Pam's Daily Blog

May 6, 2015-

Ok, so today was a fun filled day and chocked full of activity........so as far as adding anything into our routine nothing was added but we did our workouts nevertheless!

Let's see we started our day with a nice 8 mile run with Scout. Then I came back and had my smoothie. And I went back out for a walk with Benji, another 1 mile covered for me. Wait, I came home and got ready to go back out, a nice shower and change of clothes, that is! Then Scout and I got into the car and headed over to Northport and joined up with Buddy, a Golden Retriever for a 1.25  mile walk/ run. He was dying to get his leash on!

So together Scout and covered a total of 9.25 miles.

Then when we came home I came home and had a salad with lettuce and mushrooms and vegan salad dressing.

Once I nourished myself I headed back out to accomplish some tasks.........by the time I got back home, it was 5:45pm so I made a quick salad (of lettuce and vegan salad dressing). And took a snooze. Hey it was a go go day for me......now, I am doing my blog and getting ready to do some squats (a total of 14 as scheduled in my training).....and getting ready for some situps and pushups for tomorrows training......I am following these apps put out by Runtastic......

I do tend to be rethinking the pushups at this point as my shoulder is hurting and I want to let it heal before I move on- personally I think a massage will help this.......Off to do my squats and get some more rest......

Until tomorrow,
Have a tail waggin' evening,
Pam

New stuff added today.......

May 5, 2015-

Today I ran a 10 mile run with Scout. Then I came home and properly stretched out. The stretches by name are as follows, there are 17:

1- Single Leg Pelvic Tilt
2- Double Leg Pelvic Tilt
3- Bent Leg Hamstring
4- Straight Leg Hamstring
5- Hip Adductors
6- Hip Abductors
7- Psoas
8- Quadriceps
9- Gluteals
10- Trunk Rotators
11- Piriformis
12- Hip External Rotators
13- Hip Internal Rotators
14- Medial Hip Rotators
15- Trunk Extensors
16- Thoracic- Lumbar Rotators
17- Lateral Trunk Rotators

In the up and coming blogs, I will include videos to show the stretches in detail. And with the help of my companion friends.

I also started a new portion of my program to include daily situps, squats, and pushups.
Tomorrow I will be starting a doing an abs video a day from YouTube. I will be discussing how it worked or didn't work for me and if I recommend said video. I will include links to the videos as well!

Oh yeah I will continue to clean the house tomorrow.....this really helps with proper health as well, living in a organized, clean house is a step towards better health!

Until tomorrow,
have a tail waggin' day,
Pam

Daily Blog

May 4, 2015-

I need to add a little something different to my daily workout. So besides adding my Doga workout and stretching back into my daily routine, I wanted to add some ab work . And to spruce up my raw vegan lifestyle, or eat more raw in these warmer temperatures that are presenting themselves these days!

Besides adding to my workouts, I am also going to be cleaning up the house once again......and going to start to remodel again. I have my plans and I need to get going on them once again. Painting is one of those tasks. And I gotta admit painting always puts me in a good state of mind. So WIN- WIN!.....

Ok, so as not to overwhelm myself right now, this week I will be concentrating on adding a few things into my daily workout, (yes, most likely situps, pushups, planks, squats, etc......) I am looking into these things tonight......and I will report more tomorrow. I will be writing down stuff in my daily journal as well as my blog- I want to do want I eat in a day vlogs as well, and my daily workout vlogs.....so stay tuned for those! Dare I put my measurements to start with, and how I am progressing from week to week......anyone interested?!?!?!?!?.....Comments below if you are!

Ok, so these are some things I will be starting this week......

Until tomorrow,
Have a tail waggin' day,
Pam

Update ......

May 3, 2015-

What to report.....Okay- first today was the Long Island Marathon weekend- and I had a lot of friends running that marathon- half marathon- as well as other marathons all over!......In fact, Dr Robert Monaco, DVM ran the LI Half Marathon after training with his faithful companion, Jake (yes, companion of the four legged kind!) Dr Monaco is the author or a great book called "ER to PR- Veterinary Medicine on the Run" 

http://www.amazon.com/ER-PR-Veterinary-Medicine-Run/dp/0615339948/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430701098&sr=1-11&keywords=ER+to+PR

In fact he had a story written about him in the local paper, I just had to share this with you all- it is inspiring for anyone and everyone to get moving!......And hey, you can see his best friend pictured in the story!

You can read it here: http://www.syossetjerichotribune.com/2015/04/29/woodburys-half-marathon-man/

He will be participating in the NYC TRI in July so go on in to Central Park and cheer him on as well as Scout and myself who are doing the Doggy Dash!

As far as the week being "Be Kind to Animals Week!" you can do a few things to be kind to our companion friends:

1- try a Meatless Monday
2- Get Your Leash On!
Which will be kind to your companion, yourself and this month other animals at the Kent animal Shelter- a WIN- WIN- WIN- and what the heck WIN! situation there.

Don't forget about our fundraiser for the shelter that helped me find my furever home!

You can help us help them out (did I just go all Jerry Maguire on you all there?!?!?).....anyway click on these links and you can buy our book- in fact, we will start instead of just the month of May- we will extend it from April 15 to May 24th and with every book sold we will donate a portion of the proceeds to Kent Animal Shelter......

 

 

 Hard copy version:

http://www.amazon.com/Get-Your-Leash-Healthy-Companion/dp/1500897957/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421014514&sr=1-1&keywords=get+your+leash+on

 

EBook Version:

http://lulu.com/spotlight/getyourleashon

 

 

 To make a donation to Kent Animal Shelter go to out Crowdrise fundraiser page here:

 

https://www.crowdrise.com/DoggoneRescueMarathon/fundraiser/pamelaschmidlin

 

 

3-  You can simply do something like start a new healthy routine with your companion like the simple act of brushing their teeth and coat! As pictured to the left and to the right......this is also kind to yourself as well, BONUS- hey it will lower blood pressure!


These are just the top three ways that some to mind.....think of your own ways and put them in action this week. I hope the great ways become a happy and healthy habit.

Until tomorrow,
 Have a tail wagging evening,
Pam

Quick blog......

May 2, 2015-

Today this is a quick blog so I can get some sleep.......after running 22 miles and then going strong the rest of the day one needs to start the rest part of the training in the program. Tomorrow we will be doing some Doga with Sandy and putting together some stretching videos to share with you all. If you read Sandy's blog today you will see some info on stretching- yes, this is a very important part of your training as well as the REST days and your RUNNING days! It all goes together!.....

My dogs Skyler (As I called her Coach Skyler), Sandy (another Coach), and Candycane who is also a Coach to me help me stretch out. Scout is learning to be a Coach as well. As you can see above they are helping me with some Doga moves.

On that note, as my eyes get heavy and start to close I will be RESTING the next two days in my training but not in my blogs. So tune in and see what we have in store.

Pam

Daily Blog.......

April 30, 2015-


Tomorrow, I will be starting Sandy's blog back up......she will be blogging everyday during the month of May with her healthy tips and recipes, dog moves, etc so tune in to her blog.......

As far as today,  I ran a nice easy 5 miles with Scout, spent sometime at the dogpark.....and thought of some ideas for Sandy's daily blogs......while doing a little spring cleaning to get ready for some of Sandy's videos.

There will be some recipe blogs that are not only good for dogs but for people......YES- I believe in sharing a good meal or treat with my dogs.

And with summer coming, we all want to sit outside and spend time with our dogs. There will also be blogs on doing Doga with your dog, walking with your dog. And the life story of Sandy.

 There will be blogs about living in the moment, and the little things in life we can do to really get the most out of life. So tune in tomorrow for Sandy's new month of daily blogs!

 

And I will be blogging here.....with updates on my training....and all I am up to with challenges and all!

 

See you soon,

Pam

The Start of daily blogs again!

April 29, 2015-

Today I will be starting my daily blogs here these will also be posted on my Facebook page and twitter and all BUT it will follow my daily training regiment for my upcoming marathon and other races. It will also follow any and all health related stuff I am getting into. I will be talking about my Vegan lifestyle and how my dogs are included safely in on this lifestyle, I will include research on the topic (cold hard facts). And I will include as many photos and videos as possible so that you can see not just read everything I have to offer. I will be talking about my fundraiser and my book (which is also part of the fundraiser- see below for that info....)

Anyhow, most recently I have been concentrating on training for a marathon with Scout. We are in our 13 week of training, the marathon will take place on May 24th. The route will go from Smithtown to Calverton here on Long Island. Basically, we will be running along Smithtown By Pass to Middle Country Rd turning onto two other roads to get to Kent Animal Shelter where we will finish......We hope to start running early on Sunday morning so as to avoid as much traffic as possible.  Today we have a short 8 mile training run where we will be running the first mile of the course BUT going off towards St James and back......

As of now we only have a grand total of 6 "long" runs, I am considering anything 10 miles or over to be a "long" run. the rest of the week looks like this......
Today- 8miles
Thursday- 5 miles
Friday- 5 miles
Saturday- 22 Miles (yes, this is our peak week before the marathon)
Sunday- REST
Monday- REST

Next week looks like this:
Tuesday- 10 miles
Wednesday- 8 miles
Thursday- 5 miles
Friday- 4 miles
Saturday- 16 miles
Sunday- REST

The following week goes like this:
Monday- 5 miles
Tuesday- 3.25 miles
Wednesday- 7 miles
Thursday- 5 miles
Friday- 4 miles
Saturday- 12 miles
Sunday- REST

and then our final week or MARATHON week looks like this:
Monday- 5 miles
Tuesday- 10 miles
Wednesday- 4 miles
Thursday- 5 miles
Friday- REST
Saturday- 2 miles
Sunday- MARATHON

What then?.....Make sure to tune in everyday to find out more details on our training.....and what comes up next- YES we do have something in store for after the MARATHON!

Don't forget about our fundraiser for the shelter that helped me find my furever home!

You can help us help them out (did I just go all Jerry Maguire on you all there?!?!?).....anyway click on these links and you can buy our book- in fact, we will start instead of just the month of May- we will extend it from April 15 to May 24th and with every book sold we will donate a portion of the proceeds to Kent Animal Shelter......

 

 

 Hard copy version:

http://www.amazon.com/Get-Your-Leash-Healthy-Companion/dp/1500897957/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421014514&sr=1-1&keywords=get+your+leash+on

 

EBook Version:

http://lulu.com/spotlight/getyourleashon

 

 

 To make a donation to Kent Animal Shelter go to out Crowdrise fundraiser page here:

 

https://www.crowdrise.com/DoggoneRescueMarathon/fundraiser/pamelaschmidlin

 

Have a tail waggin' day and I'll see you tomorrow,

Scout and Pam