A whole 3.5 mile run today! (kinda pathetic but give me a break ... I am starting at zero here) I actually ran outside which was nice and also harder, but nice. I was slow (very slow) still doing some walking. I am just going to keep at it!

35 min TM. My legs are still sore from Pilates on Wednesday. The kind of sore that when you have to go down stairs you want to sit and scoot on your butt. So the treadmill was a little painful. After a good warm up I tried to run but only lasted about 5 min. before my legs felt dead so I just did the fast mom walk. I am hoping I feel better tomorrow and can get a little run in ... maybe even outside.

Pilates -- I did some new stuff today and my legs were jello! I realize how complacent I have gotten with my workout.

15 min TM. It was a rough 15 min! My legs were dead!

40 min TM. It was a good workout. I feel like I am getting stronger. Feel like I need to be pushing myself a little harder.

Pilates. I was going to hit the TM after but something came up. Ugh! I really need to not have a real life OR somehow make myself workout in the morning. Hhmmm.

Pilates -- one hour -- that was it today.

35 min TM -- how boring I have gotten. I am just trying to get it done right now. :)

30 min. on the treadmill.

Went for a 2.5 mile run/walk today at place called Twin Lakes. It was unbelievably beautiful! The sun finally came out after a couple days of rain. Twin Lakes is an area that has two man made lakes with a walking path that goes around both of them. It is such a great place to walk/run. The leaves are changing and it was simply beautiful. The air was crisp and I was so excited just to be out and moving.

I have spent the last three days sitting (traveling). I am so rarely this inactive. I am actually craving exercise! I NEED, WANT, HAVE to go for a run! As we were driving around Amish country (PA) I could not stop thinking about how fun it would be to ride my bike out here. Great long roads with very little traffic. Rolling hills, amazing scenery. It would be an amazing place to run too! Might have to work that into the schedule next time I am here.

Monday -- Pilates one hour.

Tuesday -- treadmill 36 min. (random time I know) Run/walking.

I am going out of town for fall break. We will see how much working out I do.

6.5 mile bike ride. I have to admit ... it was not a great ride. It was cold. Riding in the cold is not fun and it isn't like running that you warm up. If I am going to keep riding (until snow and ice stop me) I really need to get leg and arm warmers. I will also admit that I wussed out on a hill. It was like I ran out of gas. I have not wussed out on a hill since my first ride last spring. I had to stop and rest about half way and then I was able to finish. Lame! Oh well.

Little 7 mile bike ride this afternoon. Really should be running but I just want to get as many bike rides in while the weather is nice as I can.

Ended up doing 40 minutes on the treadmill. Babysitting the nieces and they are all asleep so I figured I might as well. It felt good. I have not run for a long time!

11 mile bike ride with Em this afternoon. Oh it felt SO good! We came up the diagonal on University Parkway. That is a nice hill ... a good thigh burner.

Time for new gear! I need long biking pants. I got a jacket for biking but the shorts are just not going to work now that it is getting colder. It getting cold so early is NOT helping!

Apparently I don't exercise anymore! I have missed Pilates both days this week and have not done anything else. I got on the treadmill for 15 min. last night and that is all I have done this week! PATHETIC!

but ...

Emily and I did go and "swim" Utah lake on Tuesday. I say "swim" because there was not a whole lot of swimming. Em is going to do Alcatraz with me and Josh next summer. She needs some open water/wetsuit/cold (and that it was!) experience. So we went out and just worked on getting comfortable swimming in that environment. It was really good for me as well. I have a lot of work to do to get ready for that race. Did I mention how cold it was! Emily looked at me at one point and said, "Do you think this is fun?" ha! Do I? Apparently I do, I keep doing it!

I really need to stop letting days slip by and just get a schedule going.

Pilates -- one hour. I had a good workout today.

Emily got to town today. We went for a speed walk this afternoon. I will be fun to do some workouts with her this week.

Just did a little run ... well tried to anyway. I had the stomach flu Tuesday (Monday night/Tuesday morning) I think it was a little early to try and run after having that kind of flu. It just seemed so nice outside and I have spent the last two days in bed so I really wanted to get out. At least it was something. I will try again tomorrow and am planning a good bike ride on Saturday. I have got to get this running thing down. 5 miles is all I am going for ... doesn't seem that hard ... right?