68.30 Miles in 2010

Week 4 down! I added 3 minutes of running at the end of the intervals, and my legs are tiiiiiiired.

65.45 Miles in 2010

2.62 miles this morning for Week 4, Day 2. Running for 5 minutes is still hard - I catch myself checking the clock at 4 minutes. At least then there's only a minute left!

I acknowledge that running on the treadmill is much easier than running outside for me. I find it easier to focus, easier to balance, easier to hit a stride. Have I mentioned my balance issues before? I use my eyes to balance. If I close them or block them by taking a drink, etc., I'm all over the place. If I'm on the treadmill that doesn't directly face the TV, I can't look at it. I think this is one of the reasons I'm doing so much better inside than out: I can just point 'em forward and run!

Nike+ graph

(Since Tuesday's run was outside Nike+, my mini me was playing video games and paddleball for the first time - sad! At least I knew it wasn't because I had really missed a workout.)

62.83 Miles in 2010

Argh. Forgot to plug my Nike+ sensor back into my ipod after syncing, and I didn't realize it until I was on the treadmill.

I bumped up to Week 4 today, and it was hard. But I DID IT. I gave myself an extra 30 seconds to walk before the last 5 minute run, but I think that's probably ok. =)

Still walking at 3.9 and running at 4.8.

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.

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.

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.

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!