WIndy~ RUN

I did  it!  Second time outside and I meet my challenge.  Bill ran with me for the first time,it was so windy this morning but warm. Ran 28 minutes (approx. 14 min miles).  I realize I have to deal with the elements and get off the treadmill so my goal now that today starts week 6; is to run outside at the very least twice a week.

 By the end of Week6 I will be running 30 minutes with two days of cross training ( which I  want to do at fitness 19)  and two rest days are built in.

seconds equal minutes, minutes equal miles and miles equal your goal!    If i can do this you totally can too!!!!!!!!!!!

April 20, 2011

This is the third time I have typed this…  I deleted twice by accident

I have been logging my progress in a cool little running journal.  I bought it when I got my sneakers last week.  I should say invested in sneakers because they cost me $100!  I have been tracking my running since I started Feb.25 in a  scrappy little note book.  I transferred all the info into the new one.  It is awesome to look back to my first days and see that I started with running 1 min., walking 1 min, 10 times. ( I actually think it is funny) I have come to today’s task which was run 20 min, walk 1 and run 10 more.  I am trying to figure out how long it takes me to run a mile.  My treadmill cannot be accurate or for sure I will come in last and they will be packing the table up.

Once it stops snowing, raining and sleeting this month I want to run outside regularly.  But, as of yet I am still inside where something is predictable.

One month to the Lilac 5K and I am  very excited!  We are staying overnight since the run is at 8am Charlie is coming too.  Surprisingly Hilton’s are pet friendly!!

I don’t know what happens after I finish  all the 5k emails from about.com… I guess I just run on my own.  I like being told what to run and then I just do it.  Hopefully, I will still be running all summer and make it to my original goal of running at the summerfest 5k in August.  What happens after that??  I don’t know… Maybe I will never run again, maybe I will go for a 10 K who knows.  But I do know that I take it one day at a time and I have come a long way.  A friend told me every second equals a minute, every minute equals a mile and every mile takes you closer to your goal.  I love that mantra and think about it all the time when I am running.

So do you want to join me?  Are you in?  I am in!

I am very encouraged by the emails, comments and supportive words.  I appreciate it and it is what keeps me going!

Have a Blessed Easter !

WHERE I'M AT.....

Well, i finally ran outside!!!!!!!!!!!  i ran to the crow's nest on dodge rd and back. (2.58 mi)
i felt compelled on Saturday .  it was such a beautiful day.  i had just purchased a purple Nike shirt for the Lilac Fest. and i couldn't imagine running on the treadmill again.  i was hesitant but running on the treadmill seemed worse so i went for it!  i called the girls from my cell and asked them to come out onto the front porch to cheer me on.  I knew then i could not walk into court.  They were their with charlie and ran to greet me.  It was awesome and a major accomplishment for me.

So, today i went to Fleet Feet and was fitted for a pair of BROOKS running sneakers. They feel good and i am going to run 15/1 x2 today, tomorrow i cross train.  i have been using the bike or elliptical and weights just once a week.  So I start week 5 of the 5k training on Saturday.  i have been building up my endurance since the end of February.  Yesterday i ran for 28 minutes no problem.  it's amazing considering one or two minutes would make my chest hurt when i breathed.

Lilac 5K is about   5 weeks away.  i actually think i may be able to do this now!!!!!

questions

I know I have received a few suggestions in the past about getting new running shoes.  Now i am finally ready but can not remember the recommendations.  I don't want to go into a store and just pick something out.  I would like to go to a place where they fit you and have some experience.
I did see Fleet Feet come up when i googled Running shoes in Buffalo.  Does anyone have any experience there?

Emailing me is fine.  I know the signing on thing through the blog seems to work for some, only sometimes.
thanks for the help.  4th week in starts on SAT.  Ran  today 11/1 x3  that was a bit tough (mainly a little bored).  It looks like i am running about 21 min miles at this point. 

50 DAYS Until my first offical 5K

wow!   i am now in my third week of training , but have been working up to this point since Feb. 26( i think that was the first post)  so i have been going right along for over a month and have not missed a day yet.  which amazes me...  the fact that i am getting up on a Saturday morning and within minutes of waking saying, " i have to get up and run before the day starts" is a mind switch totally!

I ran today for 9 minutes straight with  one minute in between three times.  That is the longest i have run yet.  Later in the week i will be running 10-11min. with 1 minute in between.  that 1 little minute goes so fast.

I have not ventured outside but Bill has offered a few times to run outside with me and he will help  me keep track of time.   i am not ready yet.  I am afraid it will really discourage me.
My blood pressure is almost normal and that in it's self is awesome!  I am also planning on getting new sneakers this week too!!

Well keep me in your thoughts and prayers if you think of it.


I guess i can do anything i put my mind to!  Yea me!!!!!!!!!!!!