run 16/28. color me rad!

this past weekend was my 16th run:

not bad

this run also happened to be the color me rad run! 

{before}

{after}

so much fun - and we were so colorful afterwards! 

 don't worry even though the race is over i don't think i've given up running completely.

in fact i might even sign up for another run in september.

run 15/28.

it's interesting that i thought i would get 28 runs in before the race

it's now 3 days before and i'm out by 13

i guess if i had trained harder i would have reached my goal

oh well.

today i hit 5 km!

i was getting a little worried all things considered

3 days to go!

run 14/28.

monday's run after some time off.

i ran after eating - don't do this.

at this point i was getting worried because we were a week away from the run and i was struggling with 3km

*le sigh*

run 13/28.

i've decided to mix it up while running. so i did 2km straight today

it actually felt pretty good and my knee didn't give me as much grief as it normally does.

hopefully wednesday i'll do a long run.

i'm just trying to figure out this whole running schedule.

any tips?

run 12/28.

this is a better time than my last 4km but or some reason i felt dreadful after this run.

this is the first time in a while i've run with other people, and i'm not sure i love it.

it's a good push though to run with others.

on this run i also managed to run my fastest 1km at 5 minutes 10 seconds,

so i guess it really wasn't that bad... it just felt like it. 

run 11/28.

there we go! 

feeling much better about this run,

except for my knee keeps doing a funny clicking thing...not so fun.

i only need to add in one more km! 

did the first 2km without stopping again! 

run 10/28.

remember how last time i ran it was after a week off and it was horrible?

turns out if you take two-weeks off it's even worse...

i literally wanted to die while doing this run, but i'm glad i pushed through it. 

17 days until the run... better step up my game

run 9/28.

be kind to yourself, there is no sense in pushing yourself that hard.

i hadn't run in a week, due to rain and this was my first run after taking a week off.

this was the first time i've felt really terrible running.

i didn't want to go for a run but i pushed myself to go.

it was my longest one, but by far the most unpleasant. 

i'm trying to be kind to myself and this run didn't feel very kind.

run 8/28.

i'm so proud of myself! 

i go farther and faster every time! 

i ran the first 2km without stopping.

go me! 

yoga & running.

like yin & yang. i feel yoga and running go together

running makes my muscles tight but pushes them to go farther

yoga on the other hand loosens them as i stretch

the more running i do the more yoga i crave

now to find balance

run more. do more yoga.

because i love to track things.

check out my running page! 

run 7/28.

farthest and fastest run yet. 

i think i need to give my knees more than one day off in a row though because they are sore after this one

i'm hoping to get up to 4km by my 10th run - i just keep adding a little bit each time.

need to map out a new path

i can't believe how much i'm increasing my runs by - almost a week ago i was way under 3km.
running isn't so bad .... except when you are doing it.

run 6/28.

accomplishment: ran the first 1km without stopping.
woot.
only walked 3 times.
best run so far - and it was early in the morning
maybe i should start running in the morning....
that would mean getting up at 530 am...
i can convince my body to do a lot of things

i don't know if i can convince my body to do that.

run 5/28.

i broke 3km, this is a big deal. 

best time, fastest pace.... lots of little short breaks.

only need to work up 2 more km... perhaps by run 8 i'll be at 4km.

this running thing...it's okay

run 4/28.

i learned something today.
don't run when you have eaten a full cake only an hour prior.
man i feel like this slowed me down.

my knee only really started to hurt near the end, so that's good.

because i'm ocd and love to track things/make graphs i've created two graphs for my first four runs

slowly making my way towards that 3 km mark... i'm hoping run 5 will be the one

i'm slowly starting to go further in less time - i think i'm getting a little faster!
i'm probably gonna start a page to track this - cause i'm like that
how's your run?

run 3/28.

see run 2 and run 1

busted my knee pretty good on this run.... ow. 

this run didn't suck as much as the others... maybe this is getting easier?

8 weeks till the run. 

and i'm hoping to be able to run 2.5km without stopping.

i'm also hoping to get up to 3km next time.

just not sure what to do about this knee... thoughts?

run 2/28.

i told myself i would do at least 28 runs. (see #1 here)
this is number two.... hey i got a lot faster.

i tried a month ago, but then i got sick ... for a long time, then finals, then nyc, then moving.

but now... now i have no excuse

the only thing stopping me is a patio with a crisp glass of wine.

i had a bug fly into my eye =/

run 1/28.

so i agreed to run 5km. 

today was the boyfriend and my first run.

it was terrible.

i blame my cough, not being able to breathe and my scared lungs.

you know that can't breathe, burning lungs, runny nose, want to die feeling?

ya that's what it felt like.

why would anyone ever do this to themselves for pleasure?

2.4 km has never felt so long....my lungs felt like they were on fire, it was brutal.

it made me never want to run again... hey i'm just being honest.

oh well it can only go up from here!

here's what the rest of the week looks like... only 27 more runs to go.

#death

so apparently im running 5km

i've never been a huge runner, or jogger for that matter.
this morning however 6 of us signed up to run 5km on july 6.
17 weeks and 3 days till we do the color me rad run.
i best start training.
5km can't be that hard right?