4 Elliptical

I think I am getting the cold that was plaguing everyone in Tucson. So, the four on the elliptical today was almost ridiculously hard. I am supposed to do eight tomorrow for my long, but I'm really not sure I will do it, I might put that off until next week when I am feeling better.

But Janathon must continue!

day 6, really... only day 6?

i'm pretty tired already! i did 2.5 on the treadmill at a good pace.

Day 5, 3 Mile Walk

Did a brisk three mile walk with the dog this morning. I hated to get up so early, but the thought of going down to that damn gym again just about killed me, so I got up and got it done. It was nice, I got to see the dawn breaking over the hills and it wasn't too cold out.

3 for day 4

Three treadmill miles. Slogged it out. I don't know, this is only day four and I'm pretty tired....

Power walk with the dog for tomorrow morning, I need some lower impact!

Bike

i got down to my work gym to find all the treadmills taken (stupid january!) so i took it as a sign that i should bike instead of run. i did 11 miles, took about 40 minutes. the paltry 320 calories the machine said i burned did not seem worth it.

i am pretty sure i have a sinus infection, so i am trying to take it easy.

7 Elliptical

The Elliptical Half training continues!

The gym was crowded, as it often is this time of year, but it was okay. Here is something weird - I got off the elliptical after my miles, and I did what I typically do, which is stagger to a treadmill and walk for a bit to cool down. So, I get off the treadmill after just a few minutes and turn around to the elliptical I was on so that I can wipe down the machine, and I see this lady who had been on the machines behind me on the elliptical I just got off..... it was odd, there was an entire row of elliptical machines there, and she appeared to have jumped onto my machine right after I got off it.... maybe she thought that if I could go that long on a machine it must be some kind of magic machine?

Janathon Janathon Janathon

First day of Janathon, and it started pretty darn slow for me! Got 1.95 miles done. I had to travel most of the day and then I had to watch football, so I was rather busy. Then when I finally went I had to deal with the burning of the lungs due to getting back up to our altitude (for anyone unfamiliar with how this feels, it is like smoking a pack of cigarettes the night before and then running the next day), so I cut it pretty short. Plus, it was freaking cold out.

My fitness goals for this year are to run a 5K in under 35 minutes. I think I can do that if I up my intervals. I think if I can get to where 5R/1W is the norm, that should be a pretty consistent 11 minute mile. I also want to run a 10K in under 70 minutes. I did decide for my own purposes that these distances do NOT have to be timed "professional" races. Since I have found that my Garmin is at least as accurate, if not more accurate, on all the courses I have run, I trust it. So, if my Garmin says I did a 10K, then I did a 10K, regardless if I was on a course with a bunch of other obnoxious people.

I'm also planning to do a half marathon distance on an elliptical on my birthday, February 5th, this year.

I did run all week in Arizona this week and put up some pretty impressive times... I sure do love running at lower altitude! All together I managed 15.45 total miles for the week, which ain't too shabby.