W1D1. Oy.

So I started Week 1 over again because of last week's disaster. I'm more out of shape than I anticipated. I could only make it through half of the suggested workout. The stupid guy in my ear saying "Time for your 60s run. Go!" was ignored just after the halfway point and I ended up walking back. I'm going to do some upper body/ab workouts tomorrow. Maybe getting that back in shape will help my breathing... Also eating better probably would help...

Rough Start...

So today did not go well. I did force myself to get out there. Got the tennis shoes, sports bra, and water bottle out. Did a 5-minute warm up and stretched (learned from last time...). Started my first 60 second run, and everything felt fine. But as soon as I switched to walking, my allergies kicked in, the heaving started, I felt light-headed, and I had to turn back. To my dismay, when I returned to where I left my water bottle, someone had stolen it! So not cool!

So now I'm out a water bottle, a workout, and my allergies are worse than ever. Maybe running first thing in the morning is a better idea than middle of the afternoon...

I'm not giving up though! I've logged it as a walk, and tomorrow I'm going to take some allergy medicine and try again!

Let's Try This Again

So, obviously judging from my lack of posts after the end of June last year, my 5K training didn't go so well. But I'm going to try again. I just graduated from school and have some free time on my hands, so why not use some of it to get in shape?

Now, I have to admit that I've been telling myself I was going to start this for a few weeks now (surprise, surprise). BUT, now that I'm keeping a running blog here again, hopefully this will galvanize me to get started.

I'm back to the Couch-to-5K program. Tomorrow I do the whole alternating between 60s of running and 90s of walking. And I'm GOING to do it this time! Regardless of the weather... (it's supposed to thunderstorm at some point tomorrow...)

Lesson Learned

You cannot go running on a strained ankle.

Stupidly, I decided to go ahead with Week 3's workout anyway. And hurt my ankle more. Now I'm all ace-bandaged up and in need of some ice packs. Ugh.

I'm just antsy to go running. It's kinda cool! I actually kinda like running! Of course, it's not so much fun when I'm injured and miserable and feel like an old lady shuffle-jogging down the bike trail. I just want to not be injured so I can get back to working out on a regular basis. I think in the meantime I'm gonna join the local gym so I can do some strength training while I stay off my ankle.

Here's hoping my ankle heals soon!

Sore Ankles

So after my miserable run yesterday (my allergies kicked in half-way through, which just makes everything miserable), I must not have stretched well. My ankles are now killing me. So much so that I had to resort to icing last night in order to get to sleep. They're feeling slightly better now. I'm just hoping I'll be okay for my run tomorrow...

Speaking of which, I'm gonna keep this port short so I can go ahead and create my new mix for tomorrow!

It's Been a While

I been lax about posting to this blog, though I've been keeping track of my running/walking on dailymile.com, my new favorite website.

Last week was really good. I finished week 1 of training (60s jog/90s walk), and it went really well. This week was week 2 of training (90s jog/2m walk), which was a bit more bumpy. I kicked it off on Monday and actually felt really well throughout. Then Tuesday, I played soccer in this pick-up adult league with my dad, which was a ton of fun, but quite draining. So Wednesday morning, I overslept and missed my run, which was probably good anyway, seeing as my muscle needed some rest. Then Thursday was my little sister's high school graduation (besides being the hottest day of the year), and Friday I had a massive work project I needed to work on in the morning.

Long and short of it: I'm behind on my training. Again. But that's okay. I've built in plenty of room in my training schedule that a few bumps in the road should be okay. I'm considering last Tuesday Day 2 of Week 2, and doing Day 3 tomorrow. Then next week I'm gonna do Week 3's workout Tues/Thur/Sat.

I will successfully run this 5K!

So Much for that Idea

When I woke up this morning at 6:30, I knew that my whole idea of running every morning just wasn't gonna happen. Besides, rest is good for your muscles. It's like how you can learn in your sleep!

So, I did my usual walk to the Metro, but no running today. Back to it tomorrow. I've decided to shift back my training schedule entirely and make this Week 1 all over again, so I'll still be running 20 minutes, alternating between 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking. Only this time, I've created an iTunes track that will tell me when to start and stop running so I don't have to keep track on my cell phone. Genius!

Only problem? I accidentally left my sneakers at the office... Hopefully, I can borrow a pair before tomorrow morning!