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3 Weeks To A 30 Minute Running Habit: Week 2

Kristen — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:27:04 +0000

Day 8: 3 minute warm up + run 3 minutes walk 1 minute 4 times + run 1 minute walk 1 minute 4 times + 3 minute cool down
I’m still feeling sick, but luckily i’m okay enough to run. I was kind of nervous that I wouldn’t be able to do this and then the small amount of progress I have made with running would go away. As long as I don’t get any sicker than what I am now I should be good and able to run through this.

Day 9: 3 minute warm up + run 2 minutes walk 1 minute 6 times + 3 minute cool down
This was the first day I did it completely without music. I wanted to see how it would be. It definitely felt like it was longer then the other days, but I did it. I’m happy I still like this whole running thing.

Day 10: Rest day
I’m really happy for the rest day. I wasn’t really in the mood to exercise and when I went to look at what I was supposed to do today it was really nice seeing nothing.

Day 11: 3 minute warm up + 3 minutes running 1 minute walking 5 times + 3 minute cool down
This was the first day I really felt like I couldn’t do it. I felt so incredibly tired and running was really hard. I think it was because I wasn’t in the best mood because of other things do my mind just wasn’t set on running. I ended up doing all the walking at a speed between 2-4 mph and the running was at a speed between 4-6 mph.

Day 12: 3 minute warm up + 2 minutes running 1 minute walking 8 times + 3 minute cool down
Felt kind of sick near the end. Luckily that was only for the last 5 minutes and not the entire time. Running was at 6 mph and walking was between 2-4 mph. I use Nike Plus when running and it automatically posts my run to Facebook and twitter. On Facebook someone left a comment telling me how fast a female my age in the army would have to run 2 miles. I think once I get someone good at running I am going to try to do that. So to that person I would like to say thank you. You have given me some sort of new goal to do once I get kind of goodish at running.

Day 13: Rest Day
I wasn’t home so it kind of worked out that I had a rest day and didn’t need the treadmill.

Day 14: 3 minute warm up + 3 minute running 1 minute walking 5 times + 3 minute cool down
It was kind of difficult but I did it. It’s kind of awesome seeing myself get better at running.

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3 Weeks To A 30 Minute Running Habit: Week 1

Kristen — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:03:28 +0000

Full Program

Day 1: 5 minute warm up + run 1 minute walk 1 minute 10 times + 5 minute cool down
This was my first time using my treadmill. I was excited. At first when I was doing the warm up I thought I would get bored walking, but I told myself if I want to get better at running I need to follow some sort of program. It actually wasn’t that bad. I did a speed of 4 mph for running and the walking was 2 mph. I didn’t get tired or feel like I had to stop when I did it so that’s good. This is the easiest running program that I found on the about.com website. I didn’t want to start out with a hard one that would make me feel like I can’t do it so I thought I would do this one since it is short and then at the end of this I can start one of the more difficult ones that they have on there.

Day 2: 5 minute warm up + run 1 minute walk 1 minute 10 times + 5 minute cool down
This was the same as day one. I liked that it was the same because I knew what to do and that I could do it. The walking part was the same speed as day one. For most of the running I did it at 4 mph, but during the last minute of running I put it up to 6 mph because I wanted to kind of push myself. It was kind of fast so I don’t think I will be doing that for the whole time, but I might continue running at 6 mph the last time I run during these three weeks.

Day 3: Rest
I decided to take the day off of all exercise. Today I am focusing on eating. Today I had: Eggs, Cheeze-Its, Broccoli, Carrots, Chocolate, Nachos, Chicken Taco, Cheese Dip.

Day 4: 3 minute warm up + run 2 minute walk 1 minute 5 times + run 1 minute walk 1 minute 5 times + 3 minute cool down
I did all the running at a speed of 6 mph and the walking at 2 mph. I can definitely tell the treadmill is easier than the road because I would not be able to stay at 6 mph on the road. Even though I know it will be difficult I’m hoping this helps me when I am back to running outside. I would like to start running to and from the library again like I did last summer. Being able to run in just a sports bra and shorts inside my house is really nice especially when I look outside the window and it is snowing.

Day 5: 3 minute warm up + run 2 minute walk 1 minute 5 times + run 1 minute walk 1 minute 5 times + 3 minute cool down
Running speed was 6 mph. Walking speed varied between 4, 3, and 2 mph. I felt good

Day 6: Rest Day

Day 7: 3 minute warm up + Run 2 minutes walk 1 minute 6 times + 3 minute cool down
Kind of sick so this was more difficult than the other days. Running speed was 6 mph. Walking speed varied between 2-4 mph. I was actually kind of surprised at how I was still able to do it even though I didn’t feel good. During the run I started thinking that my run was kind of sucking. Then I decided to stop thinking that because doing what I did is a lot better than nothing.

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Running makes me hungry.

Kristen — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:21:13 +0000

Like really hungry. For whatever reason when I run afterwards I want to eat like 3 times as much as I do when I don’t run. I need to get this whole eating thing under control or I’m going to end up gaining weight which is the opposite of what I want. Maybe I will start writing my food here. I know I need to eat more if I’m running, but not as much as I am. I have only done it for two days so I haven’t had much time to figure this whole thing out. Oy. It really shouldn’t be difficult.

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Running on a treadmill

Kristen — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:25:05 +0000

For Christmas this year santa brought me a treadmill. It is pretty much my favorite thing I got this year. Today the boyfriend and I put it together. I went on about.com and found a running program called 3 weeks to a 30 minute running habit. I haven’t run in a few months so I thought I would start with something that doesn’t ask me to start running for like 5 minutes at a time. For some people this may seem kind of like nothing and some day I hope to become one of those people who can run for a lot of minutes. I really like running so hopefully the treadmill running isn’t boring. I think I’ll write about how I do on here so that way I will have something to look back on and see how I did.

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New years eve with the boyfriend!!!!

Kristen — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:55:19 +0000

So awesome!!!! Last year I was in London and he was deployed. This will be the first full year that he is home!!! We went with a group of ten people and had a whole lot of fun. The food was yummy. The drinks were good. The dancing was really super awesome. Most of the people there matched their date. Boyfriend matched my original dress with his tie, but right before Christmas I found a different one that was even better. I didn’t mind us not matching because I don’t really like the whole couple matching thing even if it is just his tie. I painted my nails the same color and said he matched my nails.

My new years resolution this year is to try to not plan everything and think everything has to be a certain way. I want to be able to just be happy with how things turn out even if they aren’t exactly what I thought.

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The boyfriends birthday!!

Kristen — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:22:03 +0000

Was awesome!!! The weekend before we went to 115 Bourbon Street a bar/restaurant place with a group of people and ate dinner. He’s never been there before but he told me he really liked it. They put balloons and bead necklaces on our table. Afterwards we all went back to his house and tried playing taboo but it didn’t really happen. Then we watched some movie that I can’t remember but it was good. Everyone was able to spend the night so that was awesome.

His cousin came up to visit for the weekend and the day after his party we went to Lincoln park zoo and saw the Christmas lights. My favorite was a dragon that went over a sidewalk and the way the trees lit up next to it they looked like the dragon was blowing fire on them and lighting them all.

On his actual birthday the two of us went to Chicago together. We saw the windows at Macy’s, the tree inside Macy’s, the christmas market, and the tree at the market. I only kind of liked the windows at Macy’s. Instead of being just a theme they were an advertisement for the ornaments they were selling. It was really perfect to go see everything during the week. Usually it’s crowded and it’s kind of hard to see everything but we were able to walk and look at things without people being in the way. For dinner we ate at the place we always eat at when we go to Chicago: Grand Lux Cafe. As usual everything was perfect. We ordered the cookies that are freshly made for dessert and they were pretty much the best cookies ever.

I remember the first time I went to Grand Lux Cafe with my boyfriend. He didn’t want to eat there because he thought it was some little cafe sandwich shop type place. Now? He loves it.

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Hallllloooooweeeeen

Kristen — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:27:04 +0000

It was awesome. Our teeth turned out really good. They were fangs that you put this melted stuff in and it molded to your teeth and they looked really awesome. I went to my boyfriend’s house and helped pass out candy. Then I went to visit his sister at work while we were wearing in our costumes. Then we thought about visiting his brother but weren’t sure if we could. His brother works at a fire department. We later found out we could. Oh well at least we know that for next year if he works. After trick or treating was over I went to buffalo wild wings with the boyfriend and the brother and friends. There was a drink that I don’t know what the name of the drink was or what was in it, but it was really good. Afterwards we all went back to boyfriends house and hung out there. It was really super fun. It’s kind of dumb to just keep writing it was fun it was awesome it was some other word that means the same thing as what I keep writing but it was really that good. We didn’t make any plans until the day of so I wasn’t sure how it would be but it ended up being a fun awesome good night.

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Favorite holiday

Kristen — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:29:29 +0000

I love Halloween. I like scary movies. I could spend all day looking at costumes. Handing out candy to adorable little kids is fun. Haunted houses are always fun and good. I like seeing what costumes other people come up with when they make their own. I think Halloween might be my favorite holiday. Halloween and Christmas are pretty close but I think Halloween is better by just a really little small tiny bit.

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Dear mouth, stop hurting.

Kristen — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:52:11 +0000

I really need to quit biting my teeth together so much. There isn’t really much I can do except just focus on not doing it. Unfortunately I’ve gotten so used to doing it that I don’t notice I’m doing it until my mouth starts hurting. I told the dentist about it and he said I could take some Advil and that should help. I still keep biting my teeth together so unless I quit that the Advil isn’t going to do much I think.

Times when it really sucks:

When I was at the dentist on Monday it kind of sucked because I couldn’t open my mouth much.

I have had a sandwich to eat a few times since my mouth has started hurting and some restaurants have really big ones that don’t smush enough. Those sandwiches I ended up having to eat with a fork and knife because I couldn’t open my mouth to eat the sandwich.

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We had a real date!!

Kristen — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:00:47 +0000

Usually when I hang out with the boyfriend it is just us doing whatever. We don’t make plans. Tonight he called me and asked if I wanted to get ice cream. Even though we didn’t do anything that was like a big deal it felt like a real date instead of us just doing whatever. Aftershave I told J I really liked it and he said he thought I would since he planned it. I definitely liked that we were doing something planned. I’m much more of a planner and he is more spontaneous do whatever kind of person so this was really nice for me.

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