Day 44

W5/R25/W3/R2/W5 total 40 min

So today ran 25 min total and 2 min later total 27 min. Soon will be able to do 30 min, yes. absolutely. Getting up in the AM to do the session is the real battle yet. Have to be inspired to wake up that early and then move this lethargic body at the great speed of 3.5 mph.

Talking of inspiration, there is a lady in my neighbourhood who started walking her dogs about 2 years ago. She was heavy, her 2 dogs were heavy and they walked at a slow pace, like a caravan , all with their heads down, slowly moving forward. I saw them everyday after I dropped the kids at school. And I had a bet with my husband that she would lose her weight, to which he replied as I knew he would, that one-moving at that pace , she would never lose weight, and two, his pet dialogue- that those who can lose weight never gain it in the first place.
Well, you should have guessed the end of story by now- 2 years later, this lady and her 2 dogs are slim and fit, they still walk at the same slow pace, dont know what distance but whatever shes done its worked. Hats off to her. Now if I had the guts to tell her that.

So inspiration can be found anywhere you look, the point is to make it work for you.

Day 42

R/W 20min/5 min with rest of 2 min.

Didnt feel like doing it today, had a restless night and upper/mid back was hurting, more like a discomfort. Just wanted to curl and sleep, then talked myself into getting up. If I dont do it in the morning, that means its not going to get done. Thats the only argument I have against trying to sleep in any day.
Using the nylon socks I bought to prevent against the feet blisters. Bought 2 different kinds and GB will testdrive those too. So far they feel good and look good, blue and white matching my blue and white NB shoes. Thats the only thing which coordinates in my running wardrobe. Will get new 'running'togs when reach a mini-goal, maybe the half-marathon in May. Tho the pedicure for finishing the first month never happened cos GB doesnt believe in pedicures in the winter months. I will be getting mine this weekend .

Day 41

Easy day today, 2mile walk in 35 min. The walk was good, outside in the afternoon, the trees fall colored, the ground yellow,orange green and maroon of the leaves, the sun bright but not burning, the air crisp and cool, not windy or cold.I usually do the weekly workouts on the treadmill and the long weekend R/W outside so this felt good.
But ate too much-have to tell GB to stop talking about food with me. She mentioned the round orange flavoured chocolate, so what did I get for the gorcery store? the round orange flavored chocolate which I then had 5 pieces of, which amounts to 25o cal, and now the rest of it is calling my name. Then I wonder why I dont lose weight with all the activity I do.

Day 40

Wow guys! thanks! I am surprised at the run too. So today my body decided to be stubborn and would not move. I returned from work at 6 pm (had started work at 7 am) and decided to go straight to the gym. Just couldn't move - no energy and on top of that my soles started to hurt bad, so just a single mile. Reason (maybe) - I wore 3 inch heels after 7-8 months. Used to wear heels everyday to work for so many years and was comfortable in them, stopped for 8 months and now....but I am not sure, the archs of my feet were hurting not the heels or the front portion of the sole (sorry, can't remember what it's called, brain is fried). Hopefully, tomorrow will be better, I will be more rested and will be able to push myself a little more....
Yes, a blog is a wonderful way to track progress, but since I am laziness personified :( and sometimes don't feel like going through the old blogs to check the details, I created the spreadsheet, one look and I know what I did on which day - sometimes laziness can really make you work :). NB is the more active of us two (as if it wasn't obvious by now), with 2 kids and a husband (that makes 3), she has to be. So she patiently rummages through the old entries and can easily track her progress, and maybe that is the reason she doesn't make the effort to update the spreadsheet :(

Day 40

Ran for 15 min,W2min,R10 min,walked to complete 40 min. Cant tell if speed or mileage is right because of uncooperative tmill, very rarely have I completed 2 miles in 40 min before. Felt good tho' even tho the knees hurt -tightness for half the day. But no right foot tightness or pain noted today.
Was reading GBs post, this is my sister who rolled her eyes when I did my daily walk or moved in any way. This is my sister whose response to every suggestion I gave to exercise or eat right was either 'why' or 'then what'.This is my sister who for the last six months spent each afternoon after work laying on a saggy couch with a laptop on her lap, a t.V. 5 feet away and the remote next to her.Then suddenly one day she ups and decides to run a marathon. I took up the challenge before she blinked and changed her mind.

Fastforward 40 days later and the post yesterday happened- 2 miles in 29 min. I am soo soo proud of her. Ofcourse we still have to run the 26.2 miles 7 months later but this is one of the many stepping stones towards that goal.I think we will do it!!

Day 39 - Small achievement

Woke up with a slight headache - strange dreams, guess am just stressed out. Had planned to do a long run today (reason i missed yesterday), but got up late and had about an hour before had to leave for someplace. Went to the gym and ran at 4.2 m/h for 14.20 mins to complete 1 mile. Feel good, as about 40 days ago, it was difficult to run for even 2 mins at 4.2m/h. So completed 1 m at 4.2m/h, then walked, yes walked :) for 5 mins at 4.0m/h, then ran the rest of the second mile at 4.2 m/h. Completed 2 miles in 29 minutes which at one time (check my first week blogs) seemed impossible.
Thankfully completed the workout in the morning as the headache has worsened in the afternoon. Am going to log my headaches too in this blog to track the occurences. sometimes I think these are because of the cold weather, but waking up with a headache?

Day 38

1hr 40 min on tmill, approx 5.5 miles, I am sure its more because I felt I had exerted myself much more today than last week's LSD with GB. I usuallly run at 4.5mph and now even 3.8 mph puts me out of breath. I walk in between the running at 3mph!!Either the machine was wrong before and I am actually slow or its going too fast now and I cant keep up. I will have to go to GBs gym and caliberate my speed 'cos dont know how to make this tmill right.

Signs of my first blisters on the soles of my feet coming up so now a trip to the sports shop is needed to get the synthetic socks to prevent them. I broke my rule of not spending anything on a new hobby for 2 months, till I was sure I would follow it, by getting 'The nonrunners marathon guide for women'. It was a tossup between Jeff galloways 'marathoning 'and this one and I picked this one just because am not in a mood to be serious about running just yet.

Last week didnt go to well, ran only twice in the week, I think the tmill not working properly put me off. Read some coolrunning posts and started on this book, I think now is the time to start increasing the time of the workouts to atleast 40 min per session. 'Should' be doing it, but just 'cant' which is another name for 'wont', Ok I will do 4 workouts next week minimum 40 min each time even if the tmill doesnt start behaving.

The best part of all this movement is the eating, burnt approx 5oo cal, ate the yummiest egg sandwich with cheese! washed down by Oj. Guilt free!.Love that part.