When I first started running I loved the treadmill, it was my friend. It helped me gauge my speed, let me run regardless of the weather and it allowed me to watch Paula Deen on the Food Network! However, over the last year I've started to run more and more outside and I've fallen in love with that. I enjoy running along the lake watching the waves, looking at the beautiful downtown skyline and my favorite - people watching.
Today it was hot, ridiculously hot, and I came to the conclusion that if I was going to run outside in the insane heat on Tuesday, that on Monday I was going to make the treadmill my friend again. I had to run 4 miles on the treadmill today and it was quite possibly the worst 4 miles of my life. Not because it was a poor run, I actually felt good, but because I was absolutely bored the entire time! I wasn't able to enjoy the run and take everything in.
Here's hoping that tomorrow goes well and I don't melt somewhere between North Avenue & Fullerton!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Halfway There!
Sorry for the delay in writing, it's amazing how summer can just get away from you!
The last few weeks have been absolutely crazy with my running patterns. I've had some great runs and then I've had some really, really, really bad runs. The worst had to have been a few weeks ago when the humidity finally hit Chicago. I was supposed to do a 12 mile run and I was excited for it when I woke up, especially after the great 12 mile one I did the week before. However, about 3 miles into the run, I realized that it was going to be a pretty bad one. The temperature was only 87, but the heat index made it feel like 101 degrees - YIKES! Needless to say, when I got to 6 miles I realized that I had nothing left in me and walked home the last 6 miles. For those of you wondering, my sunburn was AMAZING after that.
The runs I've had since then have been fairly good and within the time frame that I would hope to be. Yesterday I did 14, which is the most that I've ever run in my entire life and I'm happy to say that I ran the entire time, bring on the other 12.2! The time was a little slower than I would have liked, but I need to take into account the distance I'm running and the weather elements as well.
One thing that I've realized while running is that I'm absolutely OVER my current running mix on my iPod, so I'm open to suggestions. Let me know if you have anything that you recommend!
Here are some photos from my runs over the last three weeks. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy!
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The last few weeks have been absolutely crazy with my running patterns. I've had some great runs and then I've had some really, really, really bad runs. The worst had to have been a few weeks ago when the humidity finally hit Chicago. I was supposed to do a 12 mile run and I was excited for it when I woke up, especially after the great 12 mile one I did the week before. However, about 3 miles into the run, I realized that it was going to be a pretty bad one. The temperature was only 87, but the heat index made it feel like 101 degrees - YIKES! Needless to say, when I got to 6 miles I realized that I had nothing left in me and walked home the last 6 miles. For those of you wondering, my sunburn was AMAZING after that.
The runs I've had since then have been fairly good and within the time frame that I would hope to be. Yesterday I did 14, which is the most that I've ever run in my entire life and I'm happy to say that I ran the entire time, bring on the other 12.2! The time was a little slower than I would have liked, but I need to take into account the distance I'm running and the weather elements as well.
One thing that I've realized while running is that I'm absolutely OVER my current running mix on my iPod, so I'm open to suggestions. Let me know if you have anything that you recommend!
Here are some photos from my runs over the last three weeks. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy!
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