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.

It's that time of year again.. Back to school! Big changes this past year. Marcelo graduated with his MBA, I started back to school at FSCJ in the Spring, and Bela just started 4th grade. I have not done a super job blogging about my walk/run journey. But I hope to add more the remainder of 2012. Again, this year I decided to go for the 1000 mile challenge. I am way behind, and was feeling dispointed in myself. However, despite a few weeks off here in there for a slight injury in my leg, and weeks of, ok I'll admit it, pure laziness; all in all I have remained active. I think that is the key. Don't completely give up. So you had a rough week or month!? Big deal! Don't stop now... keep the momemtum up! That is what this blog means to me. I am holding myself accountable and sharing with you my struggles and my triumphs. So far this year I have done 408+ miles. Like I said, I am behind in schedule.. but not giving up! Today I woke up with horrific cramps, and really did not feel like doing the 2 miles I had promised myself I would do. I kept thinking about something I wrote on facebook just yesterday... "There are days when you just do not feel like exercising. Those are the days that really matter! Anyone can excercise on a "good" day. It's those that are really dedicated and committed that do it on days that they feel lousy!" Yes, I wrote that. Brilliant, right? So I better walk the walk, and talk the talk! I dragged my butt up this morning at 5 a.m. and did 2 miles of intervals. Was it humid? Oh yes. Did my back kill me? Yes. But am I glad I did it? YES YES YES! Whatever is holding you back today, and usually it is ourselves, don't let it. Do what you planned on doing!