Day 2 - Week 8/24

Today's run was another 3.5 miles as I went to River-woods and back. There hasn't been too much new snow, so the streets were a lot clearer.

I also made a trip to IKEA with Mark and Lily. I got a floor lamp, a new cutting board, and a bread knife.

I wanted to get some shelving, but I need to measure out the space in my apartment a little better, to make sure that everything will fit right.

At home, I'm packing for my trip to England, and really looking forward to it. Also, I took this picture. See if you can spot the thing that's out of place.

Day 6 - Week 7/24

I've been really bad about writing lately. Fortunately, I've been less bad about exercising.

Two days ago (thursday) I ran 3.8 miles with my dad. Yesterday, I did 3.5. Today, I woke up to about three inches of snow on the ground, and so did 30 minutes on the recumbent bike.

My cardio fitness seems to be getting better. During these runs, I feel like I'm being held back my my legs, rather than my lungs, which is a nice change.

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My dad convinced me that the weather wasn't that bad. So I ran another 3.5 miles today. I'm still needing to walk a bit during these runs, but it's definitely getting easier.

His advice is to focus on my breathing. He says that it makes the little aches less noticeable.

As far as personal stuff, Christmas went really well. My cats got a great haul, and are more or less making peace with the dogs. Somehow, Tobin's Chihuaha has realized that it can chase the cats around. It's pretty funny watching a toothless 4-pound dog chasing 25 pounds of cat.

Day 3 - Week 6/24

I put in another three miles tonight. My stopwatch somehow turned off about 10 minutes into the run, so I don't have a time.

Adding in a few extra days of running should smooth my transition into the half marathon program.

Day 2 - Week 6/24

I didn't record the two runs from last week. Neither was especially long, partly due to weather, and partly due to finals.

Today's run went significantly better. I'm on week 8 of the couch-to-5k program, which calls for a 28 minute run. I traced out a 3-mile route, and went for 36 minutes, including my warmup.

My heartrate was between 158 and 167 for most of my run, and my pace felt comfortable. I'll see if I can add some extra distance onto the next run.

Running. Day 2 & 5 Week 4/24

I extended monday's run to be 6 minutes, 9 minutes and 6 minutes (with three minutes of cool down between the running). Monday felt pretty good and was comfortable through the first two runs. The third felt a bit slow.

Today was two sets of 10 minutes. Unfortunately, I put the run off a bit too long, and as a result, and the weather had gotten quite cold.

But, the good news is that I've gotten my pace up to 9-minute miles on the first 10 minute run. So, that's some improvement. Also, I'm still on-schedule.