H-M TD 05

3 mile run tonight. 35:53, pace = 11:57

Pretty happy with myself for making it through 5 days of training. I'm never feeling super excited about running after work, but I'm proud for motivating myself to get dressed and out the door. Thought today about what is so great about running b/c there are plenty of times while I am actually running where I'm like "this totally sucks. Why the crap am I out here?" But I'm just now remembering those few golden times during tonight's run where I'm thinking "this feels really good" or "wow I feel great, this is a nice run". So I guess it has its moments.

Did my first strengthening schedule made up by M. Um thanks for making me feel like dying. New goal in addition to not dying while running: not dying while strength training. I did okay on some of the exercises, but omg some just killed. I'm clearly going to have to work up to some of this. Lame. But hopefully it will help with my overall goal (not dying).

Tomorrow is cross training and I'm actually excited about it b/c I plan to sit my butt on a bike and pedal. It will hurt, but I will be stationary. And that is something I'm used to :D

H-M TD 02, 03, 04

Monday (TD 02) ran 3 miles on my current trail/route of choice. Time was about 35 minutes and pace about 11:39. My knee hurt pretty bad after that run.

Tuesday (TD 03) rest day. My knee still hurt a little but by the evening it was fine. M and I looked at camelbak water bags online. I want the kind that goes around your lower back/butt. M is convinced that is a bad choice and I should get a back pack. No thanks, I want the jiggly butt one.

Wednesday (TD 04) 2 mile run or cross train. Since I currently have no where to cross train, I ran 2 miles. I kept telling myself "it's just 2 miles". And it was, except that it was so cold this evening that it was hard to breathe at first. My eyes water and my nose ran and my face was so cold for the first 5 minutes. After the warm up I started feeling great! Time: 20:10!! That's a 10:08 pace!! I was super excited about that.

M is supposed to help me come up with a little strength training guide so I can do that part of my training schedule. Tomorrow I'm supposed to run 3 miles and strengthen. Wish me luck!!

Half-Marathon Training Day 01 (H-M TD 01)

Sunday

Half-Marathon Training officially started on Sunday. I was supposed to stretch and strengthen. I did not. I went to M's house this weekend then to my house and then drove back here. It was a long weekend BUT

Saturday:
M took me running on a trail that is a 5K. We ran together for a bit, but my stride is super short and my pace is super slow. After awhile he went on ahead of me. I also seriously wanted to die b/c this trail was not flat and I have not run any big hills like at all. I had to walk a lot of it, but I ended up finishing in around 30 minutes.

Important lesson learned: Never be lazy again. I did nothing the entire week before. It was bad.

So back to the training schedule... 3 mile run tonight and I'm gonna do it. :)

crap

Ugh. I haven't run since last Friday. I have a million excuses... none of them are very good.

Half-Marathon training starts on Sunday. I'm looking forward to it but I think I'm going to have to just bite the bullet and get a temporary gym membership. It is blowing snow right now. I know I will use that excuse everytime.

Time to re-motivate...

FRIDAY

MILEAGE: 2.7
TIME: 30 min. 30 seconds
PACE: 11:17
OTHER: I think I like running in the cold much better than when it's hot.

It snowed a lot earlier in the week and the snow was still covering a lot of the ground. It was really pretty and peaceful. Happy to have a faster pace. I'm stil feeling really good everytime I run. My week total is 8 miles which is exciting. I love knowing that I am capable of getting the mileage up there. Feeling a lot more confident for next week when Half-Marathon Training officially starts!