<p><font size="2"><img title="151" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="384" alt="151" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/151.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></p>  <p align="center"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: x-small">{Cardio Bunny </span><span style="font-size: x-small"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdaggar/1702979796/">floats</a></span><span style="font-size: x-small">!}</span></font></p>  <p><strong><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2">First, my WEEKLY MILEAGE is below:</font></span></strong></p>  <p><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2">6/21/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 4 Miles       <br />6/22/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 0 Miles        <br />6/23/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 8 Miles        <br />6/24/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 6.25 Miles        <br />6/25/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 0 Miles        <br />6/26/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 0 Miles        <br />6/27/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 7.25 Miles        <br /><strong>Total Miles&#160;&#160;&#160; 25.25 Miles</strong></font></span></p>  <p><strong><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2">WEEKLY RECAP:</font></span></strong></p>  <p><font size="2">I definitely didn’t hit my mileage goals and to be prepared for the end of the summer races, I need to step up my game.&#160; I was sad to miss the United Race for the Zoo because of my swimming lesson but I have found the perfect race:&#160; the Elvis is Alive 5K.&#160; I’m been obsessed with Elvis Presley since I was two and would listen to all my dad’s records</font></p>  <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:eaec1241-ca48-43b0-9895-af3050b8df31" style="padding-right: 0px; display: block; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; width: 425px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89MihWd6zKk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" target="_new"><img src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/videoa243e86d639c.jpg" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" alt=""></a></div></div>  <p><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2">{&quot;Don’t want to be a tiger, ‘cause tigers play too rough, don’t want to be a lion, ‘cause lions ain’t the kind you love enough!&quot;}</font></span></p>  <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:5151beaf-74fb-48ad-b830-8c3473d7f7a9" style="padding-right: 0px; display: block; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; width: 425px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvlxRvhCB_A&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" target="_new"><img src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/videod620b85d1663.jpg" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" alt=""></a></div></div>  <p><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2"></font></span></p>  <p><font size="2">The original version of <em>A Little Less Conversation</em> – which re-emerged in 2001 as a hit song.&#160; Check out the classic 60’s dresses in the clip!&#160; If your mom has those in her closet, get in touch with me:D! }</font></p>  <p><font size="2">On average, I run about ten miles a week but that was cut in half the last week.&#160; I’m pleased with my progress but stay tuned for my training – cardio bunny sees a half-marathon in her future!</font></p>  <p><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2"></font></span></p>  <p><strong><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2">MEMORABLE MOMENT THIS WEEK:</font></span></strong></p>  <p><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2"><img title="article-1265954-092192FD000005DC-697_634x441" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="365" alt="article-1265954-092192FD000005DC-697_634x441" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/article1265954092192FD000005DC697_634x441.jpg" width="525" border="0" /> </font></span></p>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2">{Cardio Bunny </font></span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1265954/Is-bunny-hopping-mad-Its-time-rabbit-whisperer.html"><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2">floats</font></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2"> some more!}</font></span></p>  <p><font size="2">I’m sure the picture gives it away but that’s right – Cardio Bunny floated for the first time.&#160; It was a surreal lesson – I was just not performing well with my breathing lessons, when my coach, Amie Krueger, decided to try something new and have me get acclimated to floating.&#160;&#160; I assumed I never learned how to swim because I didn’t want to and that I wasn’t afraid.&#160; I disliked putting my face in the water but heck, I couldn’t be afraid.&#160; I was so wrong.&#160; Apparently, I was very afraid, and tears, clawing (poor coach!), and thrashing ensued when she was carrying me on my stomach.&#160; I’m not the kind of person who likes to make a scene but I didn’t notice the obvious throng of people who were staring and enjoying the show.&#160;&#160; No amount of whispering “sea turtles” to myself would get me to calm down (even my coach tried to remind me of what I would see in South America once I was swimming) but I’ve never felt so helpless or scared in the water.</font></p>  <p><font size="2">Coach Amie calmed me down and helped me practice the position until I got it right.&#160; Constantly hearing <em>relax</em> and <em>loosen your muscles </em>also helped but finally she dunked my head ever so slightly in the water which seemed to make all the difference.&#160; I was having trouble figuring out her instructions to push my head in by leading with my chin (remember, to a first time swimmer this is completely unnatural for the body so the natural inclination is to just <em>not</em> do what you are being asked) but when she dunked me, my body just gave in and I held my head under water for eight to ten seconds looking at the blue stripe.&#160; I was so shocked it was happening – I was floating with my face under water.&#160; I wasn’t scared and my body felt like every muscle from head to toe was working together – now I know why people find swimming so relaxing.&#160; At the end of the lesson, my longest time underwater was a little over twelve seconds.</font></p>  <p><font size="2">Floating on my back is even more fun – the quiet of water sloshing about your ears is something I have never experienced.&#160;&#160; I am also excited about the core strength that swimming required – she had me kick around the pool whilst holding onto her shoulders and yes, it was a killer workout (this explains her fabulous, lean legs).</font></p>  <p><font size="2">I’m really pleased with myself.&#160; There’s something in most platitudes, especially in the one that reminds us to go after the things you are especially afraid of.&#160; And let me put it out there for the universe to process, even though I just floated at most for twelve seconds, I can’t ride a bike, and I can only run a mile and a half really fast – I plan on completing a triathlon some day.&#160; That’s right.&#160; Cardio Bunny will be completing a tri.</font></p>  <p><strong><font size="2">WEEKLY GOALS</font></strong></p>  <p><font size="2">My goals are diverse for the coming week.&#160;&#160; I want to end the month with 15-20 more miles completed even though I will be under for the monthly mileage goal.&#160; I’ve been mostly concentrating on running 12-minute miles but would love to see that get significantly lower by the end of the summer.&#160; I plan on running four times this week and concentrating on my 10K program.</font></p>  <p><font size="2">I’m giving a lot more time to my swimming – I am going to practice breathing under water three more times before I see Coach Amie.&#160; It’s a weak point and by the end of July, I want it to be my strong point!</font></p>  <p><font size="2">What fitness goals have you set and reached that you never thought you would?&#160; What’s your goals for the coming week?</font></p>  <p><font size="2">*&#160; I’m obsessed with the health blog of a culinary student, Emily Malone, and you should be too.&#160; <em><a href="http://www.thefrontburnerblog.com/">The Front Burner</a> </em>is a great read and I’m sure will provide hours of running inspiration.</font></p>  <p><font size="2">*&#160; If you live in the Chicago area and are looking for a swim coach for any level of swimming (triathlon or adult or infant), Coach Amie Krueger is the best.&#160; I’m a firm believer in private coaching over groups (although she will do both), and I have not seen a more patient sports coach than Coach Amie. You can e-mail her at </font><a href="mailto:coachkrueger@gmail.com"><font size="2">coachkrueger@gmail.com</font></a><font size="2">.</font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><span style="font-size: x-small"><font size="2"></font></span></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>