Yoga

Another great session of yoga with Craig, I had a different instructor tonight, so instead of a energy boost I almost felt like I had just taken a nap afterwards.

Shamrock Shuffle

All signed up, its a little far away but should be some good motivation!

Saturday

It was really hard to get motivated to get out this week and especially on Saturday, but I am glad that I did. I only went for 2 miles, but that has kind of been my new thing. I try to push myself to get out and atleast do a mile or 2 each day. I mostly have been going short distances because of the weather and b/c i am still having a lot of knee pain after my runs. I have been trying to do stretches and strengthening exercises to help, but still pretty hard for me to stand up for log periods of time.

Run Mon & Tues

Monday - Ran a 5k in the gym in 21:39 and on tuesday ran 2 mile on the track in 14:40 and one mile on the elliptical. trying to do more strength work and core stuff. going to write myself a work out plan tomorrow to make sure i get back in the swing of doing tempos / long runs / fart leks every week. Time to get serious and pick a 5k to run! Also a half marathon.. can't wait.

5.7 ish

Had a good run and ran into a friend at the start and joined her for a mile. have felt sluggish lately but still trying to take my iron. ran about 7:30 pace so decent, but not really where i want to be. looking for a race...

Chilly 2

Got out for a solid 2 mile run today, really happy I had the chance to run in the daylight, so much easier to get out when the sun is out. Form felt horrible but my splits look good.

Tooo Cold

Yoga: 40 minutes

yogatoday.com

The temperature here has been super cold, somehwhere around 10 today with a -20 wind chill. So I decided it would be a good idea to do some yoga at the apt.

2.5 blah

dont know why i thought i could run in the morning. didnt get out till 9 and it was still tough. yuck. they say it takes doing it at least 10 times for it to feel like a habit though so maybe i have to push through - but im just not sure if morning running is for me.

went 2.5 miles. run in same smart wool and under armor outfit as last run (ew right?) and ran in my nike's and stabilites. not so sure how i feel about those inserts :-/. want to get back to five finger running.....

4 mile ish

ran out in the cold today too - but i had two thin layers of smart wool that kept me more than toasty. i am ever-impressed by that magical fabric.
i ran in my nike structure triax - ive switched out of my favorite kinvaras because they are just not enough support for my poor weak feet right now.
immensely enjoyed my run even though it was super slippery here too -
had to take it slow on some parts but over all had a good quick pace.

ran for 32 minutes - dont know how far. will measure later.

First run in Chicago

Distance: 1 mile

Slippery out today.

First run of 30 in 30

Distance: 1 mile

Time: ?

Where: Royal Oak

It was cold and snowy but I tried to get out for just a mile. 

Online challenge to get going

Brisk Run

Overall an ok run, happy to get out and run even though it is a little cold. Tried to really concentrate on form but unleveled and slippery roads made it difficult.

First post of the new year

Time: ?
Distance: about 3 miles
Area: Royal Oak
Shoes: Vibram Flos

How did it go:

Good run. It was nice to get out and start running again or at least just nice to get out of the house at all. I took it pretty slow and tried to concentrate on my form and not worry about how far or how fast i was going. I didn't stretch at the end and woke up the next day sore, definitely need to start stretching more.

New Year Goals

The new year is here and I am excited to start setting up some races and goals to shoot for since I have more free time to get out and run.

1. conquer winter blues, try to run everyday even if it is only for 5 or 10 minutes.

2. start doing more core and strengthening exercises (yoga?)

3. tack off a marathon this summer, maybe i'll work up to it but i definitely need to start training for the Ironman