Trail Running Granny

Happy New Year!!!

4.5 treadmill miles.  I counting on 2011 being a much better year for my running!

early walk with the dogs in the park and a 2 hour hike snow shoeing up to the summit at Suncrest.

Day One of my 100 day challenge to move 30 min. a day 

Day 2 - 3.5 miles

Day 3- 13 miles at the Oval.  The air is horrid and cold. Thank you Oval.

Had a talk with my son Chris about working out, he told me what I really already knew, but have ignored - I need to increase my intensity. Just because I am a 55 year old woman I don't need to act like one. I went back to the gym tonight and did 2 miles on the tread mill at a faster pace and actually broke out into a sweat, yah, yah, I know, all this running and I keep the pace slow enough that I don't even breath hard, and then I do a race and try to push it and I about die.  Geez I am a slow learner!!  So my new goal is to sweat every day, just a little anyway!  I need to get out of this shuffle rut!

Day 4- 30 min. in the gym, if it weren't for the challenge I would have skipped it all together, I was dragging all day, I guess a light work out was in order after yesterday.

30 min of spinning, at a level 12 and Hot Hula tonight!

Day 6 a one hour walk around Tanner park with Harold and the dogs, now off to celebrate our 6th year anniversary, lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and then a movie.

hiked up Emigration Canyon with Tracey and Harold and the dogs.

20 min of weights and 20 min. of cardio, and a walk around the Old Mill area with Ardath and lunch at Zupas.  

a walk with the dogs and then 30 min. on the treadmill and did 2.45 miles, which is good for me, I could have gone a little faster, but I will do that next time on my speed work.

14 miles at the oval with Paul and Gary and a dang good book on tape. I was bummed to stop, but can't  run all day.... well, I guess I can if I want too, maybe next Wed.

This was my little test to see how fast I could run in 30 min.  Worked up a good sweat. I will try and do this once a week and see how much I can improve. And, you need to know I usually run so slow I don't sweat, so this was good.

BTW- This was Day 11, I also weighed in at Weight Watchers and was down 3.2 this week, which gives me a 6 pound loss since Jan. 1st!!!!

Hot Hula!

2 mile hike with Harold and the dogs up at  Suncrest.  

Hiked up Emigration Canyon with Ardie and Kim.   Beautiful day, nice to feel the sun on our back and see blue sky.  

30 min. of speed work on the treadmill, and then lead 8 people on a snowshoe trip up to View Benchmark.  

NO energy!!!  Yesterday kicked my butt, last night I had an aching back and felt really tired. I canceled my oval run today and just took the dogs out for a 30 min. walk. I am chilling the rest of the day.

  Day 18 - hiked up Rattlesnake Gulch with the dogs.

hike with the dogs and Hot Hula with Julie

4 miles on the treadmill and a 1.5 mile hike with the dogs.

hike with Harold and pups

Snowshoeing with Ardie and Harold

Gary was sick this morning, I ended up only doing 5 miles.  I really am having a hard time getting my long runs in, I am getting bored, not good.  I need to get some fire under my butt. 

Day 25- Speed work on the treadmill

Did Zumba and Let's Dance at Julie and Paul's house last night- that is a great work out!

I just weighed in at Weight Watchers, I am down 7.4 pounds since the first of the year, I love the new program! 

Hot Hula with Julie!

3 miles on the Pipeline with Odee and Izzy, it was beautiful up there!  It made me sick looking down at that black gunk covering our valley.

6 miles on the treadmill, did some speed work.