Things Worth Fighting For

Things are still going very well! Here's a breakdown of my progress:

2/10 - I ran three miles in forty-six minutes; not my fastest time any means, but for run/walking it's a good easy run pace for a treadmill.

2/13 - Three miles in forty-five minutes. Again, not my fastest but a little bit faster! Just trying to get as many miles as I can under my belt before this riduclously long run.

2/15 - Eight mile run!! Completed in an hour and fifty-nine minutes, just barely under my goal time of two hours. This still puts me at about a fifteen minute mile pace, which is one minute per mile slower than I need to be at to be able to be considered a "finisher" for the Riverbank Run. My motivation today was one of my close friends and sorority sisters from college who was in labor during my run; all I could think about was if she can be strong enough to have a baby, I can run, you know?? Sometimes the best things in life are difficult to achieve. Graduating college, having children, running a marathon; all difficult. And maybe those things are worth fighting for, and I would do better to remember that when I get discouraged.

Workouts Completed: 31
Miles Run/Walked: 87.6
Days Until 5th/3rd Riverbank Run: 81
Days Until Bayshore Half Marathon: 95

Still Cruising

Running has been going pretty well! Lots of long runs in, still all on the treadmill, which I feel is killing me slowly. I've ran next to loud breathers, cell phone talkers, wheezers, and even moaners (yeah, it's as bad as it sounds). But it'll be worth it come race day when I'm ready (well, hopefully)!

Anyway, I feel like I'm finally finding my stride this season! Here's what I've been up to:

1/28 - Easy Run - 1.25 miles
1/29 - Long Run - 6 miles in an hour and a half!
2/2 - Long Run - 6 miles in an hour and twenty nine minute
2/6- 3.6 miles in 56 minutes
2/8 - Longest Run :) - 7 miles in an hour and forty-five minutes
2/9 - Strength and conditioning day!

Still cruising! These parts are dry but really just a way for me to keep myself motivated in addition to logging miles and times easily! So thanks again for reading!!

Workouts Completed: 28
Miles Run/Walked: 73.6
Days Until 5th/3rd Riverbank Run 25k: 88
Days Until Bayshore Half Marathon: 102

100 Days Until the Riverbank Run!

Technically (when posting this) I'm past week 8! How had time gone by so fast?!

On Thursday (15th) I completed another 3 mile run. I've been averaging about 50 minutes per 5k (3.1 miles) which is much slower than in used to - I know since I'm on a treadmill times are a little slower than normal, but it's still disheartening.

Well, Monday (19th), my half day at work started off great, but I was so unmotivated to run; I really wanted to go home and nap instead of running five miles. I sucked it up and did my five miles though!! It took forever, and the treadmill restarted after an hour, but I finished :)

I'm really slacking at monitoring how I'm feeling during most of these runs but I'm on top of monitoring mileage so here goes:

23rd - 2.5 miles run/walk, took 40 minutes
24th - 2.5 miles run/walk, took 44 minutes (not including a mile on the glider and 2.5 miles on the stationary bike)
26th - 2.5 miles run/walk, 38
27th - 1.25 miles, 20 minutes (a strength/weights day)

Workouts Completed: 22
Miles Run/Walked: 49.75
Days Until 5th/3rd Riverbank 25k: 100 (ahhhhh!!)
Days Until Bayshore Half Marathon: 114

A Little Sidetracked

Sunday of Week 3: Went for a run Sunday evening and Planet Fitness was the emptiest that I've ever seen it! Today I was supposed to do 2.5 miles and I was going so strong with just one walk break by 1.25 miles when I accidentally pulled the emergency stop cord and the treadmill stopped my workout and wouldn't let me restart :( epic fail and it totally threw me off my pace. But I still finished, just not as quickly as I had hoped!

Monday of Week 3-
Had to use the glider since it was an awful day for my back!

Then the holidays kicked in and I pretty much stopped working out...

But now I'm back at it! Over the last week and a half I've rallied and completed four workouts, which isn't the best, but better than nothing! In those workouts I've completed several miles and stayed on track with my 25k workout plan!

Workouts Completed: 16
Miles Run/Walked: 33
Days Until 5th/3rd Riverbank 25k: 114
Days Until Bayshore Marathon: 128