Zippygirl Runs

I’ve been learning a lot going through the archives at Aligned and Well. I’ve been practicing the various exercises for having better alignment and I also signed up for the shoulders and psoas seminars. I’ll watch the shoulders one tonight (and probably many times afterwards.) I’m relearning how to walk and I hope that will [...]

Since my last post, I got certified as a level one Hoopnotica HoopFit instructor. It was a lot of fun– a full day spent hooping! I was pretty sore afterwards. It’s a pretty neat program that has you doing squats, lunges, and plies, while hooping! It does mean paying better attention to alignment. I won’t [...]

My first 140 bpm base run was 35 minutes at about 15 minutes per mile. That was how slowly I had to average to keep my heart rate down. I have a feeling this is going to be VERY good for me. It’s not easy on these hills to keep my heart rate down to [...]

I said somewhere that 2012 will be my base/foundation year. Yeah, kind of weird to do that in my 40th year, but I’ve never done that as a runner. I’ve always run for three or four months, about 12-18 miles a week, then run a race or two, then slacked off for a while. I’ve [...]

I never came back to post that I didn’t actually get to run the 5K (didn’t pick up my packet the night before, like a dummy.) I still had a great day– walked about 11-12 miles, hooping with my hands for part of that time. My hips were REALLY, REALLY sore, though. Walking with two [...]

People who have always been fit have no idea what it’s like to struggle with fitness. Several different things have happened over the past few days which have really brought that home to me. I have been struggling to do a real pushup. Every day, I make more progress, but I’m still not doing it [...]

2012– I think I need to bring back the fitness blog hard core. As always, I love to workout, but I do not love to be consistent with my diet. Being vegan helps a LOT, but I still love potato chips, cola, candy, and French fries. Even worse, I do not love to plan my [...]

Happy new year! I haven’t made any New Year Resolutions per se, but I am working on some healthier habits this year (as always.) I’ve tried so many different time tables for changing bad habits– this year I’m trying to change two or three bad habits each month. By the end of 2011, I was [...]

Well, once again, I ran a 5K in more than 33 minutes. 33:34, according to my Garmin. I felt better for this race. It was hillier, but I handled the hills really well in the first two miles. I slowed down a lot in the third mile. My next 5K is in January (Houston), though [...]

I’m 40 now! And I’m up way too late. I feel like a little kid going around saying “I’m THIS MANY!” Holding up my hands four times. For my birthday, I’m getting a bike as my big gift from my husband. The big issue is I have to pick it out! I have a cute [...]