Wife of an avid runner.

Man am I sore from my run on Sat.!  I can totally feel all the new muscles I worked from doing those hills.  It's tough to even make it up or down my stairs but I still had to do my run.  I successfully added my 1/4 mile making it .5 mile walk and 3.25 mile run.  The last .5 mile I ran at 5.5mph pace instead of the 5 because I was tired of running and just wanted to finish.  Hopefully my muscles will feel better tomorrow.

 I'm on my last week for the push-up challenge and hope I can do 100 girly push-ups at the end of this week.  I think then I might start over and try to do the manly ones...we'll see.  I'm only on week 5 of the sit-ups.

I haven't lost any weight this week which is a bit frustrating but maybe part of it is from all the new muscles weight I've gained.  I'll just keep trying to stay consistent with my workouts and eating good foods.

Woke up with a sore throat but I won't let that stop me this week.  I decided last night, with some encouragement from Matt to start training for my 1st 1/2 marathon.  I changed that from a long term goal to a short term goal and started today.  Actually yesterday's workout was almost exactly was I was supposed to do yesterday according Hal Higdon's novice training schedule that Matt pulled up for me last night so I'm on my way!  I'm planning on running the half in Farmington on July 11.

Today I did my usual .5 mile warm-up/cool-down walk and I ran 2 miles.  Yeah for me because that is shorter than what I was planning on running.  However, I needed to walk to the elementary school today to pick up a new math book for my oldest so I walked there with all the kids.  It added another 1.62 miles whick I am certainly going to log to make myself feel better...I sure love to see those miles add up every week.  I still can't believe how much I've improved in such a short time. 

My legs seemed extra tired today even though yesterday was a bit of an easier day.  I did walk extra yesterday with the kids but my legs didn't seem tired at all then.  I did my .5 mile warm-up/cool-down walking and ran 3 miles.  I did the 1st 1.5 miles at a slightly faster pace of 5.4mph and the rest at the typical 5mph.

Today I did push-ups and sit-ups also.  My arms feel like jello.  Max push-ups 55.  Max sit-ups 70.   I barely made it through on the push-ups.

According to Hal Higdon and my new half marathon training schedule, today was a rest day.  I still had to do 1/2 hour of some exercise for my own personal fitness goals so I did Widsor Pilates.  I think this was really good for me because it stretched my tightening leg muscles more.  I hadn't done Pilates for a while and it used to really kill my stomach muscles, but today I could tell that I've been getting my core stronger with my sit-up challenge because it wasn't near as hard as it was the last time I did it (a few months ago.)  I think I need to get a Yoga video or some other easier workouts to do on my "off" days.  

Today was a cross-training day.  I did my push-ups and sit-ups and then did 30 minutes of aerobics.  Some of it was jumping rope, most of it was dancing with the kids.  I think I need to find some more exercise videos since I can't go swimming or bike riding or anything like that with the kids at home and me with no car.  The kids did like dancing though and it got me winded.

Today was my long run in my 1st week of training for the half.  I went to legacy parkway again.  It was pretty windy but I decided to start out with a tailwind and come back with a headwind because I figured I'd be hotter on the way back and want the wind to cool me off.  I forced myself to walk .25 mile before starting to run.  Then I ran 2 miles out and turned around and ran 2 miles back then had my last .25 to walk again.  On the GPS I was just under 11 minute miles every time I looked.  For the last .25 mile or so I sped it up and pushed myself as fast as I could, I think about 9 minute miles.  My overall split for the 4 miles was 10:32!  I am definitely improving but now I want a nap.

 I think I might sign up for a 5K in Florida when we go there for our family vacation, May 9.  Matt says he would also love to run a race there.  That is just one week later than my training plan says I should run a 5K race and that would still put me a bit ahead of schedule for my half.  I haven't yet decided that it's worth it to pay to run, but I guess $20 is not a bad price to pay to keep my motivation up.