Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Week4, Day4

On we go with Week 4!

This is what I did today:

Walk 5 minutes
Run 3 minutes
Walk 1.5 minutes
Run ~ 3 minutes
Trip and fall
Skin the heck out of both knees, my left hand and right elbow
Try not to drip blood as I walk the mile or so home

Argh.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Fat Pics

I am not this chubby in my own mind. AJC's belly = cute; mine does not. These make me sad.


Friday, May 22, 2009

Week4, Day3

I am so not loving this right now. I need some mojo back. I wasn't able to run on Wednesday for many reasons, but I went today. Here's what I did:

Walk 5 minutes
Run 3 minutes
Walk 1.5 minutes
Run 5 minutes
Walk 2.5 minutes
Run 3 minutes
Walk 1.5 minutes
Run 1.5 minutes/Walk 2.5 minutes/Run 1 minute
Walk 5 minutes

Obviously, I'm not ready to move on to Week 5, so I'll do Week 4 again next time. When will next time be? I'm not sure. Tuesday? We're going to be out of town all weekend.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Week4, Day2

Ok, so I may be on Week 4 for a while. I did my run Monday afternoon, and I still didn't quite finish the program. Here's what I did:

Walk 5 minutes
Run 3 minutes
Walk 1.5 minutes
Run 3 minutes/Walk 1 minute/Run 1 minute
Walk 2.5 minutes
Run 3 minutes
Walk 10 minutes

On one hand, I'm frustrated that I can't push through and do it. On the other hand, I'm happy that I did something and I did more than last time. That's success for me right now.

Oh, and I missed my weekend run because of our trip to Camp Shiloh. I'm aiming to run again on Wednesday morning.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Week4, Day1

I started Week4 this morning - sort of. Half-way through, it was time to turn around and head back towards home. Only that was into the wind, and it was so windy this morning it was difficult to walk into the wind. And it was raining on me. So I just walked home. So I essentially just did half today.

Here's the plan for Week 4:

Walk 5 minutes

Run 3 minutes
Walk 1.5 minutes
Run 5 minutes
Walk 2.5 minutes
Repeat once

Walk 5 minutes

For the walk home, I checked out the progress on the jogging trail that's going in behind our house, along the lake. It was supposed to be ready last weekend, but it's still got a ways to go. I'll be glad to run on it when it's complete, though!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Week3, Day4

Hey, I'm here! And I ran today! I got off track last week due to exhausted me, sick baby, and 3rd-birthday-party-exhaustion anticipation.

So today I went ahead and did Week 3 one more time. The two 90-second runs were almost, dare I say, easy. The first 3-minute run was ok! The second 3-minute run was awful, but I did it!

I am very intimidated by what's coming up in Week 4, but I'm sure by Week 8, Week 4 will look easy, too.

I can do this.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Week3, Day3

I got my last Week 3 run in Monday morning while Bryan was still home. Early! It was about 55 degrees outside, and I know I'm going to be missing that soon!

I made it through the intervals, but that last 3-minute run was pretty sloppy. I feel like I need to do this Week 3 plan one more time. Is that cheating?

I am still pleased with how quickly I seem to be recovering. That's encouraging. On the "down" side, my legs are very tired today, and my shins are still pretty sore. They aren't nearly as bad as before I got my new shoes, but if, for example, an almost-three year-old sits on my lap while I am cross-legged and puts any weight on my shins - OUCH!

Also, how can I avoid tomato-face? My face gets SO red and stays red forever afterwards.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Week3, Day2

I did my next run today at lunch time. I had originally planned to run yesterday, but the boys left late, it was raining, and my shorts were still damp in the dryer. Yes, I do need a second pair of athletic shorts!

Anyway, I did it! I'm sure I'm super-slow. Sometimes I feel like I'm jogging in place - especially on a hill and/or into the wind. But at least I'm doing it! Today was better than Tuesday. Yea for the program actually working!

It's a good thing I'm not watching a scale, because I don't think I've lost any weight. My clothes still fit the same. Losing weight is just one of my goals, though, so all is good. I can run for 3 minutes! I couldn't do that in March!

That sounds so pathetic that I couldn't run for 3 minutes. That's why I'm not advertising this journal. Only encouragement wanted here!