Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

I head out today and ran the .25 miles down to Paula's house. I decided it was way to windy for me. I asked Paula how she felt and she agreed. I ran the .25 miles back to my house, dug through all my winter running gear to find shorts and a T-shirt. I headed downstairs to the treadmill. It hasn't been used for quite a while, which was very apparent by the dust on it and the fact that I couldn't get it to turn on. I made sure it was plugged in and flipped the reset button a couple of times - and nothing. I took me about 5 mins before I remembered that you have to but the red emergency stop thingy in the slot for it to turn on...DUH!!!! Hopped on and got going. I remembered at about 2 mins in why I do not like the treadmill. I ended up doing some speed work which was very needed. Overall 5 quality miles. I will need to head back out or back on the treadmill (now that I can remember how to turn it on) to finish another 2 later in the day.

Happy Running & Merry Christmas!!

PM:  I planned on going down to the treadmill, but got down there and ran .19 miles (yes, I am giving myself credit) and remembered why I hate the treadmill.  Got off, changed into my  winter gear and called my husband to find out when he would be home from the store so I could head out.  He said "It is a blizzard out here, cars cannot stop."   I sulked, hung up the phone and changed my close yet again and went back down to the treadmill.   I got going and figured if I have changed my clothes 3 times and broken a sweat, I should make it worth my time.  At 4.3 miles my husband came down and put is cold hand on the back of my leg.  I almost fell and yelled back:  "I cannot go outside because I might get hurt, but you are going to make me fall on the treadmill!?!"  Finished at 5 miles and it is now time to go spend time with the family.

Thanks for all the support!! 

I headed out today to try out my Christmas gift -Nike+. My husband will buy anything that is made by either Nike or Apple, so for him it does not get any better than this. I was surprised, because it was not something I had ever mentioned wanting before. It was pretty easy to set up with my Nano and I got going really easy. The instructions state you can calibrate it but it is not always necessary. I thought I would see how it would go. I need to calibrate!! It says that I went 7.94 miles with a pace of 7:40 (not possible). I am going off my traditional mapping method instead and only giving myself 6.76 miles :( I wanted to run 7 but fell just short. I am happy however with my avereage pace 8.93 miles. I would probably almost consider this a tempo run. It is a beautiful day with the sun shinning! Enjoy the day!

Happy Running!

Headed back out to calibrate my new toy.  It said it was successful, but I have my doubts.  You are supposed to run nice and even but I ended up jumping a few puddles because my shoes from this morning are still wet and I only have one pair of back ups.  We will see, I might have to head to a track.  

 Hope you all had a wonderful holiday!
 

It is cold and windy this morning!! We head out and had 3.5 miles into the wind and up hill, we then turned around and had a really easy rest of the way home.

I got my Nike+ipod calibrated and it worked great!! It is pretty close to 100%. If any thing it is a little short. We aver. 9:07 pace. Not to bad!

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Normally, Thursdays are my hardest days of the week. I am tired and run down and exhausted both physically and mentally. I woke up today ready to go. I was shocked! We headed out and there was not even a breeze. I cannot remember when the last time the air was still. I was shocked again! We had a good run. We ran the same route that I ran on Tuesday. I had distance issues again with the Nike+ and this time it was short. I still counted what it said, but I have figured out where it gets off on this route. There are a couple of large water towers and I am not sure if they mess up the signal or what. But both times the differences came began around the same spot.

I also realized today, how much time we waste at stop lights. Total running time was 1 hr 2 min. From the time I left my house and came back was almost 1 hr 10 min.

Ave Pace 8:54

 I spoke to my husband about the distance thing and he said that it was probably user error.  He is probably right.

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No run today.... I told myself I could sleep until I woke up -9 hrs I must have been tired.  Off to a busy day at work and dinner with friends tonight.  

Happy Running! 

We headed out today in the wind. Our first mile was uphill in the wind, enough to make us both question if we should do this. Once we got out and going east/west it was not as bad. Paula was not feeling well so her husband came and picked her up at mile 6. I finished running the 2.2 home and then added on enough on the treadmill to equal 10 miles.

I am so tired of complaining about the weather but it just is not getting any better. Please on behalf of all runners - No more wind, rain, snow or ice.

Ave pace 8:53 

Happy Running!