Slow and Steady

So I did the 10k run today. Due to the fact that I callibrated my Nike+ yesterday, so my timing seemed to be slower than usual. Although I know that in all honesty, my pace was never really that fast to begin with! So at least I know where I am at and where I am striving to be. I did however discover that even though one of my ultimate goals is to run a marathon (of course starting with a half marathon) that I want to lose the weight first before I start training. I will continue to run, of cour… Continue

It's been well over a week since I have posted, but I've been around, some. My classes started up last week and since I am going to be gone (on our cruise!!!) for a week, I am trying to get as much done ahead of time as possible. So life has been pretty hectic. Plus with both the girls celebrating birthdays, I have been a maniac trying to clean the house for the party on Saturday. And, we rearranged a bit today and the girls are now sharing a bedroom! Yikes! Things have been pretty crazy around… Continue

So I am back to doing the shred every other day again instead of daily. I am really ok with this because I really missed being able to run. It's not that I couldn't run after the shred, it's just that it was really tough. I want to be able to participate in a 10k on Oct 24th, and I need to keep my running up as well. I am hoping to do the Human Race with Nike, you can participate from home. I know I won't be able to run the whole thing, but I am really excited to be able to do it. So I have been… Continue

Which is a little hard for me to admit. I don't know how I have gotten so far off track, without actually getting off track. I know that doesn't really make sense, but it does to me. Back in July I joined livestrong.com, which is a huge asset to me losing weight. I will not say otherwise, even though since I started actually tracking my calories, I have lost less weight on average than before I joined. Even before I joined, I changed my eating just enough to make it harder for me to drop the wei… Continue

So this morning I decided I wanted to run instead of doing the shred. I am still planning on doing the shred tonight after the Biggest Loser. So I hopped on the treadmill, without a real idea of how long or how far I wanted to go. I set my Nike+ to a Basic workout and just started running. I decided I wanted to see just how far or long I could run. Last week I had run 30 minutes straight for the first time. Today I ran a whole 5k without stopping to walk! Another first! It still wasn't my best t… Continue