Motivation gets you started, habit keeps u going

ah yes 11 hours of sleep. the weather is so chilly it was hard not to stay in bed till 930...it was also hard to get out an run. And was so concerned with bringing my ipod that I forgot my garmin...but atleast I remembered the dog...

I started listening to a podcast called Wormwood. Pretty good if you like hokey mysteries.

Brisk Jaunt

I was up at 5:40 am. And out the door by about 6. 49 degrees! I still wore shorts and brought my flash light. It really isn't bright enough. Good think I ordered a head lamp it will be by next week...I hope. I started bringing my IPOD with me. I listened to an episode of Wormwood and some NPR Wait Wait don't tell me. I didn't get all of the jokes but the ones I did get were funny. I"m trying to listen to the news more often. Oh and while I walked the dogs I did a Coffee Break Spanish lesson. It was mostly review but I am determined to be fluent...I hate how they teach it is in school sometimes...Any who it is getting fun b/c I can talk more with the cooks at work.

I felt strong today.

1: 10:22
2:10:26
3: 10:05
4:9:48
5: 9:28 (MP!)
6: 9:49
I run my easy miles to fast...not that i'm complaining..I"m considering myself a VDOT 36 so my easy miles should be at 11 minute mile...on my bad days i run that--but then I feel like a slug...so I think 10:30 is a good easy pace...MP is 9:30 and Threshold is 8:55...my supposeded easy pace is the only one that feels too slow...

any who I better shower and get going...i get to play with my friends 1st grade class this morning!

I hate my stomach and I have no butt

6:45 pm 52 degrees average pace 9:46

I will not run anymore with the dog and no head lamp. We almost died! Okay not really but if there had been a car in the street at the exact moment where my dog either saw something or got scared b/c he went the opposite way I wanted him to we would have been dead...headlamp should be here by Monday. I guess I will wake up early tomorrow eat breakfast and then do homework and wait for the sun to come up to do my run. I think I'm really pushing my luck with runing in the dark with inadequate lighting.

60 second plank

30 second side plank each side

30 seconds of bicycle crunches

And then it was bright!

5:30am--oh yes...I was up that early...yellow dog couldn't sleep and kept pacing! 38 degrees

I felt like such a dorkus with all my gear and clothes this morning. I had my fuel belt, jacket, a new  reflective sash that I bought when I got my head lamp. Which I got last night and I LOVE IT!! I can see now! and I can run whenever and whereever I want--with or with out street lights! People can see me! I like the sash b/c now I even reflect from the back so people can see me no matter what.

On a more depressing note--it was not hard at all to do an easy pace...in fact it was hard to keep up with it. I feel exhausted. I was so hungry! still my average pace wa s11:07...not too bad...but it felt awful. it is funny b/c i ran in 4 minutes slower than my first 1/2 marathon..no wonder I felt like crap...I think running slow just makes for a crappy day..but I couldn't help it...my legs wouldn't move. maybe I should bring sandwiches on my long runs from now on...

6:15am 55 degrees Windy 10:39 pace with the yellow dog

I walked some today. I think it is all the gear, that is waht I will blame my slowness on. Tomorrow I get a running day off. Maybe I will visit with some Jillian Michaels for strength.

Sabotage!

Well you all know I have been trying to eat better...Grrr...and I have been sucking at getting rid of the soda and candy...maybe it just isn't the right time in my life--I keep reading sites about kicking the sugar craving habit--and I really do all those things--i.e. EXERCISE, and eat sweeter veggies. The only thing I can think of that I"m lacking in diet is maybe protein--and that would be more meats in my life. i really only eat meat at night for dinner. During the day it is fruits and whole grains etc.

Now I"m in mood swing valley. And I hate it. I'm mad for no reason. i think I pinpointed that trigger--cheese. I couldn't find anything that specifically said that cheese is the culprit b/c apparently that is the new nickname for heroine...kinda funny, but not really waht I'm trying to research.

I walked the dogs today and did some strength exercises.

Maybe the problem is tha ti have so much guilt behind the sugars that it is putting too much pressure on myself. I"m not overweight...I just want the moodswings and the sleepies to go away....but then again what do you go fore when you are pissed or sleepie? comfort food like candy and a pop...grrrr vicious cycle!