Ouch!

Cold weather hurts my lungs. I better get used to it!
4.4 mile Wydown loop, 39:54. OK time, should be better but I;ve been slacking.
Long sleeves, wind breaker, hat and gloves. Need thinner breathable gloves, everything else was perfect.

I had to miss spinning yesterday because of work. Shit happens I guess. I'm over it now and I know it was the right decision because helping Karen yesterday will take me farther in my career than 1 spinning class will take me physicaly. Priorities....remember that. And don't fret over the things you can't change.

Hopefeully I'll get a few miles in MN this weekend, if I can stand the cold!

Operation SPOT 5K

3.2 miles
~25:13 (unofficial time)
Ran with Case, he wanted to win, and kept pulling me past people. It was a beautiful day and great crowd. Approx 59 degrees. Short sleeves and shorts were perfect.

I'm gonna do it....

1) I just signed up for the turkey trot!

2) I'm biking out to Evan's hockey game. 32 miles by car on the highway, I'm expecting about 35 miles by bike. We'll see! I'm allowing myself 2.5 hours to get there and Evan has the bike rack in his car to bring me and my bike home! Wish me luck!

boo :(

3.7 miles in 32 min flat. 8:34 splits. Boo.....

When I add mileage I increase my time. That is NOT supposed to happen. Tomorrow a light day, I think my legs are tired but Monday, my time BETTER NOT go up.

How is this going to work?

Tuesday night's run was good vs. bad. My standard just over 3 mile course, coming in just over 24 minutes. Not up to par with last week's 3 mile course but still better than my average on a longer (4-5+ miles) so it's still on the right track but I didn't feel like I was pushing as hard as I could so that is a good thing?!?

Spinning last night was fablous. We had a sub again, Julie, I love her. She pushes us so much harder than we go normaly. I leave unable to walk and loving it. Today I was even tight walking up the stairs at the metro station. Julie had us do a new type of stretching last night. I've always known this but she kept me after to tell me I need to work on my posture and body position. She suggested Yoga or Pilates, which I've always enjoyed but since i started running more seriously (a year ago!) I've barely thought about Yoga (OK so that's not totaly true as I have 2 video's I've borrowed from Shelley and have been known to Tivo a class or Two from FitTV). So, on my 30 minute drive home last night, since my cell phone was dead, I had no option but to think and I came up with a new plan which involves 2 nights a week of short, fast runs. One of those nights will be Tuesday and I will do Yoga when I'm done, and the other will be Thursday where I will finish with a few laps in the pool to work on my newly acquired swimming skiills (far from it but I learned how I'm "supposed" to swim, lets see if I can actualy do it now). Wednesday is just spinning until I'm more conditioned and Monday will be a longer run, increasing my mileage accordinly to get to my goals. Then on the weekends I want to get in a nice long slow run and another day in the pool.

I've also been going out far too much and that needs to stop. I do not need to cut out a work out for happy hour(s) 2 or 3 nights a week. Although I will say in the past 2 weeks each night I've gone out I've done so AFTER I got in a quick run!

I've got a month until December, which starts marathon training full time. Hopefully this schedule will get me through the next few weeks so I have a habit developed by the time that starts! Hard to believe it's that late in the year already! Slow down time!

So there it is, a new plan.