A run with Daniel

Daniel wanted to go with me on my run today. I decided just running around the block would be the most prudent course of action. So we started out walking for a ways and then stretched. He was so cute mimicking my stretches. So I tell him we're gonna run for one minute on then walk. He starts out like a rocket and is way ahead of me with a somewhat awkward stride and his arms aimlessly hanging at his side. 17 seconds in to the run he looks back at me "are we done" no not yet. On he goes after a minute we stop and start walking and are both out of breath. 2nd minute to run and he is waning in enthusiasm. He keeps up with my pace albeit complaining of sore knees. I keep encouraging him on and we successfully complete the minute. He is asking for his bike for the next lap and I consent. Were ready for the third minute of running when the house is in view. Daniel is in no mood to run again but I'm able to encourage him to finish it out. So we grab his bike and are off again for the second time around the block. Unfortunately he wasn't able to keep up with me on the trike. I hope he is able to maintain a better speed when we get his two wheeler. So when we come around to the house again he has had enough and I tell him to go on in while I finish up. So our first running experience was about as I expected not horrible but still a long ways to go.

So I went 2 miles + in about 33 minutes. I also did some upper body and core conditioning. My shins felt much better today. My quads have been my sore area of the day. I have found my flexibility to be very poor. I definitely need to add some yoga and or pilates to work on my flexibility. Looking forward to a run tomorrow I will be stepping it up a notch and running 1 walking 1 15 times. I also plan to do some lower body toning. I think tomorrow I'll run by myself :)

2nd Run

Well I fit in some lower body strength training and a 2.5 mile run/walk today. Both went quite well although my shins were quite sore when I started running. I threw in a little more running today to complete the circuit. I did "run 1 walk 2" 9x "run 2 walk 2" 2x for a total time of 35:25. Looking forward to seeing that 2.5 mile time decrease over the coming weeks.

I have 7 lbs to go to get to pre Caleb weight, and 25 to get to pre Daniel weight. I'm hoping to find my measuring tape soon so I can get some starting measurements as well. Tomorrow is upper body and core conditioning.

Today's Strength Training

Today was a strength training day. I didn't get around to it until nearly 8 pm. It really was a struggle to do anything. I found in the past I do well getting out to run but my non running days I'm about 50/50 on following through with my plans. So I did some upper body weight lifting and core work. Let me say I am so out of shape. I only did one struggling set on exercises I was easily doing three sets on previously. I have a long ways to go but that just means lots of room to see improvement. Tomorrow I'm planning on some lower body strength training and running.

Running Again

Finally running again. After an 8 month baby break I finally got back out for a run today. I am starting slow with the run walk program I used originally. Today I ran 1 minute walked 2 minutes 10 times. As far as cardio I felt pretty good but my legs felt like jelly. The first three times of running I wasn't sure my legs were going to be able to continue but it got better. I traveled around the block 5 times for 2.5 miles. Next run I'm abandoning the boring run around the block to do my favorite 2.5 mile circuit. Looking forward to getting back into shape and running a 5k in September.