Day 3

So yesterday was a "rest" day...and boy was it nice! I was excited to not have to run because I really do dislike running. Anyway, I was ready and willing to go running this morning! So I geared up and got on the treadmill (we still don't have a jogging stroller because they are expensive). I ran the first .5 miles! That's an accomplishment because like I've said before, I don't like running, and I am WAY WAY WAY out of shape!!! I only walked a little this time around. It felt good. And AGAIN I cut my time down! I was down by another 24 seconds, but now I am down over a minute and it is only day 3. I honestly am not running for time but it is too much of a temptation to not pay attention to it. So again I only ran a mile but I need to work up and not kill myself because then I'll just quit. Anyway another day is past me :) Tomorrow is another rest day and it's FRIDAY :) Yay :)

It's all about committment

I ran again today. I didn't want to. I worked a lot this morning at the salon and was dead tired. I figured it would be better for me to run on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The reason for this is because I don't work on Monday and Friday and I work at night on Weds and Thurs. Anyway, I got home from work and hung out with Riley for a bit. We played at started to watch a movie. Jeff was outside mowing the lawn. Well Jeff came in and showered and came downstairs to hang out with us. I decided "Hey, I really need to run, even if I don't want to. If I plan on running this race at some point I can't flake out on day 2." So that's just what I did...I ran! It feels good afterwards. I'm not really a big fan of running...in fact I don't like it at all haha but I hopefully will get into shape faster and continue to run. I only ran a mile again...but I did cut my time down by 56 seconds!!! Anyway that's about it for today. I ran!

And So it Begins...

So I officially started to train today...I'm slow...but that's ok! I ran a mile today. It's not much, not much at all compared to the 13.1 I plan to run...but it's a start! I plan on starting slow though. I mean come on I just had a baby and haven't worked out in 10 months. So I took my friend Hollie's advice, but I am starting out with the 5k guide, and I am using Hal Higdon's training guides. I think tomorrow I will use the actual guidelines and run 1.5 miles tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be running 3 miles within the next 7 weeks. Once I've accomplished that there will be no stopping me!
Anyway, the point of this blog is for me to keep track of my running and to let you all know what I am doing and where I am at in my training. I figure if I do it this way there is no backing down. If you guys have any advice I would love to hear it!
I did do some more blog stalking the other day and got a great site from Erika's blog that I played with a little last night. It's a route tracker to show you how far a particular course is. Anyway check out those two links I have posted on my blog.