We’ve got FIVE incredible co-hosts My First 5K and More, Running With Attitude, Run Laugh Eat Pie, Runs with Pugs, and me for another Fit Five Friday link-up!  

Friday is my favorite day of the week.  But, this Friday is making me a little sad.  My first day of school is in a month.  I have two days full of meetings and then the students start on the 14th.  How is this Summer going by so fast?

Here are my 5 fitness goals for the remainder of this year:

• Continue running and walking.  I am not doing a running streak but I do have a running and/or walking streak.  I’ve been doing some kind of outdoor activity since June 28th.  I hope to continue doing this during the Winter as well.

• Use the Peloton bike.  I’ve been using the bike 3x a week.  Total minutes for each class is 25 minutes which includes a warm-up and a cool down.  

• Watch what I eat.  I don’t want to use the excuse that just because I am training for a marathon that I can eat anything I want.  I’ve mentioned before that my A1C was in the pre-diabetic stage.  I am planning to get tested again in the Fall and hopefully my A1C will be lower.  

• Get enough sleep.  I need to get plenty of sleep or I don’t function well.  Plus, I get cranky if I don’t get enough sleep.

• Spend time on recovery.  My long runs are getting longer and I don’t bounce back to my bubbly self like I used to.  I ran 7 miles last Saturday and was sore the whole day.  I must remember to use my massage gun everyday.

The topic for next week – 5 favorite race photos.  Feel free to write about this or any fitness topic you’d like.  We hope you’ll link up with us!

We’ve got FIVE incredible co-hosts My First 5K and More, Running With Attitude, Run Laugh Eat Pie, Runs with Pugs, and me for another Fit Five Friday link-up!  

Happy Friday!  Today is my second week of Summer School.  One more week to go!  It is an interesting group.  My first week was rough because of the personalities of two girls.  One disagrees with pretty much everything I say or or doesn’t want to do.  Another one talks back and questions everything I say and do.  What shocked me the most is when she answered back with “Why is it a problem that I moved?”  It is Summer School and it is supposed to be fun and stress free.

Here are a couple of my favorite moments from the first half of the year.

• Last day of school.  It was a wild year with the extra 30 minutes in the day and a new Reading curriculum.  I was exhausted and a few times angry.  There was a lot of work to do but not enough time.  We didn’t receive any training for the new curriculum and I spent HOURS and HOURS going through the program to learn as much as I could about it.  I think it paid off!

• Finding out I was picked to run the Chicago Marathon.  I entered the lottery but didn’t get picked.   A friend of mine ran the NYC Marathon last year through Team TCS Teachers.  I submitted an application along with a short essay not expecting to be picked.  Imagine my surprise when I saw the email letting me know I was selected to be on the team.

• Running the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle.  It is one of my favorite races and the unofficial start of the running season in Chicago.  I hadn’t been running consistently but I didn’t care.  I still wanted to run the race anyway.  I didn’t do that great (my worst time in that distance) but I didn’t care either.

• When I got a refund from my dentist.  I was shocked when I found out how much I had to pay for a new night guard.  But I needed it so I paid for it.  I was told my insurance didn’t cover it.  Now I wonder if they actually checked.  Well, about a week later I received a message from the receptionist telling me that my insurance would in fact cover it and I will receive a check for a refund.  It wasn’t for the full amount but pretty close to it.

• Receiving my assignment letter.  This letter lets me know where I will be working during the following school year.  For the past 10 years, I’ve been in the same school and in the same grade, but two years ago I was moved to a different school (the school was closed).  The letter I received this year said that I would be in the same school, in the same grade, and in the same classroom.  However, that can all change, but I hope not.  I told my Principal that I want to stay in the same school until I retire.

The topic for next week – Runfessions with Marcia.  We hope you’ll link up with us!