SPRING is here!

3/18 Friday - Oh my! What a busy week it has been! So my exercise schedule took a hit... but I'm back at it and I ran outside for 2 miles and did some warming up and cooling down too... The second mile took roughly 13 minutes, but I had to stop covering ground at one particularly long stop light... so my pacing is pretty much the same as I do inside on the treadmill!  Note to self, use vaseline before run to avoid chafing!
Total 54    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 5     Injury 5

3/10 Thursday - Decided to mix it up and save time by exercising on the way to my appointment.  I warmed up walking for 10 minutes-ish and then started jogging and jogged roughly 1.4 miles in about 20 minutes?  Then I was at my appointment and still felt pretty good, so I thought I could just jog back... I jogged about 1.1 miles (according to MapMyRUN) and walked the rest of the way home... so in total I jogged about 2.5 miles.  But I really should start using my inhaler again...boo cold air on lungs...
Total 53    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 5     Injury 5

3/6 Sunday - I'm pretty sure I exercised this day... yes... I did, it was after making a video with Jill May... I jogged for 2 miles after warming up for 15 minutes... I forget the pace, but I totally did it. Phew!  6 miles in one week! With minimal pain! Yay!.
Total 52    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 5     Injury 5

3/5 - Saturday - warmed up for 15 minutes walking, then jogged for 2 miles at 4.5 mph... then walked for 15 minutes...
Total 51    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 5     Injury 5

More Workouts! Having trouble keeping track there are so many!

3/2 - Wednesday - warmed up for 15 minutes walking, then jogged for 2 miles at 5.0... then walked for 15 minutes...
Total 50    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 5     Injury 5

2/27 - Sunday - The great thing about exercising so regularly is that I am forgetting to journal it!  That is an accomplishment and a sign that I am making a routine here!  I think I went to the gym and saw Amanda R and talked about stuff on the ellipticals... it was pre-oscars and I was rushing home... but I don't remember exactly how long I did anything.
Total 49    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 5     Injury 5

2/26 - Saturday - warmed up .5 miles...jogged 2 miles at 4.5 mph, cooled down... stomach and shins hurt pretty bad...but I forged on! Go me!
Total 48    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 5     Injury 5

2/20 - Sunday - I know I exercised... I think I ran 2 miles this day even though I thought it might be a little too much!
Total 47    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 4     Injury 5

2 more workouts! Go Laura!

2/19 Saturday - went to the gym... 15 minute warm up, 2 miles at 5mph...15 minutes cool down...good for me... stretched everything out, hoping not to be hurting too badly tomorrow... when I want to go to the gym again and go running again!  I read an article about how long it takes to develop a habit... 66 days they said.  So, I'm definitely through that period...though I haven't done 66 days of workouts...so, we'll see...
Total 46    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 4     Injury 5

2/17 Thursday - went to the gym despite being up til 3 am studying last night... 15 minute warm up, 2 miles at 5 mph (faster than usual!), and 15 minute cool down... stretched after, did some sit-ups...
Total 45    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 4     Injury 5

February workouts!

2/13 Sunday - Thanks to a frustrating conversation with my mom and the suggestion of my roommate Leia, I went to the gym today! 60 minutes of ellipticalling and I must have done a little something else since laundry takes 27 minutes +50 minutes, and I was doing stuff until my laundry had 10 minutes left... good for me!
Total 44    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 4     Injury 5

2/12 Saturday- I'm a little confused about when I last exercised... I think it was last Saturday or Sunday... and then this was a pretty rough week and I didn't get to it again until today.  But... today I went to the gym, warmed up for 15 minutes, ran 2 miles...right shin keeps feeling sharpish pain on food landing, walked 10 minutes, stretched...got a bad weight this morning...might reflect the rough week.
Total 43    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 4     Injury 5

2/6 Sunday - Thanks Facebook... I did run this day... ran 2 miles, traveled 4 in total
Total 42    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 4     Injury 5

2/5 Saturday... forgot to ice it.  I could go to the gym and do the elliptical... hmmm... we'll see how it goes...

2/4 Friday... Fail. I would have exercised today, but I was busy all of the hours that I would have been able to go to the gym. Boo. And my shin hurts... should ice it.
Total 41    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 4     Injury 5

2/1 Tuesday... went to the gym... ran 2 miles... didn't feel great...right shin bugging me again...
Total 41    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

more workouts!

1/30 Sunday... went to the gym, walked for .75 miles for warm up, jogged 1 mile at 4.5 mph, then changed laundry loads and went back to the treadmill...ran 2 more miles at 4.5 mph, then cooled down for 15 minutes at 3.0... both warm up and cool down included 5-10 minutes of incline at 3.0-4.0, felt good, middle mile felt best... rt. shin hurt a bit, but not too bad on a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 2-3...
Total 40    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

1/28 Friday... went to the gym, walked for .75 miles for warm up, jogged 2 miles in 26 m 30 s, and then walked close to 1.25 miles as a cool down, with part of both of the walks being uphill at 3.0-3.5 incline.  Felt good... though a 2 mile run doesn't get to that "easier place"... so it is like 25 minutes left, 24 minutes left, ugh... next run Sunday...
Total 39    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

1/25 Tuesday... hard day at work, didn't eat soon enough before running and then drank 16 oz of water right before I started jogging... so I got a bad cramp and had to just jog through it... and my leg hurt a bit (rt shin), but I just kept saying, mental game, keep going)
Started with 15 minute, uphill walking warm up. 2 miles at 4.5 mph on level ground...fighting for it...25 minutes of walking for cool down... with some stretching in between before full cool down.  Then waited for the bus for 28 minutes. boo.  Forgot to ice, icing now...took an ibuprofen...
Total 38    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

1/23 Sunday - Had an inspiring talk with my brother... need to step up my running a bit here... goal: not being injured...so this week I'm going to try to do that...Tues(2m), Thurs(2m), Sat(2m or more), Sun (elliptical or running)...

1/23 Sunday - 90 minutes of elliptical machining... 33 minutes of "fat burn"... then 9 minutes of ellipticalling at manual, stopped to fill water bottle, then back on the machine for 55 minutes? I'm not sure... It was a lot... I saw at least an entire episode of tabatha's salon makeover and half of a housewives of atlanta/interview on cnn...cuz housewives sucks. and then 15 minutes of stretching...
Total 37    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

New workouts posted!

1/17 - Monday - 65 minutes of elliptical machining... trying to drown a little sorrow in exercise...then I found ice cream and a cupcake...oh dear.  My right shin hurt this morning, but hurts less now...

Total 36    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

1/15 - Saturday - 60 minutes of jogging at 4.5 mph... plus 10-15 minute warm up and 10 minute cool down... I finally got back that mysterious warming feeling in my legs that might be related to a "runner's high" of sorts.  It was funny to feel it, not pain, not really numb, just like, strong and energized...hmmm...  had to really fight for the last 10 minutes of the run.  Just kept telling myself it was mental and kept going.
Total 35    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

1/14 - Friday - 50 minutes of the weird elliptical machine that doesn't lock you into a particular movement... with a little stretching afterward...
Total 34    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

1/11 Tuesday - elliptical for 45 minutes... including warm up and cool down!
Total 33    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

Continuing my late in the year resolution!

1/9 Sunday - too long in between entries here, but I was in transit for 4 days and working for 2... so hopefully I can get back on track with a more regular schedule.  I went into the gym today after declining dinner with a friend knowing I should go exercise. So I went in, walked for 10 minutes (.5 mile), jogged for 60 minutes averaging a 4.1 mph pace, with a half a mile of it uphill... cooled down, now taking an ibuprofen, icing my shin in the hopes of avoiding worsening shin pain
Total 32    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

1/2 Sunday - elliptical, 5 minute warm up, 30 minutes at 10, 5 minutes cooling down at 1, did situps, going to be on a plane/traveling for 15 hours... so, trying to tire my body out a bit... it's not running, but at least I'm exercising... I'm going to try running before I leave for Minnesota on Thursday!
Total 31    Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5

1/1 Saturday - elliptical, 5 minute warm up, 30 minutes at 10, 5 minutes cooling down at 5
Total 30     Sedentary Nature 1     Scheduling difficulty 3     Injury 5