This one goes to eleven!

Three months ago when I started at Horizon's Gym I could barely do situps on a flat surface.

Each week, we'd move it up a bit or add some weight.

At my last session, the crunch board had been moved up for someone who was doing some serious work. I asked to leave it there. Why? 'cos it was set to "11," of course.

It hurt, but I managed.

Okay, doing situps at a steep angle isn't a skill one needs to use frequently, but it's still impressive.

Going out in a blaze of glory

Saturday morning, September 22.

10 am.

I get on the treadmill and suddenly it all comes together for me. I just start running and don't stop.

2.04 miles in 20 minutes. That's 6.12 mph.

I made it to the Gold board!

I can has cardio, indeed!

Cardio Cardio Cardio

I really thought that I was going to hit the 2.0 mile mark today. But I did make sure to warm up by jogging for several minutes beforehand on the treadmill and stretching a bit. I also tried to keep the intervals closer together; instead of jumping from 5.0 to 5.5, I just upped it .3 or so at a time, and pushed a bit every 30 seconds instead of waiting for the 1 minute mark.

So close

I don't know how runners do this all the time. 20 minutes and I still didn't break the 2 mile mark.

I can has cardio?

Small gains, but I'll take anything at this point. Notice that Linda made 1.41 - she just started the treadmill last week.

Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger

A portion of the 600 hamburgers and hot dogs we grill up for the Rally Day picnic. My t-shirt spells PETA: People for the Eating of Tasty Animals.

Cardio - gaining on it

Small gains, but now I'm totally determined to hit 2.0 by the end of September. If my knees, joints, and lungs don't gang up on me.