Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Thanks!

Thanks everyone for reading my blog, Sue's 6 week challenge is officially over :) I will fly to Germany tomorrow night and hopefully look great in my dress... I had so much fun writing a blog the last couple of weeks, and I still have a couple of punds to lose, so I will continue writing about my love-hate relationship with exercising. I also want to include food and all the fun stuff that San Francisco has to offer...so if you are interested, please follow my new blog:

http://fitnessfoodfunsf.blogspot.com/

Monday, July 5, 2010

A beautiful and relaxing weekend in Tahoe


I spent this weekend in the Olympic Valley near Lake Tahoe with friends. I have been there a couple of times before, I really love it! We chilled near Lake Donner all day Saturday, a lot of time for reading and thinking and especially for doing nothing, I really needed such a day. I felt ok wearing my bikini, the hard workout is definitely paying off :)


I went for a short 5.5 mile run Sunday morning to make up for Saturday night’s Tapas and wine, it was such a beautiful run along a river – except that I totally underestimated how cold it is in the mountains at 6.45 am in the morning! My car measured 35 °F (2 °C). The first 10 minutes into my run, I thought I will freeze to death (I was only wearing a shirt and shorts…). The trail was very scenic and the answers to a couple of important questions I am trying address in my life at the moment suddenly became crystal clear. I was a bit nervous though because I ran by myself (everybody else was still in bed…just like a normal person on a Sunday morning) and there are many bears in the area. Last summer when I was in Tahoe, we were out on our balcony watching a bear that was just standing next to my car…they are definitely around! Luckily, I didn’t meet a bear this weekend! I also swam 20 minutes in the Donner Lake; I really couldn’t swim any longer because it was it was FREEZING cold (60° F/15° C).


Today, back in San Francisco, I went for another 8 mile run to the Bridge, I am panicking a little since the half marathon is coming up soon…It took me 1:20h (6 miles/h pace), I most likely run another 2:20h finishing time even though I wanted to be faster…but I decided to see this race as a simple training run for the marathon in October, because after all, I didn’t really train that hard for this race.


I went to a bar method class tonight, it was great because we were only 5 people. As a consequence, we all got a lot of attention, the class was hard but we all got a lot out of it. Tomorrow morning the new Basic Training session starts – yay, can’t wait!

Friday, July 2, 2010

A week packed with Bar method

My week was packed with Bar method classes, I went there every day. I think I am slowly getting better. The funny thing is that the better my form gets, the more exhausting the exercises feel. I guess I "cheated" a little bit in the beginning or didn't try as hard because it almost felt easier then...I do sweat more now and I find it more exhausting but very efficient. I really like the way my body feels after class, especially my abs. In each class, there is a series of thigh-work, that's the hardest for me. The stretching afterwards is a nice reward though (it is almost as good as the feeling when you get out of your ski boots after a long day of skiing, just that it is a relief in your thighs in this case).

I only went for 2x 3 mile-runs this week, not quite enough to get ready for my half-marathon. I only have 3 weeks left! I'll be in Tahoe this weekend and I hope to squeeze in at least a 6mile-run on Sunday. But the major goal for this weekend is to RELAX. I bought 2 new books and 3 magazines, I see myself sitting at the lake's shore all day...

I am really looking forward to my trip to Tahoe. And on Monday, a new "Basic training"-session starts, I can't wait!!!