3/26/12 3 miles

New day, new run.
Going to try out Blink tomorrow. Tonight back to the ol' gym for a run. 2-3 miles on the treadmill, then some quick grocery shopping then back home for cooking and 8-minute abs and arm and leg exercises.

Trying to get out of my funk of a mood. Some basil should do the trick...

3/21/12

Alright. So did 2 miles on Monday. Respectable. Skipped yesterday and am running tonight. Thinking of switching gyms to save major $$.

And am really not doing well with waking up early for AM runs. Going to try again with renewed gusto next week but not sure what will come of it.

One great thing that I have been keeping up with is other training. I've started arm, leg and ab exercises and have done them since Sunday! Wooo!

Need to run the park this weekend and see what I'm in for in a few weeks. Time to train for real so I can push my butt over the finish line of a 10K. Yikes!

Weekend 3/17-3/18

Okay, so I only ran like a mile total on Saturday. And volunteered for a race this morning. BUT I have been very good about the diet changes. I just tracked my foods for the past two days and I'm happy with how I did. Reading another book from the library on a plant-based diet and it's making me want to give up meat for a while. Maybe when I smell chicken cooking tomorrow I'll change my tune...

Tomorrow, running 2 miles in the AM. Getting up at 6:30, which is a hell of a lot easier than the 4:50 I woke up at this morning. Then when I get back, doing a round of 3 exercises with my brand-new 5lb free weights!!!

I'm excited to have them around and be able to use them while watching TV. Tonight going to do 8 minute abs before watching the biggest loser.

2 miles tomorrow. Watched thousands of people run 13 miles today. I think I can knock out two. Feeling really good today.

Changing

Oh wow. I love H&M for their adorable cheap clothing, but wow, do their changing rooms have the most unflattering light or what?
After a quick trip in there yesterday after work, I came out feeling pretty down. And I want that to change. I am going to start now to make better choices. No more 200 calorie afternoon cheese-it snacks. No more seconds when I'm not truly hungry. No more filling my body with fat so that it looks like fat.
No more just sitting around. Time to add weights and lunges to my regular tv-watching routine.
No more lazy-bones. Getting up and going running every day at least one mile. Keeping to my running schedule.
Taking care of myself, my body and my life with every bite of food, every free minute.

Already feel proud of my body from where it started a few months ago, but ready to make the commitment to make the best choices from now on.

Going to try the following for a month and see how it goes:
Switch from dairy milk to soy milk.
Oatmeal or two eggs for breakfast every day.
Limit grains/pasta to one serving per meal.
One serving of animal protein per day.
At least 8 glasses of water a day.
Hot water with lemon in the morning.

Unlimited clean veggies and fruit.

NO soda, no sugary juice. Only coffee, tea, water and soymilk. And vodka/gin tonics.

Happening now.

Living Strong

So this workweek has been really tough. Lots of stuff going on, which I love, but being busy combined with the daylight savings change has left me not able to go to sleep wake up early enough to run. Also on Monday my right knee was sore and yesterday the right ankle was bugging me. Leg seems okay today, though.

So tired today, too. Going to get back on track and run tomorrow AM.

Also going to start logging food again with myplate.com. I miss running. Even though it's only been two days. Going to get to CP this weekend to go over the course for the 10K coming up!

So tomorrow AM: 2 miles. Yay, glad to be getting back on the road!

3/7 & 3/8 -- 3.5 miles

Ran last night, was so sore in my quads and in particular on my right inner thigh.
Did 2 minute walking warm up and then tried to do 6mph but it was just hurting. So I did 5 mph (12 min mile) for the first mile. Then walked a bit, then increased the spread from 5mph up to normal for the second mile.

Then did 13 minutes on the stationary bike on "cascade" mode level 5.

This morning ran 1.5 miles (1 mile on my own in 9:34 and about .5 running miles in run/walk intervals with Heather).

Would love to continue running in the morning. It's a little slow going and feels a bit shocking to the system to go that early - 6:30 yikes! But it's really great feeling afterwards. And a quick 10 minute nap after showering helps, too.

Going to a show tonight so no AM run tomorrow. Packing the gym bag instead tomorrow for another treadmill run this time aiming for another 2-3 miles.

Last week 2/27-3/4/12

Ran 3 miles on Monday and did the 5K Zombie race on 3/3! Toughest work out ever. Also meant my poor shoes died.

So last night in lieu of a work out I went to Jackrabbit sports and got a new pair! Going to try them out on the real treadmill tonight. Cool store, they said I needed a neutral pair after a nifty little running analysis.

Not feeling great, though. Super headache again today and a little congested.

So tonight going to run at least 2 miles, hopefully 3. Would love to run for 30 minutes straight. Just go and go and go!