week 6: Session 3

on the treadmill
5 minute warm up
Run for 3minutes and walk for 2minutes (repeat 11 times/55minutes)
5 minute cool down
6.60km in 65minutes
Todays run went really well. I took a friends advise and ran with a 1% incline to keep pressure off my knees. During Wednesday run my knees were hurting a bit and also my hip was bothering me the next day. 
I had no issue with todays run, no pain and my endurance was great. Finished strong, didn't even need a mantra.  Weekend runs are so much easier!! 


After my run I had a very refreshing Green Smoothie

1 cup of unsweetened Almond Milk 

3 handful of Organic Spinach

1 Frozen Organic Banana 

1 Kiwi

1 T of ground Flax seeds

1 T of Chia Seeds

I'm really enjoy my Green Smoothies after running, they help me cool down, re-hydrate and re-enegize. YES they are Delicious !! 
I always feel so squeaky clean inside after having one, I know that sounds funny but I can't explain it any other way.



Have you jumped on the Green Smoothie craze? what's your Favourite Green Smoothie Recipe? 

week 6: Session 2

on the treadmill
5 minute warm up 
Run for 3minutes and walk for 2minutes (repeat 10 times/50minutes)
5 minute cool down
6km in 60minutes
Week day runs are always hard...  work, pick up the kids, make dinner/help with homework and then while the kids are eating with Daddy, I run. Which means I miss dinner with the Family, something I don't like doing... BUT I get my run in and that's important to me right now.
I was ready with my running mantra thanks to Kelly @ Beginning running  for the suggestion "Pain is temporary, quitting is forever". 
I felt confident, my Cardio is improving week by week and finishing the run is becoming easier ... sometimes my butt still feels like it weighs 300lbs BUT I can manage to work it out and finish.  
What I'm really enjoying is how GOOD I feel after the run, my feet are killing, my legs might feel tired but I feel so much better after running.


After my run I had a  Green Monster;
1 cup of unsweetened Almond Milk 
3 handfull of Organic Spinach
1 Frozen Organic Banana 
a handfull of Strawberries
1 T of ground Flax seeds
1 T of Chia Seeds

I try not to eat after 7pm... so that's all I had for dinner tonight, I will be very Hangry tomorrow morning.
My next run is Friday, looking forward to it!! 

week 6: Session 1

on the treadmill
5 minute warm up 
Run for 3minutes and walk for 2minutes (repeat 13 times/65minutes)
5 minute cool down
7.60km in 75minutes
I was VERY discouraged when I saw that I had to repeat 13 times today! Are you kidding me? Friday's run didn't go so well, I gave up after 40minutes (8 repeats of 2min 30sec run & 2min 30sec walk) so to be honest I did not expect today's run to go well. 
I just wanted to be able to finish it. I was so happy and surprised when I finished the 13th repeat, a run I was not looking forward too. Actually once I got started I enjoyed joyed myself. I can't lie, after the 10th repeat my legs and calfs were feeling the effect of the run and I really had to talk myself into finishing strong. Which reminds me I still don't have a running mantra... right now I'm going with "don't die, don't die" it's NOT very effective. 
When I finished I really spend some time doing stretches, something that I really haven't done after running. I felt so much after better!! 
My next run will be Wednesday and I'm really looking forward to it especially since today worked out so well.
Monday is my Cardio and Conditioning class and Tuesday my Birthday which will be a rest day! 


I can't believe I'm already on week 6 and session 1 went better then expected.