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Weekly Fitness Progress: W/E 4/10/11

April 11, 2011 by Shawn Add a Comment

Well after being horribly sick earlier in the week (out Monday and voiceless Tuesday), I was able to still get some activity in to try and build my endurance, which for whatever reason, sucks right now. It seems at 2 miles running or 20+ minutes of any physical activity, I’m just dead-legged and my “on status” (from meds and my DBS device for Parkinson’s) drops significantly.

Still, with all that said, my activities and accomplishments for the week ending 4/10/11 were:

  • Wednesday, 4/6: Ran in my neighborhood (elevation change of near 100 feet per the Nike+ app). Distance run: 1.08 miles. Total time: 8:56. I set a new personal best average time per mile of 8 minutes and 16 seconds per mile.
  • Thursday, 4/7: Rode my new bicycle 2 miles in mt local area. Played with a new app (iMapMyRide) but did not capture valid stats for this ride.
  • Friday, 4/8: Off day.
  • Saturday, 4/9: Over 45 minutes, hit 75 solid, hard-swinging drives at the driving range [golf]. I love doing this as everything from my calves, glutes, abs and arms will be sore the next day. Often I even hit the full 150 but I showed restraint this day and good thing, because I was spent by the end.
  • Sunday, 4/10: Used the iMapMyRide app to record my whole ride. Distance: 2.24 miles. Total time: 17 minutes, 27 seconds. Pace: 7:48 minutes per mile. My pace was slow because (I think) I’m still getting used to a 21 speed bicycle as I’ve never had one before. Plus it was 90 degrees and I was sweating buckets as our subdivision has almost a 100 foot elevation change!
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Queue the Rock-y Music… My First Half-Marathon

April 8, 2011 by Shawn Add a Comment
Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon

Rock-n-Roll Half MarathonAs many of you know, I have early onset Parkinson’s Disease, having been diagnosed over 8 years ago at the age of 32. If you’ve read my other blog posts, you also know that 2010 was a year of transition for me. I had DBS implant (basically a pacemaker in your brain which ‘encourages’ your brain to make dopamine through the release of electrical impulses) surgery for my right side in May and the left in December. [see my blog post on this]

The settings are not yet perfect, but I have begun running this year. According to my NikePlus.com app on my iPhone [Read my blog review of the Nike+ App], I have run 6.43 miles this year and on Wednesday had my fastest average mile ever: 8 minutes and 16 seconds, which I am very proud of given where I was even four months ago. I have talked about some of my plans with some great blogger and fitness/running peers and friends and shared the fact that my goal for 2011 was to show that Parkinson’s Disease cannot defeat my will or my body by running a half-marathon by end of year.

However, I had not stated this goal openly and publicly… until today. Rock n’ Roll marathon series is in St. Louis on October 23 and Los Angeles on October 30 and I will run in one of them! Join me won’t you? I will be sharing my workouts, runs, and overall progress towards this goal.

Are you already registered?

Will you run with me? (in either location – yes I realize the ultimate insanity behind this request)

Join and friend me on NikePlus.com!

Follow my progress on Twitter (or Facebook if you know me). (See top of page for links)

Do you have a 5K race you suggest I run before then?

Training tips or encouragement? Post a comment and I’ll respond to every single one.

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Chicken Enchilada Lasagna

April 5, 2011 by Shawn Add a Comment (3 Comments)
Heather's Chicken Enchilada Lasagna

 

Heather's Chicken Enchilada LasagnaIngredients:

26 ounces cooked, shredded chicken breast
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 15 ounce can black beans, drained
1 4.5 ounce can diced chile peppers, drained
1 14.5 ounce can petite diced tomatoes, drained
8 6 inch corn tortillas
1 10 ounce can red enchilada sauce
2 cups 2% shredded Mexican cheese blend

 

 

A new dish we just tried for the first time. Delicious doesn’t even begin to cover how good this dish was! A must try!

 

Preparation Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Spray non-stick cooking spray on 11×7 inch baking dish, set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, mix chicken, cumin, cilantro, beans, chile peppers and tomatoes thoroughly.
  4. Spread half the enchilada sauce over the bottom of the baking dish.
  5. Layer four tortillas over enchilada sauce.
  6. Cover tortillas with half of chicken mixture.
  7. Sprinkle one cup of cheese over chicken mixture.
  8. Spoon remaining enchilada sauce over cheese.
  9. Layer remaining four tortillas over sauce.
  10. Cover tortillas with remaining chicken mixture.
  11. Sprinkle remaining cheese over chicken mixture.
  12. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes.
  13. Uncover and continue baking 10 minutes longer.
  14. Let stand ten minutes before serving.
  15. Garnish with reduced fat sour cream, if desired.

Servings: 8

Calories per Serving: 278 calories

Fat: 9 grams (81 calories or 29%)

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