Motivation gets you started, habit keeps u going

10:00am Pace 10:17  65 degrees

Intervals--today I did 3 minutes of rest and 1 minute of fastness. I only repeated this 4 times. I probably could have warmed up a little more but again I was trying this out. No pain today...I feel very tired now. I didn't get to bed until 230am on friday night and I swear I'm still recovering (i really could not sleep)

during my fast times I ran on average 8:30-8:45 pace and during slower times I ran about 10:15 pace.

is this too much of a difference?

I made up my 1/2 marathon schedule (i haven't committed to go yet b/c I want to make sure the dogs are taken care of)

Sundays I will do intervals or fartleks...some sort of speed work.
Monday-easy run
Tuesday-easy or maybe a tempo if i'm feeling it (which is better for wanting to improve race time? tempo or intervals?)
Wednesday-rest
Thursday-long run
Friday-easy run
Saturday-rest or make up for days lost or biking

7:20am 64 degrees Pace 10:43

Splits

1--11:18
2--10:36
.95--9:45

I hate how slow I start out....i'm sooo a distance runner...

Happy Memorial day and thank a Veteran!

6:20am Goal-run 3-5 miles.

I just woke up mad today. It looked really dreary out. I have been getting anry b/c I have been walking the dogs a little later in the morning and there are a ton of people out with their dogs. So I thought I would walk them before it started to rain and before my run. the I decided maybe I would run them. . I took them around the park like normal. Is it wrong of me to be annoyed that there are so many more runners out than there was yesterday when I ran or the day before or even in the last month! I think the angrier I got the more my shins hurt so I called it quits after .6 miles and walked the rest of the way home.

I think I just get annoyed b/c it just keeps getting more and more conjested here. My boyfriend and I were at a friends house over the weekend in an area where we would like to move to. Maybe even a little further south. So we took a trip down dream highway and took the long way home so we could see and point out houses in the middle of corn fields that we would like to live in. Sigh...I just keep telling myself 2 more years and we can move...I just hope we can still get a good deal by then.

Okay fade back into today... I started thinking about my goals and blah blah blah...so I am calling it a cross training day. I went for a bike ride. I get extra points b/c mid ride a down pour occurred. I knew it was going to rain but I just thought it was so fun going up and down the hills. The rain got so bad that I couldn't see anymore b/c I couldn't wipe the rain out of my eyes fast enough! I tried out the garmin on the bike too. I dont' have the attachments I just switched it to bike mode. What would be different if I got the optional attachment stuff for the bike?

Any who I did 4.73 on the bike and I found a new 3 mile route for running. (I dont' like my other one anymore)

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!

push-ups ab stuff. Walked dogs.

Today for my meals

Breakfast-Cherrios, banana, cranapple juice, vitamins

Lunch and dinner I packed (i'm in school all day)

Turkey and mayo sandwich, green peppers, cucumber slices, 2 apples, Bagel with cream cheese, mountain dew, lots of water, vanilla yogurt with granola

If I get hungry i will go to the salad bar and get some salad.

So how am I doing so far? Any better than last week?

And Saturday I am running my first 5k with my brother...Friday night we are having a BBQ for my mom's 50th. I am torn between drinking more than a few and just running the 5k or just having a drink or two and running the 5K all out. I mean I don't have anything to prove. My brother says he hasn't ran in months so it is hard to say what his pace will be. I know why he actually trains he can run a 7 minute mile. So we shall see how this all turns out!

Oh yeah and one other thing--I got The Stick last night...so far so good (hammies keep tying up in knots)

8am--slow start this morning. My knees during the run were feeling like how they felt after my 1/2 marathon last year. Any advice on this? I soaked in a cool bath. They feel okay now...but I get worried about my knees.

Oh and forgot to say--today is my last run before my first 5K on Saturday...Yippeee!!!

Great race with my brother....pictures to follow. I felt super strong (I didn't really drink last night just probably ate too much barb-b-que...I love it!

The food spread after was awesome! I love small races (only about 300 people). My garmin had us at 2.92 miles...so I dunno...but my overal pace was a 9:32. Running with my bro was motivating b/c he is so much faster! (he slowed to let me catch up). I think i'm gonna start pushing myself harder.