Skipped out

I skipped my work out on Friday to go out on a date with my wonderful hubby! My little sister Stephanie came over with my parents and watched out kids for us so we could use one of our 2 gifts cards we got for Christmas. It was the first time since out anniversary last June that we've been able to go out by ourselves. We went to Olive Garden and then went shopping at the mall. I know not Shane's ideal date but I was in desperate need of some new pants, plus JcPenny was having a great sale so we bought Baxter new clothes and some clothes for Luke and Landon. And their coats were on sale so we decided to grab some for our kids for next year. We paid $20 and $15 for $60 and $70 coats! I was so excited to be able to get them already. We had a great night together and are so thankful to Stephanie for watching our kids for us!

Endorphins

I feel like I'm so slow, but I'm new to this and I'm still trying to get back in shape. I ran again tonight. I made is 2.1 miles in 29 minutes. My shins were hurting really bad so I didn't want to go terribly fast because it just made them hurt worse. I also did some arm work with a 5lb weight and so my arms are pretty sore tonight too. I have been feeling so much better in terms of mood though. Even Shane said to me tonight, "you're much happier when you exercise." Wow I knew I'd been kind of grumpy and hadn't really been myself but I feel bad that my family even noticed a difference. Now Shane is realizing that he hasn't exercised in a week and he's feeling pretty grumpy. Here's to feeling better!

Cross training night

My schedule for tonight said 30 minutes cross training. So I decided to do some pilates. It really helped with my stiffness and soreness. I still can't do all the moves for the whole time but it was nice. I feel great that I have done my work outs 3 days in a row! Wahoo!

RUN

I actually went for my run today! I made sure I was ready right when Shane got home so that I couldn't make up any excuse, even though I had some justifiable ones. Shane had been kind of sick at work, Dinner was going to be done before I got done, and Aria had fallen off her chair and scratched up her chin and her mouth was bleeding. But I still WENT! Sometimes I don't give Shane enough credit to know that he can take care of our kids without me. ;) Anyways on to the run, I didn't want to run in the nasty air, plus it's too cold, so I went to the Smithfield rec center. I decided to just buy a 10 punch pass, since I'm not sure when I'll be able to get up on campus to get my student card. So I finally got everything set up and found my self a treadmill. I decided I don't mind running on a treadmill, it doesn't hurt my ankles and knees as bad as running on the road. I ran my first mile in just barely over 13 minutes! Not terribly fast but not too terribly slow either. I don't know how fast my second mile was because I accidently reset my stats, oops! In my training plan it says I was supposed to run 2 1/2 miles today but I didn't have it in me. But hey this was my first run since Thanksgiving! All in all I think it went well.

Ok so things have not been going well when it comes to my training. I've got a new training plan for a 10K now, and I really like this plan. It's got me doing something every day but Sunday, and it's not always running! I did my stretch and strength yesterday and I plan on doing my 2.5 mile run today. The plan is great because it says it doesn't matter if you have to walk for a bit the goal is to just do the miles, it doesn't matter how fast. My problem with running right now is the air is SO BAD and gross, and I don't have my card to go on campus yet. Oh well I will probably just pay to go to the rec center so I can do it. My goal is to run a 10k in 7 weeks then that is when our marathon training begins. Wow I feel crazy but I'm also crazy excited to prove to myself that I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!

I CAN DO IT! Right?!?!?!?!?