Confession time!

My 1 week running break break became a full month.  :o

I have SO. MUCH. going on right now that I think my body is just completely worn out.  The amount of stress & the length of the to-do list has definitely gotten the best of me.  I start out plenty of days with the intention of running, but by the time I get home & do all the stuff I need to there, I just want to crawl in bed & call it a day.  I also don't really have anyone to run with me anymore & that makes it a lot less fun (plus I'm not committed to a time/place since no-one else is waiting on me to join them).  I do enjoy running no matter if it's with people or alone, but it's just not the same running alone after you get used to having someone beside you for every mile.  I really do wish I had a treadmill because I think would have found a way to find the time & energy if it was staring me in the face every day.  All the wishing in the world won't make it appear in my living room though, so it's time to get outside & run again!  

I committed to at least 5 miles a week every week that I could manage, & I'm not sure how I got off that track, since it was an easy one.  I did a 5K on Sunday (a really fun one! - The Color Run), so I've got 3.1 in for the week already.  Tonight, I'm hoping I have the energy to get at least 2 more miles in.  Then, I just need to stay on track.  I CAN do this...  right???

2011 - Month 1

One month down, only 18.69 miles put in.  What a sad, sad running month.

I'm in the "best part of pregnancy" (so they say), ie: the second trimester.  Yet, I have less desire to run than ever.  I know I need to get out & do it, but after working all day I really just don't wanna!  I actually only had one decent week of running in there last month & last week was awful - I didn't run at all!  

I'm trying to be okay with it.  I'm pregnant, so I'm allowed to be lazy.  I think.  Right???  I am in a position right now that makes bedrest pretty much an impossibility, so I know I need to stay as healthy as possible.  Running makes a huge difference for my blood pressure & that's my #1 concern right now, so it shouldn't be a negotiable thing...  and yet, I've found that it is for me.  Some days, I just want to sit on the couch & watch the world go by.   Like today.  I'm already considering not running tonight 'cause going to bed early sounds better.  Maybe I should at least do a mile or two though, that'd be better than nothing.  Yeah, I'm totally trying to talk myself into it, can you tell? 

2011 Mileage

What a crazy year it's been!  2011 was the year I finally stuck to my goals & GOT ACTIVE.  Not just going to the gym 3/4 times a week (I actually gave up the gym completely & I do miss it some), but really getting out there & doing something.  I'm so glad I did too!  I had a great year!  I think, given the obstacles I was given this year (broken vertebrae & pregnancy), I had a great first year as a runner!  

My running mileage total for the year?  332.07 miles (over 71 hours!!).  I have no doubt that I could've hit (and likely surpassed!) 500 miles this year, had I not been sidelined twice.  I hope to be able to maintain a MINIMUM of 5 miles/week while pregnant (hopefully more), then I'll work at getting my mileage back up & aim for another half marathon some time in 2012.  One with better time!!

I only recorded 106.88 miles of biking.  It was a slow year for us, since I couldn't do off road stuff during the spring (thanks to the broken vertebrae) & the summer got so insanely hot!  I'd like to say I'll increase that next year, but since I'll be pregnant in the spring & have a fairly new baby in the fall, so I just don't see that being likely.  Sadly.  Biking is still my first love & I think it always will be.  (Is there a bi in my future?  Perhaps...)

It's time to clear out my "mileage" page for the new year, so here's what I recorded for 2011:

1/24/11 2.88 miles in 47 minutes (16:16 min/mile avg) RUNNING + walking

1/27/11 2.44 miles in 33 minutes (13.28 min/mile avg) RUNNING + walking

1/29/11 2.15 miles in 33 minutes (15:17 min/mile avg) RUNNING + walking

1/30/11 technical difficulties ~2 miles in ~30 minutes RUNNING + walking

1/31/11 2.93 miles in 40 minutes (13:48 min/mile avg) RUNNING + walking

2/6/11 2.4 miles in 42 minutes (17:00 min/mile avg) RUNNING + walking

2/8/11 3.6 miles in 54 minutes (14:53 min/mile avg) RUNNING + walking

2/13/11 7.1 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes (9:44 mile/min avg) BIKING

2/15/11 3.3 miles in 50 minutes (15:01 min/mile avg) RUNNING + walking

2/17/11 2.6 miles in 35 minutes (13:32 min/mile avg) RUNNING + walking

2/19/11 3.88 miles in 1 hour (15:34 min/mile avg) RUNNING + walking
2/28/11 2.26 miles in 30 minutes (13:11 min/mile avg) RUNNING *2 miles straight/no walking*
3/2/11 2.2 miles in 30 minutes (13:37 min/mile avg) RUNNING
3/7//11 1.88 miles in 27 minutes (14:27 min/mile avg) RUNNING
3/18/11 2.03 miles in 25 minutes (12:14 min/mile avg) RUNNING
3/20/11 2.71 miles in 47 minutes (17:08 min/mile avg) WALKING *carried 39# child first entire mile*
3/20/11 3.02 miles in 41 minutes (13:34 min/mile avg) RUNNING + some walking
3/20/11 10.7 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes (6:24 min/mile avg) BIKING
3/23/11 8.3 miles in 54 minutes (6:34 min/mile avg) BIKING
*3/23/11 3.45 miles in 51 minutes (14:47 min/mile avg) RUNNING *FIRST 5K/NO WALKING*
3/28/11 4.02 miles in 51 minutes (12:38 min/mile avg) RUNNING
3/30/11 4 miles in 51 minutes (12:40 min/mile avg) RUNNING
4/2/11 8 miles in 1 hour 59 minutes (14:53 min/mile avg) RUNNING w/~2 miles of walking
[[4/9 - Diagnosis (from wreck): Broken vertebrae, no running for a while.]]
4/17/11 15.79 miles in 2 hours (7:36 min/mile avg) BIKING
5/8/11 25.24 miles in 2 hours 43 minutes (6:29 min/mile avg) BIKING
5/12/11 2.07 miles in 22 minutes (10:53 min/mile avg) RUNNING
5/19/11 3.05 miles in 41 minutes (13:29 min/mile avg) RUNNING + some walking
5/23/11 1.44 miles in 17 minutes (11:25 min/mile avg) RUNNING
5/25/11 2.27 miles in 28 minutes (12:27 min/mile avg) RUNNING
5/27/11 9.85 miles in 1 hour 33 minutes (9:27 min/mile avg) BIKING
6/5/11 3 miles in 37 minutes (12:12 min/mile avg) RUNNING
6/6/11 1.55 miles in 17 minutes (10:48 min/mile avg) RUNNING
6/8/11 2.58 miles in 31 minutes (11:54 min/mile avg) RUNNING
6/10/11 2.61 miles in 32 minutes (12:12 min/mile avg) RUNNING
6/12/11 3.82 miles in 47 minutes (12:21 min/mile avg) RUNNING
6/13/11 1.53 miles in 17 minutes (11:19 min/mile avg) RUNNING
6/15/11 3.15 miles in 38 minutes (12:02 min/mile avg) RUNNING
6/17/11 2.54 miles in 29 minutes (11:36 min/mile avg) RUNNING
6/22 3.1 miles in 38 minutes (12:19 min/mile avg) RUNNING
6/24 3.19 miles in 39 minutes (12:07 min/mile avg) RUNNING
6/26 4.01 miles in 47 minutes (11:38 min/mile avg) RUNNING  *PR on time/distance*
6/27 2.01 miles in 24 minutes (12:03 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/1 3.13 miles in 38 minutes (12:08 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/3 4.02 miles in 50 minutes (12:26 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/6 5.14 miles in 1 hour (11:40 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/8 3.35 miles in 40 minutes (12:03 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/10 6.26 miles in 1 hour 18 minutes (12:26 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/11 2.68 miles in 34 minutes (12:30 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/13 3.5 miles in 42 minutes (12:05 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/15 4.03 miles in 50 minutes (12:18 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/20 4.25 miles in 51 minutes (12:01 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/22 4.52 miles in 57 minutes (12:35 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/24 7.54 miles in 1 hour 37 minutes (12:54 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/27 5.6 miles in 1 hour 13 minutes (12:59 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/29 5.39 miles in 1 hour 12 minutes (13:25 min/mile avg) RUNNING
7/31 9.1 miles in 1 hour 55 minutes (12:40 min/mile avg) RUNNING
8/4 4.01 miles in 51 minutes (12:46 min/mile avg) RUNNING
8/5 5 miles in 1 hour 4 minutes (12:43 min/mil avg) RUNNING
8/7 8.01 miles in 1 hour 43 minutes (12:50 min/mile avg) RUNNING
8/8 3.01 miles in 39 minutes (13:04 min/mile avg) RUNNING
8/10 6 miles in 1 hour 18 minutes (12:58 min/mile avg) RUNNING
8/14 30 miles in 3 hours 30 minutes (6:59 min/mile avg) BIKING
8/17 6 miles in 1 hour 17 minutes (12:54 min/mile avg) RUNNING
8/21 7.61 miles in 1 hour 40 minutes (13:05 min/mile avg) RUNNING
8/24 7 miles in 1 hour 28 minutes (12:33 min/mile avg) RUNNING
8/26 6 miles in 1 hour 33 minutes (15:32 min/mile avg) RUNNING
8/28 10 miles in 2 hours 5 minutes (12:28 min/mile avg) RUNNING
8/29 4.06 miles in 49 minutes (12:09 min/mile avg) RUNNING
9/2 7.01 miles in 1 hour 25 minutes (12:06 min/mile avg) RUNNING
9/4 11.01 miles in 2 hours 11 minutes (11:52 min/mile avg) RUNNING
9/11 12.01 miles in 2 hours 30 minutes (12:30 min/mile avg) RUNNING
9/12 4.01 miles in 49 minutes (12:11 min/mile avg) RUNNING
9/19 8 miles in 1 hour 35 minutes (11:51 min/mile avg) RUNNING
*9/25 13.2 miles in 2 hours 41 minutes (12:23 min/mile avg) RUNNING
9/28 4.52 miles in 51 minutes (11:17 min/mile avg) RUNNING
10/5 5.03 miles in 1 hour (11:56 min/mile avg) RUNNING
10/10 4.4 miles in 55 minutes (12:30 min/mile avg) RUNNING
10/17 5.29 miles in 1 hour 15 minutes minutes (14:11 min/mile avg) RUNNING
10/19 4.12 miles in 53 minutes (12:52 min/mile avg) RUNNING
10/30 5.1 miles in 1 hour 8 minutes (13:20 min/mile avg) RUNNING
11/11 5.59 miles in 1 hour 14 minutes (13:14 min/mil avg) RUNNING
12/7 3.05 miles in 41 minutes (13:27 min/mile avg) RUNNING
12/28 3.56 miles in 48 minutes (13:29 min/mile avg) RUNNING