Running Week of Nov 1-7

Sunday- rest (work 12 hour night shift)
Monday-2 after working all night 2 nights in a row I was very tired this morning. I finally worked up the strength to get out there and run. I did 2 miles in ~23.5 minutes.
Tuesday-3 went to the park today. it was so beautiful. I ran 3.5 miles. I walked the last little bit. I am saying I walked 0.5 miles, it was probably less than that, but anyway...
Wednesday-rest (work 12 hour night shift)
Thursday- 2(work 12 hour night shift) got home from work and ran my 2 miles
Friday-
Saturday-5 miles what a beautiful day to run 5 miles. Met my pal and we banged out 5 miles. It was great fun.

11/04/09 Been thinking today about running a 10K on Saturday Nov. 21st in Hot Springs. It would give me a good taste of running in a race. It is "only" 6.2 miles. I will have had 2 weeks of running 5 mile runs. I think I can do it.
11/6/09 I signed up for the 10k. So there is no backing out now.

Running Week of Oct 25-31

This week begins the first official week of training for the half marathon. The previous weeks were the build up. I only did 2.5 weeks of the 9 week build up. I am hoping that I can push through and actually run all of my miles this week. I suppose it is time to actually sign up....


Sunday-rest
Monday-2 IT'S RAINING!!!! ARRGGGGG I will ride the bike later. Maybe 10 miles or so. Ok, so i decided to run despite the rain. I ran about 1.5 miles in 18 minutes. (215 cal)
Tuesday-3 another rainy day, but I ran anyway 2.68 miles, 31 minutes (284 cal)
Wednesday-rest (work 12 hour night) planning to do abs and weights (I did abs only 22 minutes)
Thursday-2(work 12 hour night) you will never guess what it's doing.. give up.. It's beginning to rain. I got home from work and hit the street and got my 2 miles in before the storms hit.
stats: 2 miles in 24 minutes. Streets were busy so I had to pause numerous times for traffic. I am just proud I got out there and ran. I couldn't find my heart rate monitor, so I estimate 220 calories.
Friday-rest
Saturday-4 (work 12 hour night) 4 miles done in 50 minutes.

WEEK TOTALS
MILES: 10.18

Running week of Oct 18-24

Sunday- none
Monday- sat in conference all day. Was too lazy to get up early and run on the treadmill at the hotel.
Tuesday-3.5 miles of run/walk (52 minutes/includes warm up and cool down) 403 calories
Wednesday-3.5 miles run/walk (50 minutes/includes warm up and cool down)440 calories
Thursday-Its raining...imagine that. Today I will do some strength training at home. My body needs the rest day from running anyway, and I have to work 12 hours tonight. Completed ChaLEAN Extreme Push Circuit 2. Didn't burn a lot of calories, but I never do with lifting weights.
Friday-rested
Saturday-worked all night, then ran 4 miles with a friend (54 min) 549 calories. We actually ran the whole time. I didn't think I could do it. Before today I would run 10-15 minutes and would "have" to stop and walk. Now I know I can do it.

WEEK TOTALS
TIME:3hrs 22 min
CAL: 1476
MILES: 11

Running Week of Oct 11-17

Sunday- zero
Monday- 2 miles (walk/run) Push 1 (1hr 11min)
Tuesday-Rest (i think it was raining)
Wednesday-4 miles (walk/run) (55 min)
Thursday-Rest (pouring rain again)
Friday- 5 miles (walk/run) (1hr 8min)
Saturday- I hope to get out in the morning and do 2 miles. (this did NOT happen)

WEEK TOTALS
TIME: 3.14HRS
CALS: 1525
MILES: 11 MILES

Have I have gone completely nuts or what

I have toyed around with the idea of running for some time now. I enjoy being outdoors and I do like to jog.
A few years ago I would have never, ever considered a marathon or half marathon. Although, if I had started the training I probably would have lost weight before Turbo Jam.
Anyway, I have been bitten by the marathon bug again.
I ran Friday, Oct 2nd and over did it. I probably ran/walked nearly 6 miles. I could hardly move for 2-3 days. I ran/walked 3.5 miles yesterday and I feel great today.
Today was a rest day according to the training schedule. Tomorrow I am supposed to run 2 miles.
The key for me is to stick with the schedule and not think that "less is more". I don't want to injure myself before I ever get started!

So, I have until November 1st to get the least expensive registration fee. I will see how the training goes this month and make up my mind.

LOL.... I just laugh thinking about ME of all people RUNNING a race.

Marx Foods and my sample peppers

Ok, I am finally getting around to sampling my peppers. A couple of days ago I made Taco Soup. It is finally getting cool down here in the South and I have been in the mood for soups and chili.
There wasn't much let this afternoon so I decided to add more ingredients to it and just as I was going to put in some Red Pepper Flakes I remembered I had these peppers.

I settled on the New Mexico Chilies. They are a Med heat level and are flavored like Red Anaheim Peppers. I tore them up just a little and dumped some in the pot. It is cooking right now. I can hardly wait to see what kind of flavor it will add to my boring old soup.