Week 12: Day 5 - 2014

• easy road run (solo) = 2.12 miles
• easy walk with dogs = 1.5 miles

 

I think I'm going to start running alone again at least once a week. I still plan to run/walk with my dog three times a week. I'm not quite sure how far my dog can run non-stop, but I'm afraid of overworking her. I'm a little bored running if it's going to include any walk breaks.

Week 12: Day 4 - 2014

• easy walk with dogs = 1 mile
• karate = 1 hour
• "warm up" (walk to class) = 1 mile
• "cool down" (walk after class) = 1 mile

Today was the first time that I went to karate class/practice since last September. I haven't gone in a long time because I'm at the point that I just don't care anymore, even though I have been thinking of going again once in awhile. It's weird...I can run for two hours and I feel fine, but I get tired after ten minutes of karate.

Week 12: Day 2 - 2014

* easy WALK/RUN with one dog = 1.2 miles
* easy WALK with dogs = 1.75 miles

I think my cold is basically over. My cough is now extremely rare. I am coughing very, very occassionally now. So now I can go back to my "normal" running with my dog.

Week 11: Day 6 - 2014

* easy WALK/RUN with one dog = 1 mile
* easy WALK with dogs = 1.3 miles

I almost got hit by a bad driver this morning while doing a warm up (for a run/walk with my dog). Two or three more steps forward and my dog and I would have been hit. I don't know how this driver didn't see me until so late. It was a good thing that I was paying attention so I could avoid getting hit. The driver made a complete stop directly in front of me, blocking the crosswalk, after I yelled out some expletives and she waved apologetically as if that was going to make me feel better.

Week 11: Day 4 - 2014

* easy WALK/RUN (solo) = 1 mile
* easy WALK with dogs = 1.5 miles

I'm still sick, but I think I'm getting better. I'm not sure when I'll be 100% back to normal though. Soon, I hope.

Week 11: Day 2 - 2014

* easy road walk/run with one dog = 1 mile
* easy walk with dogs = 1.5 miles

On Friday, I had a mild/minor cold and it was tolerable for the most part. Somehow, it got worse during the weekend. I was coughing a lot, had a very stuffy nose and a very congested chest. I also had a hard time breathing because of my congested chest. I had to break one of the rules on the "100 Days Of Miles Challenge" (don't go more than 2 days without running), but it was for a health emergency.

I'm still sick, but I felt well enough to run this morning. I took my dog, Jubee, with me because at least, I didn't feel alone when I was running with some walk breaks. I did one mile, alternating between two minute run and 90 second walk. Normally, when I go with Jubee, the walk is one minute. I was so out of breath from running two minutes that I needed the walk break a little bit longer. My lungs were also hurting from the heavy breathing. I'm still sick, but I think I feel better now than I did this morning before the run. I'm going to try running again tomorrow morning.

Week 10: Day 5 - 2014

* easy road run (solo) = 1 mile

* easy walk with dogs = 1.5 miles

 

I have been running a few times a week...I just haven't been updating. I haven't been running more than three times a week and more than one mile because I don't have a whole lot of motivation.

 

On another hand, I've mysteriously caught a cold and I'm not sure how this has happened. I hope it doesn't turn into a full blown cold that's makes it hard for me to breathe when I try to run. So far, it's ok. I'm just coughing with a stuffed up nose.