Mandy's meanderings!

After a frustrating morning, my run was really good.  We missed our morning walk yesterday due to the weather.  The kids are getting pretty good at the one mile walk.  Most of the time I'm trying to keep up with them now, which is great.

For my run, I did a .25 mile warm-up, then ran 3.10 miles at 6.3 mph to 6.5 mph.  I did take a few 30 second breaks, but I finished a 5k in 29:40 minutes.  Yeah!  I finished with a .4 mile cool down.  Total time was 38:20.  It felt good to push myself a little bit.

Yesterday we managed to squeeze in our walk right before bedtime.  I was actually proud of the fact we still got it in.  Today's walk was great.  Morning is definitely a better time than evening, and I think our dog would agree.

My run today was pretty good.  The charger for the shuffle is still eluding me, so boredom is my biggest issue in not stopping.  I did finish the 5k in under 30 minutes again.  Hopefully I'll be back to my 26 minutes time in the next few months. I kept the speed at 6.4 for the majority of the run, and bumped it up to 6.5 for the last lap.  It felt really good to stretch out the kinks afterwards.  Total time was 38:40 with the warm up and cool down.

Today was one of those mornings. I really had to force myself to get going. Our walk was a little slower and the kids kept demanding my attention so I was beginning to think my run wasn't going to happen. Once I started it felt good. I wanted to see an actual time for a running 5k, and I did it in 28:30 minutes. So I'm getting there. I kept the speed at 6.4 the whole run, but bumped it up to 6.5 mph for the last .25 mile and increased the incline to 1. Total time for the run was 37:30 minutes.

Got all our walks in over the weekend.  Today I decided to try out P90X, so I just did a quick walk after the workout.  My arms may fall off tonight.  I'm curious to see what it does for my running.

Did our morning walk, then did the plyometrics workout for P90X.  I don't think I'll be doing any other workout today.  Wow.

These are the morning walks.  I did jog one mile on Wednesday to warm up my legs for a marathon stretch session.  I'm still working on the P90X stuff and the plyometrics one did my legs in.  I'm already noticing a huge difference with my legs though.  I'm hoping this is reflected in my running when I hit it hard core again in a few months...

My body is screaming for a break.  Luckily I get one. No more killer workouts for at least 36 hours.  Yippee!!

did our morning walk, then went for a little run after doing my P90X workout.  I think I might have pulled a stomach muscle, so I didn't do any of the ab stuff.  Instead I tried running to see if there was a difference.  I ran at a 6.5 mph pace for just over a mile and it felt kind of slow.  I didn't want to push too hard though, so I went back to a quick walk for another half mile.  Total time was16 minutes I think.  It felt really good.

I've definitely done something to my stomach muscles.  I guess giving birth twice in one year and having a c-section aren't really the best prep for an extreme workout.  go figure.  I'm laying pretty low with P90X this week to give my lower stomach time to recover.  Running, however, doesn't seem to bother it at all.  So I did a 2 miler today after a modified workout.  Ran 1.25 miles in 12 minutes, and had a warm-up and cool down for the rest.  Total time was 21:20.  Hopefully my stomach forgives me soon.

the 9 miles is a total for the rest of this week. morning walks are 5 miles of that.  today i started doing the kenpo workout and realized that a chest muscle was hurting pretty bad. i decided that a run would better suit my interests today, so i got on the treadmill .  it went pretty well.  i ran at 6.5 mph for 3.5 miles, then did a .5 miles coold down. total time was 40:36.

Two miles are morning walks.  Today I was back at the P90X to give it a try and it felt good, so I did the chest and back workout.  When I was done I really felt like doing something more, so I jogged a mile on the treadmill.  Pushed myself at the beginning, then little baby started crying.  So I slowed down to a walk for a cool down for the last part.  Total time for the mile was 11:32.  I'm feeling a lot stronger with my running now.  Hopefully that continues.

These are all morning walks with the dog/kiddos.  My right knee is feeling a little tweaked, so I've been taking it a little easier on some of the workouts and avoiding running for the week.  Next week with p90x is a stretching/yoga/core week, so I'm hoping to add some walking/jogging to the mix.  I'm definitely feeling stronger overall and am excited to see how my running is affected once I'm done with the p90x stuff.

today was a yoga day, so I thought I'd push it a little more and go for a run.  I'm so glad I did because I did my first sub 9 minute mile in two years!  I think it was even closer to 8 minutes.  I did a .25 mile warm up, then ran 2 miles.  I started at a 6.3 pace, but was up to 6.7 mph with the first half mile.  It felt REALLY good.  My body is definitely loosening up and the cross training is making a huge difference in my running.  total time was 24:25.  the other two miles are morning walks.