You should be calling yourself a Shrimp!

So last night at the gym the amp’d abs class was cancelled… BOO! So I decided to take a 30 minute spin class instead. WOW. I don’t think I’ll ever be a ‘spinner’ but seriously, that is one hardcore workout, and I have absolutely no idea how anyone can do that for an hour. Way to much going on for me. Then I finished with a 20 minute run, and 15 minutes on the elliptical and 5 minutes on level 12 on the StairMaster. So overall I did

30 minutes spin = 6 miles
20 minute run = 2.5 miles
15 minute elliptical = 1.5 miles
5 minute StairMaster = 42 floors

I was DYING after the StairMaster too. That thing kicks your butt and I don’t think I’ve ever been as sweaty as I was after that workout, but it felt good to workout hard and this morning I knew I would have to go out for a little recovery run. I had braced myself for rain, which us in CA should be receiving any moment, but it wasn’t happening yet, so it was a nice, dry, 25 minute 3 miler.

Last night when I got home from work I found a box from Nike that I had gotten in the mail and I had no idea what was inside. I took a shower and was eating dinner when it dawned on me that my Nike+ half marathon stuff was inside! I then ripped open the box (really weird that I didn’t care enough earlier to open the box, spin must have REALLY gotten to me) and found my gray finishers shirt, which is really cute, longer and short sleeved, but kind of a weird material, and my Tiffany’s box. The blue box that held my finishers key chain. Well I thought, and I don’t know where I got this preconceived idea, but I thought the key chain would be silver.

Maybe it’s the fact that I didn’t even know Tiffany’s made leather key chains, but when I opened the box, I was still excited and don’t get me wrong I still like it, but seriously? I dunno. See for yourself. I guess I was a insy teeny bit disappointed. It’s just like a Coach key chain, and blue? It’s a girls only race, and you choose blue? Oh Tiffany’s.

The Tiffany’s Box.

The whole T-shirt

Upclose of the t-shirt design

One side of the keychain

The other side of the keychain. Meh! Let me know your thoughts. I know the race entry wasn’t super expensive but what do you think? Did Tiffany’s let me down?

Enough with the keychain. You know what I’m super excited about? It’s pretty embarrassing how excited I am about it, but watch the video below it’s simply AMAZING.

So after that video I don’t want any more excuses… If a SHRIMP can run on a treadmill, you can too! How amazing is that, that little shrimp with what looks like a bazillion legs can run on a treadmill. If you watch long enough they explain why they had a little shrimp do this, and oh, his name is Scamp, if you were wondering.

Lastly, I saw the movie BOLT this past weekend and it was amazing and I loved it! I would seriously recommend it to anyone who wants to see a good, funny movie, even if you are an adult. The hamster is just hilarious and it’s really cute. Oh and last weekend I saw Madagascar 2 and it was hilarious too. I can’t wait until tonight’s Biggest Loser either! More drama is going to ensue, I’m sure of it.

xoxo

PS. If you are on the website, www.Runnerslounge.com, add me! My name is Coach Koo, and I have no friends.

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You should be calling yourself a Shrimp!

So last night at the gym the amp’d abs class was cancelled… BOO! So I decided to take a 30 minute spin class instead. WOW. I don’t think I’ll ever be a ‘spinner’ but seriously, that is one hardcore workout, and I have absolutely no idea how anyone can do that for an hour. Way to much going on for me. Then I finished with a 20 minute run, and 15 minutes on the elliptical and 5 minutes on level 12 on the StairMaster. So overall I did

30 minutes spin = 6 miles
20 minute run = 2.5 miles
15 minute elliptical = 1.5 miles
5 minute StairMaster = 42 floors

I was DYING after the StairMaster too. That thing kicks your butt and I don’t think I’ve ever been as sweaty as I was after that workout, but it felt good to workout hard and this morning I knew I would have to go out for a little recovery run. I had braced myself for rain, which us in CA should be receiving any moment, but it wasn’t happening yet, so it was a nice, dry, 25 minute 3 miler.

Last night when I got home from work I found a box from Nike that I had gotten in the mail and I had no idea what was inside. I took a shower and was eating dinner when it dawned on me that my Nike+ half marathon stuff was inside! I then ripped open the box (really weird that I didn’t care enough earlier to open the box, spin must have REALLY gotten to me) and found my gray finishers shirt, which is really cute, longer and short sleeved, but kind of a weird material, and my Tiffany’s box. The blue box that held my finishers key chain. Well I thought, and I don’t know where I got this preconceived idea, but I thought the key chain would be silver.

Maybe it’s the fact that I didn’t even know Tiffany’s made leather key chains, but when I opened the box, I was still excited and don’t get me wrong I still like it, but seriously? I dunno. See for yourself. I guess I was a insy teeny bit disappointed. It’s just like a Coach key chain, and blue? It’s a girls only race, and you choose blue? Oh Tiffany’s.

The Tiffany’s Box.

The whole T-shirt

Upclose of the t-shirt design

One side of the keychain

The other side of the keychain. Meh! Let me know your thoughts. I know the race entry wasn’t super expensive but what do you think? Did Tiffany’s let me down?

Enough with the keychain. You know what I’m super excited about? It’s pretty embarrassing how excited I am about it, but watch the video below it’s simply AMAZING.

So after that video I don’t want any more excuses… If a SHRIMP can run on a treadmill, you can too! How amazing is that, that little shrimp with what looks like a bazillion legs can run on a treadmill. If you watch long enough they explain why they had a little shrimp do this, and oh, his name is Scamp, if you were wondering.

Lastly, I saw the movie BOLT this past weekend and it was amazing and I loved it! I would seriously recommend it to anyone who wants to see a good, funny movie, even if you are an adult. The hamster is just hilarious and it’s really cute. Oh and last weekend I saw Madagascar 2 and it was hilarious too. I can’t wait until tonight’s Biggest Loser either! More drama is going to ensue, I’m sure of it.

xoxo

PS. If you are on the website, www.Runnerslounge.com, add me! My name is Coach Koo, and I have no friends.

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7:30?

So this weekend I went up to Mt. Sac for the CIF Southern Section Cross Country Finals. It was a great race and so fun to be apart of the enviroment again. The girl I coached previously did great as well. She finished 11th overall and 3rd individually, so that means she is also qualified to race at state in Fresno next weekend! She was excited and it was great to see her hard work pay off.

Secondly, I guess in the spirit of racing and all those amazing philly finishers, I was feeling a little speedy yesterday and my workout consisted of 5.25 miles at a 7:30 pace. Yea, it was pretty fast for me, and when I was on my way back home I was running at 6:58 pace for about 10 minutes. I don’t know what got into me, but it was good to feel like I could run fast again. Also, it’s finally getting colder here, which is nice. I mean cold being 65. I wore my leggings and my great jacket I purchased a while back from Target. It’s still great and I love their C9 stuff.

Tonight is another Amp’d Abs class and then another 20-20-20 workout. I’m going to record the class again. I did it twice this weekend and my abs are very sore but I can defanitly feel it working and I have found that I really like taking the classes at the gym. They help me break up the monotomy that is working out sometimes, and the encouraging by the instructor is also very helpful to me. If you are a member of a gym, try one out, or you can even do a video! I am the winner of the Dancing with the Stars video giveaway, so I’ll soon have a report on that, and how it worked or didn’t. Hope everyone had a great weekend, and if I ever get my email back up, I’ll get some new deals coming your way.

xoxo

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7:30?

So this weekend I went up to Mt. Sac for the CIF Southern Section Cross Country Finals. It was a great race and so fun to be apart of the enviroment again. The girl I coached previously did great as well. She finished 11th overall and 3rd individually, so that means she is also qualified to race at state in Fresno next weekend! She was excited and it was great to see her hard work pay off.

Secondly, I guess in the spirit of racing and all those amazing philly finishers, I was feeling a little speedy yesterday and my workout consisted of 5.25 miles at a 7:30 pace. Yea, it was pretty fast for me, and when I was on my way back home I was running at 6:58 pace for about 10 minutes. I don’t know what got into me, but it was good to feel like I could run fast again. Also, it’s finally getting colder here, which is nice. I mean cold being 65. I wore my leggings and my great jacket I purchased a while back from Target. It’s still great and I love their C9 stuff.

Tonight is another Amp’d Abs class and then another 20-20-20 workout. I’m going to record the class again. I did it twice this weekend and my abs are very sore but I can defanitly feel it working and I have found that I really like taking the classes at the gym. They help me break up the monotomy that is working out sometimes, and the encouraging by the instructor is also very helpful to me. If you are a member of a gym, try one out, or you can even do a video! I am the winner of the Dancing with the Stars video giveaway, so I’ll soon have a report on that, and how it worked or didn’t. Hope everyone had a great weekend, and if I ever get my email back up, I’ll get some new deals coming your way.

xoxo

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Photo Friday and Cheating at the Gym.

So today is photo Friday, head on over to NikeMom if you want to participate, but this is something that would be found at my desk…

Yup, that’s my 24 hour fitness class calendar, directly next to the coupons I cut out for a Free Grilled Chicken Tortilla Roll from El Pollo loco and oh yes, above that some Chili Cheese Fries coupon from Wienerschnitzel… Hey when a girls on a budget.. Don’t judge me!

Next is the calendar I’ve made to map out what the post for the 26.2 Christmas List is going to be every day.

And you people thought I was messing around. Okay, I admit, yes, I have OCD.

So you all want to know what I did at the gym during Amp’d Abs. Well I was thinking that it would be great if I could somehow take the class home with me so I wouldn’t work out my abs only two days a week at the class. I have a voice recorder for the interviews that I must do for the writing team I’m on and I was talking with my co-worker about recording the class. Then we were wondering how to connect that to a computer and transfer it into my itunes so I could put it on my ipod. Then us little techies (him more than I) realized there is an application for the iphone that I could use. Idicto to be exact. I downloaded it, for 99 cents, and we did a few little trial runs, coming to the conclusion that I would RECORD the amp’d abs class, and then the teacher would just think it was my phone on my mat.

So I got to class, grabbed my mat and set up shop in the front of class. I set up my phone pressed record, and IT WORKED! I recorded the whole class so now I can do the workout at home too. I tried it the next morning and besides about 30 seconds I can totally understand and remember everything. Also the class is starting to kick my butt. Seriously. Two days in a row is too much! But now I can do it one day on the weekend and one more day during the week. I feel kind of bad for recording it, but also, the class has been different every time I’ve gone, which is at a whopping 4 times, but I feel like I can do different workouts every day for my abs once I record more. Yup, I said it, I’m going to record more. I pay for the gym and the classes are free. I shouldn’t feel bad.

Now I can work out on my own and do the class whenever I want. Since I quite possibly might have an addiction to exercise, I’ve already done the class twice since I recorded it. Today is my day off running, but tomorrow I’m super excited to go to Mt. Sac for the CIF Southern Section Finals tomorrow, which a girl I coached last year is competing in. She was (and still is) my star little pupil. I hate to admit it, but I love coaching, I love going to the races and would be at them every weekend if I could. That is so nerdy of me, but it’s the truth. I’ll let you know how she places, because if she does well she could be onto the State Finals. Please say a prayer for her! She needs some extra support, especially running unattached and kind of being unmotivated since basketball season has started and she is still running.

After my recording of Amp’d Abs, I then started thinking craziness that I should record an exercise video and make millions. Then I realized that was ridiculous.

Also with everyone talking about the economy, I realized a solution, you can just become poor like me, and then you’ll feel really good about yourself. Since college, and landing a high paying (cough!) job, I’ve had the most money I’ve had in my entire life. Seriously, a whopping like 2Gs in my bank account and lemme tell you people, I’m feeling good! Just get rid of your money and every cent you make seems like a thousand dollars. You should pay me for all this knowledge.

So go out, record your gym classes, and have a great weekend to all you racers! Especially you phillianites, and those of you in taper, keep going your almost there!

PS. I still recommend the hatphones x 400

xoxo

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Photo Friday and Cheating at the Gym.

So today is photo Friday, head on over to NikeMom if you want to participate, but this is something that would be found at my desk…

Yup, that’s my 24 hour fitness class calendar, directly next to the coupons I cut out for a Free Grilled Chicken Tortilla Roll from El Pollo loco and oh yes, above that some Chili Cheese Fries coupon from Wienerschnitzel… Hey when a girls on a budget.. Don’t judge me!

Next is the calendar I’ve made to map out what the post for the 26.2 Christmas List is going to be every day.

And you people thought I was messing around. Okay, I admit, yes, I have OCD.

So you all want to know what I did at the gym during Amp’d Abs. Well I was thinking that it would be great if I could somehow take the class home with me so I wouldn’t work out my abs only two days a week at the class. I have a voice recorder for the interviews that I must do for the writing team I’m on and I was talking with my co-worker about recording the class. Then we were wondering how to connect that to a computer and transfer it into my itunes so I could put it on my ipod. Then us little techies (him more than I) realized there is an application for the iphone that I could use. Idicto to be exact. I downloaded it, for 99 cents, and we did a few little trial runs, coming to the conclusion that I would RECORD the amp’d abs class, and then the teacher would just think it was my phone on my mat.

So I got to class, grabbed my mat and set up shop in the front of class. I set up my phone pressed record, and IT WORKED! I recorded the whole class so now I can do the workout at home too. I tried it the next morning and besides about 30 seconds I can totally understand and remember everything. Also the class is starting to kick my butt. Seriously. Two days in a row is too much! But now I can do it one day on the weekend and one more day during the week. I feel kind of bad for recording it, but also, the class has been different every time I’ve gone, which is at a whopping 4 times, but I feel like I can do different workouts every day for my abs once I record more. Yup, I said it, I’m going to record more. I pay for the gym and the classes are free. I shouldn’t feel bad.

Now I can work out on my own and do the class whenever I want. Since I quite possibly might have an addiction to exercise, I’ve already done the class twice since I recorded it. Today is my day off running, but tomorrow I’m super excited to go to Mt. Sac for the CIF Southern Section Finals tomorrow, which a girl I coached last year is competing in. She was (and still is) my star little pupil. I hate to admit it, but I love coaching, I love going to the races and would be at them every weekend if I could. That is so nerdy of me, but it’s the truth. I’ll let you know how she places, because if she does well she could be onto the State Finals. Please say a prayer for her! She needs some extra support, especially running unattached and kind of being unmotivated since basketball season has started and she is still running.

After my recording of Amp’d Abs, I then started thinking craziness that I should record an exercise video and make millions. Then I realized that was ridiculous.

Also with everyone talking about the economy, I realized a solution, you can just become poor like me, and then you’ll feel really good about yourself. Since college, and landing a high paying (cough!) job, I’ve had the most money I’ve had in my entire life. Seriously, a whopping like 2Gs in my bank account and lemme tell you people, I’m feeling good! Just get rid of your money and every cent you make seems like a thousand dollars. You should pay me for all this knowledge.

So go out, record your gym classes, and have a great weekend to all you racers! Especially you phillianites, and those of you in taper, keep going your almost there!

PS. I still recommend the hatphones x 400

xoxo

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