Hitting the pavement: 2010

I'm back on the road running again & it felt great.  I've also begun the 100 pushup, situp, squat challenge stuff again this week.  My sore muscles feel good!  Anyway, here is what Janell and I did today. My body felt great running, too (although my heart rate is too high).  Of course, I couldn't fall asleep last night & was awake an hour before I needed to get up, so we'll see if I can make it through the day without a nap...

Running:  1.96 miles in 24:41, 12:37/mile
Total:  2.5 miles in 34:43, 13:53/mile

Dirty air, blech!

I made it on the elliptical today. Part of my time was spent holding Jenna while on it. She had come into my room very sad, so I picked her up & continued on. I'm pretty sure she loved it.

I think the hardest thing today was just looking out my window while I exercised. I could see the foggy haze & just knowing that we have the dirtiest air in the nation made me want to not breathe at all. Every year about this time I think that we need to move away from this area because the air is horrible all winter long. Gross.

Twos

Two things have been determined.

1. I'm growing out of my clothes. Randy said I can't buy any more.

2. I've been on a yo-yo the last 3 years.

This year I have made my health goals few and simple. I really have to make sustainable changes that I can live with...not just do for a few months & then revert back to old behaviors. So, these are my two goals.

1. Eat 5 servings of fruits & veggies every day.

2. Exercise 5 days each week.

The goals are so simple, yet so hard. But I'm going to do my best & not beat myself up when I fall short. I am human, and I will fall short some of the time. I do plan to select a few races to run this summer to get myself running again. For now, I'm using the elliptical & hoping to spring the cash to get the computer on it fixed.