6.26.12

Just ate like 5 kit kats. Delicious. In other breaking news I ran 5 miles this Sunday. Yay! Felt great, nice warm morning in Central Park at the Achilles Hope & Possibility 5miler. Incredibly inspiring to see people not let their disabilities stop them from being active. Not going to forget the appreciation I have for my whole healthy body. Not after that run. And doing 3 miles later today!

2nd half of June

Time flies and it's funny to think of how much time I let slip away. Especially considering how 1. impatient and 2. easily distracted I am. You'd think I'd get more done in 2 weeks. But no. Missed my race yesterday - a 5 miler. It was going to kick my ass to begin with but I only got 4 hours of sleep. Thank you, but no. I'm going to have to make my races a priority until I get to the half in September. Oh yeah, in a fit of ambition I signed up for a half marathon. I'm actually really excited because I'm planning for it this time around. I'm going to run at least a mile a day on my "rest" days to keep my schedule and habits consistent. So the plan for this week is: Monday - 3 miles + ab work Tuesday - 1 mile + arm & leg strength training Wednesday - 4 miles + ab work Thursday - 1 mile + arm & leg strength training Friday - 2 miles + ab work Saturday - 1 mile + + arm & leg strength training Sunday - 5 mile race Going to run in the mornings this week so I'm going to be calling it an early night most nights. This will be the most difficult thing of all I think, is becoming more conscious of my time once I get off of work and prioritizing what needs to be done. If I have a 90minute work-out time in the morning carved out, with a 45 minute shower/breakfast/get ready for work time to leave the house by 9am I need to wake up at 6:15/6:30am. Yikes. That means going to bed at 10:30 or 10:45pm. Which means if I have worked out from 6:30-7:30 or 8 I have 2.5 hours of free time before hitting the sack. Also having a cook out on Sunday which means some house clean-up during the week! And some grilling testing...since I'm kind of a novice. Ugh. It'll be worth it but ugh.

June jolt

Banged my knees up pretty badly last Monday and took the week off of running. Got a good strength workout in on Saturday but was resting for the most part. Back again today for 2 miles or bust!

on again

So, I'll admit I haven't fallen off the bandwagon completely when it comes to running. I've had at least one run a week for the past month, but life always manages to make its way into my running plan. And I don't make the grand effort to reschedule. But I think I'm ready to get back into it. I have a month to train for a 5-miler. I always think of things like running or exercising as distractions from something else. But this time I want to approach it as its own facet of my life. Not as something that I'll do for a while until everything else in life falls into place, but as another part of my life. Something I do to do it, not just as a way to burn off extra energy or stress. I run to run. Joined a new gym that doesn't have towels. So I need to go get some, and maybe a larger or just better gym bag... getting a little awkward to carry around. But first towels, then laundry, then make a plan for the week.

4/5/12

4 miles bam.

4/4/12

3 miles Monday
2 miles Tuesday
Thinking of skipping running today and picking it up tomorrow. Got to do an extra round of sets tonight to make up for going out yesterday (and not doing said sets).
Then who knows what. Race Saturday morning...to skip or not to skip...that is the question. Whether tis nobler to to make a last-ditch effort or sleep in on Saturday - To be continued

4/3/12

On the upside, though, I ran 3 miles last night. 2 miles, then 20 min on elliptical followed up with a 1 mile victory lap on the treadmill.

Going to work out again today before an 8:30 date...or maybe I shouldn't jinx myself by writing anything here.