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Thursday, October 09, 2008

• 45m 15s 12.40 miles 16.44 Mi/hr

  33m 1250.00 yards 02m 38s /100 yards

  BIKE Duration: 0:45 (hrs:mins) Distance: 12.4 miles Pace: 16.4 mph Calories: 496 Description: 12.4 mile pm ride, nice & warm out tonight. 44/plass route. ok on the hills  SWIM Duration: 0:33 (hrs:mins) Distance: 0.7 miles Pace: 46:30 Calories: 284 Description: 1250 @ ymca~ 300 yards each of pull, backstroke, fins and the rest free/crawl/breast medley   We slept in this am since there was an observance day~ we all had off~ and i worked rehab 7-11 last night. I only had 4 patients and I got done in excellent time.

  Currently Listening Wakened by the Wind By Susan Ashton Benediction (one of my favorite songs of all time :) see related

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

• 37m 3.70 miles 10m/Mi

  OTHER-walk Duration: 0:30 (hrs:mins) Distance: 2.0 miles Description: walked 2 miles RUN Duration: 0:37 (hrs:mins) Distance: 3.7 miles Pace: 10:00 Calories: 370 Description: slow 3.7 miler (wore my old sneakers...will I ever remember the pain or learn my lesson?) Am working tonight, a short shift @ hospital. CJ is not feeling well :( Wish I could just sit here and pour out all my thoughts but there's no time.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

• 24m 6.30 miles 15.75 Mi/hr

  35m 1250.00 yards 02m 48s /100 yards

  BIKE Duration: 0:24 (hrs:mins) Distance: 6.3 miles Pace: 15.8 mph Calories: 252 Description: 6.3 mile ride SWIM Duration: 0:35 (hrs:mins) Distance: 0.7 miles Pace: 49:17 Calories: 284 Description: 1250 yards @ ymca- 250 each of pull and breast, 300 of fins, the rest free. Last day for Fall I. I haven't really blogged other than my workouts ~but I will fill in on everything.

Monday, October 06, 2008

• 50m 5.10 miles 09m 48s/Mi

  Walked 1 mile. Ran 5.1, a nice fall evening run. Actually quite chilly out- 1st time this season I wore pants & long sleeved workout-wear!

Sunday, October 05, 2008

• 1h 18m 7.50 miles 10m 24s/Mi

  Run 05:28 pm Time:  1:18:00 Pace:  10' 24 Distance: 7.49 mi. Calories: 760 A slow 7.5 miler tonight, plus a 1/2 mile walk. Breaking in new sneakers really drives me crazy. They hurt...But I know it always feels better once they are settled in.   On the work front, I had a rough night Friday, even on my favorite unit. There were 5 admissions in the afternoon! I had 7 patients, and lots of tasks. I was harried. I actually could have started 2 IV's, but the seasoned nurse on the floor with the other 6 patients was an IV expert & did a great job. I felt like crap physically too. I finally finished at 8:30am! I nearly dropped into my bed, and then Natalie woke me up in the afternoon earlier than i had planned. Argh.   Today i wanted to go to church, but just couldn't drag myself out of bed.

Friday, October 03, 2008

• 40m 1500.00 yards 02m 40s /100 yards

  SWIM Duration: 0:40 (hrs:mins) Distance: 0.9 miles Pace: 47:06 Calories: 340 Description: 1500 ymca: 250 each of~ pull, fins, back, breast, and free. Nat and CJ had free swim, and we need to do this every Friday! The pool was ours alone for a while. Also took a short walk to test out my HRM. Didn't have it in me to run, and I'm working the 13 hour tonight. Tossed and turned this am trying to get a good nap in. ended up watching Er and Family Guy...Here's Natalie's school pic

  

Thursday, October 02, 2008

• 42m 10.61 miles 15.16 Mi/hr

  BIKE Duration: 0:42 (hrs:mins) Distance: 10.6 miles Pace: 15.1 mph Calories: 424 Description: 10.6 mile ride, light drizzle again.Pretty slow...

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

• 1h 18m 8.00 miles 09m 45s/Mi

  RUN Duration: 1:18 (hrs:mins) Distance: 8.0 miles Pace: 09:48 Calories: 800 Description: 8 miler plus 3/4 mile walk tonight. Felt pretty good, and it was a light drizzle. Hung out with Gram and Aunt so for a few hours today.   Here's a pic of Si in her Nursing student scrubs!

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

• 41m 4.10 miles 10m/Mi

  35m 1250.00 yards 02m 48s /100 yards

  OTHER Duration: 0:16 (hrs:mins) 0:16 (hrs:mins) Distance: 1.3 miles Description: walked 1.3 miles, briskly RUN Duration: 0:41 (hrs:mins) Distance: 4.1 miles Pace: 10:00 Calories: 410 Description: 4.1 miles, 41 min SWIM Duration: 0:35 (hrs:mins) Distance: 0.7 miles Pace: 49:17 Calories: 284 Description: 1250 yards @ y- 250 each of pull and fins, then the rest free and breast (lost count!). Got to share a lane with Natalie b/c she was the only kid in her swim lesson today! And to think I thought of actually not swimming tonight :)   Anyway, I worked a very quiet, nice shift on rehab last night, only four hours. A nice change. I'm still looking to spread my wings a bit and also work the other floors a little bit ~eventually.

  Currently Watching Family Guy, Vol. 1 (Seasons 1 & 2) By Family Guy see related

Monday, September 29, 2008

• 43m 4.25 miles 10m 07s/Mi

  Power Walking 12m

  RUN Duration: 0:43 (hrs:mins) Distance: 4.2 miles Pace: 10:05 Calories: 424 Description: 4.25 miles this afternoon~ no power at all today. Long work weekend. Friday they split me with 2 floors~ 4 hours on roos, the rest on LC~ my first time on that unit. Saturday night I went back for more at 11. The day shift nurse-my relief- was over an hour late both sat am and Sunday mornings. All in all I worked almost 23 hours.

Friday, September 26, 2008

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  	1h 10m 7.15 miles 09m 47s/Mi
  5:15 PM

  RUN Duration: 1:10 (hrs:mins) Distance: 7.2 miles Pace: 09:48 Calories: 715 Description: 7.15 mile run, 70 min. Tried out my new Asics and they are a 1/2 size up...that was rough. I bought them thinking they'd be a better fit but I fussed with them during the 2nd half of my run. I'll have to stick with the 8's.Walked 1 mile too.   Chris was pleased with his uro appt. The md will remove the stone if and when Chris is ready.

  Currently Listening When It Falls By Zero 7 "the space between" and "speed dial #2" see related

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

• 37m 9.56 miles 15.50 Mi/hr

  Mountain Bike 35m

  BIKE Duration: 0:37 (hrs:mins) Distance: 9.6 miles Pace: 15.5 mph Calories: 382.4: Slow recovery ride, took it easy on the hills as well. Legs still beat up from the half mary. pm~"fun" ride with natalie. Well, it wasn't really fun this time. She was grouchy and then around mile 5 she had a bike spill. Again, her knee is shredded. This was a bad time. I had to go get the minivan and pick both her and the bike up.   Working tonight a short shift @ rehab. Waiting to see what happens at Chris's doc appt re: his kidney stone.

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

• 38m 3.51 miles 10m 50s/Mi

  ssslooow. no leg power~ hence, the recovery run post half marathon.

  40m 1500.00 yards 02m 40s /100 yards

  RUN Duration: 0:38 (hrs:mins) Distance: 3.5 miles Pace: 10:48 Calories: 351 Description: a slow recovery run, 3.5 miler before swim lessons. SWIM Duration: 0:40 (hrs:mins) Distance: 0.9 miles Pace: 47:06 Calories: 340 Description: 1500 yards @ ymca- finally didn't have to circle swim 250 each of  pull, fins, breast, and the rest free.   Natalie had a great day today~ she made first chair in 2nd row ("fifth chair")  clarinet. she also rocked tonight with her Butterfly stroke- her instructor even used her as an example.   CJ on the other hand is not happy about the swimming. He says he has to work too hard and "can't breathe". He started Trumpet and looks so cute holding it :) They aren't actually "playing" the instruments yet, since the 4th graders are mostly brand new to their chosen instruments. He is doing very well in school- the last 2 Friday folder assessment sheets were wonderful & he's been working hard.   Terrible night last night for Chris Sr. Another round of kidney stone pain led him to the ER last night. He has an appt. with his MD tomorrow but in the meantime he thinks the stone  may have moved a bit. He's on pain meds for a couple days, so hopefully he can pass the stupid stone pain-free.

  Currently Watching Family Guy, Vol. 5 (Season 5 Part 1) By Seth MacFarlane see related

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

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• dutchess county classic kids race and half marathon :)

  2h 19m 58s 13.70 miles 10m 13s/Mi

  Run 08:55 am ...21 September, 2008 11:17 dcclassic half marathon race! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 301 ft Location: Hopewell Junction, NY Elev. Gain: -6 ft Date: 09/21/08 Up/Downhill: [+436/-442] Time: 08:55 AM Difficulty: 3.1 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   63 F temp; 69% humidity   63 F heat index; winds Calm Performance Distance: 13.70 miles   Time: 2:19:58 Speed: 5.9 mph   Pace: 10' 12 /mi   Calories: 1434     Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 50 -1' 22 6.8 +0.9 -23 ft 2 8' 59 -1' 13 6.7 +0.8 +3 ft 3 9' 00 -1' 12 6.7 +0.8 +4 ft 4 9' 34 -0' 38 6.3 +0.4 +20 ft 5 9' 58 -0' 14 6.0 +0.1 +27 ft 6 9' 53 -0' 19 6.1 +0.2 -10 ft 7 9' 52 -0' 20 6.1 +0.2 -10 ft 8 10' 01 -0' 11 6.0 +0.1 +7 ft 9 10' 59 +0' 47 5.5 -0.4 +7 ft 10 10' 38 +0' 26 5.6 -0.2 +13 ft 11 12' 00 +1' 48 5.0 -0.9 +20 ft 12 11' 00 +0' 48 5.5 -0.4 -43 ft 13 11' 24 +1' 12 5.3 -0.6 -3 ft end 11' 05 +0' 53 5.4 -0.5 -16 ft Versus average of 10' 12 min/mile:     Slower     Faster

  Race: Dutchess County Classic

  Natalie and CJ ran the 1 mile race first. More photos to follow~ Chris has the other ones! CJ did very well- reallly stayed up in front. HOWEVER poor Natalie, who has run the race before, tripped and FELL, scraping both knees and her wrist :((  Needless to say, it slowed her down big time. So I spent some time cleaning her wounds and Chris took her and CJ to the car for the first aid kit.

  I was almost late for the half-mary line up but made it just in time. I ran slow but steady, with a few short walk breaks and lots of water/gel/gatorade stops. Did not experience nausea or dry-heaves at the end of the race this time :)

  All of us are ready to eat and nap. I feel so bad that Natalie, looking forward to this race, had such a bad time :( Plus, she wasn't feeling well these past few days either.

  1 mile results!

   

  Christopher Houle, Jr (Poughkeepsie, 9) 9:21;

  106-Natalie Houle (Poughkeepsie, 11) 10:56;

  Slide show coming soon!
  

  Currently Watching House, M.D. - Season Three By Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison

Saturday, September 20, 2008

• Wow- the half marathon is tomorrow morning! Worked my usual 12.75 hours last night on my floor. Had a very busy, productive shift. Had my youngest patient ever, too. D/c'd 2 IV's. Had to reorient a confused pt, sitting down with him every once in a while when he simply did not know where he was, or why he was there. Connected with another pt just a bit older than me, wanting to just chat with her about swimming, etc but had to get on with the med pass. All in all the shift flew pretty much, esp. with the huge paperwork piles. Feeling a lot more confident.

  Slept a good amount today, so hopefully waking up early for the race tomorrow won't be such a drag :)

  CJ is so psyched about putting together his new Bionicle figures- he is incredible at putting things together! Just like Dad :)

  

  Natalie is worrying me a little~ seasonal allergy coughing, not feeling well. She and CJ have the 1 mile race tomorrow before the 5k and half marathon starts.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

• 44m 4.25 miles 10m 21s/Mi

  RUN Duration: 0:44 (hrs:mins) Distance: 4.3 miles Pace: 10:24 Calories: 425 Description: slow 4 miler Notes: Run 12:11 pm Time: 0:44:04 Pace: 10' 22 Distance: 4.25 mi. Calories: 443   Finally got in a good nap this am. Ater Sienna's clinical @ wad, we went to the bank and DMV again, and now....she is driving her car!!!           Visited Gram at the hospital today, brought Nat and Ceeg. They were so cute and helpful. Natalie was the main helper for Gram's dinner tray. CJ asked Gram three times, "Are you alright?" He was so adorable Gram looks ok- I brought her to the bathroom and put her into bed. Mom will stop by anyway soon.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008