Step it up a bit

I ran 1.6 mi today and realize that I need to step it up now. Just 2 weeks away from the 5K and its not looking so good. We have a route that is 2.1 miles, BUT the tail end of it goes right in front of our house and around the block one more time. Do you know how hard it is to keep going past the house?? That was my plan today, but couldn't do it. I'm such a wimp! LOL!
So, I've looked up a different route that does a loop around towards the middle of the run, and then run back towards the house. That way, I'm only halfway through my run when I add a little more on. Isn't this ridiculous how much thought it going into make my route from 1.6 to 2.1 miles?? Oh well, it will at least get me to that next step. I need to commit to running that 2.1 miles EVERY night this week! And then charge it up to 2.6 for a few nights and then to 3.1 miles. Okay maybe I shouldn't run EVERY night, you are suppose to rest some, so I'll do this:

Monday: run 2.1 mi.
Tuesday: run/walk 2.6 mi.
Wednesday: run 2.1 mi.
Thursday: run 2.6 mi.
Friday: run 2.6 mi.
Saturday: run/walk 3.1 mi.
Sunday: run 2.6 mi.
Monday: run 3.1 mi.
Tuesday: run 3.1 mi.
Wednesday: run/walk 3.1 mi.
Thursday: run 3.1 mi.
Friday: run/walk 3.1 mi.

Saturday: RUN 5K 9:00 am

I know thats probably ridiculous working myself that hard, but I'm sure in the need for it. Hopefully I can keep it up. But worried about myself and my track record for putting things like this off.

Still going...

I didn't feel like running last night, so I talked Tony into running in the morning when we wake up. Of course then we stayed up till 1:30 watching the Olympics and watching videos on You Tube. So I didn't get out of bed till 10:00. Thanks You Tony for letting me sleep in!
We got the jogging stroller out and ran the 1.56 mi route in hopes that we would just run another block around to make it a 2.1 mi run. Wellll... that didn't happen. I was really exhausted and out of breath and feeling week to pass up my house and run around the block. I really do need to get a move on it though and get up to the 3.1 miles that needs to be accomplished by September 6th! Yikes!

8-17-08

We picked up a jogging stroller at a garage sale Saturday for $30. What a deal for a barely used Baby Trend Explorer jogging stroller. We brought it out tonight and tried out a new route. This route is 1.56 miles and has a few hills as well. We, or I should say "I", didn't want to finish the whole route, so we cut it down to 1.1 miles. I was just really out of breath and wasn't feeling the love for running. I'm in desperate need to pick things back up and get moving towards the 2 mile mark. Just under 3 weeks now before the 5K.

{inhale... exhale....}

Okay. Time to snap back into this. I stepped on the scale and it wasn't pretty. 151 pounds.
I made a commitment this past weekend to run a 5K next month with Tony. They would like you to have 8 weeks to prepare, but I'm gonna have to do this in 4. Even if it just helps me start this running habit, it will be worth it. So I mapped out some runs around my neighborhood last night to get things started.

Today I made the first run. 1.56 miles was the plan. And I ended with running 1.34 miles of it. Not too bad for the first day out. Although I'm sure gonna feel it tomorrow!!