Wow. I can't beleive this week is almost done. And that I only had one chance to get in to the gym on Monday!
Tuesday night I got a massage (it was my Valentine's day gift from Brock this past year that I finally had a great time to use) - it felt AMAZING! Especially after having ran 2 2.5 mile stints in the last 3 days.
Wednesday night I stayed in Lincoln and went house shopping with my roommate as she's looking to buy down there. We didn't get home until 9:15ish and I was a tired girl.
Tonight, Thursday night, I went to look at wedding invitations when I got in to town. I was there until 7:00. Then I had to get groceries, so by the time I got home it was 8. I am in desperate need to do laundry too so that's getting done tonight in place of a workout.
Tomorrow - Friday night - Halloween - I will be handing out candy to my neighboor kiddos. I'm hoping to make it in to the gym tomorrow after trick-or-treating slows down.
Uuuhhhggg...yeah I'm ready for this week to be over and have my normal 'I have no life' life back. :-)
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
I did it again! :-)
Yep, I did it again... I ran 2.5 miles straight last night!! I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to do it again, but sure enough, I started right out running last night at the gym and wanted to see if I could do it, and I DID!! Man it felt good too!
I slowed down and caught my breath for 1/2 a mile after it, then figured to keep pushing and picked up and ran another mile. So I got 3 1/2 miles of running in last night - as well as .75 of walking, so I had a total of 4.25 miles last night - all in an hour!!
Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good right now! :-)
I slowed down and caught my breath for 1/2 a mile after it, then figured to keep pushing and picked up and ran another mile. So I got 3 1/2 miles of running in last night - as well as .75 of walking, so I had a total of 4.25 miles last night - all in an hour!!
Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good right now! :-)
Monday, October 27, 2008
Good weekend
This was a good weekend.
Friday night I got to hang out with Brock as he got off of work early and decided not to do school work that night (yay!!!), so I didn't get a workout in that night. It's ok though cause I ROCKED it Saturday!
Saturday afternoon we weren't doing much (Brock was doing homework) so I was just hanging out watching TV by myself. I knew we were going out that night for his sister-in-law's birthday and that we were eating at a steak house, so I decided to be good and hit the gym. The Nebraska game was still on and I was really hoping the Y would have it on. Sure enough they did.
I started off running right out of the gate. I don't know if it was that I took Friday off or that I just had more energy because of working out in the afternoon rather than the late evening, but it felt good. I only had about 45 minutes for time though, so I figured if I could maybe get 2 miles of running in I'd be good. I figured I'd do my run 1, walk a bit and run the next. But I got going and the going was good, and I kept on it. A mile passed and I was just fine, so I figured I'd keep going for 1.5. That came and I thought go for 2 or more - and I did!
I GOT TO 2.5 MILES STRAIGHT!!! At the very slow running pace that I go - that was 30 minutes of constant running!!! I totally remember when I could barely go for 5 minutes before feeling like my legs were out of energy - and now I just went for 1/2 an hour!!!
I didn't get in on Sunday but I am planning on going tonight - we'll see what I can do then!
Friday night I got to hang out with Brock as he got off of work early and decided not to do school work that night (yay!!!), so I didn't get a workout in that night. It's ok though cause I ROCKED it Saturday!
Saturday afternoon we weren't doing much (Brock was doing homework) so I was just hanging out watching TV by myself. I knew we were going out that night for his sister-in-law's birthday and that we were eating at a steak house, so I decided to be good and hit the gym. The Nebraska game was still on and I was really hoping the Y would have it on. Sure enough they did.
I started off running right out of the gate. I don't know if it was that I took Friday off or that I just had more energy because of working out in the afternoon rather than the late evening, but it felt good. I only had about 45 minutes for time though, so I figured if I could maybe get 2 miles of running in I'd be good. I figured I'd do my run 1, walk a bit and run the next. But I got going and the going was good, and I kept on it. A mile passed and I was just fine, so I figured I'd keep going for 1.5. That came and I thought go for 2 or more - and I did!
I GOT TO 2.5 MILES STRAIGHT!!! At the very slow running pace that I go - that was 30 minutes of constant running!!! I totally remember when I could barely go for 5 minutes before feeling like my legs were out of energy - and now I just went for 1/2 an hour!!!
I didn't get in on Sunday but I am planning on going tonight - we'll see what I can do then!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Thursday night
So the day off I took on Wednesday from working out was a good idea. I felt MUCH better yesterday.
I started off last night's work out with my .25 warm up walk, then started in for the run. I decided I was going to do the 3 1-mile runs again. As I was going I was watching The Office, so the run didn't seem as bad. I got to my mile marker and figured I could keep going a little more, so I pushed to 1.5. Then I slowed down for another .25 walk, then back up again for another mile run. I was really starting to feel it by the end of the 2nd mile run. Slowed down again for another .25 mile walk, then started back up on mile 3's run. I was dead. I got .25 in to it and my legs were killing me. I decided technically I only needed .5 to do 3 miles of running, so I finished out that .5 and cooled down with a walk the rest of the way out.
Although I didn't get my last mile of running in, I did step up the speed of the first 1.5 miles from what I've been doing, so I feel good about that!!
I started off last night's work out with my .25 warm up walk, then started in for the run. I decided I was going to do the 3 1-mile runs again. As I was going I was watching The Office, so the run didn't seem as bad. I got to my mile marker and figured I could keep going a little more, so I pushed to 1.5. Then I slowed down for another .25 walk, then back up again for another mile run. I was really starting to feel it by the end of the 2nd mile run. Slowed down again for another .25 mile walk, then started back up on mile 3's run. I was dead. I got .25 in to it and my legs were killing me. I decided technically I only needed .5 to do 3 miles of running, so I finished out that .5 and cooled down with a walk the rest of the way out.
Although I didn't get my last mile of running in, I did step up the speed of the first 1.5 miles from what I've been doing, so I feel good about that!!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Sore and achy = no workout
Not much to report for last night - as you can see by the title of this one i was NOT feeling like running 3 miles last night. My entire body just ached for the past 2 days so I decided to rest and not do anything - and I'm glad I did. I feel much better today - not sore, not achy, and totally ready to go to the gym tonight and watch a little Grey's Anatomy during my run!!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Cold weather sucks
I know, I know...I've been bad about keeping this updated. 1/2 of it is because I kinda forgot to keep it updated the past couple days, but I guess the other 1/2 is that I haven't been good about going to the gym!
Last Thursday I had to stay in town for work so I went to the gym there, but when I started my run, I knew I wasn't going far. I ran 1/2 a mile and felt like keeling over. Now mind you this was the day after I had ran my 2 miles straight, so I was sore and tired and didn't feel like I had anything left in me. But I decided to not make it a total waste and ended up getting a 2 mile walk in still.
Friday night I went out to supper with an old friend in Omaha and when I got home I sat on the couch and fell asleep at seriously 8:30, which PS felt AMAZING!
Saturday Leigh came in to town and Brock and Leigh and I went and watched the game at DJ's Dugout, then Leigh and I did some shopping in the afternoon and didn't get home until 7, which by that time the Red Sox game was on and that was about the only time I got to spend with Brock that weekend, so I stayed and in and watched that with him.
Sunday there was a bridal fair at the MAC in Council Bluffs, so I went to that in the afternoon. If I would have been good, I would have gone to work out after I got done with that, but eh - why do that? I decided to wait another day.
Monday night was another night I really should have gone, but I told myself I needed one more day of not doing anything (as if I hadn't not done enough of not doing anything on Sunday)... :-)
So, that gets me to last night - Tuesday night. I went. And I did better than I thought I would!
Started off with a 1/4 mile walk warm-up then sped up for my run. I didn't know how long I'd be able to go since I hadn't done much the last couple days. As I was chugging along I decided I'd do 3 1-mile legs with a little walk in between them. So I finished out that mile, walked for 1/4, ran another, walked a 1/2, then ran the final mile, then cooled down with another 1/4 mile walk. I was EXAUSTED!! But proud that I did 3 miles with very little walk-time between them.
And now sure enough I'm feeling it today. I'm sitting here at work thinking how great a back massage would be right now...good thing Brock got me a gift certificate for one last Valentine's day that I hadn't had a good opportunity to use yet! Yeah I called this morning and have an appointment next Tuesday to get one. CAN'T WAIT for that!!
Oh yeah - and I hate the cold weather that's coming. HATE IT! Not looking foward to snow, not looking foward to 10, 20, 30 degree weather. The 50 degrees that it was down to last night on the way in to the gym was bad enough. Grrrrr....maybe I should move down to AZ and live with Meg this winter... ;-)
Last Thursday I had to stay in town for work so I went to the gym there, but when I started my run, I knew I wasn't going far. I ran 1/2 a mile and felt like keeling over. Now mind you this was the day after I had ran my 2 miles straight, so I was sore and tired and didn't feel like I had anything left in me. But I decided to not make it a total waste and ended up getting a 2 mile walk in still.
Friday night I went out to supper with an old friend in Omaha and when I got home I sat on the couch and fell asleep at seriously 8:30, which PS felt AMAZING!
Saturday Leigh came in to town and Brock and Leigh and I went and watched the game at DJ's Dugout, then Leigh and I did some shopping in the afternoon and didn't get home until 7, which by that time the Red Sox game was on and that was about the only time I got to spend with Brock that weekend, so I stayed and in and watched that with him.
Sunday there was a bridal fair at the MAC in Council Bluffs, so I went to that in the afternoon. If I would have been good, I would have gone to work out after I got done with that, but eh - why do that? I decided to wait another day.
Monday night was another night I really should have gone, but I told myself I needed one more day of not doing anything (as if I hadn't not done enough of not doing anything on Sunday)... :-)
So, that gets me to last night - Tuesday night. I went. And I did better than I thought I would!
Started off with a 1/4 mile walk warm-up then sped up for my run. I didn't know how long I'd be able to go since I hadn't done much the last couple days. As I was chugging along I decided I'd do 3 1-mile legs with a little walk in between them. So I finished out that mile, walked for 1/4, ran another, walked a 1/2, then ran the final mile, then cooled down with another 1/4 mile walk. I was EXAUSTED!! But proud that I did 3 miles with very little walk-time between them.
And now sure enough I'm feeling it today. I'm sitting here at work thinking how great a back massage would be right now...good thing Brock got me a gift certificate for one last Valentine's day that I hadn't had a good opportunity to use yet! Yeah I called this morning and have an appointment next Tuesday to get one. CAN'T WAIT for that!!
Oh yeah - and I hate the cold weather that's coming. HATE IT! Not looking foward to snow, not looking foward to 10, 20, 30 degree weather. The 50 degrees that it was down to last night on the way in to the gym was bad enough. Grrrrr....maybe I should move down to AZ and live with Meg this winter... ;-)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Another MILE-stone
So last night was a pretty sucessful night. I delayed going to the gym for just a bit to go check out the new fall boots at DSW (and found about 4 pair that I want...). Oh so much fun. Anyway - then I finally got to the gym and wasn't too excited since the only thing on TV's was the debates, a soccer game, or some other show I didn't want to watch. So I decided to do a little music instead. I started off with a .25 mile walk to warm up, then started running. As I got going, I was somewhat watching the debate anyway, and it looked like Barack was doing a good job, so I decided to tune in for a while. Surprisingly I actually watched it for a good while.
As I was chugging along though I was felling pretty good and decided - ok, I'm going to try to run 2 miles straight tonight. I knew it was going to b a push since I think the farthest I've went before straight through was 1.5 miles. Granted, when I got to 1.5, I was way ready to be done - but I pushed through and sure enough - I DID IT! 2 miles straight!! I slowed down, walked out another .5 miles, the sped up again and ran out another mile to get 3 miles total running in. Of course when I finished with that I thought my legs were about to fall off, so I slowed down quite a bit and cooled off with a .25 mile cool down to finish out the 4 miles total that night.
So another sucessful night! I'm hoping to go again tonight - hopefully durning Grey's so the time flies by!
As I was chugging along though I was felling pretty good and decided - ok, I'm going to try to run 2 miles straight tonight. I knew it was going to b a push since I think the farthest I've went before straight through was 1.5 miles. Granted, when I got to 1.5, I was way ready to be done - but I pushed through and sure enough - I DID IT! 2 miles straight!! I slowed down, walked out another .5 miles, the sped up again and ran out another mile to get 3 miles total running in. Of course when I finished with that I thought my legs were about to fall off, so I slowed down quite a bit and cooled off with a .25 mile cool down to finish out the 4 miles total that night.
So another sucessful night! I'm hoping to go again tonight - hopefully durning Grey's so the time flies by!
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