22nd Bikram - ??? I don't get it ???

22nd Bikram Yoga 10:00 . . . Ana instructing . . . woke up in extreme pain this morning . . . everything hurt . . . I don't get it I felt like I was run over by a MAC TRUCK . . . trying to walk and get the joints moving not so good . . . it is almost like every bit of poison that has been hidden in my body was released into my blood stream, joints, etc. This whole week has been sucky that way. I did make it to Bikram it was not pretty but I got it done . . .

And She Died

It really bothers me when people die. Evelyn Lettau from the church I attend died on Monday, leaving a husband and a couple of school aged children. I had several conversations with her . . . none of which were about her breast cancer . . . except for commenting on her beautiful shaped head . . . yes she chose not to do the wig thing . . . she was a beautiful lady inside and out . . . she did not live her life as if she had cancer . . . she lived her life as a child of God . . . I will miss her.

21st Bikram Class

Monday, January 12th, 2009 - 21st Bikram Class at 4:30 - Taz instructed

One guy "had to leave the room" instructor encouraged him to stay . . . but mother nature was calling and he said I've really got to go to the bathroom . . . so he left the room . . . I had two gals on either side of me that were very focused/experienced which was really nice.

20th Bikram - 6 a.m.

Woke up at 4:40 without an alarm and headed down the freeway for my 20th Bikram - Friday, January 9th, 2009 at 6 a.m.

Beth instructed . . . it was one of those days that I knew better not hang out in the studio before the practice started . . . it was hot/humid/perfect. The hotter the practice the harder to focus, I did the best I could . . . Beth is always a great instructor . . . arches of the feet a bit on the crampy side . . . my glutes still sore from I think Spin on Tuesday . . . no tightness in shoulders today . . . I did not count but quite a few students in class today . . . a gal in the locker room drove from Katy and was looking for someone to carpool with . . . I should check on that . . . I heard a couple of students drive from Kingwood . . . carpool lane would sure be nice.

19th Bikram - 12:00

January 8, 2009 - 12:00 Bikram with Mike . . . temperature good, instruction steady, stayed focused through the class . . . except when the tall skinny guy behind me tipped over and went flying, upper and lower back and a bit stiff, shoulders much better than Tuesday, came into class with right hip tweeked - better after class.

Spinning with Layne

Spinning with Layne at 6 . . . now there was some sweating going on in that class . . . some speed workouts and alot of climbing . . . great workout . . . gotta love that guy he is a runner . . .

18th Bikram - Where Is the Heat?

18th Bikram - 1/6/2009 - 10 a.m. - Instructor - did not introduce herself . . . she talked very fast I felt like she was an auctioneer . . . sold to the person on the mat in the front row with the green shirt . . . I barely broke a sweat . . . Where was the heat? . . . I almost stayed for the 12:00 o'clock . . . but as I lay there in Savasana student fromt he next class plopped her mat down 3 inches from mine and sat down . . . I got up moved my mat 6 inches and did additional yoga postures for the next 20 minutes . . . where was the heat?

17th Bikram Yoga - Most Excellent

January 3, 2009 - 10:00 a.m. - Instructor Cheryl

A most excellent Bikram - Instructor Cheryl - I did my 4 mile recovery run this morning then headed down the freeway to Bikram - I think my New Years Day race is starting to kick in expecially in my glutes - I stayed extrememly focused in my practice today . . . my shoulders were stiff, right hamstring tight, glutes, hmm. Cheryl worked us all really hard and it was soooo good. Stayed 10 minutes after class for a much needed Savansana . . . showered and headed back home . . . Can life get any better?

16th Bikram Yoga

January 2, 2009 - 16th Bikram - 6 a.m. Cathy (with a C) instructing.

Was better than I thought . . . yesterday ran the half marathon and did not find I was very sore at all . . .

The Shack by William P. Young

I just finished reading the book The Shack by William P. Young . . . until page 39 I was like why was this book recommended to me ? but then it was a book that captured me . . .

Half Marathon - PR - 1:58.39 - Focusing on the core

I just love running . . . I just finished running the 10th annual Texas Marathon (half marathon) in Kingwood, Texas . . . I had run my first half marathon just over 7 years ago . . . on the way to the airport to the Skagit Flats half marathon a friend of mine John asked If I'd planned to break 2 hours . . . well I didn't on that one or the ones to follow . . . I've always had that number etched into my brain . . . well I finally did it and now what? After the race I hit the ice bath, had some lunch, and headed back out to the course to relieve the volunteers at one of the water/power aid stations and cheer on the runners sill out there and cheer I did, I danced, I did tricks . . . life is good . . . life is an amazing thing . . . use it wisely . . .