Nice run today. KimR came along :) It is fun to run with a friend :D The legs were better than yesterday, but still not fresh. I am wondering if they will ever be fresh? Maybe I am too old for freshness ;D Anyway- we left pretty late and that is WONDERFUL! The weather is so nice. We got lost running a route backwards so our 4.3 miler turned into 5 miles :) As soon as I am done blogging I am going to go for a bike ride. I am going to shoot for 90 minutes of running/biking per day. So I will be riding for 32 minutes today. David got my jogger stroller all cleaned up and filled with air, so I will be taking the boys with me too. I need to figure out how to hook it up to the bike. I hope I have all of the parts to do it still :) For those of you have been blessed to see my carport, you know that a little wheel attachment could be LOST FOREVER!!!
Have a WONDERFUL day! I love the fall!!! :D
5.01 miles, 58:45, ave 11:44, best 8:24, Laps- 12:39, 11:32, 11:50, 11:09, 10:45
40 min bike riding with the jogger/bike trailer thing attached and a 2 and a 4 year old in tow :D I think that counts as 3 miles of running, right? 12 min of biking for one mile of running, so 3.3 miles-ish?
60 min of Kundalini yoga - I hate the breath of fire! I LOVE yoga. Not my favorite class, but good for me anyway :) Did I say that I LOVE yoga already!
WARNING--- Introspective post today. What do I really want? I want to see what I can make my body do, after so many years of neglect and abuse. I want to see what kind of shape I can get into, or out of, depending on how you look at it J I have always wanted to be a runner, ever since I can remember. It is only recently that I have been able to find the willingness to put the work in to get there. I realize that I am a marginal runner, by comparison to the many other runners we all know, I just have this nagging feeling inside that I can be better, stronger, faster… yeah, I used to watch the Million Dollar Man :) But seriously, am I willing to put in the work to take it to the next level? I am committed to running 6 days a week and increasing my mileage. Sasha was saying monday, that I need to increase my mileage as it feels right, as my body dictates. Well, here is the problem, I have ignored my body for so long, that it is really hard to hear it. It says, go faster, it says, sleep in, it says, run more miles, it says never run again. I am sure that as time goes, I will get better at listening and telling the difference between my body and my ego. I already have in many respects. As for my diet- it has improved 100% over what it had been for the previous 18-20 years. But as I have gotten into better shape, I see many more ways that it needs to improve. It feels a bit overwhelming and discouraging, so I will do what I have learned to do thus far- focus on ALL of the really good changes I have made, and build on them. I know now that I can do hard things. I can run, all be it slow. I can make good choices. I can make good choices more often. I can do this! I can take charge of my fitness and see where it leads me! I love the improvements I have already seen. I want to see more. I don’t know what will happen…I guess we’ll see :D |