XSMOKER's Apr 2007 CalorieKing Blog

9 miles

Saturday, April 28th 2007

Today was my long run day. I did 9 miles in 1:49:24 (12:09/mile). I made the mistake of not hydrating well yesterday and paid for it on my run today. I felt blah during my run, had a mild headache, and slowed down significantly in the end. Glad I'm not training for a specific time.

Run-Walk-Run

Thursday, April 26th 2007

This amazes me. I know it makes sense, but still it amazes me. I ran 3.5 miles yesterday w/o my walk breaks and today I did the same run with 3 one minute walks breaks. Time difference 54 seconds. Not a huge difference, but still in that same time I walked 3 minutes. I really do run faster with the walk breaks inserted. I religiously use walk breaks on my long runs. It just doesn't seem to take that long when I'm only doing stuff for 5 minutes at a time. I'm not trying to get a specific ...

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Another Day

Monday, April 23rd 2007

Okay, today is just another day. I tried to get my workout in this morning, but about ten minutes into Tae-bo the hubby called! Talk about being on cloud nine. I don't get calls that often right now so when he calls, I stop everything to talk to him. I'm now officially behind on my schedule for today but he's worth it. I did get my workout in after I got home from work.

200/5000 crunches

Frustrated

Sunday, April 22nd 2007

Yesterday I did my 8 mile run. By the end of the day, my knees were killing me. I was gingerly walking around. I'm considering running on a track but man that is a lot of boring circles to run. I would much rather run out in the neighborhood where there are things to see and distract myself with. I've come to the realization that the half-marathon may have to be my distance. I was hoping to train for a marathon in the fall, but I don't think my knees are going to allow it.

I'm regrett...

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8 miles

Saturday, April 21st 2007

Today I did my 8 mile run without music.
Long loop
8 miles
1:33:53 (11:44/mile)

I am so excited. I feel good and now I'm going to shower and get ready to go to my parents house for dinner. Yippee!