Run every day for 100 days in a row

Last night late and this morning early felt great! Chilly, but good – the 5k route I adopted 11 years ago when I first started running and it was nearly my only lifeline. It feels weird to be doing such a short distance, and at such a totally pathetic speed, again – but I’ll extend it as I regain strenghth. Atrophy is a terrible thing!

Yesterday was Day 1 again, since the chaos kept me from going for days. A very lame 5k on the treadmill, with some walking mixed in at the end. The way I’ve let myself go in recent months is just one more reason to be ashamed of myself… must fix this

I’ve been feeling a bit like a caged animal lately, so I risked the snow and ice-packed terrain and sometimes poorly lit path of my 5k route, and it was great!

Last night at 9:30 I finally left for the gym – thought about going outside, but it was just so windy and cold again, and I didn’t want to risk wiping out on ice in the dark. So just 5k on the treadmill. Still fun, thanks to the ol’ iPod! :)

And hopefully can do this again despite the atrophy and overbearing work schedule. Today was Day 2, and since the Weather Channel said the wind chill was 4 degrees F, I wore my down jacket. But really could have used a second pair of pants, too! Just 5k, but it felt sooooo good! Many sidewalks that had been clear yesterday had a few inches of snow today, after yesterday afternoon’s vicious wind.

on Friday night was soooo wonderful! Even though it was just 5k, the wind had died down and I really needed to get out. I even got to crunch through my first frozen shallow puddle of the year!

This was a great goal, and I’ll probably jump back in a few weeks from now.

Embarassingly short runs. I’ve been overwhelmingly busy, and it really doesn’t help that it was 15 degrees F and windy last night, and I really don’t have time to pack a gym bag and drive to the fitness center right now >sigh< But I’m almost there – tonight is it!

I finally made it out the door at a little after 11 last night so that it would technically still be Tuesday! :) Only ran 2 miles, though – still had things to do at home.

Just a nice 5k therapy run this morning.

4.06 flat miles – felt pretty good! Onward to the final few days …