this week

I'm going to run. 

track tuesday.

a longish run on another day (longish for my current ability so, like 3-ish miles).

I want to be a runner again.  Need to just DO IT!

RUN. RUN. RUN. RUN. RUN. 

Time for a facelift

For the blog...not for me.  I think I have a few more good years before I have to start thinking facelift for me! 

So what do you think???  The other layout was crappy, I know.  I'm new to this bloggy thing and still trying to figure it all out.  But I think this is much better.  I'll try to keep making changes as I learn more. 

This week was definitely a better week, for the most part.  Here's the stats:

spin 3x
run 1x (only a mile!)
pump 1x

weight loss 0

Since last week I did NOTHING thats a pretty good week.  I do wish the weight would start coming off a bit faster, though.  Next week I really need to figure out how to get in some running time.  And maybe I can actually get in the pool once. 

Anyone hear of the book "The Eat Clean Diet" by Tosca Reno?  I've heard some good things about it.  Not really a diet so much as a way to eat healthier and cut back on the refined processed crap.  Guess she has some good tips, recipes and food ideas to incorporate into a normal busy life.  Maybe I will get and review for my followers.  All 11 of you!

If I can get in a swim and some running next week I might re-visit the idea of doing the 8/20 tri.  I'm still thinking its not likely but I'll keep you posted.  Gotta take it day by day!

music makes the run faster

Had a GREAT workout last night! A good spin class followed by a 1 mile run.  Not a huge workout but a good one! The run was the best I've felt running since I started running again.  Now it was only 1 mile but it was straight off of the bike.  I went to pump today and was thinking about running but probably won't get to it.  Thats okay though I can keep last nights run fresh in my mind for a while longer.  A year ago I would laugh about being so excited about a measly 1 mile.  I don't even know how fast it was I didn't wear a watch at all.  It was probably a 12 minute mile- but I felt fast and thats what matters right now.

Last night I was listening to a new playlist and thinking how much music can make the run better.  I can (and have) run w/o music.  My mp3 player wasn't working during gasparilla 1/2 and I had to run w/o music.  That was a PR race for me, too.  2:01  I never run with music at track and sometimes on training runs with the group I chat instead of listen.  On my own, though, I am usually listening to something.

I'm always looking for music thats good for running.  Last  night Dog days of Summer by Florence and the Machines came on and it was awesome.  It even tells you to run fast in the song!!  Also loving Novocane by Frank Ocean.  Its dirty but I like it.  I think if you ran through my playlists you would get confused.  So many different varieties of music.  I pretty much only use it when I run so its all stuff I like to move to.  In any given run you might hear: Justin Timberlake, TheXX, Tribe Called Quest, Deftones, Silver Sun Pickups, Deee-Lite, Ne-Yo, Tori Amos, Adele, Prodigy, Brittney Spears, Phoenix, The Postal Service, The Rolling Stones, Annie Lennox and lots of other misc. stuff.  Notice the lack of country.  Yeah, I don't really do country.  Although I do have one song by the Dixie Chicks. 

I use Napster for my music.  I pay monthly and download whatever I want and change it up as often as I like.  I have to sync it monthly to keep it playing.  Its not that much and works well for me because I change what I listen to so frequently. 

So....do you run with music? Whats on your favorite playlist right now?  Check out the 2 songs I mentioned.  but don't do the Frank Ocean one if the F word offends you.  He says it a lot.