Training with a partner!

My miles to date: 641.63.  Getting there.

For the past 5 weeks, I have been training on Saturday mornings with Jill, my sis in law.  We have been meeting at 6 a.m. and going out from her home.  She lives near a 1 mile bridge, so we have been including that in our workouts.

The farthest we have gone so far is 6.17 miles together.  We are keeping our training for now at a 1:1 interval.  We plan on increasing to 2:1 over the next 2 weeks.

This weekend we are participating together in the Rudolph Run 5k to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  I am very excited about it.

I had some knee tenderness the past few days so I took Sunday and Monday off from running.  This morning I went out, and took it easy.  Just did 20 minutes = 1.7 miles.  Still a bit tight in the knee, but it felt good to get out there!

609.48

There it is.  Miles completed so far this year.  I am not give up.  I may not make it to 1000 miles, but I am going to beat my mileage from 2011!

There's nothing better

I woke up this morning at 4:30 a.m. My alarm was set for 5 a.m. I laid back down and tried to sleep, but all I could think about was how I really did not have the energy to get up and put on the running clothes/shoes that were lying in my closet waiting for me.  What seemed like a millisecond goes by, and then the alarm beeped.

I got up and checked my e mails, facebook, etc.  I realized that perhaps my running shoes have eyes, because i swear it felt like they were staring at me.

I get dressed, get my ipod music cued up, and go out into the chilly air.  (for a Florida girl the 60's feel cool)

My training plan called for 36 minutes, not a long run by any means, but to me it felt like a Half.  I decided not change my 1:1 ration on my Garmin from my long run on Saturday with my sis in law.

Within a few minutes, my hearts was pumping, the music was too.. and I felt wonderful.  Yeah, I was a little sore from Saturday's bridge run, but it felt so good to move.  I loved feeling the crisp Fall air on my face.  I could hear birds singing, and I knew I might even get to see the beginning of the sunrise.

I ran for just over 3 miles this morning, and it felt great.  What are you going to do today?

539.74

Not a remarkable number, right? Well, that is where I am in miles run, jogged, or walked this year so far.  It's a far cry from 1000 miles.  Now I am switching my goal from 1000 miles to beating my miles from 2011.  Which I am not even sure what they were.  I gotta look it up.  Goals are awesome.  I am just so happy that I did not give up!

Back to basics...

I am finishing up week 2 of my original Team in Training - training schedule. Tomorrow I will wake up early and go out for 36 minutes. Hoping to get close to 3 miles. It's just too darn hot still to go out past 7 a.m.

"rest" day

Following my old Team in Training schedule, today is a rest day.. no running. In order to keep on my path to try to reach my miles in 2012 goal, I did 3 miles with the Leslie Sandsone DVD with 2 lb weights. It is my "go to" workout on days that it is raining or just too hot. However, I am kind of feeling so over this DVD. I could practically recite every word that comes out of Leslie's mouth. I need to make a run to the library and check out a different DVD for a couple of weeks to shake it up!

Bringing training back

Last week was a pretty good week for me. I did 18 miles. Right now for the year I am at 452 miles for the year. I am hoping to get to 500 miles before the end of this month. That means I need to do around 3.60 miles a day average. I decided yesterday to break out my old Team in Training schedules from 3 years ago. I will start out slow, but work up to long runs one day a week. Not sure if I will be doing the Half in October or not, but I do want to pick up some 5Ks.