Running at the Gym

I went running at the gym today. I ran for 10 minutes, then walked for 5, and then made myself run for 15 more. I mostly ran at 5.5 mph, but did run at 6.0 for quite a while and even bumped it up to 6.5 for a couple minutes. I really had to fill my head with all the encouragement I could to keep going:

"You can do it! Think of all the junk you've been eating - you gotta run it off! Just 5 more minutes! You can eat more tonight if you keep running! You can do it! You've done it before! Keep going! 2 more minutes! You can do it!"

Not sure why I just didn't want to run today. I think I really have to start running more often again - keeps the motivation up. Otherwise I get lazy about running. So there's one New Year's resolution... we'll see how long it lasts!

Skating

I went skating today. Does that count? I went to the local skating rink and skated around for about 1/2 an hour. It was a beautiful sunny day and I had to get out and do something. Hit the puck around for awhile, but mostly just skated laps around the hockey rink. The ice was really lumpy - hopefully they flood it again soon.

Now I need to come up with titles....

I went running at the gym tonight. I was starting to feel really lazy and fat (eating too many cookies!) and figured I better get in some exercise. I ran for 10 minutes at 6 mph, then switched treadmills because the fan didn't work and I was getting hot. I ran for another 10 minutes at 5.5 mph and then had to stop. I could tell my leg muscles were super tight and they were hurting, so I figured that was good enough. I walked then for 10 minutes or so and ended up running just another 2 minutes after that. Somehow I'm going to have to make myself keep running this winter. It's hard when it's cold and snowy!

C25K – Week 9, Day 3! I did it!!!

Yay! I've officially completed the C25K running program! So after a year plus a few months, I can finally say I've completed the whole program. I started out once and got to about week 7, I think. I did run a 5K though during Week 6. I ended up quitting for the winter for various reasons. I started back at Week 1 in the spring and again ran up to week 7 or so, and quit because my knees were bothering me. So this fall, I figured I have to get this program done, once and for all. I started somewhere in the middle this time though, and finally made it to the end!

I did my last 30 minute run tonight at the gym. It went really well. I just wish there was some extra challenge for the last run to make it feel like I've accomplished something though. Since the last week is 3 30 minute runs, there is nothing too special about the last one. I knew I could do it, it was just a matter of getting it done.

Anyways, I ran the first 5 minutes at 5.5 mph, then upped the speed to 6.0 mph for the next 10 minutes. I was getting tired then, so I went back to 5.5 for another 10 minutes. Then I ran the last 5 minutes at 6.0 again and upped the incline for the last minute to 2.0. I think I need to start running faster.

C25K - Week 9, Day 2 again

Now I get to cross off W9D2. I went to the gym tonight to run on the treadmill. It was only 25 degrees today, and I didn't have time to run in the daylight. It went fine, nothing too exciting - time seemed to crawl at first.

I ran at 5.5mph most of the time. With a minute left, I bumped it up to 6.0, and then at 30 seconds left, to 6.5. Just wanted to see what it felt like to run at that speed. Definitely can tell the difference - not sure I could keep that speed up for long.

Only 2 day left!