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an hour of yoga and 25 minutes on the elliptical.

roller skated for a couple hours.  

Ran for 1/2 mile on the treadmill and I could feel pain brewing in my foot, so I quit to the elliptical, which I didn't feel gave me a good workout.  But I did 2.5 miles on it.

I was paying attention to my foot position while running, and I can tell I do keep my foot flexed while on the treadmill.  My dad said that might be the contributing factor.

I may try to run outside this weekend when I can run in the light and see if normal running makes my tendon act up.  Until then I will try a bit on the treadmill before using the elliptical for the rest of my workout.

Also did arms this morning.

lifted in the AM

A 1/2 mile on the treadmill.  I had hoped for a mile, but my foot started to hurt a bit and I really want to be able to fully run starting next week.  (crossing my fingers)

 Then I did 3.1 miles on the elliptical.  It isn't the same.  I miss running...

I also did abs and lower back.

lifted in the AM.  Increased weight on bench press and shoulder rows.  

Thinking about running outside AM tomorrow to see if outside running pains my foot.  I should be able to squeeze in a bit before I have to go to class.

I feel so pitiful logging my mileage...I feel like stopping, but I know I will like to have this record later to compare data.

 So I did 1.1 miles on the treadmill.  I pushed my foot into discomfort, but not pain.  

 I also did 10 minutes on the elliptical before the gym guy started turning out the lights.  I'm silly--I went to the gym 25 minutes before it was closing.  I thought the hours on Saturday were longer.

Oh well.

Only did 1/2 mile today because the foot started to hurt.  Had a thought while I was running:  Maybe I should try getting new shoes and seeing if that makes a diff.  I've put 320 miles on them.  Usually I'm good for a bit more, but I've never run so many treadmill miles.

Anyway, it's worth a try, and while I'm at it, I'll ask the guru at Body 'n Sole for his thoughts.

Then I did 35 minutes on the elliptical.  The one I used yesterday made my calves sore for some reason, so I used a different brand of elliptical today.

 After I did abs, lower back, and lat pull downs. 

Planned on running only a mile today, but my foot felt decent.  I stopped to do a class--an ab core class.  It was pretty good.

Tomorrow I will get my new shoes, but I think I am only going to lift and do the elliptical.  I don't really have a plan in place yet for getting mileage back up because I'm going to see if new shoes help.

40 minutes at home.  Lifted arms.

Got my new shoes yesterday.  Tried them out today and I'm optimistic.  Hopefully this will take care of the problem.  I think I have another 4 weeks or something on my gym membership so I will start running outside late Feb.  I may just have to not run so many miles on the treadmill.

Today it was -9.  Tomorrow it's supposed to be more of the same.  We didn't have school today and none tomorrow either.  Snow days are one of the perks of being a teacher.

I wanted to do the ab core class today but it was cancelled.  If I had known that, I wouldn't have waited until the p.m. to go to the gym.

 Instead I lifted--legs, abs, and lower back.

So far, so good, but I think I'll keep in the 3 mile range for at least a week.  Did 1/2 hour on the treadmill.

50 minutes of yoga and then 2 miles.

Got back from Chicago late last night and gym was closed by the time I got there.  Oh well.

For some reason when I got to the gym, every single piece of cardio equipment was taken.  So I did my workout backwards--lifted legs, abs and lower back, then ran.  My legs felt dead, maybe because I lifted first, but maybe not.

Lifted AM.  Wanted to go to the gym, but my niece and nephew came over unexpectedly in the PM and I felt guilty about going.  They stayed for dinner.  Apparently my husband invited everyone over earlier in the day but forgot to tell me.

I wanted to run outside but it was dark before my hubby got home from work.

I hurried to get 3 miles in before the ab core class.  I did my 3 miles in 24 minutes, but all at different paces ranging from 8:34 to 7:03.  Then I didn't even have time to catch my breath before I went to the class.  It was good but exhausting.

 It was 40 and it's supposed to be 40 Friday.  I was all excited, thinking I'd run outside to the gym Saturday for yoga, then run home.  But the news informed me that the high is 11 Saturday.  I'll probably run on the treadmill again instead. I'm hoping in a few more weeks it'll be light enough to run outside when my husband gets home.  I don't want to go more than 4 miles at a time on the treadmill. 

Went to yoga and then did 3.3 miles on the treadmill in 1/2 hour.  It was an okay run, I varied my pace a bit, but the faster parts didn't last as long as I did on Thursday.

"ran" for 35 minutes at home while the kids were napping.  It probably translates to about 3 miles, but I have no way of really knowing, plus it's like the elliptical in that I don't feel it is really running.

Then I lifted arms.  I increased weights on everything but biceps and triceps.

I varied my pace.  I did 5 minutes at 9:13, 5 at 8:34, 5 at 8, then 2 min at 7:30 and 1 at 7.  The second time I did less at the fastest paces.

I was wiped after this run, but I still did my class.  I have felt so tired this last week.  I thought it was because of my period, but it's almost over and I still feel drained.  

The class was almost all abs today, but it felt good.  I was feeling really hot and light-headed after I was done, though.

lifted am

Just did my ab class.  We did a lot of squats and wall-sits before doing everything else.  It was a good one.  I don't feel sore, per se, but I feel like I got a good workout.  I was glad I didn't run before.

I brought the kids for the first time to the gym.  It went okay, but I'll probably never bring them again.  1) Caleb was pouting while I was gone and I felt guilty about taking more time than I already had 2) when I went to get the kids, they were in a racquetball court and the baby-sitter was standing in the doorway cussing up a storm while she was talking to a couple of people outside the court.  I mean, it was f-this and f-that while she had 4 kids with her!  I almost felt moved to call and complain, but I will just solve my own problem by never bringing them again.

Did the yoga class and then ran 2.2 miles, even though my legs didn't want me to.