Haven't written for a little while. I'm up to running 8 min at a time for a total of 27 running minutes. I'm feeling good when I run a lot less tired. I am frustrated because I am still so slow. I run somewhere between an 11-12 minute mile. This is frustrating since my Mom can walk a 13 minute mile. I would really like to get closer to 10 min miles for the 5k race. I want to go to a track and see what kind of time I can get on just running a mile flat out. I would think I could get somewhere between 8-9 minutes but I'm not sure. Maybe I need to be taking my 3 mile pace a little faster. But I don't know how much more I could do without feeling overexerted. The back of my calves have started to plague me while I take my running breaks while running and then when I first start running. My right leg has pains all over it surprisingly my knee hasn't given me that much problems. Well it is almost Christmas. We already celebrated christmas with my family. It was fun there were a lot of presents.

Today was a good day. My parents are back in town from Florida it was nice to have them back for a while ecspecially to help with babysitting. I went out shopping with my mom and sister. My mom was buying christmas presents for us. We were looking for some new running shoes for me. We were actually looking for ones without mesh for running in the snow. We could not find any so we ended up at running spectialty store to ask them. They told us that all running shoes come with mesh. I decided to go ahead and get fitted for some shoes at the store. The customer service was incredible. One person sat down with you looked at your foot used a palm pilot to enter information about it and it calculated a good shoe fit for you. I was surprised to find out I'm really a size 8 I had always bought size 7. Anyway so he got a pair of shoes and then I ran a little outside to determine if I have any pronation. He said I do have some in my right foot. That could account for my knee and leg pain that has troubled me in that leg. So I got a pair of shoes with more support to prevent the pronation. I got a pair that was a pretty tight fit but i liked they way they felt. So I went back to my parents house my mom let me test the shoes out for a test run even thought it's not christmas yet. I ran around my parents neighborhood. There are a lot more hills in their neighborhood. I liked that the loop I was running was a lot bigger it kept me a lot more interested. My shins are sore from the hills. I liked the shoes I had them laced up a little too tight my toes fell asleep. I hope there not to tight in general they were exspensive. My right leg definitely felt a lot better after the run. Only three more runs to do with my old shoes then I'll get my new ones on Sunday,

The day started out great we went to get our Christmas tree in the morning. I slipped on the ice and fell right on my hip ouch! My running for the day went well it was a beautiful day with temperatures in the high 40s. I ramped the running up another minute running for 4 minutes walking for 1. It was a beautiful day with temperatures in the high 40s. It was rough my first time around the block I really wanted to go on into my house and call it quits. But I kept going when I got around the block a second time I had to take a pit spot. Then I came right back out and finished up. It was a good run the kind you can feel in your lungs the rest of the day and know you have been working hard.

Today was supposed to be a non running day. But my husband will be gone tomorrow so I moved up my running to today. Today's interval was run 3 min walk 1. It was rough. I think I look at my phone a little too much to see how many minutes of the running interval are left. The one minute walking seems to go by way too fast. I can hardly believe that I am only 7 minutes away from running for a full 30 minutes. Today my time was 2.5 miles in 30 minutes. I'm getting close, by my next interval I should make it the full 3 miles. Next two days will be non running I plan to do some wight lifting toning and aerobics. I'll pick up the running on Saturday and Sunday to round out my week. My parents will be back next week, I'm excited I'll have babysitters for a couple weeks. The snow is starting to melt off the sidewalks maybe by Saturday I'll be able to run on the sidewalk.

Today was a rough run. I think I started my pace off a little bit too fast. Tonight I ran 2 min walked 1 shaving another two minutes off my time. I did 2.5 miles in 34 minutes and that includes my 5 min warm up. Tonight was my first time to run in the dark. I was on the street again the sidewalks are still covered with snow . I like snow but I also like the fact that here and Missouri it usually only sticks around a day or two this one has almost lasted a week. I'm looking forward to the sidewalks being clear again. Yet it will be even longer till all the piles around peoples driveways have melted. I'm starting to feel like a runner.

Another running day. Today was a little tougher. First the temperature was only in the teens with a wind chill in the single digits. Also I ramped up my running times a little bit getting ready for the next rung of run 2 minutes walk 1 essentially doubling my running time . I increased my 2.5 mile time by 2 minutes. So I ran/walked 2.5 miles in 36 minutes. So tomorrow is a non running day I'll do some weights and aerobics.

I just did my first cold weather run and six inches of snow on the ground. It wasn't near as challenging as I thought it might be. The temperature was in the lower 20's but no wind so I quickly acclimated and stayed warm. The roads were marginaly cleared so I had fairly safe area to run. I slipped a little one time afraid I may have pulled my hamstring a little bit. I think I need to get running shoes without any mesh. Mesh and water and snow don't go together too well.