Archive for August, 2010

This will be short because I didn’t do much this week. I was out of town relaxing before school starts for a few days. I brought my shoes to possibly run on the treadmill at the hotel, but when I went to look at the fitness room, it scared me and I decided against it. It wasn’t very clean and it a pretty secluded part of the hotel.  Comfort level was not there.

Then I (briefly) thought about running outside until I realized it was going to be 98 degrees the whole time.  No thanks.  On a positive note, I did a lot of walking on Monday and Tuesday, so I don’t feel like a total slug.

Running: Back on track this week if I’m going to make my mini goal of a Halloween 5k.
Swimming: still working on making the limited availability of the open lanes work with my schedule.
Biking: No progress on acquiring a bike, so I’ll tackle that this weekend.

I still have to to publish my shoe post!

I kinda sorta forgot about updating this the past two weeks.  Hey, I’ve been busy.

I finally got running shoes (post is almost done, look for it tomorrow) and that’s made a difference in the overall health of my feet, but I’ve had a slight setback with the running. I’m back down to four sets instead of 5. I’ve had a bit of shin pain this week, so I’m just slowing down a bit. It could be the fact that I’m actually running in shoes that fit, but it’s taking a little getting used to. I’m trying to break them in and have been wearing them to school to loosen up a bit.

In other news, I’ve decided to do the Chicago Triathlon next year (August 2011) so that goal is firmly in my mind. If I can do a sprint distance triathlon earlier in the summer, that would be terrific.

• Running – 2 days this week (been back at school, so I’ve been exhausted) That’s no  excuse, I know, but I have to figure out how to mesh my workouts with the, you know, real world.
• Biking – didn’t get to it this week — tomorrow (Friday) is my goal
• Swimming – haven’t had time and the pool schedule isn’t exactly matching up with mine. I need to work on that situation.

Thanks for all the supportive messages, people. I really do appreciate all the kind words, and they are keeping me motivated when I want to just rest on the couch.