Emily's training blog

Only found time for one run last week.  We spent all week in Disneyland .   We were up by six and spent all day at the park.  Oh well.  It was really fun and we walked a lot.  Now I can get more serious.

Treadmill  run.  It was pouring this morning.  45 Minute progression run with 1 minute pushes every five minutes. 6.5 miles.

Went on another adventure run, discovering new routes in beautiful  Taylorsville . I didn't get lost this time, but did end up extending my run by about two miles.  It felt great to run this morning .  7:25 average . 

I knew I wasn't in shape for a good 5k. Especially after missing all of last week. There's nothing like a full demonstration of your complete lack of fitness to motivate you to get back in the game.

I warmed up three miles on the course. It was icy in several spots due to yesterday's snow storm. I decided to forgo my flats in order to maintain traction.

This is a really tough 5k course, and it was really painful. I ran 6:46 for the first mile and 6:45 for the second. I was not prepared for the hills. I finished the third downhill mile in 6:23. I was dying.

I cooled down with Tee and Devra. The highlight was catching up with them and setting up some running dates. It will be nice having running buddies again.

I feel so far away from getting fit. I will spend the rest of 2016 building up my miles and developing some consistency. Then, we'll see what kind of progress I have maee headed into 2017.

6-ish. My garmin died at 5.3 miles. So, guessing. I stopped to help an older gentleman pull his garbages to the curb. I almost dropped the garbage, so I don't think I was really that helpful. I had good intentions.

Maybe Zumba later if my sister in law still wants to go.

I met up with Devra for a long run. I have really missed my running buddies. The mileage seemed to fly by as we got caught up on life. I'm hoping to run with Tee snd Devra regularly. I had to add the .15 so I could hit even mileage for the week.

7:27 average. The wind was sooo cold.