18. November 2009 by admin.

I know I haven’t written in quite a while. It’s been interesting. Let me try to recap from October 31: What are you nuts? I’m not going to run in costume, it was hard enough to put it all on without worrying that my outfit was going to fall off. I walked quite a bit with my son, though. November 1: You better believe I ran. November 2: ditto. November 3: didn’t. November 4: ran. November 5 and 6: I didn’t run. It seems to be a pattern I am hoping to break soon. November 7: Went to the Great Gulf Coast Arts Fest and worked the day doing massage. It was late and I was tired when I got home.  November 8: OMG! I woke up so sore on November 8 from the previous day. I didn’t run, but I did take my son all over the GGCAF. I knew I was going to be sore on November 9. November 9 and 10: I didn’t run. I felt run down on November 9 and had a migraine on November 10. I did run on November 11. I know I ran on either November 12 or November 13, maybe both, but I don’t really remember. I did not run on November 14, I went to a harvest festival and sunburnt my ears. I believe I did run on November 15. November 16, I started my new job and scheduling a time to run has been interesting. I did not run on November 16, but I did run yesterday. I will probably use the Wii Fit tonight because  I need to get the car back early, so I can’t go to the gym.

I am finding myself somewhat discouraged at this point. I know my endurance has gotten better, I can run longer and faster, but I have not lost any weight, I am still very tired (which can be attributed to my son, late nights, and early mornings), but I am still having a difficult time fitting well into my clothes. That isn’t the total reason I am running, but I would have thought being more active would help with some of these issues.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Day Number: 22

Date: October 23, 2009

Energy Level: Not terrible

How I feel before: Grr, it’s raining again.

How I feel after: Not applicable as of yet.

Notes: It stopped raining after I got to work, so hopefully it will hold off tonight and I can get a run in. Hopefully, I’ll get a picture or two today to see if all this running is doing me any good besides increasing energy.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Day Number: 21

Date: October 22, 2009

Energy Level: Low

How I feel before: n/a

How I feel after: n/a

Notes: Wasn’t able to run today. I couldn’t even drag myself out of bed, and when I did, it was raining.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Day Number: Twenty

Date: October 21, 2009

Energy Level: Low

How I feel before: Ugh! I don’t want to get out of bed this morning!

How I feel after: Awake

Notes: I didn’t feel like getting up, and I guess my joints didn’t either. They not only protested, they went on strike when I tried to run. I think I heard veiled threats from my knees, something like “You do it, you’re running without us.” Time for a brisk walk again.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Day Number: Nineteen

Date: October 20, 2009

Energy Level: Oops

How I feel before: n/a

How I feel after: n/a

Notes: Not only did I not wake up in time to go for a run, I didn’t get home from work in time to go for a run.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Day Number: Eighteen

Date: October 19, 2009

Energy Level: Okay

How I feel before: n/a

How I feel after: n/a

Notes: Today was my day off from running. I almost felt like getting up and running anyway, but I will run tomorrow.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Day Number: Seventeen

Date: October 18, 2009

Energy Level: Good

How I feel before: Don’t feel like running today.

How I feel after: I need to be able to breathe without coughing.

Notes: I didn’t feel like running today and procrastinated on it until about 2 p.m. I didn’t have much of a running rhythm and it was rather hard to get going today. I feel like I looked like one of those people it’s painful to watch, but I can say I ran it and I ran the whole way, so I suppose I have nothing to complain about.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Day Number: Sixteen

Date: October 17, 2009

Energy Level: Good

How I feel before: I feel optimistic today.

How I feel after: Not so optimistic.

Notes: I tried running today, but my joints were just not cooperating. It was a very brisk morning, so I went for a very brisk walk, farther than I would run and I was getting a bit cold, but at least I did something.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Day Number: Fifteen

Date: October 16, 2009

Energy Level: Okay

How I feel before: n/a

How I feel after: n/a

Notes: It was raining this morning, so I was not able to run. Oh well, I suppose this can be a day off from running.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Day Number: Fourteen

Date: October 15, 2009

Energy Level: Not bad

How I feel before: The motivation to stay in bed was outweighing the motivation to run.

How I feel after: Good. Rather proud of myself

Notes: Never underestimate the body’s ability to surprise you. I was motivated more to stay in bed today. It took me two hours to get out of a nice, comfortable bed. When I did, though, I ran for longer, probably about a quarter mile, walked less and found somewhat of a pace. All in all, I was pleasantly surprised and happy.

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