Monday, March 28, 2011
Michelle's Body Changes- March
I added my body change measurements for March. I think those 10+ mile runs are really helping me lose some inches and weight. This month I finally lost some on my arms and thighs. I just hope I can keep these measurements once the half marathon is over!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Michelle's Run 3.27.11
Distance: 6 miles
Time: 59:50
Pace: 9:58
We ran 6 miles under 60 minutes (just barely, but still)! I was feeling great on the run, but I'm really glad we didn't run 12 miles because I don't think I would have been up for that with the weather being blah. I'm just so glad that I'm finally getting some speed.
Less than 2 weeks until the half marathon!
Time: 59:50
Pace: 9:58
We ran 6 miles under 60 minutes (just barely, but still)! I was feeling great on the run, but I'm really glad we didn't run 12 miles because I don't think I would have been up for that with the weather being blah. I'm just so glad that I'm finally getting some speed.
Less than 2 weeks until the half marathon!
Michelle's Run 3.24.11
I forgot to post this run from Thursday.
Distance: 4 miles
Time: 40:28
Probably my fastest 4 mile run ever! It was a little chilly, but not too bad.
We were supposed to run 12 miles today, but the weather is totally yuck. So I may run a few miles later and try to get in a long run this week sometime.
Distance: 4 miles
Time: 40:28
Probably my fastest 4 mile run ever! It was a little chilly, but not too bad.
We were supposed to run 12 miles today, but the weather is totally yuck. So I may run a few miles later and try to get in a long run this week sometime.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Michelle's Run 3.20.11
Distance: 12 miles!!
Time: 2:09
I ran 12 miles! Only one more long run until the half marathon. I felt fine for the first 10 miles, but the last 2 were hard. Then I came back and felt soo sick. I couldn't even finish making dinner because I had to sit down. I don't know if it was because I needed to eat something or what. I'm hoping I start to feel better soon though!
Time: 2:09
I ran 12 miles! Only one more long run until the half marathon. I felt fine for the first 10 miles, but the last 2 were hard. Then I came back and felt soo sick. I couldn't even finish making dinner because I had to sit down. I don't know if it was because I needed to eat something or what. I'm hoping I start to feel better soon though!
Mysti's Run 03-20-2011
Workout: 2 Mile Run
Time: ??
I was not planning on running today, but I had lots of family in town and my older sister wanted to run while she had Grandparents around to help with her two boys.
She typically runs up a small hill in front of her house then walks down a couple of times each night; she didn't know if she could run two miles...She did great. We did not stop at all.
Time: ??
I was not planning on running today, but I had lots of family in town and my older sister wanted to run while she had Grandparents around to help with her two boys.
She typically runs up a small hill in front of her house then walks down a couple of times each night; she didn't know if she could run two miles...She did great. We did not stop at all.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Michelle's Run 3.10.11
Distance: 2.5 miles
A quick little treadmill run. I ran at 9pm, by far the latest I have ran in a long time! It was of course hot in the room and it was apparently high school Death Metal hour. These 6 high school boys were up there listening to their stereo super loud. I couldn't take more than 2.5 miles of that. The one good thing about running in a warm room is you feel like you accomplished more than just 2.5 miles of running. haha. Sweat is tricky.
A quick little treadmill run. I ran at 9pm, by far the latest I have ran in a long time! It was of course hot in the room and it was apparently high school Death Metal hour. These 6 high school boys were up there listening to their stereo super loud. I couldn't take more than 2.5 miles of that. The one good thing about running in a warm room is you feel like you accomplished more than just 2.5 miles of running. haha. Sweat is tricky.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Mysti's Run 03-17-2011
Workout: 1 Mile Run
Time: 9 Minutes
Just a little run after work today to enjoy the 70 degree weather.
Time: 9 Minutes
Just a little run after work today to enjoy the 70 degree weather.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Mysti's Run 03-16-2011
Workout: 45 Minute Run
Distance: 4 Miles
Very excited about my run today and this weeks running in general. I feel like I am back on track; however, with Joey's birthday party this weekend, a house full of family and spring break ahead I'm sure next week will not look as good.
I have been thinking about what I want do accomplish through the Spring/Summer, but nothing has came to mind yet. Ideas?
Distance: 4 Miles
Very excited about my run today and this weeks running in general. I feel like I am back on track; however, with Joey's birthday party this weekend, a house full of family and spring break ahead I'm sure next week will not look as good.
I have been thinking about what I want do accomplish through the Spring/Summer, but nothing has came to mind yet. Ideas?
Michelle's Run 3.16.11
Distance: 7 miles
Time: 1:12:38
Pace: 10:22
A good run! It's amazing how much more motivated you are to run when the alternative is writing papers! I just suddenly have all the motivation in the world to run.
The weather was also nice. I am happy about my pace as well. I ran 7 miles at a faster pace then I ran the 10k back in September. (Not much, but a little none the less.)
Time: 1:12:38
Pace: 10:22
A good run! It's amazing how much more motivated you are to run when the alternative is writing papers! I just suddenly have all the motivation in the world to run.
The weather was also nice. I am happy about my pace as well. I ran 7 miles at a faster pace then I ran the 10k back in September. (Not much, but a little none the less.)
Mysti's Run 03-15-2011
Workout: 2 Mile Run
Time: ??
I almost forgot to post this run. It was a good run and I feel like I am catching back up to where I was in December.
I just have to say one last time how much I love Day Light Savings Time; I was able to get off work, work in the yard and cook, eat and clean up dinner all before going on my run.
Time: ??
I almost forgot to post this run. It was a good run and I feel like I am catching back up to where I was in December.
I just have to say one last time how much I love Day Light Savings Time; I was able to get off work, work in the yard and cook, eat and clean up dinner all before going on my run.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Michelle's Run 3.14.11
Distance: 11 miles
Time: 1:55
Pace: 10:27
I said I was going to have a redemption run, and that is just what I did. Check out that pace! Today's run was a thousand times better than yesterday. The temperature was perfect and I felt good. I didn't even listen to my music for the first 8 miles. I only stopped for water twice (after miles 4 and 8). After the 8 mile stop I could really feel it in my legs, the last 3 miles were hard. But I still had a good time. I would be ecstatic if I ran this well for the Half Marathon. I only have 2 more long runs left and then a week and a half of tapering and resting, before the race! eek!
p.s. I signed Michael up for the Half Marathon last night. I'm happy that he is running it and training with me... but I was sort of looking forward to having a cheerleader to cheer me on during the race. I know some people running the 5k, maybe they will see me and cheer.
Time: 1:55
Pace: 10:27
I said I was going to have a redemption run, and that is just what I did. Check out that pace! Today's run was a thousand times better than yesterday. The temperature was perfect and I felt good. I didn't even listen to my music for the first 8 miles. I only stopped for water twice (after miles 4 and 8). After the 8 mile stop I could really feel it in my legs, the last 3 miles were hard. But I still had a good time. I would be ecstatic if I ran this well for the Half Marathon. I only have 2 more long runs left and then a week and a half of tapering and resting, before the race! eek!
p.s. I signed Michael up for the Half Marathon last night. I'm happy that he is running it and training with me... but I was sort of looking forward to having a cheerleader to cheer me on during the race. I know some people running the 5k, maybe they will see me and cheer.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Michelle's Run 3.13.11
Distance: 3.5 miles
This run was a failure! I was supposed to run 11 miles and only made it to 3.5. I don't know what the deal is. I had absolutely no energy to run. All I wanted to do was sit down and cry. Usually when my run starts bad I remind myself of how great I will feel after I complete the run, but that wasn't working today. I was also really having a hard time being the pacer for Michael...it was like i had no mental energy either. (He didn't have my problem and ran 10 miles.)
Part of it may have been that I had very little carbs today, so my body was needing more calories, but I don't think that was the whole problem. I think it was a lot of little things rolled into one.
This week I only ran 6 miles! That is TERRIBLE! How am I going to be able to run a half marathon in 3 weeks if I only run 6 miles in a whole week?? I just don't feel super excited about running right now. I also do worse with running when I have a less going on. Because I will just keep putting it off all day until it's too late or I've lost the motivation. This week HAS to be different.
I am going to try for an 11 mile redemption run tomorrow, even if it means running in the rain. Then I am going to run 6 miles on Wednesday, 4 miles Friday, and 12 miles next Sunday. That's my plan... I know I have the time to do it since next week is Spring Break... I just need to make myself put on my shoes and run.
Maybe I should blame this on Mysti since she visited last week and now I am out of my running groove. hahhaa.
This run was a failure! I was supposed to run 11 miles and only made it to 3.5. I don't know what the deal is. I had absolutely no energy to run. All I wanted to do was sit down and cry. Usually when my run starts bad I remind myself of how great I will feel after I complete the run, but that wasn't working today. I was also really having a hard time being the pacer for Michael...it was like i had no mental energy either. (He didn't have my problem and ran 10 miles.)
Part of it may have been that I had very little carbs today, so my body was needing more calories, but I don't think that was the whole problem. I think it was a lot of little things rolled into one.
This week I only ran 6 miles! That is TERRIBLE! How am I going to be able to run a half marathon in 3 weeks if I only run 6 miles in a whole week?? I just don't feel super excited about running right now. I also do worse with running when I have a less going on. Because I will just keep putting it off all day until it's too late or I've lost the motivation. This week HAS to be different.
I am going to try for an 11 mile redemption run tomorrow, even if it means running in the rain. Then I am going to run 6 miles on Wednesday, 4 miles Friday, and 12 miles next Sunday. That's my plan... I know I have the time to do it since next week is Spring Break... I just need to make myself put on my shoes and run.
Maybe I should blame this on Mysti since she visited last week and now I am out of my running groove. hahhaa.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Mysti's Run 03-11-2011
Workout: 1 Mile Run
Time: 10 Minutes
I almost didn't blog about my big 1 mile run, but I am determined to run everyday this weekend. It has been a crazy busy and simply crazy week at work (oh, the mental health field) and I excepted to be home my 4:00pm today, but I didn't make it until about 5:00pm and was still waiting on a phone call from a family. So, finally about 5:30 I was finished.
I started dinner which needed to bake for about 20 minutes and I decided that it was going to be dark by the time we finished dinner so I just went for it while dinner was baking.
Thank goodness for Daylight Savings and more daylight time after work.
Time: 10 Minutes
I almost didn't blog about my big 1 mile run, but I am determined to run everyday this weekend. It has been a crazy busy and simply crazy week at work (oh, the mental health field) and I excepted to be home my 4:00pm today, but I didn't make it until about 5:00pm and was still waiting on a phone call from a family. So, finally about 5:30 I was finished.
I started dinner which needed to bake for about 20 minutes and I decided that it was going to be dark by the time we finished dinner so I just went for it while dinner was baking.
Thank goodness for Daylight Savings and more daylight time after work.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Michelle's Run 3.3.11
Distance: 11 miles
Time: 1:56:05
Pace: 10:33
11 miles!! I can't believe I did it. And look at that pace. I am super proud of myself. I felt good for the entire run except for the last mile which was a real struggle. I also can't believe that I ran for almost 2 hours. I only stopped for water twice (the second stop I also had half of an energy bar). Now I have to go take the fastest shower ever and try to make the meeting that I am supposed to be at in an hour. I'm also sure that walking will be a challenge for the rest of the day!
Time: 1:56:05
Pace: 10:33
11 miles!! I can't believe I did it. And look at that pace. I am super proud of myself. I felt good for the entire run except for the last mile which was a real struggle. I also can't believe that I ran for almost 2 hours. I only stopped for water twice (the second stop I also had half of an energy bar). Now I have to go take the fastest shower ever and try to make the meeting that I am supposed to be at in an hour. I'm also sure that walking will be a challenge for the rest of the day!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Michelle's Run 3.2.11
Distance: 4 miles
Time: 40:44
Pace: 10:11
I think my legs were getting tired of my slower longer runs. This was the second run in a row where I start wondering around mile 3 why I am so tired and look at my ipod to see that I wasn't going my typical 10:35ish pace. So once again I told myself to put in a fast last mile. And once again my ipod told me I had a new personal best mile. (I need to plug it into the computer and see what these "personal best miles" are). Today's 4 mile run was almost a minute faster than Mondays. Crazy!
I am going to try to get a long run in tomorrow morning because I'm sure Mysti does not want to come and visit and sit in my living room while I run 11 miles. Plus, I think it's going to rain on and off. Boo! However, I have to leave my house around 11:30am tomorrow, so getting an 11 mile run, shower, getting ready, breakfast, etc all before then might be a challenge.
Time: 40:44
Pace: 10:11
I think my legs were getting tired of my slower longer runs. This was the second run in a row where I start wondering around mile 3 why I am so tired and look at my ipod to see that I wasn't going my typical 10:35ish pace. So once again I told myself to put in a fast last mile. And once again my ipod told me I had a new personal best mile. (I need to plug it into the computer and see what these "personal best miles" are). Today's 4 mile run was almost a minute faster than Mondays. Crazy!
I am going to try to get a long run in tomorrow morning because I'm sure Mysti does not want to come and visit and sit in my living room while I run 11 miles. Plus, I think it's going to rain on and off. Boo! However, I have to leave my house around 11:30am tomorrow, so getting an 11 mile run, shower, getting ready, breakfast, etc all before then might be a challenge.
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