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Thursday, February 8, 2007

Week 2, Day 4

Back in November and December I participated in a women's workout bootcamp. On the last day of the camp I did ran 1 mile in 9 min 30 sec. My goal was at the end of the camp was to do the mile in 10 minutes (my initial benchmark was 11 min).

This morning I timed myself for during the 1 mile portion of my 1.5 mile run. I am still at the same pace. It took 9 min 40 seconds to run 1 mile this AM . It feels good to know that I haven't lost all that I gained during the 2 months of the bootcamp.

In addition to the run this AM I did an abdominal workout. Tomorrow is a rest day. Thank goodness. I think my body needs a rest.

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Week 2, Day 3

I went to the gym this morning and did 33 minutes on the stairmaster. The guide today stated it was a run/walk day. I decided to get in some additional cardio to help my stamina.

I also had a revelation about my upcoming travel. I don't have to run outside at those places or try and guesstimate about the distance I've run. It finally hit me that, more than likely, the hotels will have a fitness center I can use. I've never run on a treadmill before, but I may as well give it a shot. Yep! Just checked the website of one of the hotels and it definitely has a fitness center.

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Links in the sidebar

Hmmm..I said I was going to add links in the sidebar over the weekend. Well, that didn't happen. I'm going to work on that at some point this week.

update: links have now been added.

Knowing my time

As I pondered why I noted my time this AM, I realized that knowing it will be useful. I will be traveling a bit over the next few weeks to locales where I will not have access to a track and, in a few instances, my own transportation (to clock mileage). Therefore, knowing how long it takes me to run a certain distance I can estimate how far I've traveled. Eureka!

So today I did 1.75 m in about 17 minutes. On Thursday I have to do 1.5 miles. I'll time myself again. That way I can estimate how far I traveled on those days when I'm out of town.

Week 2, Day 2

I did 1.75 miles at the gym this morning. 14 laps of straight running with a bookend of 1 lap at the beginning and 1 lap at the end. According to my watch I ran the 1.75 m in 17 minutes. I can tell I was faster and slower on various laps. I think having a goal of overtaking a person I see in the distance helps me. I push myself more so than if I don't have a target ahead of me. One of these days I'm going to have to track my time per lap. Then I'll be able to tell if I'm consist from one lap to the next.

Monday, February 5, 2007

Power Walk

I did a 20 minute power walk this afternoon. Total distance was 1.5 miles.

Brr. It was sunny, but cold. The wind was whipping!

By the way, my 30 minute leisurely walk yesterday was 1.7 miles. For some reason, I have a need to know the distance I travel when I run/walk on the roads.

Week 1, Day 7 & Week 2, Day 1

Didn't post yesterday, but I did complete my daily training. I went for a 30 minute walk about 8 am. I would have preferred a 45 minute walk (smack dab in the middle of the 30-60 minute guideline), but I was pressed for time. So I did the bare minimum.

Today is the 1st day of the 2nd week of training. The challenging part about this week will be the weekend. I'm traveling the weekend and I've not decided how I will work in my training on Saturday & Sunday. Friday is easy because that is a rest day.

Anywho, this afternoon I think I will do a combination of run/walk.

Saturday, February 3, 2007

Week 1, Day 6

The first week of training is almost done. This AM, in the cold, I ran 1.5 miles outside. Brrr! I decided to run on the track at the university (4 laps = 1 mile) this AM. I walked 1 lap, ran 6, and walked 1. I end the week tomorrow with a 30-60 minute walk.

Friday, February 2, 2007

Week 1, Day 5

Today is a rest day on my schedule. I think I really need that rest because it was quite difficult to get up this AM. Over the weekend I am going to update the blog with some links over the in the sidebar ---->.

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Week 1, Day 4

The university is closed today due to the weather. Therefore, the gym is closed and there is no working out today. I can't run outside because there is precipitation in the air. I'm glad I did the run yesterday.