Monday..........2.55 miles in 30 minutes; 40 minutes strength training
Tuesday.........off (birthday!)
Wednesday....2.65 miles in 30 minutes
Thursday.......40 minutes strength training
Friday.............3.43 miles in 40 minutes
Saturday........40 minutes strength training
Sunday...........5 miles in 58:30
Totals.........13.63 miles; 2:00 strength training
My friend Ruby and I meet 3 times a week at the gym in our neighborhood, for about half an hour. We hope to extend our time there as our fitness levels improve, but for now this works. I think for me it is more about forming the habit of working out regularly than worrying so much about distance. It's great to have the accountability, and the time seems to fly by while we catch-up with each other.
Now, about the treadmill... There is absolutely no reason for me to ever need to use one. The weather in North Carolina is mild. I live in an area with plenty of great running routes right outside my door. I'm not coming back from an injury or anything that would require the lower impact of a treadmill. My only excuse is that I have recently developed an irrational fear of running outside.
Will I be able to cover the same distance outside as I'm doing inside? Will I be able to run as fast (relatively speaking...)? Will I kill myself by trying to run too fast when I encounter other people?? Will the hot guy who lives down the street laugh at my barely-faster-than-a-walk pace...?
My heartrate is escalating just thinking about it! Or maybe that's from thinking about the hot guy... Anyway, I've got to just get over myself and go on the inaugural outdoors run and then everything will be fine. Like jumping into a swimming pool, right? (...sigh...)
Still working on the 100 Things About Me post; I hope to have it up by Wednesday. I also hope it won't be the most boring piece of writing ever... Oh wait - there's already a blog with that claim to fame. Phew!
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