Motivation gets you started, habit keeps u going

marathon training begins!!!!

should I get these shoes

http://www.runningwarehouse.com/descpage.html?PCODE=NB801W

or these?

http://www.runningwarehouse.com/descpage.html?PCODE=MCR11W2e

I was up like a lightening bolt this morning. My brother had this deal that if I was up we would run 'together'. So we texted a little back and forth. Kinda cool to have a running buddy.

So I thought I was going super speedy. I felt great (the end kinda sucked) but then I looked at my watch and I averaged an 11 min mile. SUCK. oh well.

Gen 17-19 (forgot to put more tracks on...oops)

took my dogs for a .60 mile walk. The brown one limped the whole way but as soon as we got to our back yard she was chasing the others around like a mad woman. She has been walking on 3 legs for about 3-4 weeks now. I think it is hip dyslpasia/arthritis kicking in.

25 feels like 15 These miles were tough. What is great is that I WANT to be out there. Just the miles seem hard right now.

Maybe it is a good thing that supposedly there is this horrific blizzard headed this way. People are going nuts with stocking up. Kinda funny. LOL

Gen 17-25

Okay so for as far as training goes I'm doing okay. Tues and Thursday are my usuall days off and today I was going to make a x-training day. I shoveled. And I"m sure I will be shoveling some mroe since the snow has not stopped.

here are some pics for your viewing pleasure.

There is a guy up in Chicago making runners look bad. He actually went out for a run. Of course he was on lake shorte drive which was plowed. My street has not been and there is atleast a foot plus. And growing.

level one 30 day shred and Jillian's Kickboxing.

1 minute plank 30 sec L/R side plank

-7 degrees outside. I'll check back at noon to see if it warms up. but I"m not super worried. Tomorrow it is suppose to get warmer tomorrow.

SLOOOOOOW RUN. AP 12:46...like I said sLOOOOOWW.

But I had my reasons. Snow is still a plenty so when cars are comings down the roads I had to move (usually there is grass/gravel for me to run in--now there is a wall of snow)

Also yesterdays work out was not a great idea before my long run. my pecs and abs and hammies are sore. A good sore mind you...but not how one would like to be before a long run.

so I'm hoping I can do my schedule as follows. Sun, Mon, Wednesday, Saturday--run. Tues, and Friday off. Thursday Cross train.

I was watching some scary Bob Harper videos (trainer from biggest loser) he has a trainer and they made some youtube videos. Today I did 2 reps of this (not for one minute)I just did the two reps of the push up part. But I thought adding in the side planks looks fun.
i also throughly enjoyed Bob Harper saying holy crap. If they made a video together I would totally buy it.

9am AP: 11:36 regressive run

15 degrees