Rainy Tuesday night - but I went!!

As promised - I haven't given up. As much as I really didn't want to go last night due to the cold, rainy night, I went (thank goodness Biggest Loser was on TV last night!!). And, as I expected, taking 4 days off wasn't the smartest thing to do.

I warmed up just a bit with a walk, then started off the run. And about .5 miles in to it, I was ready to be done. But I kept on it and continued out for 1.25 miles, then had to slow it down. So I walked 1/2 a mile. I then sped it back up and continued for another run for another 1.25 miles. Again, felt like i was going to collapse after it. :-) But I ran a total of 2.5 so I was good. I had 20 minutes left in my hour so I continued to walk it out at an incline. About 5 minutes into walking, it was the 'last chance workout' on the biggest loser on TV and the trainers were yelling at everyone. So I figured, "ok push yourself Laura", so I started back up and ran out another 1/2 mile. I made it, although it was definitely a push for me. This was the farthest I've ran total so far - 3 miles - so I was feeling pretty darn good about things after that!

I'm going again tonight (hopefully they have something other than the debate on TV...) so I'm hoping to get another 3 miles ran in tonight (plus about another 1.25/1.5 in walking). I'll let you know tomorrow how it goes!!

Later!

wow...unmotivated

I hate cold weather. I realize it's techically only 'cool' outside and not cold yet, but I know the cold is coming way too quick. And when it's cold out, I get unmotivated to do anything, especially go out in it to do anything. And or course this makes it hard for me to want to get out and go to the gym. I wasn't good this weekend and didn't make it in. I messed around the house when i got home from work today instead of just going to the gym right away, and now all i want to do is curl up on the couch with a blanket.

I know this blog is to keep me motivated - and it will. I'm fully ready to go to the gym tomorrow after work and work out even harder the rest of this week. So don't worry, I'm not giving up. :-)

Another night down

This one's pretty much the same - went to the gym last night - started off with a .25 warm up walk then ran for 1.5, slowed down for .5, then ran out another mile and finished the hour out walking another mile. So I'm pretty steady at getting 4 miles in a night.

I'm going to try to get in again either saturday or sunday so next week doesn't start out so hard again.

I'm off now, back to watching the red sox with brock!

Wedneday night - good night

So up until last night, my workouts have sucked this week. Monday night I was tired and didn't really push myself like I should have. Tuesday night I went, but had a really bad side ache that would not go away (which I was very perturbed at), and I only ended up walking a mile and called it quits. So last night I was determined to get back on it. And I did!

I had mowed my lawn when I got home from work, so I considered that my warm up walk. So when I got to the gym, I started right off with my run. I went 1.5 miles and actually felt like it was getting easier to do. Then I slowed down and walked another .5, then sped up again and jogged out another mile, then finished out the hour with another mile walk. I felt pretty damn good after that! I think it's been the farthest that I've gone so far with this, and total running distance was 1/2 of my goal!! I definitely needed a night like last night after the past couple have been less than steller.

Weekend update and Monday's run

Sorry, I've been slacking a bit getting updates up here. . .

Well the first full week is over since setting my goal. Last Thursday I didn't get to the gym as I was busy running around town trying to figure out plans for bridesmaid dresses for the wedding. So when Friday came around, I was tempted to say screw it for the weekend, but I actually decided be to good and went in Friday night. And I have to say - if you want free choice of machines at the gym - go on Friday nights! I think I was the only one there at one point!

anyway, back to the workouts...Friday's workout was a little toned down. I jogged for 1.25 miles, walked .25, then ran on and off again for the remainder of the 45 minutes I went for. I don't know if it was the end of the week getting to me or what but i was done for after that 45 minute workout!

I was hoping to go again then sometime this last weekend (either Saturday or Sunday), but that didn't happen. Saturday was busy running around town doing errands again and Sunday we had our engagement pics taken and, well, I had no ambition to get back in the gym that day.

So that brings us to last night - Monday night. After getting home from work and chilling on the couch for a while, I again had absolutely no desire to go exercise. BUT, I knew if I just got up and went, I'd feel good about it, and so I did! Started off again with a 5 minute warm up walk, then ran for 1.5 miles. Man, taking 2 days off really sucked my energy out of me too from how well I was doing last week. After the 1.5, I slowed down and walked for .25, then sped back up and went another .5. After that my knees were really starting to kill (there will be posts about how much I hate my knees in the future, FYI)...so I slowed down again and walked out the rest of the time, but to keep a good heart rate going I increased my incline a bit.

I'm going to keep pushing for my 'long' run to be 1.5 miles this week, and hopefully the knees will cooperate!

(p.s. - thanks for keeping me accountable on this Tiff!!) :-)

Good TV while running is the BEST!

Ok, I have to start this out saying how nice it is to have new episodes of TV shows again!!! It TOTALLY makes the time go by faster on the treadmill!

Last night I was hoping to push myself to do at least 1.25 miles again, maybe pushing it to 1.5 if I could. Well I was totally in to watching Private Practice while chugging along and got to 1.25 and was doing ok, so I kept going to 1.5. Since I was watching the TV more than my distance, I ended up going over 1.5 when I finally checked it, so I figured, ok, go for 1.75!! AND I DID IT!
Granted I was paying quite a bit more attention at that time to my distance now as I was completelly puttering out at the end now, but i made it!

I cooled down for a bit and walked 10 minutes after that, then sped up and jogged another .5 miles, then continued to walk/jog out the rest of my way. By the end of the night, I had gone a full hour and travled 4 miles total! I was feeling damn good about myself at the end of it, and am excited to see if I can do the 1.75 again tonight!!

Tuesday

well last night's run went pretty good - started off with a 5 minute warm up walk then jogged 1.25 miles, slowed down for a walk for five minutes than jogged another .75 miles, so I'm feeling pretty good that I was able to get 2 miles of running total in. It's pretty amazing how much motivation it is watching Biggest Loser at the same time as my run. I see them working out and know what kind of transformations they're going to be making, which makes me want to do this for myself even more.

I really can't believe how flippin' motivated I am to do this. I sit here at work and think about how far I'm going to try to push myself tonight and how good it's felt to get started with this and what I've done so far.