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.

Day 21 : 5 m warm-up / 10 min jog /3 min walk / 5 min jog / 1 min walk / 2 min jog / 1 min walk / 3 min jog / 5 min walk

Total: 35 minutes - walking (15 min) / jogging (20 min)

I wanted to jog at least 20 minutes today even if it wasn’t 20 minutes straight.  So after the first 10 minutes (which I had a hard time with), I decided that I was going to run another 10 minutes – no matter how many times I had to walk in between.  My end workout time of 35 minutes wasn’t bad.  And I did run 20 minutes today – just not all together.

Funny how just a few weeks ago, I would have been thrilled with this workout.  sigh…. once you get a hit on something anything less than it becomes crap?!?  Hate when I do that to myself…

So I’ve decided that because of my sluggishness this week (and I think part of it is tied to the heat/humidity outside – I can’t open the door as I had been before), I’m going to stop the workouts for a few weeks and go through the Fat Flush plan again.  Then I’ll come back and try the Cool Running from the start but upping my jog speed a little – that way I’ll also have somewhere to go – drop – when I can’t run the full speed.

I did the Fat Flush plan back in May for two weeks and lost 10 pounds on it.  It really helped clear out the middle section of my body – my stomach wasn’t bloating and I felt better in general.  So I’ve prepared my shopping list today for getting myself back on the plan.

Day 20 : 5 m warm-up / 10 min jog /2 min walk / 3 min jog / 2 min walk / 2 min jog / 4 min walk

Total: 28 minutes - walking (13 min) / jogging (15 min)

I’m not sure what is up with me this week.  I didn’t have a break in my weeks but this week kicking my ass.  I wasn’t even able to jog week’s 6 program today.  After I was done, I had a bright red face (like I do when I push myself that extra bit).  But I wasn’t “pushing” today.  I was just trying to survive today’s workout.  blah.

So… I think I’m going to keep a plateau for awhile here and try to push through this that way.  I’m not really ready to move on to week 7′s (running 25 min straight) and I’m not even doing week 6 this week.  So I think I’m just going to try and make sure I’m running 15 minutes. I thought I got in 20 but then when I went back and figured out my time, I realize that I only got in 15 running.  I’d like to be consistently running 20 minutes each workout.  So for now, I’m going to drop the Cool Running workout plan and try to get 20 minutes of running for the next two weeks.  Then I’ll come back to the Cool Running week 6 and try it again.

Hoping to running as  5m warm-up / 10 min jog / 5 min walk / 10 min jog / 5 min walk  but I might have to break that 2nd 10 minutes up into two 5′s. Not sure if it’s me or if it’s the heat or what the hell is going on.  Just not with it this week.

Day 18 : 5 m warm-up / 10 min jog / 3 min walk / 10 min jog / 5 min walk

Total: 33 minutes - walking (13 min) / jogging (20 min)

Instead of moving onto week 7, I am going to repeat week 6.  And today, I didn’t even do that.  My legs were just not working today.  ugh…  My shins started bothering me halfway through – after I walked the 2nd time – so I decided instead of pushing myself through the pain, I would back off.  I usually will push through the pain which has a way of backfiring on me and become a nagging pain going forward.  I do not want that to happen.  So I changed up my routine today.

Today: 30 minutes – 5 m warm-up / 10 min jog / 3 min walk / 4 min jog / 2 min walk / 4 min jog / 2 min walk

Not what I was hoping for.  Today was supposed to be week 7 – running 25 minutes each day.  But I just didn’t have that in me today.  After the first 10 minutes it was in my head more than body so I walked 3 minutes – then it was in my body.  Ironically it’s the walking that effects my shins the most.  arghhhh…  Not quiting though.  I’ll be back on Wed hopefully on track again.