It starts today!!
Journal November 13th, 2008Sound familiar (see yesterday’s post). Yeah, well yesterday didn’t go exactly as planned. In fact, yesterday was big horrible train derailment. BUT>>>>> I picked up the peices this morning and am starting again. That is what it’s all about, right? Picking ourselves up after a bad day and moving forward on plan instead of sitting ourselves in front of the refrigerator. Of course, I go through several days of this before I actually get it right. You know what they say though.. practice makes perfect!
I did go to the gym last night to run. I ran a mile again. It was a little easier this time, but I am running at a snail’s pace. I run the first 1/4 mile at about 5.5, then drop down to 5 for the next 1/4 mile then the last 1/2 mile was at 4.8 or something. I sure won’t break any speed records, but I’m going for distance not speed. I’ll do one more mile run this week (probably friday) and then try to boost up to 1.5 next week. We’ll see.
I’m really looking forward to tiny2b’s Chick’s Movie Night on Sunday. We are all watching Spirit of the Marathon and then chatting about it online. It’s a great idea and a great way to get us all connected more personally than just reading and commenting on blogs. I’m looking forward to watching the movie as well. The trailer gave me chills! I plan on watching it tonight while my son is at soccer practice since I downloaded it onto my ipod.
November 13th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Hee! Groundhog Day! That is what I feel like half of the time. Or I feel like a shampoo bottle. Lather, rinse repeat. Mess up, declare that I am going to do better, repeat.
I have yet to prove this theory, but regardless, I think over time the speed of my running will improve. I think it will be an extremely gradual thing. It will probably take a year. But it will get better. So I agree with you. It is about the distance.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
ok first off, let me say, 5.5 and even 5.0 is definitely NOT a snail’s pace. unless your legs are like 5 feet long. jogging a mile is a great accomplishment. you go girl.
the chicken taco salad makes about 8 servings, for 225 calories each. enjoy!
November 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
good for you for running at all!! doesn’t matter that it’s at a slower pace. I can only run for about 1 minute at a time. I have been working out for 7 months, fairly hard on the elyptical. but, forget running.. it just seems so hard for me. so, i look up to anyone who does it on a daily basis.
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