Calling All Hamsters Week #165 Ending 3-5-06

[CaptainSwab]

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

Mission: The VeggieBoards Hamster Club is a group of fitness/health minded vegans and vegetarians who support each other in their endeavors in fitness, diet, and health. Anyone who chooses can post to this thread. There are no dues or fees, just a desire to share our efforts and support one another.

Go Hamsters!!!

:vebo: :bobo: :hamster: :bobo: :vebo:

[CaptainSwab]

22 mile run this morning. Let the taper begin! :)

[Tweety]

Awesome about the 22 mile run Captain!

I went to the gym yesterday and did a fair workout with weights and 30 minutes of aerobics. I had to cut it short because I was on a tight schedule and had to take the spouse to the airport.

Today I hope to go to yoga.

[annabanana]

Awesome with the run, Captain!!! That's terrific, and good luck with the final prep for the marathon...though you're pretty much a pro by now :rockon:

Tweety, I love aerobics, it's so much fun :D Too bad I don't get to do it, like, ever.

I've chosen a trail race for the end of the month, so I'm getting all excited. This week, Sunday was 11 miles, Monday was 5 miles, Tuesday was 4, Wednesday was rest, and today I ran 6. Hopefully 8 or 10 tomorrow :)

Hmm, maybe some more hamsters will creep out from hiding ... :hamster:

[healthnut32]

:nana: I finally have my knee problems conquered! It was my shoe inserts-I bought new ones that were not supportive enough. I went back to my old ones and ran 3.1 miles (I'm training for a 5K on March 26th) with no pain!! My time was atrocious, but it's so nice to be back to running.:pibo: :pibo: :nana:

[annabanana]

That's awesome, healthnut :up: Such a big difference can come from the right footwear! You can definitely conquer that 5k too!!

Ran 8 miles yesterday. I cycled 14 miles today and walked about 2 hours total during the day.

[annabanana]

6 mile run today :)

[healthnut32]

Ok, I said I would wait until Monday, just to make sure my knees are back to normal. Of course I couldn't stay away from the treadmill. I ran for a total of 40 minutes at speed intervals. My jog speed was 5.2, run speed 6.2. I had planned to work gradually up to 6.2 mph, but spent over half the time at that speed.
BTW, I have been dieting over the last 3 months. A woman leaving the gym this morning remembered me from the beach. She said "I have to tell you something. You have lost A LOT of weight." It's so nice when people notice!

[CaptainSwab]

Palm Springs half marathon for me yesterday. We had :sunny: skys. It was awesome.

[SeaSiren]

Treadmill 30 min interval training
Abs

[rawgirl]

Rebounding: 30 minutes
Abdominal exercises
Stretching

[CaptainSwab]

I did some very light upper body lifting today.

Rawgirl, what is rebounding?

[VegWithEdge]

i was posting in the other thread so i'll keep myself motivated by joining here!

today: played basketball for fourty five minutes

[Mskedi]

Despite my lack of posting, I've been doing pretty well the last couple weeks. Rather than tempt fate and run, I've been taking daily one-hour brisk walks, alternating upper and lower body weights for 20-30 minutes, and finishing up with yoga or pilates.

It's been good. I need to keep it up. :)

[rawgirl]

I did some very light upper body lifting today.

Rawgirl, what is rebounding?

Rebounding is jumping on a rebounder or mini trampoline.

Today:
Leg workout
Stairclimber for 30 minutes

[Vihannes]

This is my first "hamster" post!
Today I ran 3.5 miles

[healthnut32]

40 minutes on the treadmill, 3.8 miles. I was going to just do weights, but I just don't feel right unless I've had a lot of cardio. I could lift weights for two hours, but I could never feel as good as I do after a run.

[CaptainSwab]

4 mile run. Boy was it windy out today!

[Virtue23]

Yesterday:
60 - 90 min. liturgical dance practice (the dance was sorta like aerobics)

Today:
nada so far, a little drained (recuping from feeling sick yesterday)

[healthnut32]

:cry: :cry: Can't go to the gym today-my kids are sick.

[annabanana]

Fast 7 mile run Monday (actually had a few extra minutes to get ready for class!), 5 mile run Tuesday, rest today...a bit of walking though :hamster:

[SeaSiren]

Today:
Workout:
Lat Raises - 30 rep warm-up, 2 working sets of 10 (1 arm at a time)
Dumbell Shoulder Press - 2 working sets of 10
Tricep Push downs -2 working sets of 20

[rawgirl]

I didn't have time to go to the gym today because I had a dentist appt, but I did a couple things at home:
30 minutes rebounding
abdominal exercises

[Brake4Squirrels]

I feel crappy cause instead of going to the gym like I planned to do my normal 3-mile, I took a nap!!! AGRRG!! *hits self*

So when I woke up I walked for one hour, in which I can cover roughly the same distance, so I figure it's the same amount of calories burned. Can I get away with this?

[VegWithEdge]

was so sore from picking basketball back up sun and mon so i took tues and wed off and played 45 minutes today :) It smells like spring outside!