After taking last night off, thought I better do something productive tonight. Went up to the All Saints gym after work with the thought of doing a mile or two or maybe a mile and some other cardio. Felt good as I neared the first mile, so just kept going and did two miles. Felt like I could do more, but tomorrow's Saturday and I want to do more then so I don't want to overdo.

Didn't really feel like much tonight as it was still pretty cold out. I guess this will just a night off.

Haven't been to Core on the Floor in a while so I thought that would be good to do. Get there and only Denise, the instructor, and Peg are there. Thought maybe others were just running late. Well, it turns out that was it and Denise taught to just the two of us. Kind of weird to have the class so small.

Knew I was going to go to the All Saints gym tonight, but didn't know exactly what I'd do until I got there. As I was changing, I was hoping to run for about 2 miles or so. Then when I got in the gym, I was able to get on the treadmill that was directly in front of the TV so that made it good. The TV was off, therefore I turned it on and put it to the station I wanted. This set me up for a good run.

As I got started, the gym really picked up and by the time I was nearing 2 miles, all the treadmills, elliptical, and bikes were full. I was feeling pretty good, so I thought I'd push for the 3 miles.

Ran the three miles in under 27 minutes, then finished with some walking and the last minute walking backwards, for a total of 30 minutes cardio. That was a good workout!

Wasn't sure this morning if I was going to 20/20/20 or doing something else. As the day progressed, I was actually in the mood to run. As I was getting ready to leave work, I checked with Bill to see what it was doing outside as they were predicting snow. It was still pretty nice with temps in the 20s and calm winds. Therefore I decided to go home and run with Bill.

Ran a brisk 2.1 miles in 17:50 (8:30/mile pace). Bill kept saying during the run that I was going fast, but didn't really feel like it for most of the run. Looking at the time now, I guess I was going at a pretty good clip. :)

So today was the LDD, therefore we were busy alot of today preparing. We had to leave the house around 2:15pm to get there to set up. We should have run in the morning, but didn't. Luckily since the dinner was at 5pm, we thought we'd be home by 8ish and could run then.

Got home about 8:30pm, changed and went out together to do the mile. Ran 1.04 in 9:19 (8:58/mile pace).

Although it's warmed up a bit, the roads still aren't great--they are pretty full of big sections of ice in many places. The wind is a bit brisk today and the Saturday group is running by the lake. Therefore I decided to run inside. My first thought was to run at the Y as the group may run south behind GTC, but if they don't, there's not alot to look at while running on a treadmill there. So I opted for the All Saints gym where I could watch TV. Got there and there were only 2 other people there (one left within minutes) so it was very different than the last few Saturdays. It was just before 7am, so I figured I could do an hour of stuff and still meet the group for coffee. Got the TV set, fan on, and hopped on the treadmill.

Ran 3 miles with just short breaks at each mile marker for a bit of water. At 3 miles, there was a good story on the TV I wanted to hear, and by this time I was alone in the gym, so I hopped off and cranked up the volume so I could hear it. I walked for a brisk half-mile during the story (a Growing Pains reunion piece on the Today Show), then got back to running. Ran the next 2 miles straight, and finished with a .4 mile walk. Therefore I got about 5 miles in total plus another mile or so walking.

Now off to meet the group for coffee.

I've been good all week and I know I'll do a longer run tomorrow -- either inside or outside -- so I decided to take a break tonight.

Met Bill out for dinner right after work, so knew I was going to run later. It's started to warm up a bit--windchills are staying above 0, so it's getting a little more bareable to run outside.

Just ran the quick mile around the neighborhood.

Ran 1.03 in 9:08 (8:55/mile pace).

First time with Anna in about 4 weeks since the last time got snowed out. Did some weighing and pinching--just kind of holding steady. A little frustrating as I want to lose more, but it's just not happening.

We did a good diverse workout of core, quads, pecs, interspersed with jumping rope. She also showed me some "side step" type of exercise to do on the treadmill to work the thighs and do cardio at the same time.