The Jogger Blogger

I did not want to run this morning but I made my brain shut up and I did it.

42 minutes.  Man does that seem like a long time, but, it’s 3 minutes less than usual which is pretty good I think.

I realize I haven’t been blogging at all since I got back to school…surprise, surprise.

Well…I haven’t been slacking at all, don’t worry.  I’ve been right on schedule with my running and working on increasing my time. 

I have workstudy in our gym here from 6-8am on MWF.  Crazy, I know, but it’s really not that bad.  I run in the morning, come back to my room, shower, nap, eat breakfast with my boyfriend, relax for another hour, and then go to 1-2 classes depending on the day.  Then I’m done by 1…and then I nap if I want.

So today I’m super excited because I ran 2 miles in 26:13 minutes, my fastest time yet!!!  That may seem super slow to some people but to a girl who has been running 2 miles in 30+ minutes, it’s awesome.  The past 4 runs I have gotten my time under 30 but this has been the best.

Now I’m just sitting in my towel relaxing a bit.  I’ll probably climb up to my bed and nap for an hour before breakfast.

Yep…sounds good.

As of yesterday I’ve started my diet for the year.  It’s not anything hardcore…I’m just eating a lot better (which can be very hard in the caf).  I’m basically making sure I eat half a plate of veggies, quarter starch, and a quarter protein each meal.  Throughout the day I try to eat at least 3-4 pieces of fruit.

Everything is going well but…all I want is cookout…it’s hard.

:(

I hate feeling guilty after I eat. :(

Nicole went running with me today.  She told me I’m not as slow as I think I am…that made me feel better.  I was supposed to run 2 miles and i got to 1.5 and my back started hurting pretty bad so we walked the rest of the way…and by rest of the way I mean to Pagoda to get thai food.

aaaaand now i feel guilty for eating…wtf.

Okay so I’ve been putting off running till now.  I’ve tried to kinda talk myself out of it haha.  But I need to go, and it’ll probably rain when I do.

I’m running 3 miles today, and not on the track.  I’m going on a route my brother mapped out for me.  We’ll see how it goes!

Mind: 1 Body: 0

When my alarm went off at 6:45 this morning my body just laid there not moving telling me “don’t run, don’t run, don’t run”.  My mind didn’t like this though, I had an argument in my head that went something like this:

Body: Shanna, please don’t go run, I’m tired and we can sleep for a whole other hour and 15 minutes if you let us.  PLEASE?!

Mind: That sounds really nice but if we don’t go run you’ll just feel guilty all day long and complain about how you didn’t run and not be able to do anything about it…or you can run later.

Body: I can just skip a day, it’s okay

Mind: If you skip a day then you have to get up at around 6 to run.  You don’t want to do that.

Body:…UGH, fine!

So yeah…I ran, it was super slow, but I did it anyway.  Time to get ready for work.

It’ so freaking hot out this morning.  I just came back from my 2 mile run, dripping with sweat and downing some ice water.

Seriously though, so hot!  I went so slow today which in a way is good because I came back in about 30 minutes, hopefully that means I go faster than that when I’m not feeling slow.

I can’t remember if I already wrote my new running plan on here and I’m too lazy to look so I’ll write it again:

Monday - 3 mile run

Tuesday - rest day

Wednesday - 2 mile run

Thursday - rest day

Friday - 2 mile run

Saturday - 2 mile run

Sunday - rest day

(okay this sweat dripping off of my face is really gross)

So yeah, that’s the new plan.  I’ll be on this for a while until I get more comfortable with that 3 mile run.  The challenge will be keeping up with it at school.  I can’t give up, I’ve come so far.

I’m going to go take care of this sweat and make me some breakfast.  Cold shower, here I come!

I did it…I ran 3 miles, and it was the hardest run yet!  I ran there (.5 miles) and ran around the track 8 times (2 miles) that way if I didn’t think I could make the 3 miles I would just walk home.  Instead I thought I would try it.  I was so tired and ran that last half mile really slowly but i pushed through.  It was SO hard.  I was also very dehydrated because I stupidly didn’t bring any water with me.  I almost passed out when I got in the door and had to hold on to the counter while i used every last bit of energy i had to reach for a glass and fill it with ice water. 

After about 2 tall glasses of water and a good 15 minutes, I finally caught my breath and was able to take a shower.  I ordered some food (chicken pad kana: chicken and thai broccoli in a garlic oyster sauce) and now I’m just relaxing.  

My knee hurts from that run which isn’t good.  I’m going to have to start wrapping my knee when I run or something.  It never hurts during my run but other times it does, it’s strange.

Anyway…I’m tired now.  I’m going to just relax and eventually sleep so I can get up for work in the morning.

I’m waiting for the temperature to go down so I can run 3 miles.  This will be my first attempt at running 3 miles but I think I’m ready for this.  

I’m struggling with this whole weight loss thing.  I set a goal to lose at least 20 pounds this summer and I’ve lost nothing.  It’s very discouraging.

:(

I’ve been working so hard at running and I just want to give up.