Moving along

I have new motivation for working out! I'm responsible for making sure my BFF is working out. Of course I can't let her down ;-) We got up bright and early this morning to hit up the gym before class or work. I stuck to the treadmill today. I did almost 3 miles total. I can't remember how long we were there (40ish minutes I think). I didn't do a lot of running but I did keep my pace up while walking. I wasn't too disappointed since I haven't ran since I last posted. I don't even know how long it's been...maybe 2 weeks? Tomorrow we'll be getting up even earlier (this is gonna take a toll on me sooner or later). We're going to an abs class at 7:15 then we'll do some cardio. I might even make my way back to the gym tomorrow afternoon after my lab to go to rock bottom (my favorite fitness class that I haven't been to all semester).

I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't put on any extra pounds during my little hiatus...especially since it's tailgating/football season! Thankfully, I have to do a lot of walking across campus.

I WILL get back on schedule!

So much for running regularly. Today is the first time I've been to the gym since early last week. So much has been happening lately. Classes are back in full swing and I'm not, as a result I'm falling behind. I've been sick on and off. I've had an awful ache in my neck/shoulder area for the past 5 or 6 days. I could keep on and on with the excuses. I've been meaning to get back to the gym but other things get put first. I think the wake up call was when we decided to move the wedding up about 3 months. I no longer have until Feb. to go dress shopping! I'm very excited about our new date but I know losing 3 months of planning is bound to stress me out at some point. Running is one of the best forms of stress relief that I know of (at least the best form of stress relief that is safe).

Anyway, today I started my warm up at 4 mph then I ran at 5.5 mph. I was determined to make it past a mile straight. I pushed and pushed myself and I did it! I ran 1.25 miles straight. I walked 1/8 mile to catch my breath then ran another 1/2 mile. I think I'm going to slowly work down the walking time so I can run at this speed for about 25 minutes straight, then I'll work on increasing the speed. I did 2.5 miles total today in 31 minutes. I can deal with that :-)

Update

Last week I was sick and I felt awful so there was no working out involved. This week I decided I had to get back on track. I went to the gym to run on Tuesday. I realized mid-day that I forgot my ipod but I decided to run anyway. At the end of my workday I got some bad news about my venue so I was beyond pissed. Running is one of the ways I relieve stress so I was looking forward to it even more. I decided to run for about the same amount of time as I would if I were doing C25K minus regular intervals. I ran at just over 5mph and for my first interval I ran a whole mile without stopping! I don't remember how long I walked for but I ended up doing 2.2 miles in 28 minutes. Not so bad considering it's been about a week since I've ran. I think I'm going to try this approach for a week or so to see how it goes.

Bad Week

The very end of last week and all of this week were aweful in terms of my running, or any other physical activity for that matter. I felt aweful last weekend. Sunday I laid around with a fever all day. For the majority of this past week AF made me wish I had already gone through menopause.

But...I'm feeling much better now...not quite 100% but I feel good enough to get back into the routine of working out. Hopefully this next week won't be too busy. I plan to re-do week 4 since I never ran the last day of it. I know week 5 is going to be really tough so I don't want to jump in at that point. The last thing I need is to get discouraged.