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.