Running Day 17

I tried something new on the treadmill this morning.  The treadmills at the gym at my apartment show your running progress in quarter-mile laps.  So after my first warm-up lap, I increased the speed by 1/10 mph every minute.  So when I hit 4 minutes of running, I went from 5.4 mph to 5.5 mph.  I know it sounds like no big deal, but it actually kind of helped to break up the mile (which really shouldn't be too necessary as it took all of 10 minutes 45 seconds to finish, but whatever) and the longer I went, the faster the laps went by as well.  It wasn't easy, to be honest, but I think I'll try to keep doing that and maybe get faster and better along the way.

Running Day 16

One mile.  Eleven minutes.  Boom!

Yoga Day 2

Ahhhhh, yoga.  So good.  I went to my regular library yoga class tonight.  Though, my regular yoga teacher was not there :( there was a substitute teacher.  She was ok, but I'm looking forward to Priyanka coming back.  Hopefully she'll be back Saturday!

Yoga Day 1

Today was Day 1 of the 21-Day Yoga Challenge.  So a couple of weeks ago, I signed up to get daily emails with a yoga video from the challenge.  When you sign up, you choose Beginner or Intermediate level.  I've been doing yoga off and on for about 10 years, and a bit more into it in the last year or so, thus I feel pretty confident in my choice of intermediate videos.  In any case, I was pumped to try out my new yoga mat and kick off the 21-day challenge with an awesome quick yoga sequence.  I was rather disappointed.  Today's sequence was boring and almost not even really what I'd call yoga.  I checked multiple times to see if it was really the intermediate level.  So fingers crossed that the videos get better but at least tomorrow I have my regular yoga class so even if it's lame, I'll still get my yoga on.

Running Day 15

I managed to stop in at the gym tonight for 1.5 miles - staying strong!

Day 14

Ooof, you guys.  Today's mile was tough.  I drove back to West Palm Beach today but was very tired and really had to drag myself to the gym.  But, I prevailed and got my mile in and that's what counts.  Now I'm ready for a shower and a good night's sleep back in my own bed.  The 21-day Yoga Challenge begins tomorrow!  Ooohh, quick question: would you rather see one post with both running challenge AND yoga challenge or 2 posts per day, one for each challenge?  I'm leaning toward 2 posts - thoughts?

Day 13

So this morning, Meaghan and I ran a mile from her house to Vine Bread & Pasta (a tasty bakery), had a croissant/banana bread/madeline, then walked back to her house.  It was pretty awesome.  So that was my run.  I was also able to schedule a massage at my very favorite Florida School of Massage - amazing!  Finally, I got to see Justin, Clinton, and hang out with my family.  A very successful, albeit long, day indeed!