Day 31

This is the 2nd day in a row that I woke up before my alarm went off! CRAZY! It is also the second day where I am approaching lunch time and feel completely narcoleptic! I could literally fall asleep here at my desk, stopped at a red light, or even parked in my garage. I am tired! And hungry! And bitchy! Sorry…

This morning we completed 3.5 miles! YAY! We are s l o w l y increasing our distance – which is needed because we only have 6 weeks until our first EVER 5k. I switched up the intervals this morning – 30seconds running / 30seconds walking. Mile 1 and 2 weren’t so bad, but when we started mile 3 it was hard! Only 30 seconds of walking/recovery time is brutal! But, if you think about the intervals 30/30 it means that we are actually RUNNING half the distance! At the minute intervals, I think we were walking at a slower pace trying to recover – which decreased our total distance. Instead of increasing our minute intervals to 1.5/1.5 or 2/2, I think I am going to increase our running intervals only. Right now we are .30/.30. I want to increase this to 1/.30 then 2/.30. I guess the point I’m trying to make is that if we can increase the run time and not the walk time, then we can make that 4 mile goal within our allotted morning timeframe very soon! (Oh yeah, cabbage patch!)

This weekend might consist of a day off and it might not – I’ll let you know on Monday. At least one of the days this weekend will include a long 2 hour workout with weights, bands and lunges. Oh boy-can’t wait! (sarcasm font)

Kitty has soccer tryouts tomorrow, so that will be an extra workout for her. We’ll also tackle some much needed organization at the house. I don’t know about you, but the thought of clean, uncluttered and well organized drawers, cabinets, closets and bathrooms gives me enough energy to go run another 3 miles – almost…until I think about the humongous list of things that need to be cleaned out and uncluttered and then I’m tired again. I think we also need to create some kind of weekly menu and buy the groceries, (oh yeah and kitchenware, too) so we can be more successful in the “Eating a Healthy Diet” portion of our journey.

By the way – this morning before we began, I started making everyone say OUT LOUD their reasons why they were up and running at 5am. I think this will give us all that extra bit of fuel we need to jumpstart AND finish our workouts.

I might add that neither Kitty nor Kiki responded with an “I am here because my mom is forcing me to get up” – answer. Awww.

I know a lot of this exercise stuff is common sense and some of you might be thinking DUH when you read, but KNOWING something and learning how to achieve that something is NOT the same thing. Yes, if you run more your distance increases – DUH – but if you are like me and have NEVER been a runner, then you have to train yourself to actually run more so your distance increases!

Drop a comment and let me know if you have any exercise secrets or quick tips for eating better when children are involved.