From KT – July 5, 2012
Yo DaVita!
First the bad news. I consumed WAY too many calories yesterday, meat, pasta, wine, etc. Yikes. Darn.
Second, the good news. What a wonderful America’s Birthday we had, with a solid workout followed by a wonderful outside concert with 2 hours of Americana music (Aaron Copland, Stars and Stripes Forever, a medley of the songs of each military branch where the veterans all stood when their song was played, etc).
On the workout front, Joe Mello and I (Joe was our COO for about 8 years) did the “Mirabelle Back-Way Hill”. 13 minutes to get to starting point, then 56 minutes of climbing about 2000 feet. Some flat sections, which means there were also some steep ones.
I then forced myself to go in for another deep tissue massage. I only did 60 minutes on this one. The usual pain and discomfort, all for the greater good. So 110 minutes of excellent exercise yesterday!
Today was special – I went with 2 buddies on some new mountain biking trails (new to me that is). 2 hours of great biking, about half of it single track, through meadows and forests, virtually no other people, some very good vertical challenges. Glorious! I can’t wait to do it again, they are close to our cabin so I will be able to do just that.
Later today I will subject myself to another deep tissue 60 minutes – I am trying to get ready for a 25 mile, 4000 vertical, high altitude (10,000-11,500 feet) approx 4 hour ride this Saturday am. It was kind of foolish to push it today, but I could not resist once we were on the trails. Today’s massage will accelerate my recovery from today so I have a chance on Saturday, I hope. So today will be a 170 minute score, all very high quality.
And today I had no breakfast and a healthy chicken and vegetable lunch, so that rally begins.
I hope you all are still picturing locking arms with your 3600 partners across the globe, plus 11 dogs and 2 llamas! Just as we make bank deposits for our financial future we must make health deposits for our physical future.
Take care, KT
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Shabnam Moussavi said,
July 5, 2012 @ 5:36 pm
Sound like you had fun and a great work out .My husband and I had a great July 4th as well.
Had a good aerobic work out and then some dancing in the morning about 40 min. in the afternoon after hobby came home we had dinner about 7:00 pm and then walk to the Lake forest Lake that is an hour a way from the house to watch the fire work which was beautiful as always…it was very fun and relaxing and the best part was that we walk back home so we did not stuck in any traffic.
Make it a great day .
Shab
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Deanna Thomas said,
July 8, 2012 @ 6:16 pm
Good KT it is ok to have a little fun with your favorite foods Today I was craving for this new peach mango sherbert at Publix soooo good!
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Village Vitality said,
July 9, 2012 @ 9:57 am
Great to read your 4th of July activities Shabnam! Keep up the great work.
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Village Vitality said,
July 9, 2012 @ 9:58 am
It is ok Deanna to have fun with your cravings. Sounds like a healthy one, and remember everything in moderation!
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In response to comments on his July 5 Journal KT said,
July 10, 2012 @ 7:39 am
Shabnam Moussavi – Sound like you had fun and a great work out .My husband and I had a great July 4th as well.
Had a good aerobic work out and then some dancing in the morning about 40 min. in the afternoon after hobby came home we had dinner about 7:00 pm and then walk to the Lake forest Lake that is an hour a way from the house to watch the fire work which was beautiful as always…it was very fun and relaxing and the best part was that we walk back home so we did not stuck in any traffic.
Make it a great day .
Shab
KT – Being able to walk to events is a wonderful thing … kt
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