An update on my ‘Month of Running’ challenge….

To date, I have ran everyday for the past 18 days.  It’s been relatively easy to stick to, only a couple of times has my husband had to prompt me to get my run in.  Then I say, “oh right.  Be back in 15 minutes!”

I will admit that if we didn’t have such easy access to a treadmill, I am not certain that I’d be good enough to do this.  One good thing though, is that I used to hate running on the treadmill, but now that I know I only need to go a mile or two, it’s become much more enjoyable (it also helps that I can watch Food Network on tv and be easily distracted from the monotony).

I last left an update when I was getting ready for Day 9, so here’s my progress since then:

  Day – Miles

      9 – 3.5

    10 – 8.5

    11 – 2

    12 – 2

    13 – 1

    14 – 1.3 (I have to be exact on this b/c it was a hard uphill the entire way. Torture.)

    15 – 4

    16 – 2

    17 – 10.5  (painful uphill for the first 4 miles. what is my deal with self-induced pain?)

    18 – 2

I got new running shoes too, so it’s always exciting to take those for a long test drive.  I’ve loved my previous Asics 2110 & 2120 so much that I have no doubts about ordering new shoes online.  2130 is the most recent model, and when I found a great deal online, I snagged the last pair in my size.

Not a single blister on their 10.5 mile debut, so I’m already in love with them.  I better love them, because these puppies are in for a lot of miles in the next 4 1/2 months.

A shot of my Saturday morning 10.5 mile run.  I think I’ve learned to deal with the steep hills, because once you go up, you have to come down (though my knees hate that part).  And I kept having sideaches, so the uphills actually were a great way to distract myself from that pain.