Humidity SUCKS!!!!

Okay this horrible humidity is REALLY killing my time/distance in running. I just flat out can't breathe. I have managed to run/walk for at least 30minutes each day, however my pace has really taken a hit. I am running around a 10.5 or 11 minute mile. I was getting as good as 9 at one point, however just can't get that with the humidity.

I have found there is a chest strap I can order to make my droid phone a heart rate monitor.. :-). Yep you guessed it, I ordered it. WOO HOO .. my phone is just so cool.

Still working on p90 and insanity on and off throughout the week. I can breathe during this, but my house is like 58 degrees so it is nice and cool. My lungs LOVE it... hahah

I have started looking at some treadmills... Anyone have suggestions??? I am in no rush.. I want it for this coming winter.. Ya I plan ahead... WAYYYYY ahead. However was hoping to get an idea of what I like/want/need and watch for it to go on sale somewhere.

Update since I am slacking on the blog...

I have been totally slacking with the blogging... I'm sorry. :-)


For the most part, I have been exercising daily and have been enjoying myself. I have been going for runs later in the evening (after 8 pm). We had morning showers on and off for the past two weeks, so that put a damper on my morning runs. I have gotten in the habit of running hard for 8 minutes, walking for 2, run, walk, etc. This seems to be a good balance for me. I get mind numbing bored with a 45 minute run. I can do it, its just boring. Lol… I have tried music, downloading a tv program to listen to, increasing the amount of times the tracking program talks to, and running the trails. For me, 20 minutes passes quickly and I am doing fantastically…. 25 minutes I am bored. The running form is still going good, I just am bored with it.

My quickest mile now has been 9 minutes flat. I was really happy with this pace, however I can not maintain it for very long ;)

When I alternate, it breaks it up and I actually end up running more (go figure). Last night I was out for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Though I did end with a 15 minute walk…… my hamstring got tight and I wanted to walk it off.

I have continued mixing in p90x and insanity workouts. They are getting “easier”, though don’t let that fool you. They are still extremely challenging. I am actually liking the insanity workouts a ton better than the p90x ones. Insanity is more cardio intensive and there is less lollygagging. Hard to explain but I think Tony Horton is a goof and spends too much time joking around etc. His moves are also a little more complicated at times, so I sit there needing to watch it a few times before I can workout. This drops my heart rate and I get frustrated with it. Insanity (Shaun T) is continuous and extremely fast paced. However for the most part the exercises are fairly straight forward and I am able to do them. I have had to modify a couple of them due to bad knees, however am still seeing results and overall happy with it.

Weight wise I have dropped to 150 lbs and have been holding steady there. I am extremely proud of this accomplishment. I honestly can’t remember the last time I weighed this “little”. I am now in unchartered territory. The drop has slowed a bit, but the overall trend has continued to go downwards. I have hit one of my goals. That pair of skinny jeans I had, well they are now hanging off of me. I love the fact this has happened, however I am really getting tired of shopping .. HAHAH

Another thing I have recently found is Special K protein shakes. I hate strawberry in anything, so I haven’t tried that flavor. The milk chocolate I am kind of on the fence with. I drank one loved it, drank another and it had a bitter flavor to it. I finished the 4-pack and likely won’t buy any more. My favorite by far is the French vanilla. I have been having one first thing in the morning for the past few weeks. I have never been a breakfast person. I will literally force myself to have a granola bar and am good till around 10:30 or 11. Then I go to lunch. So instead of a granola bar, I started having a shake. It seems to work just as well, and I am happy to drink that than force down any food.

ohhh New feature found in the app

So I have been playing with my new phone/app pretty much nonstop. I have found that I can race myself. It stores all my runs (I am sure there is a limit), but then you can select to race yourself. So your current pace is set against your fastest time. The app then tells you if you are loosing or winning. Kind of neat and a way to keep me moving when I feel like slacking.

I actually overslept this morning. Totally on accident, alarm didn't go off because quite frankly I didn't set it.. haha.. So tomorrow I shall race myself and see how I do...

New gadget for phone.. hehehe

So I took a few days off after finishing the C25k Program. Weather was crappy, life was busy, and I needed a break. This morning however I decided to strap on the running shoes and hit the pavement (okay the real motivating factor was the new app I have on my Droid... sooo in love there).

So anyway, this new app, every minute it announces an update (custom set). Mine will either say distance, time, calories burned, or mile pace. Sometimes it is a combo. However every minute, I get an "update". It also uses the gps to make me a cute lil map, etc. This morning being the first run, I didn't give it my all. I wanted to play with my new gadget. Nerdiness trumps fitness any day of the week. I was really slowing down to make sure it was picking up GPS etc. So I did go a bit slower, but that is probably a good thing after a couple days off.. haha... Here are the stats..

Distance 1.82 miles
Speed 5.5 mi/hr
Calories 211
and Time 19:43

I think I can upload the map also... however I am slacking on that ;-)..

The app is free for anyone who has a droid and is interested. It is called Cardio trainer.

The only downside, the calories burned is not based off heartrate. You input your weight and it calculates from there.

Speaking of weight, I am holding steady at 154 lbs. However have continued to tone up quite a bit. Still on the right track and still loving it :-)

WOOO HOO... IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM DONE!!!

This morning I finished the last scheduled run of the C25k. I think I will just continue running around 30 minutes each morning. This is just enough to get me up and moving of a morning and my knees have adjusted to it well. Once I am able to pick up some speed, I will likely slowly increase the time running. I would like to be able to do about 3.5 miles in 30 minutes... That is at least the goal to work towards now. The first goal was to just finish the c25k without dying.. and well I can now say "MISSION COMPLETE"...

One more Run and C25k is done ... WOO HOO

Well as the title states, I have one more run before I am done. Likely I will run it tomorrow morning, but it kind of depends on the weather. We are supposed to have storms on and off all week. After completing the run, I will likely just keep on running around 30 minutes each morning. Though I decided to start alternating, one week solid 30 minute runs, the next week do more interval training (run 5, walk 2, run 5, etc). I am hoping this will allow me to pick up the pace a bit. I am holding steady around a 9 min 30 second mile (if only running a single mile). I can do about 3 to 3.3 miles in 30 minutes.

I have continued with the p90x workouts, however also got my hands on the Shaun T insanity workout. So I will likely float back and forth between the two as to not get bored :-).