4 miler Coming Quick!

Ran 1.15 miles in 14:10 @ 12:19 min/miles pace, weather was partly cloudy, temperature around 66 degrees, done on my super cool new treadmill. :)

It felt pretty good. I really had to get myself motivated to do it though... I was all set and ready to run on my way home from work, but when I got here I found out my crockpot dinner was half ruined. Sigh. So that took a lot of wind out of my sails today. But I did it and am very glad I did.

The 4 Mile "Zoom Through the Zoo" is next Thursday evening. And then I get up Friday morning to be at the airport by 5:30am to go to Las Vegas for a long weekend with Danny. And then its just one month till my 10k! EEP!!

Gotta get more regular about this running thing again. Will be doing another mile tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have a better day and will get out onto the street for it. :) Got to do it. Gonna do it.

Ran 1.06 miles in 13:25 @ 12:39 min/miles pace, weather was partly cloudy, temperature around 79 degrees, I realized today that I MUST have music while I run. My mood and recovery depends on it.

I think part of Wednesday's problem was that I didn't have music going. I also think its not just music that I need, I think I have trained myself to run to Cruxshadows. LOL That's what I ran to while training for the 5k and I think I have trained myself to react positively to that music when I run.

My mood and recovery was much, much improved today and I think that is mainly due to the music. I also have recovered from the Nashville stress which helped a lot too. :)

Date: 05/04/2010 5:56 PM
Type: Run (Interval run)
Distance: 0.69 miles
Time: 0 hr 08 min 55 secs
Pace: 12:55 min/miles
Shoes: Nike Zoom Elite+ 4

Ugh. Not good. I blame it on the hell that was the last two days trapped in Nashville floods. I got to that point and my body was done. I just could not go any further. Tomorrow will be better. It has to be.

I have offically signed up for the "Zoom Through The Zoo" 4 mile run that will be taking place on May 26th, "UPS Ultimate 10K" at the end of June, and the St. Jude 1/2 Marathon in December. Oh boy. The money is paid and non-refundable on all of these races so I'm stuck. Can't back out now!!!

10k Day 1 (again)

Ran 1 miles in 12:18 @ 12:18 min/miles pace, weather was misty, temperature around 68 degrees, first time running in a while. Signed up for my first 10k at the end of June.

I haven't run in a month. (Hides.) But today I signed up for and paid for my first 10k. Unfortunately the one I wanted to do at the end of May seems to have been canceled...at least its disappeared from the Memphis Runners calendar. The next 10k that I could find in the area is Saturday, June 26, 2010. http://www.ultimate10k.racesonline.com/ Just gotta get back into running.

Danny's sister took back her treadmill so now if I want to run it'll have to be outside. I do want to get another one to have, but this way I'll be forced to run on the pavement. I actually ran the whole mile outside with out stopping or walking. I'm kinda proud of myself to be honest. Just gotta keep it up.

10k Day 1

Didn't quite manage the full 3 miles today....

Instead I did do a total of 2.1 miles. The first mile was outside in the neighborhood - 1 mile in 11:49. The second run was 1.1 miles on the treadmill in 14:22 (for a pace of 12:57). Neither were that great of runs though. The first I stopped after a mile because I started feeling dizzy and the second I stopped after 1.1 (I had hoped to do 2 on the second run) because I started feeling sick.

Tomorrow is a gym day tho, so hopefully I'll go and work out there and Wednesday I'll do the full three miles between outside in the neighborhood and the treadmill. (I don't want to run in the neighborhood in the dark, but right now by the time I get home and changed I really only have time for maximum of 2 laps before it really starts to get dark. As the days get longer and the weather nicer the hope is to do all of each run outside. :) That's the plan anyway...)