Day 125

Snow has let up, so a short one with karate tonight.

1.39mi
15:00min
271cal
2.0 incline

Day 124

I took the kids to the Apex Center, a great pool up north at one of the Jefferson County rec centers. While they were swimming, I ran on the treadmill and watched some NFL. Watching football definitely made the run easier and I need to figure out if I can get our TiVo to broadcast by our treadmill.

A nice run

1.87mi
20:00min
1.5 incline

Day 123

1.78mi
20 min
390cal
2.0 incline

A nice jog

Day 122

After a half day skiing, with a slightly sore neck, I kind of jogged through this one.

1.51mi
17:00min
297cal
2.0 incline

Day 121

Ate too much at lunch, still full as we're ready to leave for karate. Stuck a quick run in.

1.2mi
13:00min
235cal
2.0 incline

Day 120

I was going to run tonight while Delaney was at karate, but Kendall's coming and we have errands, so I hit the treadmill this afternoon.
1.33mi
14:00min
260cal
2.0incline
Moved the cho-pat strip to the left knee for a few days, see if it helps.

Seventeen Weeks

It doesn't sound like a long time when you write it in weeks, but today was day 119 of my running streak.

I feel OK, a sore knee, slightly tweaked ankle, and struggling after going back to karate last night. This is definitely a bit of a lull for the running streak as I struggle to get down here the last few days and run.

It might be a let down after last week when I had two runs outside, and the week before when I stretched to some 2 milers, but in any case, I don't hate it and I'll keep pushing.

I haven't tracked my totals in a few weeks and don't really want to dig in and do them now, but it seems that I've been averaging about 10.5 miles a week, so I'd be about 170+ miles since September, which is pretty good. Not sure if that's a record in my life since I ran a pretty good amount in college when training for a marathon and I've had lots of weeks where I ran 15-20 miles a week, but I don't know if I've kept it up for this long.

In any case, I feel good overall, and feel stronger in my lungs. The weight hasn't gone way down, but I think that's a function of not great eating, especially with travel and the holidays. I do feel proud I've managed to get this far and to get runs in around snowboarding. Those days are a challenge, but for now I think I could maintain this for another 17 weeks.