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! :)

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.

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!

January 30, 2009

Yup finally.

Friday Jan 30, 2009
8:45 am
4 C (39 F)
2.31 K (1.43 miles)
felt ok considering how long it's been since I've ran; the crappy sleep I had and how crappy I've been feeling
Watched S2 of Alias (although the op on this one was seriously straining credibility - even for Alias and that's saying something)

So I'm not going to look at this as days of runs missed and screwing up on the plan. It's all achievable from here on. :) Or something.

Saturday January 3, 2009

Well I slept in until 11 am today. I am so going to be hurtin' on Monday when I go back to work. The thing is my cat slept with me all night and she rarely does that so I wanted to take advantage of it. Maybe she's worried I will turn her in for a better model. (Kidding!) I'm not sure why she doesn't sleep with me anymore but she doesn't and it sucks.

But I did run. I figured I was already late getting going so what's an hour added onto it.

Temperature: -24 C (-11.2 F) with windchill of -33 C (-27.4) It went down to -35 C (-31 F) last night. Brrrrr cold. See good thing I have a treadmill.

Saturday Jan 3
11:00 am
Treadmill
2.2 K (1.36 miles)
5 sets of 3 with 1 minute walk breaks. 5 minute cool down but only 2 minutes warm up
Felt ok. The muscle in the back of my thigh is sore tho for some reason.
Watched Alias S2, Episode 4 (and the last bit of Ep 3)

note: this is my third straight day running. Ok it's not much but for me it's pretty good. My plan is to continue next week with the 5 sets of 3 and then the week after increase to the 4 minute with 1 minute walk break (I think it's 4 times). I'm not sure how I'm going to work the logistics of running before work as I take a very long time to get ready but I should be able to do it. I mean other people do it. I'll worry about what to do if I have to shovel when it happens. I guess I could wait until I get home to shovel. hmmm.