A Plan of Attack!

So I have a teacher friend that is the ultimate guru of fitness. I asked her to put together a training schedule for me and I bought a running calendar (30% off at Meijer!) to get my bootay into gear. I realize that I am in no way a morning person, but now at least I have a check off list. Since that early morning I...

Ran 2 miles
Ran 1.5 miles
Ran up and down the stairs in my house 20 times because it was so COLD and then did crunches while Logan coached me (this was way fun!)

And today I ran 4 miles!!! Well I ran 3 miles... walked for 5 minutes... and ran the rest of the way - strong. I felt kind of like the runner in me was trying to emerge. I felt old muscles that I don't think I realized I had start to work and make my stride longer and faster and it was AWESOME!

I kept saying to myself - I had a baby 9 months ago and I am

R-U-N-N-I-A-N-G

(must say like Forrest Gump)

The best part was when I got to the top of the hill just before GRCHS... I actually grinned so wide I wondered what the cars driving by thought of my goofy self.

So 4 miles - 11.6 to go :)

Early to rise!

So it's January 6 and I have yet to run since that beautiful wintery day back in December. I did come up with a plan, however, and began its implementation this morning...

I am a high school teacher, and so I have access to an indoor track and this morning I got up early, made Logan get up early, and drove to the CAT (the nickname for our athletic facilities) and ran 1.5miles this morning. Granted, this is not a lot to do, and I could have done more, but this morning was the trial run so to speak :)

Besides the unbelievably cold shower I had to endure afterward, this plan worked well. The goal is to shower at school next time, because the hot water is in working order here.

(Our school is located downtown, our Athletic facilities are on the outskirts of town... hence the driving around)

The best part of this morning was Logan saying, "You're winning!" after each loop I made. Apparently I was beating the red team :)

And so it begins... 1.5 miles to 15.6miles in four months... I can DOOOO it :)

I must admit, running in circles is boring, but it beats freezing my tail off outside!