Off the track!

I have not run for the past few days as my knee has been really bothering me. I had hoped to go today but it is still sore and I do have some appointments this morning, so rather than try to squeeze one in and rush, and perhaps hurt it more, I'll take today off too. Good thing in my Journal I had the theme of "Slow and Steady" because at this rate it will take forever to get the weight off.

Not a good day

I did not have a good run today. My knee really was hurting me. I had to walk for the last few blocks. I guess tomorrow I will take the day off, didn't want to but I think I have to.

Longer run

No running yesterday as it was a school shopping day (although I could have gone by the time Danica woke up!). Today I stretched out my run again. I am now up to 5.7km. I am slowly working towards the 8K run that I will be doing in October (Jason, my hubby will be doing the half marathon at the same time).

Gone: 37 minutes Ran: 36 Walk: 1

Ran with my Ipod

Well hubby got me an ipod for our anniversary, wowie! I only have about 23 songs downloaded and they are pretty mellow, not really running music (good for my speed though, lol!), but it was nice to have music while I run. My run was pretty much the same, so happy to be doing the hill. Jason was surprised that I do that hill, he says he wouldn't (and he is an awesome runner - he does 10K in 42 minutes, half marathons in 1 hour 42). Haha!

Not Much to Say

Not much to report today. The run was pretty much the same, except that I RAN the WHOLE way up the hill, wooowie!! Big day for me! Not bad since I was going to skip the run today as I have been doing so good. The only reason I didn't skip is that it is hubby and my 17th anniversary today and I reserved at our favorite restaurant. So I know it is going to be a lot of calories tonight!

Against the Wind...

Today I was running against the wind for much of my run - whew! Although it was a bit tougher it is a nice break from the heat. I almost ran the whole way up the hill!!! Still need my bit of a walking break before my last little bit home though, it is quite the hill.

Gone: 31 mins Ran: 30 Walk: 1

A beautiful day!

We are in for another beautiful day here, more sun - although quite honestly I prefer slightly cooler temps - especially since today I will be doing some major cleaning and organizing of the house.

Yesterday I took the day off, the knee seems to be ok if I take a day off now and then (along with popping some Advil daily - lol). Although I did do a lot of walking as I had an out of town shopping day. Today my run was good.

Gone: 31.5 minutes Ran: 30 Walked: 1.5mins

Oh and I am on my way to 15 down 12 now!

Not much new

Not much new to report today. I did my run and it was pretty much like yesterday. Funny thing though, I always seem to hit the 20 minute mark and I want to walk, I slow my pace and keep on going.

I did it!

My goal when I first started running on July 2nd was to be able to run for 30 minutes a day, although I did not ever think I would get there, or at least not so soon. Well I ran for 30 minutes today! This time I ran for 29 before having to stop for a break - I ran part way up THE HILL even, which is why I had to stop to walk! I walked for a bit then off I ran again. Yippee!

On another note, I have been whining lately about the weight loss. Well did you notice my side bar? I am now at 10 (well probably 11) pounds and when I think of it I have only been on my 'journey' since July 1st. 6 weeks. 6 weeks, including 2 camping trips. 6 weeks. If you think of 2 pounds per week I am pretty much on schedule. I wanted to lose 15 pounds this summer and I am headed in the right direction.

Gone: 32 minutes Run: 30 Walk: 2

700 Calorie Bike Ride

Well I did it. Danica and I went out camping yesterday, she is feeling a smidge better. Today I almost talked myself out of the bike ride home (15K) as it was hot... etc. However, this morning Jason cooked up our fabulous camping breakfast, eggs, fried potatoes and bacon. I have been good this summer and not really partaking in it. This morning I did! I had some fried potatoes (you know, fried in the bacon fat - yummy!) and 3 pieces of bacon. I figured that I better ride home after that! It was a good ride. It took me an hour but it feels good. I checked how many calories I burned and it is about 700 calories ! Gotta love that!

I tried

Right now I am struggling to keep going with this fitness thing. The last time I tried running and getting fit, I injured my foot, then pretty much couldn't do anything for 9 months. Now my knee is bothering me. Dr. couldn't find anything, next step is physio. I don't know. I am not a runner, have never found it to be something I enjoyed but do it to lose weight. So doing it when it hurts makes it even harder. On top of that the scale has not moved for a couple of weeks, pretty disheartening.

Well, I did try to go for a run this morning. The rest of my family is out camping. I had to come in early yesterday morning to bring Dancia in to Emergency, she is very sick. Thus I spent the better part of yesterday at the dr. or with a sick little girl. In the rush of bringing her in yesterday I remembered my running gear, but forgot my knee wrap. I tried to run today, but my knee was really bothering me so I did a short loop around the block and home. On top of that I did not like the fact that Danica (although she is 11 1/2 and is dead asleep) was at home by herself while she is so sick.

Let's hope I can keep going as it does feel good to be fit, I just wish the scale was my friend!

We're off

Well we are off camping today (I am hoping to ride the bike there). I will hopefully run a couple times while we are there. Back to routine next week!

Doing great

You know, I stepped on the scale again and it is not going down as fast as I would like it too (at least it is going down). I feel that I am working so hard, with all the running and really watching what I am eating, I just wish it would drop more quickly. Nonetheless, I guess I should be happy that it is going down little by little and I am feeling good... well except for the knee... I'm off to the Dr. today.

Gone: 32.5 minutes Ran: 29 Walk: 2.5

A little rain!

So today it was drizzling. A few years ago when I tried the running thing a little rain would be a good excuse for me not to run. Well there was no way it was going to dampen my success so far! I went out anyways, and it was nice not to be running in the heat. Besides it was only a little drizzle.

Gone: 33 minutes walk: 2 1/2 mins Run: 30 1/2

Another long run

Another run to my mom's, it went well today. I ran almost the whole way (apart from waiting at a couple of stop lights). Unfortunately she lives up a hill too, so some walking there!

Gone: 41 minutes Walk: 4 Run: 37

The good thing is that I am not so winded after a run, so whether I lose weight or not (and I better!), I am definately getting in shape. The hard part is being so stiff for the rest of the day, ahhh 41 how nice!

Slow and Steady

Today was very overcast, yay! I ran at a bit of a slower pace today as I wanted to run farther before having to walk. Well, I did better than I expected! I ran until the killer hill (28 minutes of running)! So exciting for me, who has never been a runner! I walked the hill which must have been slower than before as it took me 4 minutes! Oh well, I don't care. I am feeling good!

Gone: 33 minutes ran: 29 walk: 4

My 'off' day

Today was supposed to be a day with no running. My knee is sort of acting up but I have been wearing a wrap when I run. Well I kinda call it a day off. I didn't run this morning but instead while Jaimee was getting her haircut I went for a short 13 minute run (about 2K) around the dike - that's kinda a day off isn't it?

Bike ride

Tonight I went for a bike ride. Danica and I rode to mom's, easy ride there. Jason came to pick up Danica and I rode home. It was good, of course those hills are just as much of a killer as when I run! I did walk up Neill St. But all in all it was a good 30 minute ride.

Overcast run

Well this morning it was slightly overcast for my run, nice for a change! However, the sun is out now, I was kind of hoping for a bit of cool weather.



I managed to stretch out my route once again and it is 4.7km. It is close enough to 5 for me and it is a good run.



Gone: 32 minutes Run: 27 Walk: 5 - even ran for 1 minute up the killer hill!

Can't believe I'm doing this

Well Jason did the Half Marathon last year and is hoping to go again. So I have signed up for the 8K part of it. I have never done a long distance run before and don't know what I am getting into, but I am looking forward to it. It is on October 11th. Now to find someone to come along just to take my picture!

Upped the Ante!

I stretched out my run again. This one is 4.4Km rather than 3. It is easier in a way as I don't have the long gradual hill on the way home. However, at the end of this route is one shorter killer hill that I didn't even attempt to run up - it took me 3 mins to walk up it!

Gone: 31 minutes ran: 24 walk 7

Felt good.

Bit of a downer

Well, the new scale is in my opinion is not so good! I weigh more on it than my old one. However, the old one is not so reliable, and for the last 3 days I have weighed myself on both and the new one has been consistent. Which of course means my starting point was much higher than expected. This is not a good thing. However it does mean that when I get there it will be much more of an accomplishment! So I will stick with the first one and I don't know exactly what my starting point was but I am going to say that I have lost 8 pounds in this first month, as I have lost weight. I am going to keep going on the right track now.

I went for a long run today. I ran to my mom's house which is about 6K away. I walked for about 6 minutes of it and ran for 35! Felt good. I am going to up my regular run a bit now, it may be about 3.5K for a couple weeks and hoping to push it to about 4 or 5K by the end of summer. So far today 6950 steps!

Oh for anyone interested, I completed my Road Trip journal it is here.