It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged over here at LC.  I had been blogging my running workouts regularly and even my weekly goals…but that seems to have fallen by the wayside.  Not that I don’t still workout or have a weekly goals.  Just that I haven’t been motivated to blog them. I was using my blog to get into the routine of having them every week and then got busy doing them.

Kids went back to school on Monday.  YAY!!  Not that I don’t enjoy having my kids around for the summer. I do.  But… by the end of August they are wound up and the fighting was escalating.  The girls don’t fight with each other as much as they fight with Dan. Dan is becoming that “little brother pest” that young girls HATE.  lol!  I am not complaining too much though because the girls REALLY look out for Dan.  More so then most kids that age look out for a sibling.

First Day – Jess, Dan, Sam

Dan started Kindergarten this year.

It seems like yesterday when the girls were starting Kindergarten…

If you haven’t checked out DSO in awhile there’s some great BABY Kits up.

And I’m giving this new Nautical kit away on Sept 1 to 6 lucky facebook fans.

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Total Mileage: 2.1 miles  (.9 mile jog / 1.2 mile walk)

Total Time: 33:03

Calories: 606

Workout : 5 m warm-up / .25 mile jog /.25 mile walk / .25 mile jog / .25 mile walk / .25 mile jog /.25 mile walk / .15 mile jog / .15 mile walk / walk til 2.1 miles

Walking Rate: 3.5   / Jogging Rate: 4.4

I upped my speed to 4.4 today.  I was aiming to run .25 mile in the last section but I couldn’t.  So I just went with .15.  I still ran .05 more than yesterday.  Decent workout although the back of my left heel is a bit sore today.  Going to ice it and hope it doesn’t develop into a problem.

Total Mileage: 2.1 miles  (.85 mile jog / 1.25 mile walk)

Total Time: 33:40

Calories: 638

Workout : 5 m warm-up / .15 mile jog /.15 mile walk / .25 mile jog / .25 mile walk / .15 mile jog /.15 mile walk / .10 mile jog / .10 mile walk / .10 mile jog / .10 mile walk /.10 mile jog / .10 mile walk /walk til 2.1 miles

Walking Rate: 3.5   / Jogging Rate: 4.3

The humidity is high this morning.  I could not get that last .25 mile jog all in one piece so I did .10 three times instead.  Breathing hard and took cold shower to cool body down.  Was good workout and I sweat a lot.  I love sweating when I workout.  I don’t particularly like the sweat in the eyes but it feels like I’m actually doing something when I sweat.

On another note, the fat flush shakedown is going well.  Today is the start of day 4 and I’m already down 6 lbs.

Total Mileage: 2.0 miles  (.8 mile jog / 1.2 mile walk)

Total Time: 32:14

Calories: 600

Workout : 5 m warm-up / .15 mile jog /.15 mile walk / .25 mile jog / .25 mile walk / .15 mile jog /.15 mile walk / .25 mile jog / .25 mile walk / walk til 2.0 miles

Walking Rate: 3.5   / Jogging Rate: 4.3

I’m going to try and workout every day instead of just M-W-F.  I might not be able to run every day and may have to change this to weights or something else.  But I’d really like to get back in the habit of working out every day.

Today was good even though I had an awful headache most of yesterday.  No side effects on the run it seems.  Running the distance instead of the time is pushing me and I may just keep this pattern and push the speed up to 4.5-4.7.  I figure at this point the object is to get a good workout not run straight out.  I think I put too much thought into running for 30 minutes straight.  I seem to be better at interval running and pushing myself in the interval rather than just plain running it out.  I’m still calling this Cool Running because I’m following their week 3 routine.

Total Mileage: 2.0 miles  (.8 mile jog / 1.2 mile walk)

Total Time: 32:33

Calories: 597

Workout : 5 m warm-up / .15 mile jog /.15 mile walk / .25 mile jog / .25 mile walk / .15 mile jog /.15 mile walk / .25 mile jog / .25 mile walk / walk til 2.0 miles

Walking Rate: 3.5   / Jogging Rate: 4.2

I took a week off from workouts last week.  Decided to reboot.  I started the Fat Flush 2 week plan yesterday and am hoping to keep up enough energy during the next two weeks so I can continue my workouts again. This time I’m tracking distance and not time.  I’m going to try and get in at least 2 miles a day – walking the last part until I get to 2.0.   I decided to start back up again from Week 3 of the program instead of going back down to Week 1.  Week 3 starts with the option to run either time or distance.