Wow, this was a COLD weekend!! I didn't get to the gym this past weekend at all, so I made sure to go last night. Although it wasn't a steller night, I did get 3 miles of running in total. I'm still doing the 'run 1 walk a 1/4' workout. I was hoping to get 4 miles in last night, but I don't know if it was the cold or not working out in 5 days, but MAN my knees were SORE!! They hurt from the get go so it didn't make the going very fun. So when I was done with the 3 miles, I decided to screw it and went home. :-) (I know, I know, I need an attitude adjustment here soon. I'm thinking I'll be better after the first of the year comes...)
I'm thinking I should be able to get in tonight too - maybe even feel a little better about things since it's not stop-you-in-your-tracks freezing cold out too!!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
5 mile night!!!
So I didn't quite get in to the gym Monday night as my roommate and I were running much needed-to-do errands around town.
So Tuesday night I was a very motivated girl and went. And boy did I go! :-)
I was determined to do something big again, so thanks to the Biggest Loser finale being on, I decided I wasn't quiting until I had run 5 miles (total, not straight through) that night. And gosh darnit I DID IT!!!
I stuck with my .25 mile walk, 1 mile run routine, and sure enough after a little more than an hour, I had run 5 1-mile stretches with a 1/4 mile walk in between each one, for a total of 6.5 miles total that night!!!!! AHHHH!!!!
I was SOOOOO sore after it and I think I over extended my knee as it wasn't feeling to great yesterday, but it's since come back to normal and I'm feeling great about my accomplishment!
So yeah, after I had the 5 mile night on Tuesday, I decided to let my knee take a night off last night (wed.). And tonight (Thursday), I'm going out to eat with my roommate before she moves this weekend, so I actually got my butt out of bed this morning at 5:00 and went! I only got 2 miles of running in before I needed to head home, which was probably more than I should have done though because when I got home,well, the leftovers that I had the night before weren't sitting to well and I wasn't feeling the hottest. But I slept it off and am feeling a little better now.
So we'll see what happens Friday. I'll do my darndest to get in to the gym Friday night, and if not, for sure on Saturday then!
So Tuesday night I was a very motivated girl and went. And boy did I go! :-)
I was determined to do something big again, so thanks to the Biggest Loser finale being on, I decided I wasn't quiting until I had run 5 miles (total, not straight through) that night. And gosh darnit I DID IT!!!
I stuck with my .25 mile walk, 1 mile run routine, and sure enough after a little more than an hour, I had run 5 1-mile stretches with a 1/4 mile walk in between each one, for a total of 6.5 miles total that night!!!!! AHHHH!!!!
I was SOOOOO sore after it and I think I over extended my knee as it wasn't feeling to great yesterday, but it's since come back to normal and I'm feeling great about my accomplishment!
So yeah, after I had the 5 mile night on Tuesday, I decided to let my knee take a night off last night (wed.). And tonight (Thursday), I'm going out to eat with my roommate before she moves this weekend, so I actually got my butt out of bed this morning at 5:00 and went! I only got 2 miles of running in before I needed to head home, which was probably more than I should have done though because when I got home,well, the leftovers that I had the night before weren't sitting to well and I wasn't feeling the hottest. But I slept it off and am feeling a little better now.
So we'll see what happens Friday. I'll do my darndest to get in to the gym Friday night, and if not, for sure on Saturday then!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Saturday
As promised, I went today! I'll make this short and sweet...I got 3 miles of running in - each mile seperated with a .25 mile recovery period. So now you can't kick me tomorrow Tiff!! ;-)
Friday, December 12, 2008
well...
my intentions were good, but once again, no gym last night.
Here's the story...
I've been seeing so many girls at work here in these cute little dresses - sweater dresses, wrap dresses, all sorts of cuteness. So I decide that I too need to be part of this fashion craze. So I headed to the mall right after work. I had talked to my old roommate who had just gotten a cute dress at Penny's, so that's where I went. After trying on about 10 dresses, I decided the sweater dresses are NOT for me (and seriously wonder how anyone with any sort of curve on them can wear these things - I swear - you have to be a rectangle to pull those off). Anyway, by the time I was done with that, and a little more shopping at the mall, it was 8:00. I still needed to go to Target though too and get food for tonight (Brock's brother and friends are coming over for a poker night). Well by the time I was done at Target, it was 9:00. I then still had to go home, make brownies, and clean up my house before I have company over.
So, the gym was out of the picture. I was rather mad at myself for taking so long trying on dresses (although I did find a super cute black dress that I ended up getting...). :-)
And once again, no gym tonight as I have to finish cleaning and making the rest of the food now tonight. But I AM getting in on Saturday. I absolutly 100% am getting in on Saturday. If I don't, Tiff, you have permission to kick me when you see me on Sunday!!!
Here's the story...
I've been seeing so many girls at work here in these cute little dresses - sweater dresses, wrap dresses, all sorts of cuteness. So I decide that I too need to be part of this fashion craze. So I headed to the mall right after work. I had talked to my old roommate who had just gotten a cute dress at Penny's, so that's where I went. After trying on about 10 dresses, I decided the sweater dresses are NOT for me (and seriously wonder how anyone with any sort of curve on them can wear these things - I swear - you have to be a rectangle to pull those off). Anyway, by the time I was done with that, and a little more shopping at the mall, it was 8:00. I still needed to go to Target though too and get food for tonight (Brock's brother and friends are coming over for a poker night). Well by the time I was done at Target, it was 9:00. I then still had to go home, make brownies, and clean up my house before I have company over.
So, the gym was out of the picture. I was rather mad at myself for taking so long trying on dresses (although I did find a super cute black dress that I ended up getting...). :-)
And once again, no gym tonight as I have to finish cleaning and making the rest of the food now tonight. But I AM getting in on Saturday. I absolutly 100% am getting in on Saturday. If I don't, Tiff, you have permission to kick me when you see me on Sunday!!!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
yeah....
Well once again I've been able to shoot an entire week down the drain!! Since my 4-mile day Thursday of last week, I haven't been motivated to go at all.
Last Friday I went home to my Mom's house, and totally could have gone on her treadmill, but decided to do nothing. Same thing on Saturday. Sunday was my only day of seeing Brock last weekend, so we hung out and sure enough, I didn't get a work out in.
Monday night I did go to the gym, but was NOT in to it at ALL. I managed to squeeze out a mile of running and that was about it. Tuesday night I was planning on going after a friend's jewelery party, but by the time that got over, it was 9, I wouldn't get to the gym until about 9:15 from her place, and would have only got 1/2 an hour in before they closed, so once again, I decided to skip it. Last night, Wednesday night, I was all about going up until about 7:30 when I was snuggled in my blanket on the couch, was still cold, and so once again, I talked myself out of going, and ended up falling asleep on the couch about 8:15 (which was pretty nice actually).
Man, have I mentioned before how much I HATE winter?
I'm going to do my darndest to get in tonight. I've decided to start trying something new here...usually I get home, eat, watch a little TV, then go to the gym around 7:30 or 8:00. Well since I seem to sit on the couch and have a hard time getting out from under the blanket then, I'm going to start going right as soon as I get home from work. We'll try it tonight and see how it goes!!
Last Friday I went home to my Mom's house, and totally could have gone on her treadmill, but decided to do nothing. Same thing on Saturday. Sunday was my only day of seeing Brock last weekend, so we hung out and sure enough, I didn't get a work out in.
Monday night I did go to the gym, but was NOT in to it at ALL. I managed to squeeze out a mile of running and that was about it. Tuesday night I was planning on going after a friend's jewelery party, but by the time that got over, it was 9, I wouldn't get to the gym until about 9:15 from her place, and would have only got 1/2 an hour in before they closed, so once again, I decided to skip it. Last night, Wednesday night, I was all about going up until about 7:30 when I was snuggled in my blanket on the couch, was still cold, and so once again, I talked myself out of going, and ended up falling asleep on the couch about 8:15 (which was pretty nice actually).
Man, have I mentioned before how much I HATE winter?
I'm going to do my darndest to get in tonight. I've decided to start trying something new here...usually I get home, eat, watch a little TV, then go to the gym around 7:30 or 8:00. Well since I seem to sit on the couch and have a hard time getting out from under the blanket then, I'm going to start going right as soon as I get home from work. We'll try it tonight and see how it goes!!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Wow, what a night
So last night was a good night...
I was sooooo tempted not to go to the gym as I had taken Wednesday night off due to a bad pain in my side, and the fact that it was so flipping super cold last night - it would have been SO easy to stay in and watch Grey's curled up in my blanket. But, I was good and got up and went to the gym.
I figured I'd just start going and see how things went. So I started off with a walk for a couple minutes, then sped up and started the run. I got a mile in to it and barely was tired!!! So I figured ok, go for another 1/2. I got finished with that 1/2 then and figured ok, push it out and go for 2! And I did!!! After the 2, I slowed down and walked .25, then sped back up. I was tired by this point, but I surprisingly pushed out another mile run, so I had my 3 miles of running in that I usually get to. I slowed down again and walked out 1/2 a mile, then figured ok, just go for 1/2 a mile running more here. So I started in to it again, and although I was super tired and sweating like no other - I pushed out that 1/2 mile, and was so happy with myself that I said go for it - try the other 1/2, and I did it! I had just run 4 miles!!! I slowed down again and walked out the remaining distance that got me to 5 miles total that night!!
I was so flipping proud of myself that I cranked out 4 miles of running - and 5 miles total distance!! It was definitely a positive night that I needed again to keep me wanting to do this.
I don't know if I'll be up to doing another run tonight as I'm headed back to my Mom's. . . although there is a treadmill in the basement...we'll see!!
I was sooooo tempted not to go to the gym as I had taken Wednesday night off due to a bad pain in my side, and the fact that it was so flipping super cold last night - it would have been SO easy to stay in and watch Grey's curled up in my blanket. But, I was good and got up and went to the gym.
I figured I'd just start going and see how things went. So I started off with a walk for a couple minutes, then sped up and started the run. I got a mile in to it and barely was tired!!! So I figured ok, go for another 1/2. I got finished with that 1/2 then and figured ok, push it out and go for 2! And I did!!! After the 2, I slowed down and walked .25, then sped back up. I was tired by this point, but I surprisingly pushed out another mile run, so I had my 3 miles of running in that I usually get to. I slowed down again and walked out 1/2 a mile, then figured ok, just go for 1/2 a mile running more here. So I started in to it again, and although I was super tired and sweating like no other - I pushed out that 1/2 mile, and was so happy with myself that I said go for it - try the other 1/2, and I did it! I had just run 4 miles!!! I slowed down again and walked out the remaining distance that got me to 5 miles total that night!!
I was so flipping proud of myself that I cranked out 4 miles of running - and 5 miles total distance!! It was definitely a positive night that I needed again to keep me wanting to do this.
I don't know if I'll be up to doing another run tonight as I'm headed back to my Mom's. . . although there is a treadmill in the basement...we'll see!!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Little bit farther!
Well so far this week I'm doing good getting in to the gym! I went in last night and actually ended up going the furthest I've ever gone so far!
I started out with my quick warm up walk, then started in for the first part of the run. I had been going 1 mile stretches the past couple days, so I decided to push a little bit and go for 1.5 for the first one, which I did! After getting done with that, I walked for .25, then got up and ran another 1 mile, slowed down for .5, then sped back up for the last running stretch. I was so stinking tired by now though. I was hoping to do another full mile, but didn't think that was going to happen once I got about 1/2 done with it, so I pushed myself and finished out with another 1/4, for a total of .75 for the last running stretch - so my total of running last night was 3.25. I did decide to go a little longer on the walking stretch at the end though and finished out with a total of just over 4.5 miles!! I think it's the furthest I've gone so far to date! I was thinking of staying on and going the full 5, but my legs were SORE and I was a tired girl, so I decided to duck out just a bit before getting there.
I'm definitely feeling the extra push today too. I woke up this morning and man my legs were not ready to get up. My calves are tight and my quads are achy, but I'm still planning on getting in again tonight, so we'll see how that turns out!
I started out with my quick warm up walk, then started in for the first part of the run. I had been going 1 mile stretches the past couple days, so I decided to push a little bit and go for 1.5 for the first one, which I did! After getting done with that, I walked for .25, then got up and ran another 1 mile, slowed down for .5, then sped back up for the last running stretch. I was so stinking tired by now though. I was hoping to do another full mile, but didn't think that was going to happen once I got about 1/2 done with it, so I pushed myself and finished out with another 1/4, for a total of .75 for the last running stretch - so my total of running last night was 3.25. I did decide to go a little longer on the walking stretch at the end though and finished out with a total of just over 4.5 miles!! I think it's the furthest I've gone so far to date! I was thinking of staying on and going the full 5, but my legs were SORE and I was a tired girl, so I decided to duck out just a bit before getting there.
I'm definitely feeling the extra push today too. I woke up this morning and man my legs were not ready to get up. My calves are tight and my quads are achy, but I'm still planning on getting in again tonight, so we'll see how that turns out!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
I will be better I will be better
Ok, so I took a little more time of in November than I probably should have with my running stuff...and man did it hurt.
I AM going to be better about getting in this month. I'm used to the cold so that's no longer an excuse (although I still hate it...). Christmas shopping is done so I can't pull that excuse out either. And yeah - I'm less than 6 months away from this wedding and I need to get going on my goal again!!
So, we're starting December out right. I went to the gym last night. While I don't feel I can run 2.5 straight right now anymore, I'm still getting at least 3 total miles of running in (which is what I was at earlier too). I started last night and decided that instead of doing the 'manual' program on the tredmill, I'd do the 5K button and see what that was about. mmm...yeah - not ready for that one yet. It started out slow, sped the walk up a little bit at a time, then started you running at a 10 minute mile shortly there after. I thought Ok, let's try this. I actually got to about .75/.8 of the running doing the 10 minute mile pace (which I was really surprised at), then had to back off as I felt like I was going to run out of air. So I slowed up to my 5 mph pace and finished out the rest of the mile. I walked for the next .25 miles, then sped back up and did another mile running at my more comfortable 5 mph pace again. After finishing that one, I was super tired, but wasn't going to give up, so I walked out another .5 mile, then sped up and ran out my last 1 mile stretch. After that I was so extreamly pooped!! I cooled down with another .25 mile walk and headed home.
Hopefully things will start picking up for me again here soon and I'll be able to run these 3 miles straight by the end of December. Yeah - I think that'll be the next 'short term' goal now... this could be interesting... :-)
I AM going to be better about getting in this month. I'm used to the cold so that's no longer an excuse (although I still hate it...). Christmas shopping is done so I can't pull that excuse out either. And yeah - I'm less than 6 months away from this wedding and I need to get going on my goal again!!
So, we're starting December out right. I went to the gym last night. While I don't feel I can run 2.5 straight right now anymore, I'm still getting at least 3 total miles of running in (which is what I was at earlier too). I started last night and decided that instead of doing the 'manual' program on the tredmill, I'd do the 5K button and see what that was about. mmm...yeah - not ready for that one yet. It started out slow, sped the walk up a little bit at a time, then started you running at a 10 minute mile shortly there after. I thought Ok, let's try this. I actually got to about .75/.8 of the running doing the 10 minute mile pace (which I was really surprised at), then had to back off as I felt like I was going to run out of air. So I slowed up to my 5 mph pace and finished out the rest of the mile. I walked for the next .25 miles, then sped back up and did another mile running at my more comfortable 5 mph pace again. After finishing that one, I was super tired, but wasn't going to give up, so I walked out another .5 mile, then sped up and ran out my last 1 mile stretch. After that I was so extreamly pooped!! I cooled down with another .25 mile walk and headed home.
Hopefully things will start picking up for me again here soon and I'll be able to run these 3 miles straight by the end of December. Yeah - I think that'll be the next 'short term' goal now... this could be interesting... :-)
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