Sunday, August 28, 2011

Back on the Wagon

I have been home a week now and the jet lag is almost done.  Jet lag hit Georgia and I hard!  I was doing so well the first two days and then bam!  The exhaustion hit me like a truck on the third.

Somehow I managed to get 3 runs in this week and I have started a new diet.

I am motivated again and it feels good!

Today I started my first long run.  My Sunday runs are going to be my 'long' runs and I am going to build my runs up every week by adding 5 mins on.  I am also working on my speed per mile.  I have gps on my phone that tracks my route and pace.

The run tonight was wonderful because I got to run with my running partner and we got to catch up since we haven't seen eachother in a month.  My time was the best yet!  My goal is to get to a 12 minute mile and tonights run was 12:44 per mile!!

Friday, August 5, 2011

I Am A Runner!!!

I have been so busy that I haven't had time to blog. I miss blogging so much....hopefully things will calm down in the fall.

I finished the Couch to 5K program about the middle of July. I can now run 30 mins straight. I am still battling with the mental aspect of running because I am still amazed that I can run, let alone run 30 minutes.

But today I realized that I can now publicly say that I am a runner and I like it!!!

I am on holidays in Australia and I have gone running twice now and the days I don't run, my legs are itching to go.

I am now starting to research different running programs and I am thinking about what the next step is. I know I want to go faster and maybe add on to the length of the run.

But for now running 3-4 times a week is wonderful.

I Am A Runner!!!

I have been so busy that I haven't had time to blog. I miss blogging so much....hopefully things will calm down in the fall.

I finished the Couch to 5K program about the middle of July. I can now run 30 mins straight. I am still battling with the mental aspect of running because I am still amazed that I can run, let alone run 30 minutes.

But today I realized that I can now publicly say that I am a runner and I like it!!!

I am on holidays in Australia and I have gone running twice now and the days I don't run, my legs are itching to go.

I am now starting to research different running programs and I am thinking about what the next step is. I know I want to go faster and maybe add on to the length of the run.

But for now running 3-4 times a week is wonderful.