Bring on the challenge!

Ran on the treadmill at a 6.0 this morning for 3 miles.  Boring.  Gotta cut back on the coke.  I was doing so good there at the beginning of January and I don't know what happened.  Needless to say, I can tell it's affecting me.  Did Jillian this morning, too, just feeling tired lately, no motivation.  Course, that could be due to the arctic temps outside right now!!  Can not wait for spring!!  Hopefully, going to bed a bit earlier tonight and have more energy in the morning. 

Did my tempo run on the treadmill today.  Went to bed a little earlier last night so felt a little less tired this morning.  Was a good run today.

6.0 on the treadmill this morning.  Didn't sleep well again last night, but was much more tired this morning.  Hubby is in Steamboat Springs until tonight, I have a hard time sleeping alone, so glad he will be home tonight!!  Finished it off with Jillian's workout.  Tomorrow is a rest day, yeah!  Here's hoping the deep freeze will be gone by Saturday, REALLY don't want to go out in it.

10 miles this morning!  The pathetic part is that it's been 2 months since I've done this.  Stupid winter and sickness!!  Two months ago I hadn't missed a 10 mile week in over a year.  Sad.  But, at least I've started back again.  Did it in 1:35, so we average 9:30 min/mile.  Not great, but okay, all things considered.  Mile 6 was our best again, think it was between an 8 and 8:30.  It always is the fastest, bit of downhill, plus it helps when some jerk decides to honk at you on the road.  It's 7:00 a.m. - is that really necessary??  And, no I wasn't in any danger of being hit.  So, that sped me up a bit :)

By mile 8 I was getting pretty tired.  And hungry.  The last 2 miles felt a bit slow, but we pushed on.  Made us sprint the last 50 yards to the finish.  Kind of a nice change for the muscles :)  Glad the weather cooperated today, too.  It was a balmy 33 degrees when we left this morning.  Balmy, yes.  When the high has been 15 or so earlier this week, 33 feels quite pleasant :)   

Sprint workout on the treadmill this morning.  So tired.  Went to bed early and woke up around 2 coughing.  Didn't really sleep much after that.  When will this ever go away?????

3 easy miles on the treadmill this morning.  Then, on to Jillian's workout.  Tired again this morning.  Still waiting for a good night's sleep. . .

Wanted so badly to just stay in bed this morning.  Unfortunately, I had too much to do today, so I got up and got the exercise done.  Of course, once I'm up and going, everything is fine.  It's just the getting up.  

So, I did my 5 mile tempo workout this morning.  Felt good when I was done.  Thinking I may need to increase the mileage here in a week or two. 

Went to bed EARLY last night because I was exhausted.  Made no difference.  Still woke up coughing at 1 a.m. then, when I finally got back to sleep, woke up again at 5.  What was the point of going to bed early?  Dragged my sorry butt out of bed at 6 (okay, it was probably 6:15), and got on the treadmill.  Did my easy 3 miles and followed up with Jillian's workout.  Of course I feel better when I'm through (who doesn't like a good sweat??)  but CAN NOT wait to get a decent night's sleep soon.  Maybe tonight???  No workout tomorrow so I can even sleep in a bit. . . hmmm,  here's hoping.

Ran 10 miles outside this morning.  Little bit colder than last weekend, but still okay.  Did it a little faster today, too, which was nice.  Now I am tired and need a nap. . . :)

Ran my sprints on the treadmill this morning.  Trying to run out all that's on my mind :)  Got pretty tired around 20 minutes, not sure why, I got plenty of sleep last night.  But, managed to finish up okay.  Tomorrow is easy day - yeah!

3 easy on the treadmill this morning.  Stayed up a little later than normal last night, plus still a lot on my mind, so dragging this morning.  Finished up with Jillian.  

Tempo workout again this morning.  Debated about getting up early or just doing it after the kids went to school, but dragged my sorry butt out of bed early.  Glad I did, too, a lot to do this morning.  It's my oldest boy's birthday today so I'm going to eat all the calories I burned off this morning :)

On a side note, learned something interesting today.   My younger sis has been having trouble with her knees while running.  It's gotten so bad she hasn't been able to run lately, so she decided to go see a sports medicine doctor.  The first question he asked her was what side of the road she ran on.  Apparently, you should switch it up.  Did not know that.  I always just run against traffic, for safety reasons.  Because she always ran on the same side of the road, her hips were out of balance which has caused her knee problems.  So, all she needs is a little PT to fix her problem, thank goodness, and the rest of us can learn from this. So, glad to know this! 

3 easy today and that was it.  Had to help at the school this morning so no time for Jillian.  :(  Hope she forgives me next week ;)

Decided to up the distance for today.  Luckily, the weather held off on the rain until the last mile.  Unluckily, I had a sinus headache the WHOLE 12.5 miles!!  Not cool.  We walked every 2 miles, and that felt better, but the whole running thing with the pounding just caused my head to pound more.  And, my body just felt heavy this morning.  Don't know if that was because of the head or if I was just tired.  I'll blame it on the head.  Needless to say, it was not a very speedy workout (not that it is supposed to be), but it was very slow for us.  Took 2 hours to complete.  The last 1/2 mile we actually walked.  Hope my head gets better soon.  Supposed to be taking a trip next weekend which will not feel great on an airplane if it's not better.  Gotta figure out a running course or something for next weekend, too.  Any great running courses north of Houston?  

Why don't children sleep in on a holiday???  Thought I'd get a great sleep in before getting up to exercise, but it was not to be.  They were still up by 7-ish.  Oh, well.

Did my sprint workout this morning.  Everyday I tell myself I need to start eating better (boy can I tell when I do those sprints!!) and then, by noon, I really need that coke.  And chocolate.  Terrible, I know.  I've only got about 7 weeks (I think) until the marathon.  Really got to start being better or it's gonna be miserable.  If only there wasn't so much stress pushing me in that coke/chocolate direction. . .more later on that :) 

Went to bed late last night.  Knew I'd pay for it this morning.  At least it was an easy 3 miles this morning.  Then, I'd been telling myself for the last few weeks it was time to move on to level 2 of Jillian and today was the day.  Wow.  So much harder than level 1!  Great workout, though.  It was a lot of upper body this time, arms, shoulders, planks.  So, my upper body's gonna look great :)  There's still level 3 to go.  Can't imagine what she's got going on that one.  I'll give it a bit before I move on to it, though :)

Did my tempo workout on the treadmill this morning.  Felt great!! :)  

3 easy again this morning.  Then, Jillian's level 2 workout.  Man, that kicks my butt!!  It is so much more intense than level 1!  Can't wait to see what she has in store for level 3, ha ha!! Anyway, it's over, I always feel great at the end.  Rest day tomorrow, actually, sitting on a plane and in a car a lot tomorrow, and then try to find some place to get some kind of a run in on Saturday.  The weather should be nice for a run, though, in Houston. . . :)

Did the sprint workout this morning.  Let myself sleep in and did it after the kids were in school.  Our flight got in an hour later last night so we were exhausted.  It felt good to finally run again this morning.  We never did go on Saturday, too much to do, unfortunately.  So, the exercise felt great after all the eating and sitting of the weekend!