Week 47: Day 7

cardio:

• road run (@ 6:15am) = 6.01 miles, time = 65:57 (1h05m57s), pace @ 10:58

Weekly Total Mileage: 20.33
Monthly Total Mileage: 66.46
Shoe/Yearly Total Mileage: 329.42

It was a bit sprinkly for the first two miles of my run. I was a bit concerned during these two miles because I didn't want it to get worse and be forced to cut my run short. Luckily, it stopped by mile two and I finished the remaining four miles without any moisture/rain. Mother nature decided to start up on the rain again after my run which was nice. I think I would prefer heavy rain overnight and stopping right before I headed out for a run because it might feel cooler with much fresher/cleaner air?

Week 47: Day 6

cardio:

• karate (@ 12pm) = 1 hour

We didn't have enough people for the second class, so we only had one class today. We barely had enough people for the first class, but that was ok.

Week 47: Day 5

cardio:

• trail/road run (@ 6:30am) = 5.6 miles; time = 61:41; pace @ 11:00

strength training:

• yoga (@ 9:30am) = 1 hour

My gym membership expires tomorrow, but today is the last day at the gym because I don't go to the gym on the weekends. During these two years, I have never been to the gym on the weekend. I'm not sure if I will renew later on. Since the pilates teacher/personal trainer was promoted to "fitness manager" for a gym in a different city, I'm even less motivated to renew. However, I will miss yoga with the crazy teacher.

Week 47: Day 4

cardio:

• trail/road run (@ 6:15am) = 5.22 miles, time = 56:44, pace @ 10:54

It was cloudy during the first half of my run and it started to slowly clear up during the second half. I actually felt so much better running during the second half than the first half because the air felt cooler. Although summer is great when you can spend some time near a body of water (pool, lake, ocean), I can't wait for the cooler/cold seasonal temeratures to run in.

Week 47: Day 2

cardio:

• hilly trail run (@ 6:20am) = 1.1 miles, time = 14:06, pace @ 12:49
• warmup = 1.3 mile
• cooldown = 1.1 mile

strength training:

• pilates (@ 9:30am) = 1 hour
• yoga (@ 8:30PM) = 1 hour

This week is the last week for the pilates teacher teaching pilates, other classes and being a personal trainer. He is being promoted to "fitness manager", working primarily at a gym in a different city. This makes me even less motivated to renew my gym membership if I ever decide to later on. My membership expires this week and there are various reasons why I'm not renewing it. I'm not sure if I AM going to later, but I kinda feel less motivated to. I'd miss Monday 12pm and Friday 9:30am yoga classes though.

Week 47: Day 1

strength training:

• yoga (@ 12pm) = 1 hour

cardio:

• karate (@ 7pm) = 1 hour

I did a little bit of practicing on my forearm balance (balance only on your forearms with feet up in the air) right before yoga started. I usually just laid around until the class started, but decided to make better use of my time while I waited. I still need work, but I feel happy about myself with the forearm balance.

Week 46: Day 7

cardio:

• trail/road run (@ 6:20am) = 5.04 miles, time = 56:36, pace @ 11:14

Total Weekly Mileage: 17.6
Total Monthly Mileage: 46.13
Total Shoe/Yearly Mileage: 309.09
Yesterday, I was at the beach for a volunteering event which required light exercise for five hours. I debated about doing a run this morning. I wasn't sure if I would need to sleep in and feel more rested from yesterday's event. I ended up wanting to run this morning anyway. I woke up with slightly sore calf muscles, but the soreness wasn't so bad. I didn't notice the soreness after 10 to 15 minutes into the run.
Even though I'm running slower than I want and the weather isn't as cold as I like, I shouldn't be complaining because I generally felt fine and had a mini-runner's high.