I know I know!!! I’ve been slacking on the blog! Definitely going to do my best to post DAILY updates on here:)

Well last you heard was the pains I was having on day 12. Those first 3 weeks was definitely trial and error for me. The aches and pains are virtually gone now thank god! I have found my stride, my pace, and everything that works for me.

I did have my very first 15k race(9.3 Miles) on February 7th. It was probably the hardest thing I have ever done! I havent done much hill training and of course when I showed up to this race, the ENTIRE thing was hills! Suddenly my hour and a half goal turned into a 2 hour goal. I kept a slower pace and just kept telling myself to put one foot infront of the other.

Luckily after 3 miles of brutal hills, there was a 2-3 mile stretch of flat road. This is when I kicked it up a notch and held a 9 minute pace. I felt amazing at this point…Then the hills kicked back in….

The last 3 miles was definitely the hardest run of my life. I was physically drained and exhausted. And of course my GU pack fell out of my pocket around mile 2 but I didnt want to stop to get it haha. The last mile I could see my girlfriend and family at the finish and thats when I kicked up the pace again and went at a full sprint. I would guess around a 7 min pace. I managed to finished the race in 1 hour 43 minutes which I was more than happy with:)

I took the next day off of course. I wasn’t too sore which surprised me. Then after that rest day I went on an 8 miler with a friend of mine. I made a video on this you can view here

So here I am day 40. Today I am doing my normal warm up with pushups and pullups. I’m having some issues with my right achilles tendon. Not so much pain, just extremely tight so I’ll get that loosened up today. Thank you for all the support and motivation you give me! I’ll catch ya tomorrow!

Well today sucked…This is my first solid week of doing both insanity AND running so I’ve been extremely sore, especially yesterday. I made the BIG mistake of not stretching nearly enough and paid for it today. I went out to do my 4 miler, usually an easy run for me. I made it 2 miles. My quads had such an intense ache!!! Played it smart and cut the run in half. Tomorrow is a rest day and sunday is a scheduled 7 mile run. I am contemplating taking sunday off as well and doing the run on monday. We will see how I feel tomorrow. In the mean time, I am using a foam roller and stretching A LOT to get this junk loosened up. Crossing my fingers!

Hey all! So the new year is finally here! As some of you may know, I am now a runner! A little history on my running….In highschool I would do a slow jog for 1-2 miles a few times a week. That was it. I stopped running once I graduated highschool because that is when life got in the way and I was lazy! So now that I have done p90x and insanity, my body can do WAY more than its ever been able to do!

A co-worker of mine, Ava, knew I was into fitness and always looking for a good challenge so she invited me to run a half marathon with her. Then I found out that is 13.1 miles!!! This was the perfect chance for me to have a solid goal so of course I accepted the challenge:)

I started running 3-4 weeks ago. Day 1 I decided to do a running “Fit test”, so I just went out and ran as far as I could. I walked a lot, way more than expected, but I managed to do 8 miles total. Now I knew what I had to train for. So from there I would run 2-3 times a week just to get in the groove of things.

Now that I know my limits, I know my pace, and I know what I want to achieve, I have put together a training schedule for myself. I got the nike plus sensor which tracks distance, time, and pace. The nike plus website has a coaching program so I am following that.

So here is my schedule. I run 3-4 times per week. Typically 2 shorter runs at 3-4 miles, and 1 longer run at 6-8 miles. Each week that long run will increase by 1 mile. To get my endurance and speedwork in, I am doing an insanity workout 2x per week. With all of that, every other day I am doing a pushups/pullups program!

Now the purpose of me posting all of this is because since I am bran new to running, I want to document it so I can look back a year from now and see how far I’ve come:) I also want to post updates every single day for those who are new to running so they can follow my progress!

This concludes it for today! Everyone take care and thank you all for your support and motivation!