Two more to report

Got out there two more times...Sunday & Tuesday. 1.6 miles each time, about 1 min running and 1 or more min walking. Gotta start somewhere.

Off to continue Week 4 of 100 Pushups, yay!

Finally got out there

Finally got moving today...
1.5 miles, walked a lot of it, but got out there, it's about time! I'm trying...I'm trying...school is almost out, will have more time to get outside again.

I'm also in Week 3 of 100 Pushup Challenge. Miss being a part of your inspirational runner/triathlete community...!

Peace!

C25K - W6 D1

Run 5 minutes ; Walk 3 Minutes ; Run 8 minutes ; Walk 3 minutes ; Run 5 minutes

Done:-) Not as easy as I would have hoped, following my 20 minute triumph a few days ago, but I was able to push through the out-of-breath-ness and maintain some sort of molasses-like rhythm...

1.83 Miles
24:02 = 13:07 / M
Temp: 69 ; Humidity 90% (whew)

I am feeling good about this again. Like I will be able to run a 5K again...My true goal is to run the 26.2 with Donna, Breast Cancer Half Marathon in Jacksonville FL in February...but it will be expensive to fly there for a weekend with or without my family, so depending on weather, I may just train to run it here at home in Jersey. I could never run on a treadmill for 3 miles, much less 13.1, so it would have to be outdoors. Nothing like a nice half marathon in February in the Northeast, right??? Just something I'm working towards, I don't know if it will happen right now. But the cause is near to my heart and always in the back of my mind since my mom's illness and passing, so it's keeping me going and getting out there...

PU Report: (did W3D1 yesterday)
W3D1: 20, 15, 15, 13, 20 = 83 I did regular PUs but I'm going back to girly PUs next time.

TOTALS:

• W1 Total: 110
• W2 Total: 133
• W3 Subtotal (1 day): 83
  

Total PU's To-Date = 326

C25K W5D2: PU Test

I did it. I got out the door before my kiddos woke up & dh left, I beat the heat!

1.48 Miles
21:01 = 14:12 / M
69% humidity
R8/W5/R8 - I ran 8 min straight, twice!

Tough last 4 minutes, but done!

Next workout, the infamous C25K W5D3, calls for 20 min straight jogging. Not sure yet if I'm ready for that. May repeat today's workout if I don't feel up to 20 min, will play it by ear

PU Report: After W2 I was to do a test of how many PU's I could do. 20 (girl PU's on knuckles). W3 begins tomorrow.

C25K - W5 D1; 100PU - W2D3

Anniversary dinner was great, we went to a place that did NOT contain chicken nuggets on the menu, so we were a little out of our element, lol, but we survived a yummy Spanish meal (there is nothing like chorizo, mmmm).

Got a regular doctor checkup yesterday, and aside from gaining a few pounds due to My Winter of Inactivity, all seems well:-). Doc was impressed that I am back jogging, said no excuses necessary for being a slowpoke!

C25K W5D1:
1.43 Miles
21:01 = 14:41 / M
79 degrees, that will teach me NOT to get up a little earlier, duh. It was HOT!

R5/W3 x 3. Did it. Almost vomited in the last 1 1/2 minutes, it was just hot (that is a pretty picture, isn't it?), but hey, I didn't hurl, and the run got DONE!

Not sure I'm ready for W5D2, Run 8 minutes, but maybe I will be when it's cooler....I'll play it by ear.


PU - W2D3: (better late than never)

• Today: 10, 10, 8, 8, 11 = 47
  
• (W2 Subtotal: 133)
  
• (W1 Subtotal: 110)

Total PU's To-Date = 243

C25K - W4D2; 100PUW2D2

1.53 Miles
21:31 = 14:03 / M

Amazing the role humidity plays. I went 1/10 of a mile further in the exact same time today. I attribute that to a few things (both of which may be psychological, what do I know...?):
a) Humidity today 30%. Temp was 80, but it felt fine.
b) I ate dinner and THEN ran. Not a huge dinner, nor a great one either(fish filets & instant mashed potatoes made w/skim milk with the kiddos), but I had a little fuel in me, felt actually ok.

Pushup Update (PU, ha!), W2D2:

• Today: 11, 9, 7, 7, 15(!) = 49 (girl pushups, but I did most of them on my knuckles to salvage my dignity)
• (W2 Subtotal: 86)
• (W1 Subtotal: 110)

Total PU's To-Date = 196

C25K - W3D3 ; 100PU W2D1

C25K W3D3: (R1.5min/W1.5min; R3min/W3min x 2)
1.08 Miles
15:00 = 13:53 / M

Temp in the 70's, humidity, too. Not too easy, may do an extra day or two of week 3 before I move on to W4. But if I feel good Tues, maybe I'll just go for it...(that was conclusive).

100 Pushup Report
100PU W2D1:
W2D1: 9, 8, 6, 4, 10 = 37 (changed to "girl" pushups for the last 14 PUs as a result of girly cramps:-()

W1 Subtotal: 110
Total PU's To-Date = 147!

C25K - W3 D2 and W1 Pushup Challenge Complete

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following:

• Jog 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
• Walk 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
• Jog 400 yards (or 3 minutes)
• Walk 400 yards (or three minutes)

I am doing the Time option (instead of running for distance, which I did the first time). The 3 min run is still hard right now (heck the 90 seconds is no picnic, either, but I appreciate it more now that I have a 3 min run to contend with, ha!).

Good to be back out there.

Pushup report: W1D3
Completed 10, 8,8,5 and 12! Could have done more, but for a pain in my rt side (like a stitch or a cramp, I guess). W1D3 Day total:43

Pushup total to date:
W1D1 - 31
W1D2 - 36
W1D3 - 43
W1 Total PU's = 110! The soreness in my arms and core are subsiding, and I'm already able to do more than I could at the start, in just a week! Thumbs up, so far to 100 Pushup Challenge.

Pushups W1D2

Day 2 done. I started out today STILL sore from Sunday, pathetic!

Did: 9, 8, 6, 5, and 8 (w/90 sec rest between each set) = 36 pushups total today.

Total to date:
W1D1 - 31
W1D2 - 36
W1 Total PU's = 67!

ORN: Rest day:-)

C25K - W3 D1

1.08 Miles
15:00
13:53 / M
67 degrees/93% humidity

Week 3 begins. 2 sets of Run 90 sec, walk 90 sec; then run 3 min, walk 3 min.

I remember the first time I ran all the way around the track, which is about how far I usually get in 3 minutes. I remember the sense of accomplishment to actually make it all the way around. Not easy, but felt good.

OPN (Obligatory Pushup Note): Arms and tummy till sore! But good sore.

Pushups W1D1

I am a sissy girl...yesterday in my initial pushup test I completed a whopping 8 pushups.

Today I am actually sore from that. Sheeesh.

But I did 100PU W1D1. Woo hoo. 5 sets of 7, 7, 5, 4 and then I managed 8.
Total PU: 31.

Best part of all, dh has agreed to do the 100 Pushup Challenge with me. AND he is out taking a walk right now, this morning. Yay!

ORN: Rest day. Starting C25K W3 tomorrow.