Buddy Run

I was pleasantly surprised to have a friend ask me to run with her this morning. Thank goodness for a late night facebook chat that led to an early 3 miles (it says 2.79 but I think my watch was a bit off in it's calculations). Tomorrow I get to run with my bff (who I haven't seen in over a month) so this is a weekend of fun runs for this mother runner!

Day: 77
Today's Miles: 2.79
Total Miles: 146.3

There Will Be Pain

I thought I was going to start my boot camp tomorrow (now that my neck is mostly good) but both of my kids have basketball practices that overlap. Monday it is. I'm sure I will be sore. And sore makes me moody. I should apologize to my family and friends in advance.

Day: 76
Today's Miles: 1.02
Total Miles: 143.51

Three Things I Know

1. I love to run.

2. I love to run with my kids.

3. I really love to run by myself after a week of running with my kids.

Day: 75
Today's Miles: 3.0
Total Miles: 142.49

Join Me On Nike+

I'm so happy the hubs is home! So Happy! So Happy! He brought the kids some Rose Bowl souvenir pompoms (which I'm sure the cat will try to eat). Here's my attempt at some art.

If you use nike+ and you're looking for some friends on the site (I am), please look me up. My username is mollygail. So far I've clocked six short and slow runs with my watch. I'm hoping that by the end of the month I'm well into level orange. At least without my kids in tow I will be faster.

Breakdown of nike+ levels...

Yellow (0-49km, 0-30mi)
Orange (50-249km, 31-154mi)
Green (250-999km, 155-620mi)
Blue (1,000-2,499km, 621-1,552mi)
Purple (2,500-4,999km, 1553-3,106mi)
Black (over 5,000km or 3,107mi).

Wouldn't it be cool to run over 3,107 miles?!

Day: 74
Today's Miles: 1
Total Miles: 139.44

Home Stretch

I honestly almost couldn't convince myself to do this run today. Seriously. Had to have a fight with myself to drag my butt off the couch and run. I am sore from yesterday's game (I did 192 push ups with my friend Puddles the Duck) and the ab workout. Plus today I went to Turbo Kick and I worked it! I'm tired. Thank you blog (and readers) for keeping me honest.

Oh, and the hubs gets home tomorrow!!!

Day: 73
Today's Miles: 1.03
Total Miles: 138.44

Ducks Win!

Told you they would win!

Kids and I "ran" to the store again today. I found out that I can fit a box of 12 Widmer bottles in the bottom of my stroller (along with some other more kid friendly, healthy groceries...I promise). After my little friends went to bed, I did a Crunch workout from Netflix. My abs could use some extra crunching.

Day: 72
Today's Miles: 1.24
Total Miles: 137.41

They'll Call Me Slow

So far every run I've done with Nike+ has been a bit (shall we say) hampered by my kidlets. Love them (and I'm so glad they love going for a run with their momma) but I need some speed!

I joined a couple of Nike+ challenges for 2012 that I'm excited about.

1. Civil War Ducks vs. Beavers (if you're from Oregon you know this is a very important challenge and btw...the Ducks are totally winning after day 1)

2. 750 Miles In 2012 (this works out to just over 2 miles a day so I'm hoping for some solo outdoor runs)

Day: 71
Today's Miles: 1.01
Total Miles: 136.17