Sweat

Why, why, why, when it's 973 degrees outside, does my gym insist on not having the AC turned on?  It's always so dang hot in the cardio room.  I know that the hotter it is outside, the harder the AC has to work to keep the inside cool, and I also know that some people like to sweat a lot at the gym, but I'd rather not die of heat stroke when I'm running.  The good thing about it being so hot is that I am drinking my water like I should. 

My run tonight was okay.  I really, really need to pick a training program and stick to it.  I think I'm just gonna work on the Couch to 10k program.  I am finding that my progress is going backwards because I'm not consistent with running, so I'm losing stamina.  I did Week 3, Day 1 of the c210k program, and had a hard time with it.  It's a 90 second run, 90 second walk, 3 minute run, 3 minute walk, and then repeat.  I was just able to get through the first 3 minute run, but the second, I was only able to go for about 2 minutes.  I'm hoping that by the end of the week I'll be able to get through it!

Nothing Going On

Sorry I've been really lacking in updates.  There isn't much going on to talk about though! 

This week I started my 10k training. It's basically the c25k program that extends to a 10k, and I decided to just start the whole program over.  So this week it was 60 second run, 90 second walk.  Pretty easy.  I wasn't supposed to run until today, but I did my third run yesterday because there is a big run going on here today, and my gym is kind of the center of it all, making it impossible to get to.  I am kinda sad I didn't sign up for the race.  I was nervous because I thought they only did a 15k, and I wasn't ready for that, and I thought it would be wayyyy too hot, and today it ended up being much cooler than it's been. There's another run happening in a month that I'm planning on doing.  And there's a 5k in October that I'm looking at doing, which is one that you can run with your dog! I'm gonna have to start bringing Remy out for runs with me so she can get used to running on her leash. 

Other than that, nothing exciting is happening.  I've been kinda hating my job lately.  I am waiting patiently not so patiently for an email from the company that I interviewed with.  Because of the change of management at the two different restaurants, I'm sure they're just busy trying to figure everything out.  But I wish I knew what was happening!  If they aren't considering me for the job anymore, then I wish I'd know so I can start looking for something else.  

So, my dreams of running the Princess Half Marathon may be coming to a halt.  The whole plan around the race was that we were going to rent a van, and drive down on Thursday night-Friday night, and then do the race on Sunday, and then spend the rest of the week playing at the parks/going to Universal/relaxing, and leave Orlando the following Saturday and get home on Sunday.  My parents, and my sister and her friend were coming too, so it would be like a big family vacation.  Well, my parents are running into some financial things that are costing them way too much (a new driveway, my sisters hospital bills from when she was in the hospital around Christmas), and they aren't sure if they're going to be able to afford the trip.  We're doing all we can to make sure that we make it very inexpensive (which is why we are driving, and we're renting a house instead of staying on property).

Cody and I have been talking about going down one year for the Food and Wine Festival in October, and so something that Cody suggested is that maybe, him and I go in October for a few days, and then we postpone our family vacation until Fall 2013.  I think we will be able to go in October, regardless of if we end up going in February, or if we postpone it to the fall.  I hope we don't have to postpone, just because I REALLY want to do the half marathon!!  Plus, we decided that after the Half Marathon, we would start trying to get pregnant.  If we wait until the fall to go to Florida, that will push our baby plans farther back, which will make me kind of sad! 

Either way, I'm excited about the possibility of going in October! I miss WDW!

Getting past the bump in the road

I can't put my finger on why, but I've been feeling very unmotivated lately.  When I first started running/going to the gym, I didn't have any issues getting up early and going.  I generally sleep until 9, 9:30, except on Gym days, when I get up at 7.  For some reason, the last week or two, I haven't been able to pull myself out of bed as frequently.  I have managed to go at least twice in the last week, but there were two days where I set my alarm and either slept through it, or turned it off and went right back to sleep. 

I think I'm just finding myself discouraged.  I was able to get up to 8 minutes straight of running before my race, and I took a couple of weeks off of running (I was still walking, through) and now 90 seconds of running is pushing it.  I feel like, I've been running since February, I should be a little bit further!  Maybe I'm just not pushing myself far enough?  I don't know.  It's making me feel like I just am not meant to run.  I'm going to keep at it, but I just wish I'd show SOME progress, ya know?

I found a 10k app on my phone that I decided I'm going to do, it's from the same company as the 5k app I used, so we'll see.  I think I'll try to complete that, and then I'll take on the half marathon program.  I like having the app because I don't have to sit and watch the time, it will beep for me.  And until I get some kind of something like a garmin that I can program, the phone app will have to do. 

I had my weigh-in this morning.  I'm down to 247.4, which is a 2.8lb loss!  Which brings my total to 12.8lbs so far! yay! 

Well, it's my Saturday so I think I'd better get ready to go and do something.  Have a great day!