Tuesday March 31, 2009

Yesterday ended up being a rest day because I had a crappy sleep and had a bit of a headache when I woke up.

Tuesday March 31, 2009
5:18 am
Treadmill
2.5-ish
5 minute warm up, 2 sets of 10 minutes x 2; 5 minute cool down
Watched Alias S3

Sunday March 29, 2009

Sunday March 29, 2009
11:18 am
Treadmill
2.74 K (yeah I don't know why it's longer either)
0 C
5 min warm up; 2 sets of 10 minutes running followed by 1 minute walking; 5 minute cool down
Felt - meh kind of draggy. Thought it was a hard run to finish - just wasn't feeling it at all.
Watched Alias S3.

Late start this morning - I slept in and then wanted to go grocery shopping before the crowds hit (because it would be insane to at 1 pm on a Sunday afternoon) and then I had to get gas and a latte (of course) and then unpack and then eat (as I was starving!). It's 1 pm and I still haven't showered. I almost didn't run but then I thought oh what the heck - might as well. :)

Saturday March 28, 2009

Saturday March 28, 2009
7:00 am
Treadmill
2.5-ish K
-5 C
5 minute warm up; 2 sets of running 10 minutes x 2; 5 minute cool down
Watched Alias S2 (finished the season!)
Did the sets much faster than I normally have been - still able to talk during but much faster than before - just to see. :)


So far the morning running is going well. And I feel fantastic all day. I'm so glad I'm not fatigued like I would be a year ago. Such a difference.

Pondering - am going to attempt to run every day this week until the weekend. I'll play it by ear and if I have to take a rest day I will but for now that's the plan. We'll see.

Friday March 27, 2009

3 runs this week! Woo hoo! Wednesday and Thursday were my rest days - Weds because I went to a concert that night and I didn't want to be over tired since it started at 9 pm (gasp!) and Thursday - well because said concert started at 9 pm. Very short night of sleep.

Friday March 27, 2009
5:30 am
-2 C
Treadmill
2.57 K
5 minute warm up; 2 sets of 10 minutes running following by 1 minute walking; 5 minute cool down
Watched Alias S2 (I'm on the last episode!)

Tuesday March 24, 2009

Tuesday March 24, 2009
5:40 am
-10 C
Treadmill
2.45-ish K
warm up of 2 mins; followed by 2 sets of 10 minutes running with 1 minute walking; 5 minute cool down
Watched S2 Alias (1.5 episodes to go!)

Monday March 23, 2009

Monday March 23, 2009
5:30 am
-10 C
Treadmill
2.5-ish K
warm up of 2 mins, 10 mins running followed by 1 minutes walking x 2, cool down of 5 mins
watched S2 Alias (which I am almost done! :( )

Saturday March 20, 2009

Saturday March 20, 2009
7:30 am
Treadmill
2.50 K
-2 C
5 minute warm up, 2 sets of 10 minutes running, 1 minute walk break, 5 minutes cool down
Watched S2 Alias

Wednesday March 18, 2009

Wednesday March 18, 2009
5:30 am
Treadmill
2 K-ish (forgot to look)
3 minute warm up; 1 set of 10 minutes running; 1 minute of walking; 5 minutes running; 5 minute cool down
Watched S2 Alias.

Monday March 16, 2009

My last set of 10's! I guess I'm officially done the Learn to Run ;) Well not totally because my last two runs didn't consist of the full set of 2 x 10 minutes. But pretty close. I didn't get any other runs in last week because I felt crappy the entire week.

Monday March 16, 2009
5:45 am
Treadmill
forgot to look - 2 Kish
1 set of 10 minutes; 1 minute walking; 1 set of 5 minutes running, 3 minute warm up; 4 minute cool down
Watched Alias S2

Monday March 9, 2009

Monday March 9, 2009
5:30 am
Treadmill
-30 C (-22 F) (yes that really is what the temperature was!)
2.53 K (1.57 miles)
Felt ok considering it was 5:30 am in the morning!
2 sets of 10 minutes plus 1 minute walking; 5 minute warm up and cool down
Watched S2 Alias

Thursday March 5, 2009

I ran this morning. Before getting ready to work. At 5:40 am. And then had to shovel three feet of snow because of the blizzard last night. I had to cut the run short because I dawdled before getting ready and didn't have enough time. But some is better than nothing.

and yes I'm tired. Although I think that is more due to the snow shovelling. I'll post the details when I get home.

Thursday March 5, 2009
5:40 am
Treadmill
1.99 K
-20 C (-4F) with blizzard conditions (snow, wind, poor visibility) - no wonder I ran inside
1 set of 10 minutes (10 minutes!), walking 1 minute and then running 5 minutes, 2 minute warm up and cool down (had to cut it short due to lack of time because I dawdled)
Felt ok. During the day I was pretty tired but I also shovelled a ton of snow before work as noted above (and then had to shovel snow when I got home as well - ok I used the snow blower but still); I felt better after I had my latte. ;)
Watched Alias S2.


but really I figure it's pretty good for my first morning run. At least I did it. I inadvertently woke up at 5 am anyhow (storm woke me up). I figure I'll sleep pretty good tonight. I am very tired.

My last set of 8's

and it was BRUTAL. The kind of run where at 2 minutes in you are asking yourself can I walk yet? My legs were like lead. But I did it. I did have to sneak a couple extra walk breaks in tho. Oh well.
It's done.

Tuesday March 3, 2009
5:30 pm
Treadmill
2.2 K
-2 C
2 sets of 8 minutes with 1 minute walking, followed by 2 minutes running. 5 minute warm up and cool down. We won't talk about the extra walk breaks.
It was brutal. Hardest run yet. My legs were like lead. No energy.
Watched Alias S2.

Onto the 10 minute set!

Sunday March 1, 2009

Sunday March 1, 2009
6:00 am
Treadmill
2.50 K (1.55 miles)
2 sets of 8 minutes with one minute walking; followed by 2 minutes running and 5 minute warm up and cool down
Slugged through it but it got done!
Watched S2 Alias.