fail.

this will be easy...it's summer...i never do anything interesting during the summer...i'll have tons of time on my hands...why not?... it is at this point that I'm wondering what on earth I was thinking. So that was a little recap. It's been nearly 2 weeks since my last run. I know this is no excuse but I have been busy. It's not that I don't have time to run, but I would have to make an effort to make time for it. Which is hard to do when it concerns something I didn't want to do in the first place. I'm leaving for vacation on friday, so I will try to run sometime between now and then. It's not like I don't get exercise. Well...kind of. My new job requires alot of walking. I took 10,000 steps in one shift last week! Plus, while I'm on vacation I'll try to get some exercise in, although it's scorchingly hot where I'm going, so we'll see.

run #3

I did it!! That wasn't so bad. I didn't have to walk until I was nearly halfway to the corner where I turn around and run home. (We don't have regular blocks in my neighborhood, so I have to pick a spot to run to then just turn around and run home.) This run was .71 miles. Not too shabby :). It's kind of hot out; about 76 degrees. I tried out my new Ipod armband I bought the other day. It worked pretty well, although next time I'll wear it looser so it doesn't feel like getting my blood pressure taken by the time I get home. This feeling of breaking the cycle is a good one. It makes me want to keep doing this. While I was running, nearly back to my house, I felt like I could not run any further. I wanted nothing more than to just walk that last 100 yards to my house. But I didn't. I told myself: run to the corner of the driveway. Then I did. The whole time I was thinking I can just stop right here and walk and no one would know. But I didn't. I rose to the challenge (small though it was) and accomplished it. Maybe I can do this.

*sigh*

So, I, uh, wore my running shoes today. Not to run. Mostly to stand; and a little walking. I have been terribly busy. I just got another job and I have been job shadowing this week. The weather isn't helping either. Therefore I have not been running. This is the constant cycle: Excited, Run, Less Excited, Run, Busy, Stop Running. This is where the blog comes in. When I get to the Busy stage, instead of not running, I will continue running. We are about to test this out in real life. I will try very hard to run again tomorrow. Hopefully it won't rain like it did all day today. It is so much easier to run when it's 77 degrees out and sunny. Very difficult when 65 is pushing it. Wish me luck!

Yeah, about that...

I briefly considered going for a run today. Then I got out of bed. It seems I have not made much progress. Well, I suppose I knew this would not happen overnight. I did however bike roughly six miles today, which is quite a feat for a bike that is as not-in-good-condition as mine. I would love to tell you that I will go for a run tomorrow, but that would be a lie. Tomorrow I will be working for 6 hours at a job I thoroughly enjoy and don't mind sacrificing a run for. I will most likely not run on saturday either, as I have numerous graduation parties to attend. Therefore, week one has come and (practically) gone and I have not reached the goal I set for myself. It happens. Next week is a new week, a fresh start, and I intend to treat it as such. I will go for a run on Monday. There. I said it. Now I must. Also I want to say, thanks for listening. If I was just out here talking to cyberspace, I do not know if I would still follow through.

run #2

I'm thinking perhaps this run was a tad too short. This time I waited until after the asthma medicine had kicked in to start running. That definitely helped. I just checked the mileage on MapMyRun.com and my run today was .35 miles. My run the other day was .82 miles. I think next time I'll run that first route again. I didn't realize the second route was so much shorter. It was harder on my legs this time. I tried something I've never done before: running in the morning. I've never run during the summer so I was always forced to do it in the evening. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Hopefully it'll give me some energy for the day.