/2 mile swim (was going to be longer but it stormed)

I'll probably go for a 4-5 mile run tonight.

[CaptainSwab]

3.5 mile walk. :)

[brownieB26]

Today was busy and fun, especailly exercise-wise. I ran 35 minutes of pure hills (ouch)
OMG, that's amazing!!! you found hills in Illinois! :p

You are a runing fiend anna!!

I got a 14 day trial recently to a gym. I've been using the ellipticals for about 30 min/night, although tonight I think I might have pushed my heart rate up too high :sweat:

[pseudo_vegan]

OMG, that's amazing!!! you found hills in Illinois! :p

You are a runing fiend anna!!

I got a 14 day trial recently to a gym. I've been using the ellipticals for about 30 min/night, although tonight I think I might have pushed my heart rate up too high :sweat:

I been up to 190 BPM on that thing before :worried: ... not for a sustained amount of time, however.

Last night I did no abs (boo!) and my running "partner" crapped out, thereby crapping me out along with him :brood: 60 minutes turned to 40 minutes turned to only 25 minutes of actual run time.

...I am through with trying to run with a partner. One wants something done right? One does it oneself. ME!!!

:nigel: Cheers.

[Virtue23]

Yesterday, I didn't go to my jazz dance class...

so I did a 40-min. dancer work-out at home. :D

Today, maybe some ab work and tomorrow, I have a 2-hour dance practice.