Heather hits the 8's!

Today I hit the 8 minute mark! Woo hoo! My plan of getting up before work is still not working well (ie at all) and I've been dealing with some nasty headaches. However I still want to try it. At some point.

February 28, 2009
7:30 am
Treadmill
2.56 K (1.59 miles)
-20 C (-4 F)
2 sets of 8 minutes followed by 1 minute walking; 2 minutes walking and 5 minute warm up and cool down
Felt ok actually. Considering I didn't eat so well yesterday and I haven't ran all week.
Watched Alias S2 (not sure what I'm going to do when I'm done this season!)

Sunday February 22, 2009

Sunday February 22, 2009
7:45 a
Treadmill
2.45 K (1.52 miles)
-10 C (14 F)
3 sets of running 6 minutes and walking 1 minute; with 5 minutes warm up and 5 minutes cool down
Felt pretty good
Watched S2 of Alias

Sunday February 15, 2009

Sunday February 15, 2009
7:30 am
Treadmill
2.55 K (1.58 miles)
-20 C (-4 F)
3 sets of 6 minutes running with 1 minute walking plus 5 minute warm up and cool down
Felt pretty good.
Watched Alias S2


1 more set of 6's to do! Then it's up to 8 minutes! Wow.

Saturday February 14 - Happy Valentine's Day!

Ok I battled with the run today. I was going to get up and run before my hair appointment (bang trim - nothing major) but I was having such a good sleep with my snuggly cat (who rarely sleeps with me) I didn't. I dislike running in the afternoon because it wrecks my hair (not that I'm going anywhere - ha ha) and I hate being all sweaty and changing back into clothes instead of showering (and I refuse to shower again and have to redo my hair). See the dilemma? But since I didn't get up in time it was either skip the run or run in the afternoon. I decided to be good and run in the afternoon. ;)

Sat Feb 14, 2009
4:00 pm
Treadmill
I totally spaced on the distance so I have no idea. Probably 2.6? or 2.7? K
3 sets of running for 6 minutes and walking 1 minutes plus 5 minutes warm up and cool down
Felt sluggish. But I did it. :)
Watched Alias S2.

Thursday February 12, 2009

I was a good girl and ran after work today. YaY me! Also I needed the stress relief. Believe me.
Anyhow that's my last set of 5's. And I was cruising on this run. It felt fantastic. Which is kind of amazing because I didn't have a good sleep last night.

Thursday February 12, 2009
5:45 pm (late!)
Treamill
2.55 K (1.58 miles) (don't ask me why the distances are different - no idea)
-10 C (14 F)
3 sets of 5's with 1 minute walking plus 2 minutes running. And 5 minutes warm up and cool down
Felt great. Good stress relief. Was pretty easy the entire time
Watched Alias S2

Onto the 6's! :)

Tuesday February 10, 2009

Tuesday February 10, 2009
Treadmill
8:00 am
(went to bed at 11 pm and up at 7:30 am -ish. Very good sleep)
2.33 K (1.44 miles)
-6 C (21 F)
3 sets of running 5 minutes; walking 1 minutes followed by 2 minutes running. 5 minute warm up and cool down
Slugged through - not really bad - not really great either.
Watched Alias S2.

1 more set of 5's to do! Then I move on to 6 minutes! I'm following the Running Room Learn to Run program (again). I'm not going to run tomorrow morning since it's my first day at my new job. I might run after I get home. Or I might wait until Thursday. We'll see.

Monday February 9, 2009

Monday February 9, 2009
Treadmill
-5 C (23 F)
2.33 K (1.44 miles)
3 sets of 5 minutes running plus 1 minute walking; followed by 2 minutes running plus 5 minute warm up and 5 minute cool down
Felt pretty darn good. I slept through the night for once and the 5 minutes didn't feel too hard at all.
Watched Alias S2 (yes still)

I decided to take a rest day yesterday.

Saturday February 7, 2009

Check it! I'm done 4 x 1's! Onto 5's! Woo hoo!

Saturday February 7, 2009
Treadmill
8:30 am
2.35 K (1.46 miles)
Temp -5 C (23 F)
4 sets of running 4 minutes and 1 minute walking; plus 5 minute warm up and 5 minute cool down
Watched Alias Season 2
Felt ok - again not the greatest sleep. I need to quit waking up in the middle of the night.

Friday February 6, 2009

Oh and I got a job! Finally.

Anyhow:

Friday February 6, 2009
Treadmill
3:30 pm (was way too tired to do it this morning - crappy sleep again)
2.33 K (1.44 miles)
4 sets of run 4 minutes; walk 1 minute with 5 minutes warm up and 5 minutes cool down
Watched S2 Alias.
Felt ok. Didn't eat overly well today.

Thursday February 5, 2009

Thursday February 5, 2009
Treadmill
8:30 am
2.38 K (1.47 miles)
-4 C (24.8 F)
4 mins running plus 1 min walking x 4 plus 5 minutes warm up and cool down
Felt pretty good.
Watched S2 of Alias

Sunday February 1, 2009

Woot - new month! Wow.

Anyhow:

February 1, 2009
8:30 am
Treadmill
-4 C (25 F)
2.32 K (1.44 miles)
5 sets of 3 minutes plus 1 walk break for each set; 5 min warm up and cool down
Felt ok - not great sleep again.
Watched Season 2 of Alias

Hopefully this is my last set of 5 sets of 3 minutes. Tomorrow it will be run 4 minutes; walk 1 minute x 4!