It has been a long couple of weeks of running on the treadmill! Blah! I was actually able to run outside the past 3 times that I have been running and it was great! Cold, muddy, slippery and amazing! :) Hank loves running with me, yesterday we did a 7 miler together out in the country and he did great!
However, I do feel like I am getting slower because of my treadmill runs :( Even when I go "fast" on the treadmill I still am not running as fast as I run outside...oh well...I guess that's part of the winter running game! I got Sammi to run with me last weekend when I was visiting her at ISU and now she is hooked...woohoo. I think the challenge is going okay...about 25 days are left in the challenge and I am at mile 47 - only 43 to go!
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This has been a long week! It has been so cold - like brutally cold. We were even off school Wednesday and Thursday! Cold temps = a lot of treadmill time. I was dreading it but I actually enjoyed it and found some more good workouts to try. I've been trying to do a lot of inclines still because that's something I can't do too easily outside! This one I had to modify a bit... Originally it was only 30 seconds running at the 7 speed which I changed to a full minute. It also was supposed to be 3.5 but i changed it to 4.5. I wanted it to be hard and I didn't want to walk at all. It was okay... Kinda boring to be honest but it did seem like a good workout.
I killed it this week - 30 miles done towards the 100 Mile Challenge! First weekend of 2015 is officially over - I can't believe I have to go back to school tomorrow!! It's been a lot of fun the past two weeks and I've loved hanging out with Dylan all day BUT I have really been slacking on my running! Oops! I think this challenge really helped to motivate me and get me back on the right track. Since I started it on Friday I have already done 10 miles! 5 outside on Friday and 3 outside on Saturday (it was snowy and beautiful) followed by 2 on the treadmill today. It is always so hard for me to get back on the treadmill after running outside so much so I'm trying to find some fun workouts to do. I have constantly been focusing on speed for the past few months so it is a LOT different for me to not obsess about my average pace for a workout. I guess I'm going to have to let that go for my treadmill workouts this winter...it's impossible for me to just RUN FAST on a treadmill! It's scary (I feel like I'm going to fly off) and it is SUPER boring! Jenie & I have been trying to find some fun treadmill workouts for those super cold/super snowy/ super busy days this winter. We created a board on Pinterest so hopefully we find workouts worth repeating!! Today I did a 20 minute workout that had low speeds but high inclines. I thought it would be really easy (and it was at first) but WOW! In the middle of the workout my legs were exhausted!! I really don't run hills at all, so I think doing some high incline treadmill workouts will actually help my training a lot :) I wish sooo badly that I would have done a running blog last year! So many fun races, so much training and progress! Well hopefully this year will be just as great as last year! I saw something cool online about a 100 Mile Challenge, basically you have to run/walk/bike/swim/whatever 100 miles by Valentine's Day. I thought it would be a really easy way to get motivated through the next month & a half when it is dark early, cold and boring! I got a great jump on it this weekend - I ran 5 miles yesterday and 3 today. Hopefully tomorrow Amy & I will actually be able to run together - we haven't run together all break! Crazy!
I hope I can complete the challenge, it will be hard but it is definitely doable. I tried to get a lot of people on board with me. For the 100 mile challenge I have Laura, Amy, me, Genna & Shelly. Doing a 50 mile challenge is Drew, Lori, Phil, Jami & Sammi. Of course I'm a nerd so I had to make a paper copy...I LOVE crossing things off! :) |
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