Time: 24:20 min
Distance: 2.16 mi
Avg Speed: 5.33 mph
Cumulative distance: 143.45 mi
12/2 - My heart was just not in it today. Blech.
Time: 25 min
Distance: 2.16 mi
Avg Speed: 5.18 mph
Cumulative distance: 145.61 mi
12/6 - I was supposed to do a long run with Amanda yesterday, but I woke up feeling awful so I skipped out on her and stayed home to take a nap instead. I wasn't feeling stellar today, but I felt good enough to try to run a long-ish distance on my own. Nothing too fast, but at least I got out there.
Time: 45:45 min
Distance: 3.71 mi
Avg Speed: 4.87 mph
Cumulative distance: 149.32 mi
12/8 - It was dark and cold when I got up to run this morning. (I really hope someone gets me this for Christmas!) I gave myself the choice between running 3.7 miles or trying a shorter distance with intervals. I did my first speed workout!
Time: 24 min
Distance: 2.16 mi
Avg Speed: 5.4 mph
Cumulative distance: 151.48 mi
12/9 - The snow storm forced me onto the dreadmill this morning. I'm not sure I can even count this as a run (since I mostly walked) but I did a couple minutes of running, so here it is. Hopefully I will get acclimated to the treadmill and it will get easier...
Time: 29:30 min
Distance: 2.0 mi
Avg Speed: 4.07 mph
Cumulative distance: 153.48 mi
12/11 - Running on the treadmill is so much more fun when I have LOST to watch! (Thanks, Mike for getting me season 5 on DVD!)
Time: 30 min
Distance: 2.26 mi
Avg Speed: 4.52 mph
Cumulative distance: 155.74 mi
12/12 - I decided that my new plan is still to run 3x/wk, but now to make one a maintenance run, one a speed work run, and one a long run. Hopefully that will keep me interested, and will help me get in shape more. So today was my long run day, but my friend Amanda is out of town so I had to do it alone. I opted to run on the sidewalks over to Cedar Lake and back (my usual 3.71-mile "long run" when I'm solo). But I neglected to consider that people aren't necessarily great about shoveling snow off their sidewalks. I ran in the street the couple blocks that I could (where it wasn't too busy and there was good visibility), but the rest of the time I just slipped and slid around - it was awful!
The good news, though, is that my new smartwool running socks and gaiter are awesome!
Time: 47:43 min
Distance: 3.71 mi
Avg Speed: 4.67 mph
Cumulative distance: 159.45 mi
12/16 - Yesterday I was just about to step on the treadmill when our power went out! It was out for 2 hours, and then I had to work late, so no run yesterday. Oh well. (I decided not to run outside because there were dangerous windchill warnings from the National Weather Service.) But today I hopped back on and did my interval training - while watching LOST, of course :)
Time: 30 min
Distance: 2.26 mi
Avg Speed: 4.52 mph
Cumulative distance: 161.71 mi
12/19 - It was really nice to get outside again today, after a week on the dreadmill (thanks to snow and bitterly cold temperatures). I ran all the way around Cedar Lake - without stopping for any walk breaks!
Time: 36:24 min
Distance: 3.16 mi
Avg Speed: 5.2 mph
Cumulative distance: 163.87 mi
12/22 - Our dreadmill has a whole bunch of pre-set workouts on it, so I thought I'd try something new today. The one I picked had both hill intervals and speed intervals. At one point I was going 6.2 mph on a 4.5 incline! (Remember, I normally go ~5.0 mph on a flat surface.) It totally kicked my butt, and I ended up doing a brisk walk instead for part of the time, and then just stopped after 2 miles. I think I have to get a little stronger before I try that pre-set workout again.
Time: 26:45 min
Distance: 2.0 mi
Avg Speed: 4.49 mph
Cumulative distance: 165.87 mi
12/28 - I haven't gotten a lot of exercise recently, what with Christmas and the big snow/ice storm. But I got back on the saddle today, and it wasn't as painful as I feared it would be. Watching LOST sure does help, although I'm eager for the ice to be controlled so I can go back outside again.
Time: 25 min
Distance: 2.05 mi
Avg Speed: 4.92 mph
Cumulative distance: 167.92 mi
12/29 - Have I mentioned how much I don't like the treadmill? Blech.
Time: 21 min
Distance: 1.58 mi
Avg Speed: 4.51 mph
Cumulative distance: 169.50 mi
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