Motivation gets you started, habit keeps u going

36 degrees. 17 with the windchill. 25 mph winds. and my dog...which made it more fun.

Had to stop twice so he could go number one and then number 2. AP 10:30

10:01, 11:04, 10:35

Running resolutions

MARATHON ( I know I just saw that I said that I was going to do this last year...booo)

sub 2 hour half

no injuries

How am I gonna do it?

Cross train to keep my legs strong and moving in different directions to prevent injury. Increase mileage smartly. Wake up even if I don't wann. And have fun!

JM Yoga. I had a very hard time balancing today. Very cold and windy out today so I'm glad I only have to go from my house to the car to the school. But I have a lot of bags for all the stuff I worked on and ideas I put together while on break.

Oh man I have carpet burn on my elbow from planks. Is this the battle injury of yoga. Like black toes are to running? hahaha

So I got the hubby on board with marathon training. After I got hurt the last time he was so Negative Nancy about it. He still seems reluctant so I think I just have to stay healthy and we will be good. I think he supports halfs b/c I have done 7 and haven't injured myself b/c of them. and the dogs are good with it too. Lu started whining this morning when I didn't wake up right away with the alarm.

Back to a routine. Happy Monday!

2 with the windchill or 12 degrees without it. I took off my outer sweater after I warmed up a big and tied it around my waist. I think this helped with bum chill. I need to wear short of something on days like this.

I didn't start my watch till later. I swore I heard the beep but who can tell under all these layers. 11:00 AP

I also need to remember to wear emollient on my face that is not covered. If it was windier I would have been in trouble.

AP 11:09 Progressive run. 22 with the windchill. I gotta get up earlier for these runs in order to be out the door by 5 so I can still walk the dogs. Guess the doggies get a walk afterwork. I will leave work on time today...i will do it I will do it!

26 degrees and 19 with the windchill when I started and 34 degrees with a 30 degree windchill when I ended. I had to keep taking down my buff or putting my gloves back on depending on whether I was in the shade or not. I tried two new things today. I ran 2 and a half laps to get my mileage. I left water at some point where I would be able to get to it as I passed it. I really did not feel like carrying water. But I did carry a little bottle in my pocket. Then I just refilled it.

My SIL who only runs 5k's literally (like doesn't even train for them) left a clif shock block here the last time she stayed with us. So I got to try that after about 6 ish miles. I like those! Much better than Gu! Reminds me of candy and I looooove candy. hahaha.

the last part of my run I suddenly hear some one singing far behind me. He was on a bike and def a weirdo. I was glad he was on the other side of the street. He did say hi which was nice b/c most bikers around here do not. They won't even wave.

here are my splits (notice that my last mile was my fastest)

10:58 AP

10:51, 10:56, 11:18, 10:43, 11:20, 10:55, 11:00, 11:27, 11:02, 10:21, 10:17(last .27)

Then I walked the doggies and streeeetched while picking up dog poop. It really is the best hammy stretch ever.

Yoga Monday

did JM yoga. Skipped the cool down and did Gunnars ab ball exercises. I only went through 2 workouts (you can skip around). I know I only grabbed the 5lb weights but it was still easy. I"m used to JM making me do two things at once. He just had me on the ball doing bicep curls. boring. Maybe I should have skipped around.

Trying to go through some of my videos to keep things interesting on xtraining days.

I will prob walk the dogs in a bit. Lu keeps limping so it will probably be a light day again (she has hip dysplasia and seems to flare up when it is cold, also running around with the boy in the backyard last week didn't help :(

about 1.5 miles in I noticed Garmin was not tracking my miles. I had to guesstimate while running. I knew I was short but jeez! I ran with the dogs when I got back to try to close the back. I used mymyrun to try to get a more exact mileage.(I was supposed to run 5 today)

I'm going to try a reset with the Garmin to try to fix this problem.

weatherbug said it was 30 degrees. I don't think I ever really warmed up.

5 a.m. 30 degrees. Garmin is acting up again. She is now on time out. Took forever to get a signal. After the run I realized it said my AP for 14:00 and it didn't pace my first mile. I did may my run last night just in case. I think my AP was about 11. Pace charts and my RW schedule says to run easy at 11:17.

Am I hurting my speed workouts b/c I'm running my easy runs too fast? My easy runs feel easy, I'm not struggling. But I just wonder if that is why I can't seem to keep up the speed the schedule is asking me for.

elliptical with some weights while on the ellip

10:50 AP Definitely an easy run. Came home and did 15 minutes of shoveling. I had to get it off the sidewalks this time. Yesterday was the driveway.

My friend cancelled on me for spin class. Not sorry though. Now I can go get my grocery shopping done early before the crazies wake up and then knit all day and enjoy the quiet of the snow.

30 day shred level 3. Now I remember why I don't like level 3. Too much time on elbows and knees is not fun. Yes I have a yoga mat but it makes little difference over a basement floor. BLAH~!

The dog walk was nice b/c I have the day off and was able to walk them in the light of day. It has to be 40 degrees. Because of that I"m not going to listen to the weather report anymore. Last nigth they said it was going to be drizzley and 30 degrees. Definately raining or snowing by noon. it is so sunny out I'm tempted to break out my bathing suit and do some yard work.

For the rest of the month I will just wake up at o dark thirty and check the weather and dress accordingly. This time of year is crazy for weather. Sat is supposed to be 38 and sunday in the 50's! What is going on! hahaha

progressive run AP 9:58 38 degrees

10:18, 9:41, 9:54. Finally got it right on the last mile. hahaha.

So I was running short on distance so I ran up the street a little past my house. I ran in the street to avoid some slush, went back on the side walk and ran a little more, did a quick turn and bam hit the pavement. I'm okay though. I was more worried that I put a hole in my pants. I'm only a little skinned up.

About an hour before I really woke up it was pouring. at 5 it stopped so I thought perfect! I wish I could post a pic of the radar. It was all oranges and reds to my east (all that rain) and to the west is purple and blues. So here comes the snow. I emailed the pic to myself but it hasn't come through yet. I'll check on it later and try to post.

slept and slept...oops

5a.m. 20 degrees and snowing!

The sched called for 3 miles of 9:30 AP. I can't seem to keep this up. So I split it upish.

I did 4x800 with quarter mile rest. Here are my splits

9:36, 9:33, 9:41, 9:50 (going over train tracks and didn't want to slip...didn't think it would slow me down this bad though!)

I was trying to count my arm swing to see if that would help keep me consistent. It almost worked.

would it be better to up my interval lenght next week or up it to 5x800?

20 degrees--even colder with the windchill. 11:26 AP.

I drove to another town to meet my friend. She isn't marathon training. So she ran the last 6 with me. I was faster for the first 6! What the heck! And I didn't feel like I was pushing it. I felt like I was holding back a lot so I wouldn't poop out with her!

During the first half I was hot! So when I got to my car I took off the merino and put on a tshirt over my other shirt. Then I was cold. I couldn't win!

There is a lot of snow on the ground. A super duper citizen drove past us and sprayed us with slush. I was cold after that and so were my feet. Despite my way cool socks.

here are my splits

10:48, 11:13, 11:03, 11:05, 10:56, 11:36, 11:13, 11:44, 11:13, 10:59, 13:17 (I have no clue what happened here), 12:05, 12:26

I know the last 2 miles she kept having us go around in circles and a lot of it is in town where there are cars and stop lights so lots of stopping and waiting. Not a fan of the asthetics of this run.

My lower back hurts now.

4:30 a.m. 44 degrees 1.5 mile dog walk. Before that I did 10 squats, 30 second plank, 10 push ups repeat x 3.

Greg is on a new schedule for a few weeks. And since I tutor right after school now. I thought I would give waking up with him a try. Then I can get my work done in the a.m. before school and leave right after tutoring. We shall see how this works. Maybe I will like it better.

Woke up at 4:30 but didn't make it out the door till 4:50. Temp is weird. I think it was 17 with the windchill. Weatherbug was acting weird. Maybe it wasn't awake yet?

Did some arm circles on my cool down.

10:50 AP This run felt super easy.

10:56, 10:58, 10:31

feeling a little blah. Yoga and walked the doggies. Felt a little better after that.

Worst Run Ever! but soooo glad I did it.

I felt sinusey last night before bed. So this morning I just kept hitting snooze or reseting my alarm, promising that I would run after work. Which was dumb b/c I was already awake at 2:30! I kept tossing and turning.

Any who afterwork it was 30 degrees and raining pretty hard. This was hard to dress for. I was supposed to be doing intervals but yeah that did not work out very well with my 11:30 AP. I really didn't warm up and feel good until about mile 3. At about mile 2.5 I took off my windbreaker pants and tied them around my waist. There were puddles everywhere. Thank god my smartwools pretty much kept my feet warmish.

Also running at 4:45 at night is not fun! I felt like I was dodging puddles and cars the entire time. I think waking up at 4:30 is much better.

I better remember this run the next time I think it is a good idea to sleep in.

JM Yoga. .85 dog walk..cleaned the house

yoga, 10 pushups, 30 sec plank, 10 squats, and a 1.25 dog walk

5:00 am 32 with the windchill. AP 11:00. Legs: tired

Feeling kinda blah the last two weeks so I went out like a newbie today. I left the garmin, left the inserts (bad idea-had some twinges), and just ran.

walked the doggies this morning.

Played in the backyard with them after the run.

Feeling much better and not so blah.

7am start, 30 degrees, the wind made me make wardrobe changes anytime I turned. Gloves on, gloves off, repeat. Jacket on, Jacket off, repeat. Annoying!

Today I pretended to be a trail runner and brought real food with me. The gu and the shocblocs don't seem to do much for me. But I brought a couple squares that I had leftover from last weekend. I brought a banana and ate it after about an hour of running. I brought almonds and had some of those about 90 minutes after running and I think again after 2 hours. I brought watered down powerade and a water bottle.

I ate 2 eggs at 6 am.

I'm tired but I have had worse runs. And I didn't feel ridiculously hungry. Which usually makes me want to stop running. I did make a few stops to stretch eat, stretch and eat.

I ran through Lake in the Hills and lots of other hilly areas. I planned on doing two loops of 7. But my friends that was going to meet up with me after the second group had her gma die last night so I just wandered my neighborhood. I seriously ran out of streets to run on. I shall have to plan better next time.

AP:11:27

splits 10:38, 10:46, 10:56, 12:38, 10:55, 11:57, 11:51, 11:39, 11:58, 11:37, 11:01, 11:06, 11:11, 11:16

nike arm sculpt ipad app is awesome and I walked the doggies.

I'm reevaluating marathon plans. I'm not injured. It just takes up too much of my weekend. Please don't tell me to run it anyway. I'm incredibly impressionable and I hate letting people down.

nike arms and abs. Arms was brutal. I was sore still from monday. I think I only did two reps instead of 3.

Break time is over!

-7 degrees with the windchill. 7 degrees regular temperature. 12 mph winds. AP 10:32

I was going to do 3 but I figured hey I put on all these clothes for a reason! Plus it really isn't going to get much warmer today. I dressed adequately. I was glad I put on the extra layers when I ran into the wind but out of the wind I was pretty comfy.

splits 10:52, 10:59, 10:13, 10:04

ran with the doggies.

did lots of pushups, planks and some yoga stretching. Calves feel better now.

I ran 4 and a dog walk. 20 degrees AP 9:50 :)

10:06 (this made me happy), 9:30 (ooh that was too easy) 8:55 (Okay that was good) 10:48 (rest)

Successful speed work out complete :)

Also I would like to petition for my work day to start at 9 instead of 8. This way I could wake up at 7 which is my optimal time for waking up. Even on the weekends that is around the time I roll out of bed. The sun is out and life is good.

today I have off due to Presidents day :)

8:45 mile...YEAH!

1.5 fartlek run. then ,85 walk with the doggies.

Happy Mom's day!

I loved this run! The obstacles were awesome! I was still cleaning mud out of my ears last night!

My friend is back to want to run again. So she wants me to sign up for a November half.

The only way I'll do it is if I can do it under 2 hours. Tips for speed are needed. I hope some of you still check my log once in a while :)

I walked this morning .85 miles

This afternoon I ran/walked 1.2. It is HOT!

I did some sprints, push ups. 

I bench pressed 70# 3 sets of 5

Ran/walked a mile in my merrells. 

Walked the dogs for a mile.  

I don't know that I will ever get back to half marathons again. Right now 5k's and maybe in the spring 10k's are the goal. I just can't see me running more than 3-5 miles right now.

I have been healing and not running for 7 months. Over the last week or so I got the running bug back. I think I needed the break. It was also a very hot summer. I"m excited for the fall.

 I didn't sit on the couch all summer. I started lifting weights in February and walk everyday.  

I walked in the morning and did 3 sets of 3 back squats with 90#

Walked in the morning 1 mile and walk/ran in the afternoon 1.2

Dead lift 5 reps at 90#

3 sets of 3 at 140#

Ran 1.36. I brought the dog. Huge mistake. I also wore mizunos. I'm going back to the merrells. 

 I'm pooped! 

This is a great race if you are ever in the area. First your run and then you and your family can walk around the zoo for free (just paid for the race). There weren't many animals out but it was still nice to be out and walking around after the race. 

 I got 3 side stitches. One on each side and one in the middle. They were all up in my diaphragm. My friend and I are both out of running shape so it worked out. We did well for the first 2 miles and ran walked the rest. I was getting some speed thought when I was running. My legs are ready!  

Back squats 3 sets of 10 with I think I had 70#...I don't remember and I don't feel like going to the basement to look at this point!

and of course a dog walk (do walks are everyday!) 

.75 dog walk

3 sets of 10 shoulder press 40#

1.5 mile run. This one felt better breathing wise. Thursday was filled with cramps. Today I did feel my achilles pull. So I'm wondering what to do. I have been walking in my merrells consistently for 7 months now. Now I want to run in them (and I did today). I don't want to go back to having an inflamed achilles and hurt IT band. Is there another shoe I can wear that is not as cushiony as my mizuno's?

I should also say that when I got those injuries I was wearing my cushy mizunos. So I know I don't want to go back to that.  

I haven't worked out in a week so this was a challenge. 

10-10-10 bench press

50 jump rope

14# 10 reps of dumbbell shoulder press

5 girly push ups

x2

I hurt my hand pretty bad last week. Today it is feel somewhat normal. I had a fight with a mechanical bull. LOL