Motivation gets you started, habit keeps u going

6:45 55 degrees--brrrr!!! I wore pants today. Very cold. The yellow dog went with me. I was going to run 4.7 today but my calf was cramping up so I cut it short.

I forgot a race story--After the race we went back to the hotel and went to the lobby for breakfast. I was still in my race attire with my finisher's medal. This guy looked at me and said well it looks like you did well. He thought I placed! LOL I'm like oh no everyone gets one of these!

School starts this week. Trying to think about where I'm scheduling my runs and what not. My hours were cut at work this week for some reason. I have 4 available days but was only schedules for 2. I'm going to try to get in one more day. But Friday in town there is a "Night Under the Stars" There is music and stuff so hopefully we can go to that.

I'm not feeling well today--I may take the day off...I don't have work or school today so it may just end up being a late running day. I did something to my leg last night at work so it is sort of pinching. Weird, but i"m going to stick it and hope for the best.

Goals for this month--my friend is really into weights and is going to write me up a plan, in turn I'm going to write her up a running plan. She is more into fat burning so that will be weird since I don't care about that and I just like to run the distances.

For this month I'm going to rebuild miles, add in strength training, and figure out my schedule with school and all that fun stuff. 2 days a week I have to be at school a 7:45--which isn't too early but I have to wake up at 6. Which is the time I usually go for a run--so either M, W are going to be my off days or I'm going to be up pretty early on those days. Oh decisions!

6:50pm--yippee...I actually got out to run. My last class got out early so I took it as a sign that I really need to get out there and run.

Everything felt so tight today. It really kinda stunk. I brought the dog with me and he seemed to enjoy it.

I really liked running towards the sun set rather than running away from the sun rise. It was a nice change of pace.

9:45 am 70 degrees

it is a little to hot at this time to run. Or maybe I just don't like the sun. Neither does the dog b/c he was panting!

I sent in money for a 5k on October 24th. Maybe I can beat my old time. Maybe I will win my age division...and maybe I can keep dreaming LOL.

I'm thinking about doing a FULL marathon next summer. By then I will be a college grad and will only be working. So less will be on my plate. I found one in Michigan about 3 hours from me. It is supposedly very hilly and mostly trails. So should I do it? I mean it will be my first so i'm not concerned with time (under 5 would be nice). I don't have any trails to train on around here and there aren't any marathons going on in July or August in my area...I have till December to think on it before the price goes up (oh it is cheap--40 bucks!)

I"m taking another day off. I walked the dogs for 1.5 miles. Just not feeling the running today. Tomorrow I'm going to write up my plan as if I'm going to run that full by next august...I'm gonna throw in a 1/2 too...

I got up at 7 and then went back to bed at 7:30. My sinuses are really messing with me. september is a horrific month for ragweed and what not.

So I closed all the windows and turned on the air. Atleast now all i have is a headache.

I did weights today.

2 planks--one for 45 seconds and one for 30 seconds. I"m going to start doing these every day till I get to 60.

lat pull downs 3 sets of 10-50 lbs

nose breaker-3 sets of 10--24 lbs

dumbell flys on my back--8 lbs in each hand 1 set of 12

50 crunches on exercise ball

There is a full marathon in June that is fairly close to my house. I'm thinking that maybe better to do. I read marathonguide.com and there isn't much of a crowd...I"m not sure if I"m better off with having a bigger crowd or a smaller crowd. Trying to weigh the pros and cons. A lot of the Chicago area races are very crowded and parking is a problem--which is what I don't want to deal with. Take the train to and from there last year was a pain. any who still in the researching a good first marathon process..