A Gal, A Bike, and A Plan.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Sunday, August 11, 2013
My Project Today
This morning I decided to clean out the gazebo that held the hot tub. Here are the before and after photos.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
...and here I thought I was adaptable to change. So much for that. This is just so huge. So, alien, so foreign. As a friend of mine pointed out, I have never had a single adulthood up until coming up here pretty soon. It scares the living daylights out of me. I will be in no rush to get in to another relationship for a while, but, I'm scared to be 'alone'. I put the alone in quotes because I will have Nater, my family, and my friends.
I hate this so much.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Friday, July 26, 2013
I started this beginner 5K program on RunKeeper. It's a neat app that not only tracks running, but walking, hiking, cycling, pretty much anything that you can do distance with, it tracks. It's pretty awesome.
Well, I'm on like, week two day 4 or 3, and I'm having a hell of a time not cardio wise, but with my lower legs. Nice thing about the program, after each workout, you can do a little entry about how it went. Well, here was today...
You know, these stupid shin splints and calf pain are ultimately going to make this extremely difficult. I can't make it very far without excruciating pain! So, most of my workout today was brisk walking. Which, I suppose I AM getting cardio in and strengthening somewhat, but, I want to be able to at least jog 1.5 miles without feeling like my legs are shattering.
Essentially, it's not going exactly as planned. I was thinking I was going to be progressing a little bit more with jogging since I started. I mean, I guess cardiovascular-wise I'm getting better, but without the ability to actually, well, jog without feeling like my legs are breaking. I'm sure I will get there. I just have to stay persistent, not give up, and see that overall, I am doing better than I was.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Day One and Two
So since I did the big reveal yesterday as to what the plan was, I thought today I would start posting what I have started doing.
Day One: 10 minutes of resistance training with a medium-tension band doing full-body from top to bottom and 15 minutes of yoga.
Day Two: 15 minutes of resistance training with the medium tension and 20 minutes of yoga.
If you are interested as to what resistance workouts I am doing,
I found a list at ACE Fitness. Here is the URL: http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/fitness-fact-article/237/resistance-tubing-workout/
I decided to start out with the beginner, then I will step up to intermediate next week.
The yoga, I have been using a combination of Yoga Journal's 21-Day Challenge and Daily Yoga, their Android app.
Once I have more than 30 minutes free and the temperature cooperates, I will cross country ski and once the ice is gone, bike.
Until next time!
Friday, January 11, 2013
So being active on here for about a month now, pretty sure everyone is wondering, "So Cait, what IS the plan? What is the whole purpose of this blog? Seems rather run of the mill to me..."
Well ladies and gents, I am going to officially and finally give you the 'plan' part of the 'A Gal, A Bike, and A Plan' blog.
The Almanzo 100.
It is a 100-mile gravel/dirt bike race in southeastern Minnesota. Eric wants me to do it with him. But, this means I am going to have to do some extensive training to get in good enough shape to do it. So, there's my plan, my goal, what the basis of this blog will be about.
I hope that you all will enjoy my journey.