Week 41: Day 5

strength training:

• yoga (@ 9:30am) = 1 hour

Didn't take the bike out for yoga. It was too cloudy and cold, and it looked like it was going to drizzle on me. I needed to put gas in my car anyway.

Week 41: Day 2

cardio:

• bike ride to/from pilates + some errands = 5.34 miles

strength training:

• pilates (@ 9:30am) = 1 hour

I did some minor errands after pilates. I almost didn't want to do them because I would be showing up in my exercise clothes and pilates/yoga mat on my back, but I figured going right after pilates would be the best time to do errands when I had the most motivation and I wouldn't in the place of businesses for too long anyway. I wouldn't have had the motivation to go this afternoon. I got a few looks because I showed up in all my exercise gear, but I get weird looks from people when I park (or pick up) my bike at the gym. So whatever.

Week 41: Day 1

cardio:

• karate (@ 7pm) = 1 hour

I've come to a conclusion that the cause of me feeling unmotivated to run or do any other sorts of execise in the morning is the fact that I don't go to sleep at a reasonable time. Because I insist on listening to the radio until 11:30pm or so, I don't get enough sleep and I don't feel rested which causes me to feel unmotivated. If I want to get out and get my exercise/run on at 6am, I have to act like an old person and be in bed by 10pm. I should know this because I always tell myself to go to bed early and I'd feel better about running/exercising in the morning. I still think that I need to take a break from running for a week.

Week 40: Day 7

cardio:

• road run (@ 6:30am) = 4.85 miles, time = 52:00, pace @ 10:43

Total Weekly Mileage: 11.36
Total June/Monthly Mileage: 11:36
Total Shoe/Yearly Mileage: 253.67

I think it's time that I take a break from running...at least, for a week. I know that I'm not overtrained because I only run three times a week and don't total more than twelve miles a week. Even though I don't enjoy running in slightly warmer tempurature, I don't enjoy running (in general) anymore and I think I'm getting bored. Waking up in the morning is fine for me, but it's getting harder and harder to drag myself out the door for a run. Getting out the door is harder than waking up and getting dressed. Having my running clothes ready, next to my bed and getting dressed doesn't even help.

Week 40: Day 6

cardio:

• karate = 2 hours
• first (beginners) class = 12pm to 1pm
• second (intermediate/advanced) class = 1pm to 2pm

Did some katas and some techniques in the second class. Sometimes it's nice to do something different once in awhile.

Week 41: Day 4

cardio:

• hilly trail run (@ 6:10am) = 1.1 mile, time = 14:06, pace @ 12:49
• warm up/cooldown = 1.1 mile (each way)

I really wasn't in the mood to run this morning and I don't think the weather had anything to do with it this time. I felt ok before I headed out, but I struggled with the warm up and walked a bit. I usually don't like taking walk breaks during a run or warm up. At least, I was continuous during the hill run this time and didn't take a "breather" (complete stop/break for a minute or so) at all like before.

Week 41: Day 3

cardio:

• trail/road run (@ 6:50am) = 3.18 miles, time = 34:29, pace @ 10:51
• karate (@ 7pm) = 1 hour

I've been feeling lazy for the last few days. There was no karate training on Monday and the YMCA was closed because of the holiday. The gym was opened though, but I wasn't motivated to go there on Monday morning. I wasn't feeling very motivated to go yesterday either.

I almost didn't feel like running this morning either because I was feeling lazy. One of my runner friends on facebook mentioned this morning that today was National Running Day and this helped me get off my lazy butt for a run. I felt much less lazy once I started running and I felt so much better when I finished!