ACTION

The thought of the day-

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Walt Disney

Spring Fever left me sore.

Wow what a beautiful day yesterday was, but

oh mama, my legs are aching today.

This happens when you use different muscle groups

that you haven't been using regularly.

I have been trying to keep my Footbiking muscles active through

the winter, but I guess nothing can do it like Footbiking can do it.

How do you relieve aching muscles?

Here are a few tips.

1. Stretching

2. Heat

3. Massage

4. Alternate Hot and cold

5. Rest

6. Drink a lot of water

7. Increase protein intake to help rebuild the stressed muscle

8. Some say Vitamin C and Potassium

9. IB Profin

10. Continue to use the muscles, but moderately to keep them from stiffening up.

I think I will try all of these and see where it gets me.

How to prevent muscle soreness,

because apparently you don't have to get sore if you take a few precautions.

Warm up- stretch- start into new exercises slowly- cool down- stretch again.

Drink water- stretch again before bed.

Repeat.

Wala! - no muscle soreness.

Right?

We will see.

Think Pink

PINK SALE!

Footbike USA is running a pink sale.

We are going to follow suit and offer the same deal.

$50 off the purchase of the Pink Track Model.

Sale ends when we say so.

Don't delay call Kick-It Marketing for your very own

Candy Pink Thing!

Marathon Training Schedule

Only 15 weeks until the Utah Valley Marathon.

Have you ever thought about kicking a marathon?

This is an awesome place to start. This race has a lot of down hill,

although contrary to popular belief that does not mean a free ride the whole way. We still kick a lot(most) of the downhill.

Last year when I trained for the Utah Valley Marathon

I trained to kick a full 26.2 miles.

My opinion though- If you can kick 1/2 of that then

you can do this marathon on your Footbike.

I have a training schedule that I followed last year.

I trained for this in 11 weeks, but I thought that I would set up a 15 week schedule for this year. Send me an email if you want my full schedule and I will send it to you otherwise I will just do a weekly post to tell you what your miles should be for the week and you can follow this.

My training includes 4 kicking days, 2 cross training/strength days (You pick what you like) and 1 rest day.

Set up your week how it works for you, but try to do these miles.

If this starting point is too easy then move ahead in the schedule.

This schedule is set up for a physically active individual, but for someone who is new to Footbiking or who may have Footbiked leisurely, but not in a long distance event.

Week 15

Your 4 kicking days this week should be 3mile / 2 miles/ 3 miles /5 miles

Good Luck!

Email me with any questions

Hooray! A tax return! Buy a Footbike!

For all of you that have been saving and hoping

for a little extra money to get into your Footbike

Take a little bit of the tax return and do something nice for you.

Your tax return comes at a perfect time,

spring is just around the corner.

Nice warm days are coming.

If you are like me you are getting an itch to get outside

and shed that winter coat, get some fresh air and sunshine.

What better way to do all of these things than

on your brand new Footbike.

Perseverance

Either you run the day or it runs you.
Jim Rohn

This is a quote I cut out of a magazine probably over 10 years ago. I still keep it posted where I work out. It has several meanings for me.
My husband took this quote and put his own Footbike spin on it which made me like this motivational quote even more.

Either you KICK the day or it KICKS you.
Chris Cox

Happy New Year!

Hello Welcome to 2010- Is anyone still out there?
I know I disappeared for a while and although I have not been on my Footbike since Thanksgiving I have been hoping and wishing for an early spring. (What does the ground hog really know anyway?) Utah has been cold and icy for the last few months and very dark at 6 am which is my workout time. There have been a few nice days when the snow has melted and the temperatures have been in the 50's, but that always happens in the middle of the week when I have no one to watch my 3 young kids

so I can't get outside and kick my little heart out.
So where have I been? Mostly working on my New Years resolution of doing a much needed deep clean and organization of my whole house. I also made a New Years resolution to continue to get fit and to get stronger so that when I do have the opportunity to get back on my Footbike I won't be starting at square one. I am hoping that my winter training will put me ahead of where I left off in the Fall. I will go into some detail in one of my next posts on my winter training so come back soon.
Spring is just around the corner and it is time to start thinking about

what events to participate in and what vacations to go on.
I will be back on a more regular basis now as we start looking forward to spring.