Mysti's Run 12-15-2010

Workout: 4 Miles
Time: 43 Mintues

Easy Run !!

I am so totally surprised and shocked that this run was easy. The first 5ish minutes was a little cool.

Clothing: Long pants, shorts, tank top, long shirt, gloves and hat.

My motivation came this morning at Target when I found a pair of gloves in the running/active wear section.

Mysti's Run 12-13-2010

Workout:
1) 45 minutes on elliptical.
2) Ran my stairs 15 times.


Michelle indirectly kicked my butt into gear the last couple of days by posting 6 and 4 mile runs !! Thanks Michelle !!


Ok, I feel like I have talked more about running than actually running over the last month.

My thoughts....
1) Join a gym for 3 months...but I'm cheap
2) Run in the cold and just get over it
3) Wii
4) Wii, elliptical, running...whatever I can do to stay active
5) Elliptical more days of the week but not as long...cause I get bored
6) Running stairs
7) Workout videos from Netflix...I just laughed


As you can see (read), I am totally lost without a plan and continue just talking about what I want to do !!

Michelle's Run 12.13.10

Running Stats:
Time: 42:30
Distance: 4 miles

Since the high was in the 20's today, I obviously ran inside.  I ran 4 miles on the treadmill.  I kept trying to run faster... but my legs just weren't moving that fast tonight. 

Picking a Half Marathon

So, I'm having trouble picking a half marathon. I have found three possibilities and each have pros and cons.  I thought writing them out in a post could help me decide.

Knoxville Half Marathon; April 3rd

Pros

-close by

-$60

- could run the parts of the course before the race to get used to it

Cons

-hilly

-earlier than the others= less time to train

Country Music Half Marathon, Nashville; April 30th

Pros

-later than the Knoxville Half

-pretty flat course that goes through downtown Nashville and Centennial Park

-Rock N Roll series which means it's a well organized race and will have a lot of people; they also have live music and other events

Cons

-expensive $90 if I register before the end of the month, although I think I found a $10 coupon

-would have to get a hotel room and pay for meals

Kentucky Derby Half Marathon,  Louisville; April 30th

Pros

-same day as Nashville

-would get to visit a new city

-cheapest @ $50

-course goes by Churchill Downs (the race is a week before the Derby)

Cons

-would have to get a hotel and pay for food and such

I'm not sure which one I will choose, but I feel like I need to pick one soon because the prices go up at the beginning of 2011 in a few weeks.  Decisions, Decisions, Decisions....

Also, I may or may not be running today because it is 25 degrees and looks like this out right now...

Michelle's Run 12.10.10

Running Stats:
Distance: 6 miles
Time: 67 minutes

6 miles again!  Yay!  Although, it was pretty slow.  I had to walk up a really steep hill around mile 4.5 for about 2 minutes so that added to the time.  Other than that, I stopped after 3 miles to stretch and take a quick break.  I'm not too sore right now... we'll see about tomorrow. 

I decided to start half marathon training a day early because I wanted to take advantage of the nice running weather this afternoon.  (tomorrow we are going to GA so I would have to run in the morning). 

Michelle's Run 12.08.10

Running Stats:
Distance: 4 miles
Time: 42:30 minutes
Pace: 10:37

Treadmill run.  I felt really good for not having ran more than 3 miles in a while.  I hope to get another run in Thursday or Friday because  Saturday or Sunday I need to run 6 miles.  Eeek! 

Half Marathon Motivation....

So, I'm still going to attempt to train for the half marathon.  Even though it's been SUPER cold here.  Training starts December 11th and I hope to run a half-marathon April 30th. 

I decided that I needed some sort of prize to work toward.  I was going to do this with the 10k, but I found that I didn't actually need a material motivation because it wasn't that difficult.  This is going to be harder however.  I don't have many good places to go on long runs and it's going to be cold from now until March.  So my motivation this time is a new dress.  Hopefully when I get about half way through training I will start looking really good. (hahaha)  So a new, fun dress will be a nice treat. 

Maybe I'll pick something like one of these....

All of these dresses are from modcloth.com

Maybe this will give me a bit more motivation.  (Plus the high entry fees of half marathons.. yikes!)