Garmin Forerunner 610

I am trying to get back into running again.

I ran cross country in Elementary school, and I did a year of track (Long Distance) in High School.  I use to love running, and I always got an outstanding, or just below an outstanding on my mile and a half times when I was in the Navy.  After giving birth to my babies I was still able to out run the 18 yr old girls who had just come from boot camp.  I am not a sprinter, but I have the endurance and the stamina for long distance running and have always been good at it.  Not the best, mind you, but pretty good.

My goals are to do a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and at least 1 marathon in my lifetime.  I would love to do obstacle course races, such as the tough mudder, a mud run, a glow run, or a color run.  How fun would those be?

To help me with my training I wanted to get the Garmin Forerunner 610, I wanted the one with the heart rate monitor (which is important when training for longer distances).  Only problem is it costs $399.99.  But I set my sites on it, and worked really hard on all my sites that I do to earn money, and along with a $50 amazon gift card from my brother, my sites, and my coupon rebate sites, I was able to finally order my Garmin!

Now to set it all up, and get to running, I have no excuses now for not running longer then a mile.  I love that I will be able to just run, and track how far I have run, how long it took me, and what my pace is.

Now if only I could talk hubby into buying me a jogging stroller for my almost 3 yr old....then I could run in the mornings when the other 3 kids are all in school....A girl can hope, right?

Insane in the membrane

Insane in the membrane, Insane in the brain...I can't help but think of that song when I think of Insanity by Beach Body.  You may be asking, what exactly IS Insanity?  It's a 60 day DVD workout program that is put out by Beach Body (they also do Slim in 6 and P90X, I am sure you have probably heard of one of those before).  I got it for Christmas, per my request.  This is the work out program I plan on completing this year.

If you take before and after pictures and submit them at the end of the program they give you a T-shirt.  One of my goals (and new years resolutions) is to earn that T-shirt.  the ONLY way to get it is to earn it and submit your pictures.  I'd like to lose 21-31 pounds over all, so this will be a huge help, plus it will help me build some muscles.

Today I did my first fit test.  You do a fit test before you start and then every 2 weeks during the program.  I can't wait to see my numbers go up!  Let me tell you, the fit test alone kicked my booty!  There are 8 exercises in total and I puked between numbers 6 and 7!  Talk about crazy!

I am excited to do the program and to see my results at the end of it!  Maybe I'll even post an after picture (tho I doubt you will be lucky enough to see the before picture).  Bring on the pain (but please, no more puking!)