Week 11

I'm going to bump the 3:1 interval to 3.5:1 this week. We'll see how it goes.

Monday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola in the morning. Nola was feeling pretty spry, and we kept a good pace. However, I'm glad to have the running routine because I don't feel pressured to push her to walk faster. Our morning walks are mainly for her benefit, for exercise and fun, and I enjoy going at her pace.

Tuesday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola.

Wednesday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola but didn't run. Sean and I came down with a stomach bug.

Thursday - sick

Friday - walked 1.5 miles & ran for 30 minutes. 3 miles

Saturday - nope

Sunday - walked 1.5 miles. I was lazy and not good with food either. It wasn't a healthy day overall.

I didn't meet any of my goals this week, and that seems to be a trend -- a good week or two followed by lazy weeks. This needs to stop.

Goal: 20 miles.

total distance this week: 10.5

mileage on these shoes: 131

Week 10

Monday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola.

Tuesday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola.

Wednesday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola & ran for 30 minutes...approximately 2.5 miles

Thursday - walk 1.5 miles with Nola.

Friday - walk 1.5 miles & ran for 30 minutes, 2.5 miles

Saturday - I rested, and it was glorious.

Sun - This week's long run was 4 miles of running with nearly 1 mile cool down on the treadmill, not counting the walk home. The last mile was hard, and I extended the walk from 1 to 1.5 minutes to give me a little more recovery time.

Goal: 18-19 miles.

total distance this week: 17.5

mileage on these shoes: 120

interval this week: 3:1

Very close to goal this week, even without walking on Sat or Sun. I'm feeling good about the routine. My legs feel strong, and I'm starting to push the speed a little. Now, I'm nowhere near as fast as I'd like to be, and right now, my lungs start to burn after running at a 10-min mile pace for 3 minutes. I can't keep that pace up without tiring out too soon, but I am able to keep running for 3 minutes at a 12-11 minute mile consistently.

Week 9

Monday - walked 0.5 miles with Nola in the morning.

Tuesday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola.

Wednesday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola & ran 4 miles. Woo!!

Thursday - walk 1.5 miles with Nola.

Friday - walk 1.5 miles & ran 2.5 miles. This was a harder run today. I'm not sure why, but my body just tired out quickly.

Saturday - walk 1.5 miles

Sun - walked with Nola and Sean 1.5 miles. I did not run today, but that's alright. I wasn't feeling very well, with emotional processing of upcoming events and hormones from my moon.

Goal: 20 miles.

total distance this week: 16

mileage on these shoes: 102.5

This week did not start out easy. My stomach began bothering me on Monday: gas, indigestion, abdominal pains and general grumpiness because of it. Wednesday, it was still bothering me, but an incredible thing happened during my run. It stopped. While running, I focused on my breath and my foot rhythm, and the pains in my belly went away. Woohoo!!! I've run/walked over 100 miles on these shoes. Yay!!!!

Week 8

Monday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola in the morning.

Tuesday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola. Ran 3 miles.

Wednesday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola & 45 min of yoga in the morning.

Thursday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola.

Friday - walk 1.5 miles & ran 3.5 miles at the gym

Saturday - walked 1.5 miles

Sun - walked with Nola and Sean 1.5 miles. Then, Sean and I went to the gym, and I ra/walked for 50 minutes!! ...3.5 miles

Goal: 18 miles.

total distance this week: 20.5

mileage on these shoes: 86.5

Week 7

Monday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola in the morning, will run tonight at the gym (3.5 miles, depending on what I can manage). Also, I did 45 minutes of yoga this morning. (5 miles)

Tuesday - walk 1.5 miles with Nola. 45 min of yoga

Wednesday - walk 1.5 miles with Nola...running in the gym 2.5 miles & 45 min of yoga (4 miles)

Thursday - walk 1.5 miles with Nola & 45 min of yoga

Friday - walk 1.5 miles & 45 min of yoga

Saturday - walk 1.5 miles

Goal: 15 miles.

total distance this week: 15

mileage on these shoes: 66

Week 6

I skipped week 5. Bad, yes I know. I've just been stressed and then started smoking again, but I'm back at it this week...slowly.

Monday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola

Tuesday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola

Wednesday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola

Thursday - walk 1.5 miles with Nola

Friday - walk 1.5 miles

Saturday - free day...

Sun - walked with Nola and Sean 1.5 miles. We did 30 minutes of light, or what Sean calls "baby yoga" after walking and then we went to the pool and swam for a bit.

Goal: any

total distance this week: 9

mileage on these shoes: 51 miles

Week 5

Monday...walked 2 miles. We walked 2 miles this morning. Nola was slow, but then again, there were many spots that needed sniffing.

Tuesday...walk with Nola and run. Nola and I walked 1.5 miles, and I walked an extra .75 on my own while talking on the phone with my mom. Running, 1.5 miles in 19 minutes at 1.5 min run: 1 min walk intervals. My legs are still really sore from dance class, but overall, I feel alright.

Wednesday...walked 1.5 miles this morning. My legs are still sore from dance class, and because of that, I took it a little easy today. Besides, I'll be camping this weekend and will get plenty of exercise.

Thursday...nope

Friday...nope

Sat & Sun...nope

not a good week for running

Goal: 17 miles

total distance this week: 6.5 miles

mileage on these shoes: 42