"No one ever drowned in sweat."

Completed cross-training via P90X "Shoulders, Triceps, Arms" and "Ab-ripper" workouts. In total 1 hour and 15 minutes. Scheduled some speedwork training in the evening after my kids went to bed, but my 10 month old woke up screaming (he's cutting 4 teeth at once) after I was on the treadmill for only 5 minutes. Unfortnately, I was up with him for 2 hours and was unable to run. I will try again on Wednesday evening.

Completed cross-training using P90X "Back, Biceps" and "Ab-ripper" workouts.

Also focused on working on increasing my speed; I'm SLOW...my average is only 9:15-9:30min/mile. I ran for 2 miles at my average pace and then did 4x400 at 8:30 with 2 minute jogs in between. I was nervous I wouldn't be able to go that fast for more than 30 seconds, but it wasn't too bad! Anyone have suggestions on how I can better increase my speed?

Completed P90X "Legs and Back" workout. Probably not the smartest thing to do before planning on running tomorrow morning, but oh well. I'm going to shoot for 5 miles. I haven't done that in a while so wish me luck!

Completed 4 miles on the treadmill. First 2 miles at 9:30 min/mile. Third mile at 8:35. Fourth mile at 9:45. 

My goal was to go for 5 miles but I pushed it too hard during the 3rd mile. Still trying to work on my speed and hope to do better during my long run next Saturday. 

Completed P90X "Chest, Shoulders, and Arms". Tried to focus on increasing my speed again so I jogged for 2 miles on treadmill at 9:30 min/mile and then did 4x400 meters at a 8:30 min/mile pace with a 2 minute jog in between. Cooled down with a 5 minute jog. I'm starting to feel better during my speed training. I hope to increase my average pace within the next couple of weeks.

Completed P90X "Plyometrics". My legs were just to tired to run after an hour of jumping. I'm contemplating cutting back on my cross-training (P90X) and focusing more on running. I just can't fit both into my schedule!

Completed P90X "Back & Bis." Ran 3.5 miles at a 9:30 pace. I felt really good overall. It wasn't too long ago that I struggled to jog for 5 minutes at a 10:30 minute pace. Hopefully I can get faster.

Ran 4 miles at a 9:30 pace. Today, I wanted to focus more on distance than speed. I felt like I could have gone farther, but it was getting late and I wanted to be able to get to sleep at a decent hour.

Hiked 13+ miles with my husband. His ego was somewhat damaged because he realized I'm in better shape than he is :) It was fun to be out in the mountains and do something different.

Yeah! I ran 5 miles! I haven't done that in a very long time and it felt good! I started running with a goal of 3 miles and I just felt like I could keep going. Again, I wasn't very fast and finished in 49 minutes, but I did it! 

Ran 3.5 treadmill miles. First two at 9:15, last 1.5 miles at 8:30.

Wanted to run 4 miles today but woke up with a fever and a bad cold. I thought it would be better to rest than push it and not be able to run the race on Saturday. I hate being sick, but I guess it's that time of year!

What perfect weather for a run! I really enjoyed this race. I was nervous about all of the hills since I'm used to running mostly on my treadmill. They really slowed me down, but I was happy that I only had to stop to walk once for about 30 seconds. I still need to work on increasing my speed! 

Woke up early, saw the snow and decided to hop on the treadmill instead. Since I've had a bad cold and relatively high fever for the last 2-3 days, today was my first day running since the race on Saturday. After running for about a mile, I thought I was going to throw up...(after doing so later today, I've surrendered to the fact that I have the flu) so I decided to walk for another 2 miles at an incline. Ah! I hate being sick!!! I'm going to try to take it easy until I know for sure I'm at 100%.

On a good note, I did decide to register for the Salt Lake 1/2 in April! That's it! I'm committed now!!! I guess getting sick at the beginning of my training is better than getting sick somewhere in the middle or the end. If I feel better later in the week, I hope to do a couple of short runs and take it easy. Hopefully, I can begin my training schedule on Monday. Thanks to everyone who has taken me under their wing and given me such great advice! I really appreciate it!