day 6.

4 miles. and not good ones either. i don't know what the problem was, but my chest was feeling tight. it's a beautiful day so i went down belmont to the lakefront path and did a little more than 2 miles on that. it's just about 3/4 mile to the lake and 3/4 back to my house. my intervals sucked. guess i need to run more... and i can't find my stupid ipod charger. i am so not happy about this! i don't usually listen to music, but i got the nike + thingamabob and it tells me distance, pace, and time. i love that. and it records all my workouts! it's awesome. but my ipod is almost out of juice.

day 5.

way toooooo hungover to attempt anything. dragged myself out later to go to sonny's bbq

day 4.

i was lazy and took the day off. i would normally go to pilates, but i had a 1pm haircut and pilates starts at 1230. plus you can't work out after you get your hair done! and i ran out of time before that. i know, excuses. it might have been raining that day too :)

day 3.

no running again. dangit! but, i did go to my favorite pilates class. the instructor is mark and he is awesome. he's gotta be gay and i love him. he's loud and he makes class hard and yet fun and funny. he cracks me up. his class is definitely the hardest of the 3 i do each week. i thought about running after his class, but i was starving and exhausted and so yet again made an excuse. boy, this is not going so well on the running part right now!! but, i am working out and cross training so i'm not being totally lazy.

day 2.

tuesday's class is body pump. it's at 5:30 in the evening and i love it. for those of you who have not done it, it is an hour of weights focusing on each part of the body for 5 mins of reps. we use weights, a bar, a step and it makes me do the hated squats and lunges. it is definitely making me stronger and i credit this class with helping me shave time off of my running. i was going to do cardio after, but i was exhausted before class and even more so after. so i didn't.

day 1.

following sarah's numbering....

i have certain classes i do during the week. tuesday is pilates at 11am. after pilates i did an hour on the elliptical. not a normal elliptical, my gym has a fantastic one that lets you change your stride for more like stair climbing, jogging, and running. i do a mixture and i generally keep the intensity at a 4-9 range.

getting started.

i totally admired and liked sarah's running blog and thus have decided to start my own. i'm not sure what format i'll use yet, but i'm sure i'll work that out along the way. i have a variety of big races that i have committed to this year already: june 7th in chicago - a half marathon, august in chicago - a half marathon, october in chicago - the full 26.2, and in november in san antonio - a half. along with a few 5ks thrown in for fun. i have already done the disney princess half in march, the indy mini marathon in may, the race to wrigley in april, and probably a couple others. in any case, i'll document those numbers/times and the upcoming races as well so that i can track my progress. the first marathon i did wasn't pretty, but i did it! this year, i need improvement. and lots of it! i am hoping this blog will hold me accountable for everything i need to do in order to meet those goals!