Week 14

This week wasn't good. My monthly was hell this time around, and I didn't walk or run for the entire week. Oh well...next week.

Week 13

Last week was good, and my goal is to keep it going this week while adding yoga back in. It takes 21 days to make a new habit. So, if I can get 3 runs in this week and next week, I'll be doing really well. I do need to get some new inserts for my running shoes though. My dogs were barking after yesterday's run.

Monday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola and did 1 hour of yoga. It was fabulous and followed by a yoga-high which I haven't had in ages, and I'm looking forward to doing it again tomorrow. I'm so glad to have fixed the old DVD to play on the iPad. This rocks.

Tuesday - walked 1.5 miles with the dog. It was nice. There was a cooling breeze, and it felt as if rain would come soon. No such luck on the rain, but Nola and I will take the cool wind.

Wednesday - walk and a shorter run. Building speed, I'm going to try 3.25-3.5 minute runs at a 11 minute mile pace with 1 minute walks for 30 minutes. -- Oops. I completely forgot about increasing the time on my run, but my body isn't quite ready for it yet anyway. I was able to do 2/3 of my run at an 11 minute mile pace, but couldn't keep that up for the whole 30 minutes. However, I did run for 35 minutes total, 3 miles altogether with the warm-up and cool-down.

Thursday - walked 1.5 miles with Nola. The humidity made it tough this morning. After only 10 minutes, I was covered in sweat, but we kept at it and did our full loop.

Friday - walk, yoga and short run. Pushing the speed again, I'll try to match Wednesday's results...hopefully moving a little faster. -- I only did yoga on Monday. My schedule simply hasn't allowed the extra hour in the morning, but that's really no excuse. There's plenty of time in the evening. BUT, all the more reason to get back to it today. I'm even telecommuting while writing this, and that shaves nearly 2 hours of driving time. I won't do 2 hours of yoga, but there's no reason to not get my vinyasa on.

Saturday - I just don't seem to have time on Saturdays for exercise, not with an 8am class for Nola and then dog training work till 4 in the afternoon.

Sunday - I wasn't feeling all that great and only ran 3 miles, but at least it's something.

Goal: 20 miles.

total distance this week: 14

mileage on these shoes: 164

Week 12

Sticking with it this week, and that includes making good food choices.

Monday - walked 1 mile with Nola in the morning. I didn't have the energy.

Tuesday - walked 1.5 miles & yoga. My energy level was low starting out, but I stuck with it this time. We made it through the entire loop. I didn't have time to do yoga before work, but I'll do it in the evening.

Wednesday - walked 1.5 miles & ran 3.5 with warm-up and cool down.

Thursday - walked 1.5 miles.

Friday - walked 1.5 miles and ran 3.5 with warm-up and cool down

Saturday - rest

Sunday - ran 4.5 miles. 5 miles counting the warm-up and cool down. Woo!!! It took an hour, but I did it.

Goal: 20 miles.

total distance this week: 19

mileage on these shoes: 150

I didn't do yoga as much as I'd prefer, but there were some technical difficulties. I've outgrown the DVD I've been using, and my other kept skipping in the Xbox. I did eventually rip the DVD and reformat it to be compatible with Apple iPad and iPod.

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