Wife of an avid runner.

I didn't want to run today...I never do.  I did my typical warm-up of 1/4 mile at 3mph.  Then I ran for 1.75 miles at 5mph.  I then increased my incline to 1% for 1/8 of a mile and then increased my speed to 6mph for the last 1/8 mile.  I did a 1/4 mile cool-down at 3mph.  Felt really good when I finished.  I also did crunches for the twohundredsitups.com challenge (I'm on week 1, day 2, column 2) 

I did my normal 1/2 mile warm-up and cool down (1/4 mile each) and a 2 mile run.  For my last 1/4 mile I ran at 6mph instead of 5mph.  My goal is to add another 1/4 mile on Monday to my run so I'm trying to push myself on either speed or incline so that I don't fizzle out with a bigger distance.  Right now one of my biggest challenges is the boredom of the treadmill, that and sometimes I get snappy at my kids if the come and try to talk to me while I'm running.  I keep thinking that I want to work up to the 5 miles a day but I can't wrap my mind around how I will keep from going crazy for that long on the treadmill.  Last Sat. Matt took the treadmill and let me run outside for the first time but I don't know if that was any better because it was storming and I couldn't see where I was going because my glasses kept getting covered with snow.  Maybe this Sat. I could try an outside run again in better weather.

Today I also did push-ups for the hundredpushups.com challenge.  I'm on day 3 of week 2.  I'm a wimp but I think I'm getting stronger.

Did my 1/2 mile warm-up and cool-down and ran the rest at 5mph.  Today I downloaded a bunch of songs I love on the mp3 player and listened to them while I ran.  I loved this because I could focus on songs instead of laps.  One song equals about 1 lap for me so I just had to keep telling myself only "x" songs left.  On the last song it was a little longer than the lap so I just kept running until the song was over...really good for me.  I also carried two 2 1/2 pound weights for my first mile.  I did some curls and arm lifts until I was really feeling the burn.  I got a side cramp after about the 1st mile but I just kept running through my songs.  I'm super sweaty but I feel good!