the non-runner's marathon trainer

I missed a couple of days here. sorry self.
I have officially decided to read other people's blogs. i really feel like nobody in there right mind would read this, unless extremely bored or i suppose if they love me a lot...in that case thank you reader. therefore since i dont think anybody is actually going to read this, i am far more likely to add details that i might not otherwise add....i figure other people feel the same way so blogs will be interesting

this week i went and worked out 4 days. it went really well. thursday morning i worked out with tabi's friend dani at her apartment in marina del rey. i liked that a lot! it went by really fast because we talked the whole time. i figure if i work out with her on wed and fri (the days after church, when i'm most tired and least likely to want to go to the gym) it'll be best becasue i'll have accountability.

 i ran on wed. it was no joke the best workout i have had thus far in my little venture. i drank coffee on my way to the gym because i was really tired..but i think that it turned out to be really helpful. i usually start my workout with a little warm-up walk...even though the slauson gym has a built in warm up as the cardio machines are on the 3rd floor and you have to take a million stairs to get there. but anyways...thats at about a 3.0-3.5, then i jog and walk...about a 5.5-6.4, but i ran on wed. i did 7.4- it was fast...guess i know the difference between running and jogging now. i figured that if im going to get 3 miles in 30 min or less i need to be able to at least maintain an avg of 6.0 for that 30 min...im working my way up.

i left the gym on wed with a huge "i-like-a-boy smile" on my face. i was really proud with how hard i worked and i felt pretty successful. i was sweating even after my shower while i was getting ready, get some extra calories burned :) that day my skinny pants were too big on my waist...i just bought those! feels great that they're too big though.

i met this woman in the gym and we talked while we were getting ready. she told me that when she was making a commute like mine and going to the gym, she was in the best shape of her life, so that gives me hope. i really like having the running goal as opposed to the weight loss goal it makes me want to go to the gym more because i can see the results immediately. i ran my 3 miles in 39:30, which is only 6 seconds off of my previous time, but at least i tried the whole running and not jogging thing.

i started packing to move out. and by packing i mean i started throwing away all my stuff- it needed to be done, and i dont need fat clothes anymore anyway...speaking of fattys...when i was leaving the gym the other day i noticed a piece of sprinkle donut on the door handle...who leaves the gym with a sprinkle donut in their mouth? a fatty!!!