Oh dear

Allergies? A cold? Weakened immune system? Whichever, it's kept me from braving the cold, crisp air. And the thought of jogging in endless repetition around the hot, 1/7th mile track at the gym has kept me exercise-less, urgh. It's on my immediate to-do list...right after working on some chemistry homework, which I also haven't done. It's hard to think about electron pairs when your head hurts constantly :(

whoops!

So yesterday I did a quickie little jog around the development across the street - about 12 minutes and up some hills! then I rounded out the workout with some elliptical time to about 1/2 hour altogether. I had a headache (although not while working out, hmmm) and tons to do. More to do today, also....maybe I can ride my exercise bike while I study genetics! Surely I won't break a leg doing THAT! Just a little ex-rider humor there LOL

the Park

Today I was finally one of those people who spend more time on the greenway jogging than walking. Yayyy!  Of course I was going pretty slowly, but that will change over time. At least I'm not heaving with every single solitary breath! I've noticed I tend to get (short) second wind recovery at ~12 minutes, and again at ~25 minutes (there were a few 2-minute walking breaks in there), and ~32. There may have been more but those I noticed particularly.

Distance:  ~4.25 miles
Total time:    1 hour, or just under
Total time jogging:  45 minutes

Better, stronger, faster....

Ok, maybe not six million dollars but definitely a steady consistent increase in endurance and also, I believe, in pace.

Total time:   1 hour (added a little to the route)
Total time jogging:  45 minutes. Yeehaw!

Got the 5k to run on Nov 28 so it would be nice to get this time down, and if possible also do at least 3.1 miles a few times without any walking breaks. I think bumping up the route to 4.5 would be beneficial...gotta get the car out for that LOL!

Inside

After organic chemistry exam jog at the gym at school:

Jogged 20 minutes (about 1 1/2 miles)
Walked 20 minutes (er....phone call!)
Jogged another 20 minutes. Yayyy!

Short

I wanted to yesterday, but ran out of time ....LOL....

Did a 2 1/4 (roughly) quickie today -

Total time:  30 minutes
total time jogging:  26-27 although for some reason the math isn't quite adding up here....

Still feels good. Shut up, ankle. You're healed now.

Ahhhh

Four miles down and wow are my legs are jiggly now  :)

Time (total):       ~56 minutes
Time (jogging):  42 minutes

I guess I need to enlarge this route a bit to keep it at 1 hour. Awesome!

Home to a big bowl of low carb lasagna. No pasta - just veggies, diced chicken, ricotta with an egg, and other cheeses, topped with a little salsa. Yum!