Running in the Middle

Got on the treadmill tonight for some quick miles.  It felt great to run after taking a whole week off.  After I finished my half last Sat 27th I told my husband I was so exhausted I was going to take a week off, but I didn't really mean it.  The first two days after my race were surprisingly brutal.  My legs have never felt so sore after running in my life, that was crazy.  I literally hobbled around my house and my legs swelled up.  They were actually puffy looking.  Weird.  

Then I got sick with a bad cold and went through several boxes of tissues.  By today I was starting to feel desperate, still have some lingering stuffiness but ran anyways.  It felt great and I hope I don't have to miss a whole week again for a very long time.  I don't even want to mention all the buckets of Halloween candy I have downed the past few days, its shamefully regretful.  

Stuck on the treadmill again tonight.  It was good to get a run in, better then none.

Why does running on my treadmill feel like it takes so much more effort to keep the same

pace that is easier when running outside? 

I'm so glad my two year old woke me up at 6:30 this morning so that I could not use the excuse that I couldn't wake up and get out of bed for my run.  Since I was already up I just got my running clothes on and went.  It was so freezing I put on my new nike running sweater.  It wasn't even warm enough at first, just perfect in the middle, and way too hot by the end.

Treadmill again, too much snow everywhere.  I had a surprisingly really nice and enjoyable workout.  I played with the speed a lot to keep myself from getting bored.  Doing the intervals made it kinda fun.  Well as fun as a treadmill can possibly be.  AP 8:50

Feels great running on my treadmill in the garage with it being so cold.  Much better then in the summer time when it was roasting.  4 miles AP 8:23  I'm hoping to keep a base mileage of 20 miles per week through the holidays, after that I'm going to try and gradually ramp it up for spring time.   

3 on the treadmill.   I really need to get a long run in outside this weekend.  I'm pretty sure the snow capped mountains will make better scenery then the garage door.

Nice to run outside just before the sun goes down. A bit chilly, but that actually felt nice. AP 8:50

I really enjoy running outside when its 50 degrees, it does not get any better then that for me.  7.6 mile loop by the AF temple AP 8:57  

5.5 super fun treadmill miles.  And it was so nice outside today too.  If I just had a babysitter today at 2 or 3 it would have been so nice to go out in that sunshine.  Us mom's really have it hard sometimes.  AP 8:56

Beautiful morning for a run, had to go and earn my turkey.  I don't think I could have run enough miles today to counteract the pie buffet I'm going to sample tonight. :)  

It was beautiful and warm out today, amazing for this time of year.  Slowed down a bit today and just tried to enjoy my run.  Ran on the new murdock canal trail.  Not even sure if it is officially open yet, but there were a bunch of people using it so I thought why not me too.

Did a half mile warm-up then 5k tempo in 24:49.  AP 7:59  Threw in some intervals just to keep it interesting.  Intervals always make my treadmill workouts go by faster and less boring.  Half mile cool down jog and thats all she wrote.

When I first started running I felt really blah, guess thats what happens when two sick kids keep you up all night.  I just wasn't into it at all and did not think I could do more then 3.  Kept going, worked through the mental anguish of treadmill dreary and finally started to feel better after 30 minutes.  Started to feel so good I thought I could go forever. (thank you endorphins :)  Well I did not go forever, but I did run 8 miles.  AP 8:50

Went with the frog in the boiling pot of water analogy today to keep my treadmill workout interesting.  Started at 6mph and every minute moved it up .1 on the speed.  Took 20 minutes to work up to 8mph and held it there for two minutes.  Then started back down the speed mountain until I got to 7.0, it seemed a lot harder coming down then it did going up.  Put in 4 miles, AP 8:23

This workout was actually really challenging, I was huffing, puffing, and sweating like crazy.  But it was definitely interesting, so mission accomplished. 

PM- 1 hour yoga class with my friend.  This was my first time doing a yoga class and I liked it a lot.  There was a lot of focus on strengthening the core, which is what I really need.