With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

Got a little more sleep in this morning.  EST is nice for morning conference sesions because I get 2 more hours to sleep :-)

When I got up, I did the p90x kenpo that I neglected yesterday.  I just didn't have time to do it after I finally got up in the morning.  I'm not sure it was a bad thing either since I went on a long run. 

   I will still continue on my p90x adventure, and I still have a goal to finish. When I tell people I finished p90x, will I feel like I need to clarify that I skipped one day and made it up on my rest day?  I hope not.  If I focus on what my purpose of doing the p90x is (to get stronger), then there's nothing wrong with modifying my rest day from day 7 to day 6, is there? 

Good news- I got the referral for PT (went to Dr last Tuesday).  Not sure how long to get an appt, but I'm on my way.

p90x chest, shoulders & back.   Tried to up the weights- by 2 pounds, and it made the sets seem twice as hard!!  Oh, well- little by little.  I can see improvements on all the push-ups except the one armed variety.  It's all I can do to just bend my elbow and straighten it.

Ab ripper x...  same old, same old.  16 minutes of annoying.  I need a new attitude.   Since it's at the end of the first video, I can't change it to the "shut up Tony" variety.  I did like the part of the chest video where the lawyer told Tony to "get out of my face."  Sweet!!!!  He really is stirring up a big pot of trouble :-)

After playing hide and seek with my headlamp (MR used it and left it in the garage), I finally got out for a quick run.  I just set out to run, and I felt great.  Increased speed for mile 2, and thought I'd cut back & had slowed down for mile 3, but I guess I just maintained because it was the same as 2 (what a nice surprise).  Tried to kick it up for the last .2..... just a nice run.  The weather was beautiful.  Not humid, dark & cool enough to get some breath fog going, but warm enough to just wear a t-shirt and shorts.

paces were 9:27, 8:31, 8:29, 7:40

Run this afternoon again if it's not raining.  4.01 slower miles with MR.  It was tough to get going...that first mile was never going to end!  We were just going to do 3.5 and ended up tacking another .5 on after arriving at home so we could finish 4.  The .01 is just for me to get an even # :-)

When I woke up, I realized I'd hit the snooze button 3 times and had no recollection of doing so.  That's dangerous!  Do I move my alarm clock further away from the bed, or just turn up the volume? 

Plyo X.  This is week 6, and it still wears me out.  Glad I didn't go running after!

Decided to run before p90x instead of after today.  I got to see a beautiful orange moon setting over the treeline in the west.  It was awesome.  My cool down walk I got a chance to look up at the sky, and there were so many sparkling stars in the sky- it was beautiful.  2 hours later, it was cloudy and gray outside.  I'm glad I went out early to run & got to enjoy the world.

"Glamour muscles" day for p90x.  Back and biceps.  then Ab ripper x.  I took my shoes & socks off for ab ripper, and in my mind, it was easier because I didn't have extra weight on my feet for the exercises.  Mind games- the key to p90x.  I think it's why Tony is crazy.

Today is Good Friday, or for those of us in the QP household, Good Fry-Day.  We gather together a few other pirates and land-lovers at our ship, and deep-fat fry everything and anything that comes to mind.

On the menu this year were 3 different batters:  a tempura-type batter, a beer batter, and a dessert batter made out of white cake mix.

Then there were a variety of things to put in the batter:  mushrooms, shrimp, crab, green beans, pickles, bell peppers, (carrots & celery, which don't fry up very well), oreos, twinkies, marshmallows, extra large marshmallows stuffed with mini reeses cups, or any other goodie.

We also had home-made egg rolls and fried chicken, as well as home-made fry bread courtesy of Wyatt & Co.

I ran before the fry fest, because based on previous experience, the day after the fry-fest is not a good day for running :-)