Mandy's meanderings!

Man, our impromptu vacation over the weekend turned into a food fest!  UGH!!!!!!  And I didn't really stick to my diet so now my stomach is hating me all over again.  Oops.  Went for nice and easy today.  did .25 mile warm up, ran/jogged 3.25 miles, then did a .5 mile cool down.  I had the incline at 2 for the first half, and went down to one for the second half so I wouldn't take the little breaks to stretch out as much.  Total time was 40:55.

Adam had to go in early this morning, so I did the indoor track at the Legacy Center while the girls had swim practice.  It was my first time of running with the double jogging stroller and it was WAY harder than I anticipated.  I ended up walking probably 60% of the time.  I'm pretty sure on the distance and I think the time was around 25 or 30 minutes.  Since sticking to my diet again the past few days my stomach is finally settling down and feeling good. 

We ended up adding some miles this afternoon with a friend.  We grabbed all the kiddos and headed down to the sno-asis for some snow cones.  YUM!

Yesterday was a bad day.  Today I decided to do a confidence booster run so I kept the incline at 1.  Did .5 mile warm-up, ran 1.5 miles at 6.3 mph, ran 1.25 miles at 6.5 mph, then did .5 mile cool down.  The only break I took was to help Tyson with something.  Total time was 38:39.

Not too bad for a Monday.  Did .25 mile warm-up, ran 2 miles at 6.5 mph, ran 1.25 miles at 6.4 mph, then did a .5 mile cool down.  Had the incline at 2 for 1.5 miles, then at 1 the rest of the way.  I'm really hoping to see my chiropractor this week.  My tailbone is getting out so far I think it's starting to bug my knee again.  No bueno.

Today started out with me forcing myself to do anything at all.  Once I got into it a little bit, I started to run, but my right ankle was giving me a lot of problems so I settled in for a nice speed walk.  After a little longer, my ankle felt better so I ran some more.  I kept the incline at 2 the entire time.  I think I ended up running about 3.25 miles and walking the other 1.25, including the warm-up and cool down.  Total time was 48:00

Life has gone crazy this month.  Oh well, that's how it goes I guess.  It felt REALLY good to do an actual run today.  I've done some walking here and there, but nothing strenuous the past three weeks.  I did make it in to see my chiropractor which was FABULOUS!!  My tailbone isn't hurting nearly as much as it was.  My tummy troubles seem to be making progress as well.  That coupled with some really good sleep this weekend resulted in feeling good enough (and actually having the time) to get a good workout in.  

 Did a .25 mile warm-up, ran 3.25 miles, then did a .5 mile cool down.  I did keep the incline at 1 the whole time because I knew I wouldn't have time to do a lot of stretching when I finished.  Total time was 40:24.  Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come.

I didn't think I would get a run in today, so I'm really happy with it.  I'm definitely sore from yesterday's run, but I figured the sooner I get back into a routine, the sooner the soreness goes away.  I didn't do as much of a warm-up today because I wanted to see if I could maintain a faster pace for a while.  I kept the incline at 1 again.  Did a .1 mile warm-up, ran 2.5 miles at 6.5 mph (felt really good and wanted to keep going, but not enough time), then did a .5 mile cool down.  Total time was 30 minutes.