Stronger, Tougher, Faster, Smaller

Okay,  I've been slacking, but I am starting again.  I have run out of excuses.  Saturday was technically my last day but I ended up going in last night just to help out the new guy.  So for now and forever more I am done with graves.  That was so hard, I would eat all night long and then be in the mind set that I still got to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  I know it wasn't helping anything and I know that getting regular sleep will help also.

I kicked off my start with an exercise video. (Jillian Michaels from biggest loser of course) yuck, it wasn't easy.  But I am starting.  My goal is 30 days straight of video mixed with running.  I need to lose at least 10lbs before ogden half marathon.

My weigh in days will be Saturday. 

Chris got up extra early this morning so he could be back from biking in time for me to run some before the kids got up.  Isn't that sweet? Isn't that irritating?  I am not a morning person but I really really needed it.

I got 2.5 miles in before he had to go to work.  I am doing okay and even averaged a 12:30 today.  I am nowhere ready for ogden half but I think that I'll be able to get myself somewhere close to ready for the distance before it comes.  I just won't be doing any pr's but  at least I won't kill myself. 

Did the Jillian workout again, this time I did not eat 2 hrs before hand and hence was able to avoid the digestive pyrotechnics that I so enjoyed last time I attempted it.  Tomorrow I will run, or jog because that what I do, but I'm working on that whole speed thing.

I got 1.5 miles in on the treadmill before a sibling dispute interrupted it all, it's not a lot but I am feeling better about myself and I am noticing I have a lot less bloated feeling.  

I have been consistent this week and want to keep it up.  Gotta get those miles up before Portland :) 

I averaged about a 13:20 for the whole thing and that includes a quarter mile warm up/down, at a 17min pace.  The fourth mile was most definitely the hardest.  We ran from our house down through lake park in west valley.  It goes past verizon, and discover, and has some good rolling hills.  Mile 4 has the longest uphills and I sprinted up three during that mile reaching speed of 9:40 mpm pace by the time I hit the top.

Weight: -3 lbs total so far