'mill

I watched the Phantom of the Opera today. I used to exercise to that tape years ago when I lived at home with my parents, I think that was the summer after college. I think they had a step machine. I know they had a rower, and I think they also had a bike at one time. It was a great tape to listen to. I think Matt's mom gave me the tape. It became an instant favorite and the beginning is great to exercise to. I remember being so pumped when the title song came on, "BAHHHHHH BAH BAH BAH BAH BAHHHH...." That was the culmination of my session then the cool down was the next song, Music of the Night. This time tho I never even made it to the title song. That will start my next run. The movie is different than the opera. The kids were watching The Hunchback of Notre Dame while I was exercising and I'm just now getting the parallels. Too funny.

I started with a 5min warmup then ran for 15min (1mi+, but not much more) then completed the 1.5mi at a fast walk. I should have gone longer. sigh. For some reason I thought I had done 2mi, but just remembered I had programmed it for 1.5.

'mill, 5min + 1mile + 10min +17min

yeah that was a silly title. Here's the skinny: 5min walk, then 1mile jog, then 10min walk, but GG wasn't over so put it on an extra 20min and walked, but GG got over when there was 3min left, hence a 17min walk instead. The mile was hard and I almost went back to walking a couple of times. But I thought of M@ out doing his 6mi run and I felt like a dufus for not being able to do a measly mile. So I persevered.

I'm *sniff* on the last *sniff* GG DVD *sniff sniff*. M@, wonderful man (so sorry about the Dave Matthews comment) downloaded for me 2 of the first episodes of the current season. So I've got that going for me.

'mill, 20min

I set the 'mill for 20min and watched it get to 0.1mi then started jogging. Jogged til 4min, which was over 1 mile of jogging, but not much over. Then walked the last 4mi. So that's that. Listened to the pod, mostly TP. LOVE the new TP CD. Love it more and more.

Need to put something on the wall in front of the 'mill for inspiration. Maybe pix of kids. Or pix of flat abs and muscular calves. Or maybe Dave Matthews....... Sorry M@.

outside, 1mile

I jogged the whole way up the hill! Wahoo! It was hard and it took a while to recover. I had my watch but forgot to look at it for a while after coming back and it reset itself. But I glanced while I was going and I'm pretty sure I did the mile in exactly 11min and the end of my session was 18min.

My outdoor gear is very good. I was quite comfortable. It was 28deg and very sunny. I wear ear muffs that hold the headphones in my ears in addition to keeping my ears warm. I wore gloves. I have smart wool pants. I have a fleece jacket that I bought from Target for $7. It was quite warm. Matt said I looked very sporty.

'mill 1mile+

same as yesterday. 1mile run, 1mile walk, 32min total. The jog seemed harder today.

Watched SATC season 6 episode 2. Love Burger.

dreadmill, 1mile+

I did 2mi, 32min. 1 mile being a run. I didn't track how fast I did the run. Forgot my watch. Watched the first show of season 6 SATC. I had to skip seasons 4 and 5 'cause I don't have them. Would have been a good Cmas present. That is all.

dreadmill, 1mile+

that '+' would be some extra walking. I walked 0.5mi, then ran 1mi, then walked another 0.5. It took me 9 min for each walk and 14min for the run. I may try upping the speed of my run, but it feels comfortable where it's at. Maybe I'll just save my speed training for outdoors. I opted to do the 'mill today on account of the weather. Matt tried to run outside and said it was much too slippery. He came back in and finished up his run on the 'mill.

I watched GG. Good episode. I'm sad because I'm nearing the end of season 6 and since season 7 is the current season I won't be able to catch up until they release it on DVD which probably won't be until next Fall or Winter. Unless Matt can find somewhere to download them and then I won't be able to watch them on the 'mill because I wont' be able to play them on the DVD player. But it's all good now that I have my ipod. And I may just have to start a new series. Any suggestions? I'm thinking maybe '24'. Problem with '24' is that it's something Matt would also like to watch. Not that he doesn't appreciate GG, I've heard him chuckle a number of times while I'm watching it. But it really is a bit of a chick flick. So another chicky series would be good. Tho chick series that are truly funny are few and far between.

outside, 1mile run

I did the neighborhood loop and did a mile in 11min 13sec! I even jogged up the hill and only stopped for a few seconds to catch my breath. I walked/jogged for a total of 18min. I was even able to figure out how to use my watch so that I knew how long each part of my session was. I walked for 2min, then ran for 11min, then walked for 5 min.

I didn't have my ipod on shuffle this time and handpicked the songs to run to. I'm still sticking with Tom Petty being my music of choice. It's got a great beat.

dreadmill, 1mile

I did a mile on the treadmill. It wasn't that bad. It was a little more boring than outside. I used my watch and timed myself, 15min mile. I know the treadmill does that for you, but I wanted to use my watch. I couldn't get the heart monitor working. Gotta read the instructions. I used the ipod, didn't watch a movie this time. So far the new Tom Petty CD is my favorite to listen to.

outside, 1mile

I did more than 1 mile but not sure how much more. Probably not a whole lot more. I did the neighborhood loop. Again, walked for a little bit on the hill, but less walking than I did last time. It wasn't as easy as it was on Saturday. But then again Saturday was a perfect day weatherwise. Today was a bit chillier.

I dressed in my Cmas winter jogging clothes. I was quite warm and comfy, but the air was hard to breathe in. I still have the residuals of a cold so I couldn't breathe real well through my nose. Lots of phlegm going on. But I did it, and I want to do it again, so it must not've been too bad.

As a reward to myself afterwards I went to Target and bought a bunch of exercise clothes. I may end up returning some of them.

This new schedule so far is working out okay. I can't believe I had a few hours to myself today. I felt a little guilty that I didn't go to daycare and get Nick earlier. But when I showed up one of the teachers (actually the owner of the daycare) was playing with Nick and another little boy on the floor teaching them about medical play equipment. So that made me feel better. At least he was getting some attention. Tomorrow I will pick him up early and the guilt will be completely erased from my memory and all I'll think about are the wonderful exercise clothes that I now own.

training begins

I almost said it "officially" begins but I don't feel like I can say that just yet. I don't have a training program mapped out yet. I could do couch to 5K again, and maybe I will. Gotta figure that out. I don't want to start from week 1, I feel like I am beyond that, even tho I haven't exercised since before Dec 1st. I just got back from jogging a mile. I did the neighborhood loop, down Camp Sargent, up Cedar (big hill), left on Douglas then back on Spruce. I started running on Camp Sargent when I got to Arbor St. I walked up the steep part of the big hill. It really hurt my lungs at first, I think due to the cold I've had for over a week. But it didn't last long. It actually wasn't that hard. The last stretch down Spruce St actually felt really good. Next time I think I'll turn around at our house and go back the other way and hopefully do 2miles.

I start a new work schedule this week. I will work short days Mon, Tues, Wed. Not sure how I'll fit the exercise in. I'm going to try to do it every other day. I may work some strength training in on the off days.

We haven't signed up for the relay quite yet. We are stuck on picking a name. The latest possibility is "will run for beer". But I don't think Tara drinks beer.

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ooooh just realized there was so much I forgot to say in my blog. I ran with my ipod for the first time. It was great. I realized I don't need to have real rockin songs to listen to. I actually only got through 2 songs, 1 Tom Petty and 1 DMB. 'Everyday' was 10.5min long! I also used my new stopwatch/heart monitor but I wasn't sure how to use the stopwatch function so I just watched the time. It appears that I did a 13min mile. I'll know better next time because M@ has since figured it out for me. And the other thing I forgot to mention is that it was 68deg today!! Unbelievable.