some runs aren't fun

Today I had my first lousy run. We have a great new route though and I am looking forward to having a good run on it.

I got light headed and nauseous - at one point I had to stop in the shade because I felt like I was going to pass out. Not sure if I'm just under the weather. I suspect I'm dehydrated. And I think I'm also feeling the effects of a less regular schedule.

I hope the next run is better.

week 9/2 and 9/3

I forgot to post something last week after running - we did the second week 9 run on July 12 - early evening. It was nice.

Today we went for distance instead of time - and ran 3.11 miles in 37.5 minutes. It was ok - definitely was ready to be done at the end, but we completed the 5K!!!! YAY! Now to figure out what to do next to keep me interested in running.

I wasn't sure we'd make it through - it took us 11 weeks or so, but we did it.

and I've decided that we'll go for the one hour runner program next. it looks like this:

Weeks 1 – 3: 30 minutes, 3 days a week.

Week 4: Run 30 minutes, 29 minutes, 35 minutes.

Week 5: Run 30 minutes, 32 minutes, 38 minutes

Week 6: Run 30 minutes, 33 minutes, 41 minutes

Week 7: Run 30 minutes, 34 minutes, 45 minutes

Week 8: Run 30 minutes, 36 minutes , 49 minute

Week 9: Run 30 minutes, 38 minutes, 54 minutes

Week 10: Run 30 minutes, 40 minutes, 60 minutes

For weeks 1-4 I think we should do 5K for the final run instead of just 30 minutes. And maybe I'll look for a race for the end of week 4.

week 9/1

I don't have anything to say except that I'm worried sick about Mini and didn't want to run. But we did. no picture.

week 8/3

another 28 minutes done - and not too bad. I'm started to get frustrated that our distances aren't increasing. I guess the thing now is to just keep going, and after we are comfortable with 30 minutes we'll figure out how to improve speed.

Best thing about today - I remembered to pee before going. That's a big improvement.

week 8/2

today wasn't so nice. We went after getting bad news about Mini - and really only went out of obligation to the program. I'm glad that I did it, but my heart wasn't in it. We didn't even take the ipod - and we stopped at lights instead of running in place or changing course. It felt like about the right length but the distance was short of what we had done before.

Oh well. At least we went.