I fell off the wagon

And my health is not happy about it.

I need to make some changes, and having a place to post about what I was up to helped.

So. Here are my goals:

1. Do some sort of resistance training twice a week.
2. Do some sort of aerobic exercise - enough to make me sweat - three times a week.
3. Give those moisture-wicking t-shirts I bought a real road test.

I have no excuse now - as now I have an inhaler which will make breathing during exercise a ton easier. I'm sick of waking up all stiff for no good reason - bring back the good pain!

Latest attempts

Tuesday: nothing
Wednesday: still nothing - crappy out!
Thursday: another attempt at running. Got farther in the first ten minutes, but still couldn't do the second.
Friday: nothing.
Saturday: Snow! So rode the exercise bike for half an hour.
Yesterday: Walked for 5.5 miles!

Limited success with the challenge

Saturday, I did some "free form" running somewhat resembling Week 4 Day 2 because I forgot to pack my stopwatch for Thanksgiving travel. It went ok, but it was colder, windier, and hillier than I'm used to, and I think I was still getting over my throat infestation.

Today, I attempted Week 4's challenge day - run 10 minutes, break for 2, run for 10 more.

Instead, this is what happened:
1. warm up walk for 5 minutes
2. Run for 10 minutes. I covered .84 mile. Go me!
3. Walk for 2 minutes. Gloat. Pant.
4. Run for four minutes, decide to walk for two.
5. Walk two minutes.
6. Try to run again - legs give out after a minute.
7. Walk the rest of the way home.

At first, I was kind of disappointed. But then, I started thinking.
- I can run for 10 minutes! I'm 85% towards my first distance goal (one mile).
- I petered out because I worked myself to capacity. I know that I could not have worked harder, so I will get the maximum benefit of my time.
- I am a lot stronger than when I started.

So I'll try again on Wednesday (or Thursday if it's crappy out)

Success! and illness. :(

Tuesday, I did the first day of Beginning Running Week 4. It went pretty well – and I miscalculated my times, so I actually ran for five minutes instead of four on the second set. I’m pretty excited that I can do that.

Now I’m traveling for Turkey Day and recovering from a sudden-onset bacterial throat plague, so it’ll be a challenge to get in the rest of Week 4.

I'm feeling a lot better today than yesterday, and hoping that tomorrow will be good for running.

Today's light exercise

2 mile walk with the man. Did not feel winded at all. Also did some doorway pushups.

Week 3 done!

I can run for four minutes at a time! The first two go-rounds weren't too bad, the third was a little harder, the fourth was excruciating, and the last was also pretty hard. The second-to-last seems to be the hardest every time, and I think it's because that part of my route is slightly uphill.

I'm pretty pleased with myself so far. I would like to be able to run a mile, and I can run about a third of one now.

Week 3 Day 2 down

The fifth running segment was HARD. But I did it!!! Tried out some new stretches afterward, too. Yay!