Finally made a break through this past week...made it to 4 miles without stopping and started adding another mile to the distance.

Tuesday I ran 4 miles with one stop and was so close to running the whole distance. Thursday I thought I would make it the whole way but ended up breathing in an almost microscopic bug. This doesn't seem like much but it caused a mild allergic/asmatic response...I started wheezing a little and couldn't breath with all the mucus that formed. Had to stop at the 2 mile mark and walked for quite a while. I did run the last mile but it wasn't easy.

Anyway, Saturday I decided to run 5 miles...ran 4 without stopping then walked for a fairly short time and then ran the rest home. It seemed to take longer than last year to get to that point...must be getting older!!!

Today I ran to Kirsten's and back which is somewhere between 5 and 5.5 miles. I already had it set in my mind that I was going to stop to say hello...so I did...even though I ended up not stopping in. Mind games!!

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Ahhhh!!! Just wrote a post and it didn't go through!! I'll try again!!

Ran last Saturday with Kerri. We did 4 miles with a pretty good pace for the 1st 2 miles. I had to stop at the 2 mile mark due to an extremely dry mouth (obviously not drinking enough water). I had to stop twice!

I ran yesterday in the beautiful "San Diego" weather (we only get a couple of those every year here in Houston) and did 4 miles again. Only had to stop once. Started using a pedometer for Walktober and logged 6269 steps.

Ran 4 miles today and didn't stop for the first 3 miles. Only walked for a very short time. I logged 6201 steps so I definitely walked for a shorter distance. It felt great to run this weekend. Need to try to fit in 3 runs during the school week. That so far has not been easy!

I actually did go running last week a couple times at night (3.4 miles)...getting apathetic about posting (and running!). I realize I need a goal in order to keep up with the exercise. Am looking into the Davy Crockett Bear Chase Half Marathon on April 9th. That will give me enough time to get back in shape without hurting myself. Why oh why are they not doing the Armadillo Dash this year??? It was very convenient!

Ran 4 miles yesterday...over 2 miles without stopping and then ran/walked the rest. I've been very thirsty so it's been difficult to keep running with such a dry mouth.

Ditto run for today. Both days felt pretty good.

Finally got out for a run again. Ran 3.4 miles tonight and it felt really good even though I hadn't run in over a week. Ran about 3.2 and walked only once for about .2 miles. Getting better!

Found out I might be able to get into the Houston Half Marathon...if I sign up for a Reason to Run charity and raise a bunch of money. Would like to run for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation since I have a student this year with CF, but haven't heard back from them whether they have any openings or not.

SAS sandals may be ugly, but I just ran my second time this first week back to school and it felt great. I've watched other teachers hobble along in pain in their cute shoes while I'm bouncing here and there in my squishy shoes. Women really need to put their foot down (nice Kurt pun, huh!) and demand that comfortable shoes are the cute sexy ones!

Forgot to post that I ran/walked 3.4 miles Monday night and then I just finished 3.4 tonight. I also dragged a very neurotic dog an additional .9 mile walk...not much exercise there, though! I'm adding more running than walking each time so it's coming along.

At least a whole week hadn't passed since the last time I ran! Just ran 2 miles with Beans, Kapiti, Kirsten and Brandon. Ok...it was just the dogs and me running...Kirsten didn't do much running and Brandon stayed with her. We went in the middle of the afternoon so it was HOT!!!

Better late than never

Well, took off an entire week from running...last week was very hectic with teeth pulling, baby craft projects, baby shower and company! Wanted to run last night but found out that I didn't make it into the Houston 1/2 marathon and it was raining. Certainly didn't feel like running after that.

Tonight I ran/walked about 4.6 miles. I ran the first 1.3 miles and then ran walked the rest. Went after dark so it wasn't so hot. It was a blasting 99 degrees when I got home from work! Run felt pretty good and probably could have run more of the distance, but didn't want to over do it.

2nd Day

2nd day wasn't too bad. I did close to the same as yesterday just a little earlier when the sun wasn't going down yet. It was blasting hot!! Woke up with a little soreness in my thighs, but it wasn't too bad...I've had worse. Ran around the pond at the front of the neighborhood and the same bearded guy who was always at the pond after school last year was there. He beat the pants off me! He ran the entire time instead of walking. Way to go bearded guy!!

First day--FINALLY!!!

After wasting away approximately 1/3 of a year, I finally started running again today. It's amazing how hard it is just to go out and do it when you haven't done it for a while! I didn't push too hard today because my left knee has been bothering me a little going up and down stairs. Ended up run/walking about 3 1/2 miles with about 2 1/4 of it running. Fortunately the knee was not a problem.