Wow, Sacramento has bEAutiful trails!   The one my hubby and I ran today was like a mini tropical rain forest...... I was 90 degrees outside the trail but when you are in the trail itselft it was very cool, I'd say like below 70 degrees.  The tall trees were so amazing. The river was gorgeous.  We also had fun listening to the geese honk their horns, in an arrow up in the sky.  Something I NEVER see in the desert!   :)

The bump in my foot did well with my eleven days of rest.  It hurts but nothing to write home about.

I hope to take pictures of the trail tomorrow to show all of you it's beauty.  The people in Sac are also truly blessed with beautiful biking and jogging trails.

Thank you for reading.

Would love to hear some of your out there.   Visited Kyle Manard's Facebook site.  He is an amazing young man.  If you want some motivation like his FB site and keep up with his amazing life.

Thank you for reading!  :) :)

Took a few days off of running and other exercise hoping the swelling in my feet would go down and it did just that!:)   The lump/bump on the ball of my right foot is still there but much less swollen and less painful.   Worked the last three days too.

Tomorrow I will start up exercise again. This time with more padding in my shoes!

Hope all is well with you all.

Thanks for reading.

RA RA Runners has reached over 2000 page views! Here is a recent picture of all of you!

RA RA Runners has reached over 2000 page views!  Here is a recent picture of all of you! (Yet another milestone).....

Thank you for reading my blog.

Hope I have at least motivated one person with RA to keep moving despite the pain.

Thanks again,

Marie  :)

Bad news is : Large lump on the ball of my foot :( Good news is...

Bad News is: Large lump on the ball of my right foot :(  It is painful ... I have had many surgeries in that foot and one was to remove a "rheumatoid nodule (tumor)"  Hope it is not coming back :(  If it doesn't go away ....may have to see the podiatrist again. 

We'll see.  My theory is try not to focus on what I can't do but what I can do. 

 Last night had to weight train only and stay off the foot....I did some rowing at the gym as well to get that heart rate up. 

Good news is:  all this healthier eating and weight training has helped me to lose more weight. Wahoo ! 

It really pays to change up your exercise routine.  :)

Thank you for reading... hope today finds you well. 

Pelona Vista Park in the Antelope Valley has a nice 5 K course that is half park-like atmosphere and half back-country trials.

It was beautiful this afternoon when my husband and I went out for a run there. The wind kicked up and cooled things down.  Had a little trouble with being short of breath I believe a little "exercise asthma".  Was wheezing at the end of the 5 K.

But it went away quickly thank goodness.

Went home and had cucumber salad with balsamic vinegar, asparagus, and pan-cooked portabello mushroom sandwich on toasted sourdough topped with fresh spinach, tomato and mozzarella cheese, and a fresh fruit cup with raspberries, strawberries and blue berries. (all from the The dollar Store).

yummmm

Due to a RA flare-up of pain in the balls of my feet I have been cross training

Due to a RA flare-up of pain in the balls of my feet I have been cross training.   I am currently kicking up my weights on my strength training and doing shorter but higher intensity running on the treadmill until this foot flare-up is over. 

This high intensity training is helping me lose weight as well, not much but it is staying off :)

My goal of being able to do a dip on my own is getting closer, I have decreased the weight on the assisted dip/pull up machine to 90 lbs from 100 (less is more on this machine).  Yeah :)  

My leg presses I up'd from 80 lbs to 100 lbs. 

I went up on the chest press, shoulder press, lat pull and triceps pulley's as well.  Progress!

Thank you for reading. 

Random pic of RWR

Hope all of you are doing well today and are pain free :)

5K time today was 30 min 21 seconds ... trying to get it under 30.  This is 2 seconds less than my last best time.  Soooooooo close yet so far away.  :o

Still adding in the strength training: dips, pull-ups, abs, leg press, lunges, tricep and  bicep curls.

Ate much more healthier in the last day and today :)

Worked today. Verrrrryyyy tired.

Hope all is well with all of you! 

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My boys played at the House of Blues at the Sunset Strip

Below is a pic of my boys playing in their band (RWR) Revolt with Reason at the House of Blues last Thursday night.  They had fun fun fun!  Joan Jet was on the next stage and my boys said they saw Jon Bon Jovi sitting at the HOB restaurant eating.  So proud of them!  :) :) :)

 

 

 

Hello all. Had a great yesterday up to the California Aqueduct and back, 4.1 miles with the hubby of hills and dips. Tough but fun.

 

At the start I had a lot of pain in my ankles 6/10 but kept going then felt great afterwards about a 1/10.

 

My face was beat red for some reason.  It was so windy up there at the top of the mountain that the wind blew my one foot into my other foot several times, and at one point I felt it could actually blow me off the mountain!

 

Much calmer at the bottom of the mountain!

 

Well, thanks for listening I hope all of you are having a fine Sunday. Thanks for reading.