Gettin' in the Swing of Things

I have been walking, but not much. Here's my report before I forget!

         0.5 mi + Ezzy in the carrier
         1.79 mi + Ezzy in carrier
2/7    0.66 mi + Ezzy in carrier
2/11  2.03 mi + Ezzy in the carrier

Total to date: 4.98 miles

Anyone else? How's the training? Anyone have an actual program?

Motivation

I've lost my motivation since training last year. It might have to do with full-time work and school, but that's beside the point. I need help, and bad.

What gets you out the door (or on the treadmill)? What are your pump-you-up tunes?

Happy New Year!

It's time to resurrect the blog and renew our training! 158 days until the Helvetia Half, so we need to average just under 3/4 mile each day until then to make it to one hundred. Don't forget to report your progress!

Oh Boy

I haven't reported in a great long while. Here are the walks I can remember, I'm sure there are some I can't, but that's just too bad:

Total miles for the (few) week(s): 11.18
Total cumulative miles: 76 even

   Workouts:

      4/30: 2.41 walk

      5/?: 1.1 walk

      5/6: 1.58 walk

      5/9: 1.59 walk

      5/13: 1.84 walk

      5/16: 1.56 walk

      5/18: 1.1 walk

Only 23 days left, and 24 miles to go. I'll have to go nearly every day between now and then (and finish homework and pack and move!). If I can do it, you can.

I Hate Hills

I hate hills. I can walk forever on the flat, no prob. But once the incline starts, I pretty much stop. I guess I just don't have the lung capacity? Is that it? And how do I improve that? Just more hills? Just more cardio? Help!
Dad and I did an 8 mile HIKE...it was a true hike, not just a walk. On trails with lots of hills. It was hard work, but fun.

Half Marathon = Suicide

I decided to do the half much later than everyone else, and I'm hoping the lack of training won't hurt me too much. Like I keep saying, I'm not entirely sure how sane I am after I decided to do the half. I've never been a runner, and I'm still not! A couple days ago I ran for an entire hour-- and I was so proud of myself! Until I realized that I had only gone 4 miles. That's more than I've ever run on purpose in my whole life, but it's nowhere near how much or how fast I should be able to run!

My biggest problem with running: I get bored really, really fast. I can only go about a mile without wanting to quit out of boredom, and then I start thinking about running, and it's downhill from there. 
My solution: The treadmill is right next to a TV upstairs, so I've been watching movies as I run. The other day I watched Batman Begins while I ran, and I barely even thought about the fact that I'd been running for so long. It's too bad the the half isn't equipped with TVs along the route.

Weekly Check-in

I'm getting back on track, and now that I don't have taxes any more, I two more free afternoons/evenings. Neil and I love to take walks in the spring and admire the gardens, so I bet we'll get out more now. Here's the summary:

Total miles for the week: 6.0
Total cumulative miles: 64.82

   Workouts:

      4/13: Pilates + 2.0 elliptical

      4/14: 1.9 walk

      4/18: 2.1 walk

Making progress!