First Team Social

4 miles today. Still walking a little more than running, but it's getting a lot easier! We had our team social tonight and people had some great fundraising ideas. Plus some great food at Hobie's, which I hadn't been to in YEARS. I used to love the place when I worked downtown but they closed and I would say it's been a good 7 years or so since I went to the one near campus.

I have now raised $1382 for the LLS in honor of my uncle. I hope that by May I'm able to surpass my goal of $3700. If you would like to donate, please use the link on the right navigation.

It's a beautiful day!

It's 30 degrees outside! And sunny and windy. To someone in a warm climate that would be cold, but to me right now it's warm enough to break out the bathing suit..ha! I did the 3 mile trail by my house and I'm supposed to do 4 miles tomorrow. I think I'm going to push it to Wednesday unless I do it tomorrow night, because I take the NCLEX in the morning and I'm not going to want to get up early and run..I'm going to want to try and cram as much information in my head as possible! ;) I almost talked myself out of going today but I looked outside and decided that it wasn't worth giving up the sunshine just to be lazy. :)

After a week of unexpected setbacks...

Today was a 4 miler, but I only did just under 3. I have been sick all week with migraine and then food poisoning! I did my 3 miles on Monday and hadn't done anything since. So today I took it easy and walked. However, I'm up to a 3 minute run/2 minute walk interval, and I've picked up my running speed to around 5mph. It seems to help alleviate some of the achiness I was feeling in my joints. Monday this week will be 3 miles and I'll be doing it at the trail by my house. I'm one of those lucky folks who gets the day off on President's Day! But I'm keeping busy taking an exam for school, selling more coupon booklets at Younkers, and going to the dentist! And on Tuesday I take my NCLEX-PN (nursing boards for LPN). I'm N-E-R-V-O-U-S! 'Til next time!

More miles

I did 4 miles this weekend with the Team Playmakers group at Hawk Island Park. It was fun. Very nice wooded trails..I can't wait to run them in better weather. We do part of the run through a cemetery..LOTS of hills, and so my time was a lot worse than what I normally do, but I didn't really time myself too much. I think I was still somewhere in the 13-13:30 min mile range when factoring in my walks. I've realized I shouldn't be so hard on myself. I think my run pace is probably closer to 12 min miles or less, but with the walking I slow down a lot. I'm hoping that in the next month I'll build enough endurance that I can start working on a little bit of speed. I'd like to do the marathon closer to a 12-13 minute mile even with my walk breaks.

I bought a wool t-shirt at our clinic last week. I LOVE WOOL! It keeps me warm and doesn't feel like a wet sock when I'm done. I know wool well because I knit and spin it, but I never, EVER thought of wearing it for exercise. I have a whole new respect for those cute little sheep now. :)

This week is 3 miles 3 days, and then another 4 miler this weekend with the Team In Training group. Then I go do a fundraising thing at Younkers and hopefully get some good donations! :)