Snow day!

We finally had a snow day today! Luckily we found out last night but I was too tired to celebrate with my usual glass of wine :) I decided to take advantage and ran before lunch while Caitlin was hanging out with Chris. It's hard to run when I'm home alone because the basement is freezing. If Caitlin is down with me I'll turn on the gas fire and cover her with blankets - she doesn't seem to mind but the treadmill is right by the fire so I'm sweating! It's much easier when Chris can keep her upstairs or she's napping in her crib (thanks Mom and Dad for our baby monitor!).

I think running is finally catching up with me. I feel sore all over today and am really tired. It's probably because though I ran I did absolutely nothing the rest of the day so my body is confused :)

Hoping for a delay tomorrow so I can sleep in a bit. Well, at least have breakfast at home for once!

Day Three

Just finished my third workout from week one. You're supposed to do three workouts in one week but I'll probably do it two more times before going to week two. I ran at a higher speed today and still feel good. Sore, but in a good way.

I decided to get on our Wii after running for fun. I haven't been on it since I was about 5 or 6 months pregnant - I stopped doing it partly because it couldn't understand why I was gaining weight.... yeah, they don't have a pregnancy option. Luckily today I was a few lbs below the last time I did it so that was good. The bad thing was I did the fitness test and my Wii age was 43!

We finally got snow today so I'm hoping for a snow day tomorrow. We had a teacher workday today but they kicked us out at noon so I didn't get as much done as I needed. Fingers crossed I'll have tomorrow at home to plan!

Day Two

Chris decided it would be funny to take a picture of me on the treadmill - ugh, I really need to keep working out! This was our Christmas present to each other and so far we've been using it a fair amount. Chris likes to run outside but it's too cold for me! Plus it's easier to use the treadmill when Caitlin is napping or when she's in her swing in the basement.

I did the same workout as yesterday: warm-up for 5 minutes, run/walk for 20 minutes, walk again for 5 minutes. I'm also doing sit-ups and a little arm exercises with my 5lb weights.

Workout day one

I'm starting out with the couch to 5k program and today was my official day one. I did about 30 minutes total on the treadmill, including 5 minutes of warm-up and 5 minutes to cool down. The bulk of the workout was 60 seconds running and 90 seconds walking. I found an audio to play on my ipod telling me when to walk and when to run which was great. Chris has our tv downstairs hooked up to a computer so I could go on pandora and listen to music through that.

I'm going to try again tomorrow along with finishing laundry, cleaning, and grading. I did some laundry today but then I had to make a dip for a friend's party. The party was fun except Caitlin was not a happy camper so we had to leave early. Of course as soon as we got home she was all smiles and fell right asleep! I think we have a little homebody on our hands! :)

First post

I've thought about running in a Disney marathon for a few years now and this year I decided to go for it. Of course I decided this while I was about 7 months pregnant and couldn't actually run so it was easy to talk about it without actually training! Now my beautiful baby girl is 3 months old and I've run out of excuses. Time to start training! My husband (who thinks this is just an excuse to visit Disney World again... ok he's half right) has been running for a couple of months now and I'm way behind. I didn't realize how much my body changed when I was pregnant and I'm now starting from scratch. I'm planning on doing the couch to 5k program http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml first and working my way up from there. Wish me luck!