Alice is a Runner!

Legs of Lead

 I think the goo from all the bad for me food I ate last night during the Superbowl weighed me down today.  It was a HARD run. I didn't want to go, and I surely didn't want to keep going.  I ran slow.  

Maybe it also had to do with the week off, too.  Dang Hammy kept me not running for a week.  Good thing I have an exercise bike!  Hammy is not bugging tonight after the run, which is a good surprise,  thanks to the new scraping routine.  It works miracles.  I also have been better about doing a good warm-up.  Good times. 

I Did It.  I Made Myself Run on The Treadmill!!!!

It was after 9:30 when I decided to get myself on the treadmill.  I really haven't been getting myself to run lately, and it was hard to do it tonight.  It is times like these when I am really proud of myself.  

It was a good little run.  I have been avoiding the treadmill lately.  I like to run outside.  It makes me happy.  Sometimes it is much to cold or slick for me to run outside.  That makes me sad!  Sometimes you just have to do what you really don't want to.  I am glad I did today! 

My Heart Loves Valentine's Day Runs!

I taught my PE kids today about the structure of the heart and why it is important to exercise in your target heart rate to build heart strength.  It was fun.

 My heart enjoyed the workout today.  It was a short run because I decided that this week I was going to try something new.  Today I will run 2 miles, Wednesday I will run 3 miles and Friday or Saturday I will run 4 miles.  The past two weeks I have been having to cut out the third run because of silly injuries.  Last week it was the knee.  I swear I should never say anything about not being injured.  One year I said: "I have never broke a leg," a month later I was on crutches with a broken leg.  Then a few weeks ago when talking with somebody who was having knee issues, I said:  "My knees haven't bothered me since I have lost so many pounds."  Yeah, then my knee started hurting.  What is up with that?

I will quit talking about injuries and then I won't be injured, right?  I am getting excited for the first race of the year that will be on March 5th.  My goal:  blow my 5k personal record out of the water!  It will be a blast.

 I lifted some weights today too.  I am trying to build up strength.  I feel week lately.  I also rode for thirty minutes on the exercise bike.  The 20 minute run just seemed too short.  Crazy that two miles is a little over 20 minutes.  I am getting faster! Yipee!  

 Hope the day of love treated you well.  I liked that it was warm today.  Too bad the cold will be back later on this week! 

Short little run.  I am experimenting this week.  I really want to run during the nice weather and so I am running back to back but am sandwiching in a short one.  Yesterday, I went a little shorter so I figured adding the mile today would be good.  It actually was.  Very enjoyable.

The Calm Before the Storm

I decided that I needed to sneak in a quick run before my Weight Watchers meeting tonight and before the big storm got in.  I hate running indoors, have I  mentioned that?  So when it is 54 degrees in the middle of February, I have to take advantage of it.  

It was nice to be out even though I did feel a bit rushed.  That is okay though, because I ran fast at times, which is something that I want to do, but am a pansy most of the time, so I don't do!

Now the snow has come and I am glad I had my thirty minutes of enjoying the spring-like weather.  

Dear Spring-Like Weather-

Come back soon. I miss you already!

 Love, Alice 

Thank you George Washington and Abraham Lincoln for being born in order for me to celebrate your birthdays by having a day off! :)  I don't think you two had anything to do with the weather but it was fantastic today! 

I ran this today in 33:33, which is actually about two minutes faster than my fastest 5k.  That is something, isn't it?  I am excited to run in The Run for the Red on March 5th here in Provo.  It is going to be a blast.  I keep telling people that it is my goal to blow my PR out of the water.  It will be cool to see how fast I run on race day!  Yipee.

The run was nice.  I loved that the sun was shining.  I was cold the first few kilometers, but I eventually was comfortable.  Imagine that, wearing shorts and warm in February. Awesome!  I do love Utah winters.  I did feel like throwing up during the third kilometer.  I guess a bacon cheeseburger and fries for lunch doesn't make for the best running fuel.   

Alice is fast!!!

 Ran my fastest mile yet.  Slowly adding milage is good.  It feels good!

It is hard to only run one mile.  My body seems to like running about three miles.  That is pretty dang cool.  I have come a long way!

Note to self:  Do not take a phone call mid-run!

This was not the best run.  I did okay the first 1/3 and then wanted to poke my eyes out the rest of the run.  It really didn't help that I answered my phone a little over half way.  It made for me not wanting to finish even more.  I actually even thought about calling a friend to come and get me.  PATHETIC.  It's alright though, because I still finished and  that is sometimes all you can ask for!

Snow on the eyelashes is not Alice's favorite!

This was a great run.  I decided to run a new route, which took me to the cemetery.  Some people find it a little bit weird that I find cemeteries calming and that sometimes I secretly go running or walking inside one!  I really liked running there today.  The snow started just before I got to the cemetery and truth be told, I actually liked the snow today.  It was light and fluffy and wasn't sticking to the pavement, which was good because I really didn't want to run on the treadmill for my longest run of the week!  Very nice! 

And You Thought It Was Hard to Walk and Chew Gum...

I have been SO hungry the past few days.  It was all I could do to shove a piece of gum into my mouth before this run, instead of eating the whole house!

It made for a hard to breath run, but I wanted the adventure.  It was a good run in good weather!