| Location: eagle Mountain,ut, Member Since: Jan 27, 2009 Gender: Female Goal Type: 5 K Finish Running Accomplishments: As of yet I have NONE! Though I have done a few 5k, 3k, and 10k walks.Short-Term Running Goals: In the next two years I'd like to be able to get in 5 miles five days a week. I'd like to participate in a 10K run and actually run the whole thing. I'd also like to participate in the Danskin Triatholon. Long-Term Running Goals: Just working right now on the short term. I'd be happy right now to say I am a runner. Personal: As far as personal facts, nothing too exciting about me. I am a mother of four kids, love to blog about them and my personal feelings, which you can find me at 4kidsnodog.blogspot.com. I am married. I have a degree in education but haven't done any professional teaching in a long time.
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| | So my sister Marion, has inspired me to not only run but to blog about it. I decided to go for it since I am working hard at getting back into exercising and hopefully in turn shed some very needed poundage. I can't claim to be a runner, though I have always been one at heart. And at some point in my life I used to run...but that long faded with the birth of my four children and the marriage to my husband, not necessairly in that order. So this morning rather than tossing and turning in my bed, I got up, put my five year olds socks, stretched on to my feet, not quite over my heels, and put on my shoes, and turned on the treadmill. Last week I decided I was going to run. However, I ran faster and harder than my body could handle, so today I started off slow. I increased my in cline, and went for a steady 3.5 mph for about 15 minutes, then I lowered my incline and reved it up to a full 4.5 and finished my 2.00 miles, well actually the last minute I went at 5.5. Then I walked for a few minutes to warm down. Not much but better than nothing. Here's to a start and hopefully not my last post. Just need to link this on my other blog so as to keep my accountability going. Looking forward to reading more blogs and receive more inspiration. Corrine
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Tonight instead of sitting on the couch and watching American Idol, yes I am a TV junkie and AI fan, mostly the try outs. I walked/jogged on the treadmill, alternating between 3.5 walk and a 5.0 jog during the commercials, I missed the beginning of AI but got in another 2.55 miles tonight. I am pretty proud of myself, is it ok to give yourself a pat on the back? anyway I am having too much fun with this....
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Oh my goodness, first off y'all are awesome and have given me a huge warm welcome.
And as far as "running" goes this morning, all I can say at least for two mornings in a row (that's a first since we moved from Hawaii back to the mainland). But I don't know if my walk/jog this morning really counts for much other than getting out of bed, getting shoes on, and having three of my four kids follow me to the cave in which the treadmill sits.
So while I walked and jogged I read picture books after picture books to my kids. Discovering that if you press pause on the treadmill it stops what you were doing, no more record of what you had done....so I am just guessing on my miles, since the last time I looked it was almost a mile. Then when I restarted it I did another .4 so I figured 1.5 works, plus don't I get extra brownie points for reading to my kids and exercising while my husband sleeps in??
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I know y'all are emencely (sp?) jealous of my mileage thus far. But does it count that my son has a broken leg and I spent all morning in this new town trying to find a doctor that will see us before our insurance runs out?
I had a pretty good mile run this morning. I actually jogged the whole way at 5.0...then the kids kept coming in and well I couldn't finish. So tonight after dinner in the freezing cold I took them for a walk. My youngest- the one with the broken foot screamed the whole way.
Tonight I was going to hop on the treadmill and watch some tv but instead sat and read blogs.
I have lost four pounds this week, though i don't think the Mike and Ikes that are bringing me some sweet comfort tonight are helping any. | |
| | Last night as my family watched a movie, I decided to walk. I just walked, no jogging. But I did something. | |
| | Feeling tired and not wanting to do much this morning, I turned on the treadmill for 20 minutes doing the hill program. I figured I'd just walk a mile this morning. Well the 20 minutes were up and I started the warm down, and well was feeling really warmed up so I jogged a miled...a whole mile. For some reason the machine kept going and so did I. So I got a little well a lot more in than I thought. Hoping to average 2.5 miles everyday next week. | |
| | not much at all but something! feeling kind of ill. |
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This morning, I reluctantly got out of bed, and ran for 30 minutes, getting two miles in, which made me happy, few moments of walking but anyway happy with my little jog this morning.
I stopped a little earlier because my kids were begging me to come up stairs and enjoy my birthday breakfast they fixed. | |
| | don't even ask! feeling blue and man exercise is not my outlet for stress YET! | |
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A little better. I woke up at 5 am and couldn't sleep. So I checked some email and then hopped on the treadmill. After about .75 miles I just was done, too tired. So I went outside in the pitch black and walked a little, not sure on miles there or yards rather so not counting them.
Then I walked the whole family (two in umbrella strollers) to the bus stop and then walked, with one on shoulders and others in strollers for a mile. My neighbor joined me and lucky for me helped me with some of the strollers. Slow and steady wins the race right! | |
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Last week was rough on me, mostly emotionally, and like I said exercises hasn't become my emotional out let YET....but this morning I brushed off the dust on my shoes, and got on the treadmill. I was tempted to go outside but the six inches of snow just discouraged me. However I was able to get in some decent mileage for me this morning. And going to go for a mile walk out in the snow, to take my son to the bus stop!
have a great day! | |
| | Every little bit counts, I keep telling myself. Today I just took it outside. The winds were cold, and my hawaiian lungs froze. I did jog most of the time, while pushing a child in the stroller. I think my pace was actually faster than normal because I was FREEZING and my kids were little popsicles. But I did it. |
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I couldn't roll over and sleep in bed, I think my body actually kind of likes getting up and exercising. Though I have found it takes me about 20 minutes walking on the tread mill for my body to even think about jogging. I was able to do a 13.20 mile non stop and then slow walks and jogs in between bringing me to the three miles.
Another day down, several more to go. | |
| | Ok a little lazy but got to give me some credit, I was up all night with two sick kids and so hit the road with one in a stoller, who screamed the whole way. At least I got out and up and moving. |
| | All I can say is slow and steady, its the habit right??? |
| | again after a rough night with kids, i got on the treadmill and just really couldn't get movtivated. its the effort that counts right? | |
| | And I thought going on the treadmill was hard! My son and I took our bikes out and road up and down the hills and through the neighborhood. I don't think my upper thighs have worked like that before, or at least a while. | |
| | just a leasure walk, with shoveling snow, twice.... |
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While watching Little Eisteins on Disney I did 2.25. I was so proud of myself and so were the little Eisteins...they cheered me on....kind of funny cuz the show was about a little lost caterpillar that was just going inch by inch very SLOWLY so they decided to help her and anyway I felt like that little caterpillar and soon I will be a beautiful butterfly!!
But I warmed up for .40 miles by walking then did a slow jog (13 min) mile and half, and then cooled down the rest...I guess it was more like jogged 1.6...I think my best full jog yet. I did pause to grab some water but stopped the clock.
Happy Wednesday! | |
| | i got up. got on the TM and well am all sweaty. | |
| | Another good morning for me, even though I had eight eyes watching me and one little guy got a scrapping on his finger. Again was able to jog the 1.5 miles at 4.8...pretty good for this old fat Please follow Fast Running Blog policy regarding vulgar language | |
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This morning I woke up to screaming kids...why don't they want to sleep???? anyway so after getting them drinks and dry cereal at a quarter to six, I hopped on the tread mill. I really didn't want to and just did a .14 warm up and ran the rest of the mile. And just didn't feel like going anymore, plus not warming up my calves weren't too happy with me.
Then when I dropped my son off at school I walked through the neighborhood with the neighbor, adding another two miles to the day. I could have gone a little faster, but the company was better than getting my heart rate going...I am sweting a little bit so not too bad. | |
| | the weather was so nice yesterday morning. i took my three younger kids for a walk, and at some point i jogged pushing the three kids (100 lBS). I had a great time being outside. I get more miles in that way but not sure about times, because I don't own a watch or any fancing meter thing, I just drove around the neighborhood to clock it. |
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This morning I dropped my son off at the bus stop, since my baby of 19months likes to wake up at 5:30 its been hard to get on the treadmill, and went for a jog/walk by myself. Again not sure about how much was walking vs running but I didn't it in a reasonable amount of time. I love this warmer weather, though i don't like going it alone. Well childless yes, friend less partner less no!
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got in another 1/2 miled tonight, i know not much but every little bit counts, took my crying baby around the block, he fell asleep now all is calm! | |
| | After only a few hours of sleep, I barely made it out of bed and in time to babysit my sister's kids. so this evening after dinner my boys and I went for a walk, on in the stroller and one on his bike. We had a good time. And sometimes I ran to keep up the bike. |
| | After a night of a child throwing up, every 30 minutes, I woke up tired and exhausted, as well as to a house full of screaming kids. I threw them in the bike seat and just rode around the neighborhood leisurely.... | |
| | Yeah for me, despite, another sleepless night I got some good miles in today. I took my screaming 1 year old for a walk/jog this moring at 6:30 am, we did a 2.6 miles and then I went walking later with my dad and brother and did another 1.6 miles. That was just a walk, but I got a jog up our street and into the house to make it to the bathroom. | |
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i know nothing too impressive, just went for a walk with the neighbor today.
does pacing around the house for an hour with a crying one year old count for exercise too??? | |
| | while out on my walk today my mom called to let me know my dad would be having open heart surgery....kind of stopped my walk, plus for some reason i can't move my NECk at all! |
| | my neck and back are still killing me, and i wasn't able to get much in today. |
| | took my kids for a walk, but still having major pain in my neck and shoulders. | |
| | It has been a long while, but I am back to exercising and finding time for it. This morning I set the alarm and met a friend. We jogged for 1.5 and walked .5 It felt good and a great start for me. Hopefully soon we will be up to three. |
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This morning I woke up and met Lynette and we jogged for 1.5 miles again and then walked another half mile. I am amazed at how much easier it is to jog with someone else.
So later today I went to the Lake with my friend Lynette and the kids talked me into swimming with them out to the no wake floaty thing. Well I swam it with two little kids holding on to my life jacket. I asked some guy who swims it regularly how far it was, and he said a little over a mile roundtrip between the two...so I figure I got a half mile in. Then later tonight the kids and I went for a mile walk, mostly up the hill....
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| | This morning I woke up and went to Lyn's house and knocked and waited and no answer. So I took off on my own....a huge feat. So I jogged the mile and so by myself...yeah for me...however towards the end of the trail my lungs were whistling and I was seeing stars....not getting enough air....never had a asthma problem but man....thought I needed to call 911 before I passed out....however I stopped running...I know smart girl I am...and took a rest....caught my breath, just a dry cough and then started to finish when I heard fast running footsteps behind me...turns out my friend ran after me....we jogged a little further today than we normally do...yeah for us...and I am sure she was tired after sprinting after me. | |
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