Chicago, here we come

Monday: Jogged 2.22 miles on the treadmill. Goal was 3 miles but became hypoglycemic so had to stop. After dinner, walked a mile with daughter and dogs at the nearby park. This was fun, but was disappointed to find a flat tire on the car when we returned to the parking lot :(. Good thing NTB was open til 9 to get it repaired...

Wednesday: Jogged 3 miles on the treadmill.

Thursday: I received an email that said that the Chicago marathon registration was closed. This prompted me to call Ty to ask if she had made hotel reservations for us yet. She hadn't, but did so immediately. She found a better deal than I had found in my initial research. Our hotel is about a mile from the race start/finish. Now I'm excited! Afterwards, I took my daughter to her swim lesson and jogged 3.3 miles on the trail at the aquatic center. On my last lap, I noticed baby ducklings in the pond. When I finished, I walked over to the pond to take a photograph with my phone camera. It isn't the greatest photo... I wish I had taken one when I first saw them while running since there were about a dozen ducklings then, but only two when I stopped. I also wish I had my higher quality digital camera. Oh well...

Sunday: Jogged 3.5 miles on the treadmill. This is the longest run since the half-marathon. No pain, so yippee!!!

Days run this week: 4

Miles run this week: 12.02

Highlight of the week: ran farther + knee doesn't hurt

Goal for next week: continue slowly increasing mileage

Slowly building mileage

I think my knee healed over Spring Break. I don't want to tempt fate, though. So this week my goal was to simply alternate days of low-mileage jogging with days of walking.

Monday: walked 1.19 miles with daughter and dogs.

Tuesday: jogged 2.75 miles on the treadmill at an easy pace.

Wednesday: walked 1.02 miles briskly with dogs.

Thursday: walked 0.79 miles, leisurely, with daughter and dogs practicing "walking nicely on a leash". (Our puppy (pictured) is in obedience training class, so we practiced this tonight.)

Friday: jogged 3 miles on the treadmill at an easy pace.

Sunday: walked leisurely with daughter and puppy at park after obedience training class.

Days run this week: 2
Miles run/walk this week: 5.75
Highlight of the week: knee doesn't hurt, added more walking
Goal for next week: slowly increase mileage

Spring Break

This week was Spring Break at my daughter's school. We spent Monday - Wednesday at Southern Cross Horse Ranch and loved every minute of it!

Monday: Jogged 2 miles on the treadmill. Left knee started hurting at 1.2 miles. Stopped to stretch at 1.2 miles and did so again a little while later. Walked briskly last half-mile. Did a 2-hour horse trail ride in the afternoon.

Tuesday: Cross training: walking + horse trail ride in morning and afternoon. FUN!

Wednesday: Cross training: walking + horse trail ride in morning and afternoon. FUN!

Thursday: Cross training: walked 1 mile with dogs.

Friday: Easy 2.5 mile jog. A little knee discomfort, but no sharp pain. Decided to not run on consecutive days and to slowly increase distance of each run.

Saturday: Cross training: walked 1 mile with dogs.

Sunday: Easy 2.57 mile jog. Knee didn't hurt, but right shin was tight during first mile. stopped several times to stretch it out/walk to loosen it.

Days run this week: 3
Miles run/walk this week: 7.07
Highlight of the week: Horse riding + knee doesn't hurt
Goal for next week: slowly increase mileage

1 week post ING GA half marathon

My goal this week was to simply rest and then after all the aches and pains were gone to start jogging low mileage.

Friday: Jogged 2 miles easy on the treadmill. I lost a lot of strength while I was sick.

Sunday: Jogged 2.17 miles easy on the treadmill. Slow, short distance in hopes of knee getting better. Later, walked 1 mile with the dogs.

Days run this week: 2
Miles run/walk this week: 4.17
Highlight of the week: No knee pain!
Goal for next week: Enjoy spring break! Slowly increase mileage, every-other-day, add more walking.