Keeping track...

Sunday, 7/20
1 mile - 10:28 minutes
Weight training: Upper-body machines - biceps, triceps, chest, shoulders, abdominal

Monday, 7/21
1.98 miles - 22:26 minutes
Average pace: 11:20 min/mile

Tuesday, 7/22
Exercise bike - 20 minutes (~7 miles)
Weight training: Upper-body machines - triceps, biceps, lats, shoulders, chest, abdominal

Slow progress...

I can only fit in one run per week =( ... better than that one-month lull at least...

Saturday, 7/12
2.29 miles - 27:55 minutes
Average pace: 12:11 min/mile

Saturday, 7/19
3.02 miles - 39:46 minutes
Average pace: 13:10 min/mile

Holy Moly, it's been a month...

After moving to my new job (I got promoted to management in mid-May), there has been no time for anything anymore! 60 to 70-hr work weeks leave less time for family and friends, and even less time for working out. It's been a month since my last run... a month!!! When work is busy and stress is high, usually the weight comes off on its own (albeit in a very unhealthy way), but lately I've been feeling as though I've let myself go because in the short spurts of leisure time that I can find to spend with family and friends, I try to compact in there as much merriment and relaxation as possible; this includes food, drink, and plenty of unburnt calories. As a result, I'm soft and and flabby! (.... Oh, but that juicy ribeye, fries, garlic bread sopping with butter, and cold beer I had at Mitchell's dad's house was so good...) I need to get my flabby bootie into gear!

Week of 6/29 - 7/5
Thursday, 7/3
3.02 miles - 39:15 minutes
Average page: 13:00 min/mile

Saturday, 7/5
Town Lake, 4.5 mile trail - Ran for 40 minutes, then ran/walked the rest of the way for approximately 15 minutes, yielding a total time of around 55 minutes.
Average pace: ~ 12:13 min/mile

Weekly Workout Summary Backlog

... I've been too busy to post, not to mention run! I've been maintaining my one-run-a-week streak. It's far from stellar, but at least it's something!!

Week of 5/25 - 5/31
Thursday, 5/29
2.36 miles - 29:15 minutes
Average pace: 12:24 min/mile

Week of 6/1 - 6/7
Thursday, 6/5
2.22 miles - 26:52 minutes
Average pace: 12:06 min/mile

Work/Life Integration - A Work In Progress

This "running daze" blog was supposed to be a combo of my running info (the "running" part) and things going on in my head (the "daze")... Yet somehow, all that I've been posting is workout summaries, which makes me feel like a robot. ....So, where's the daze? Lately, I've been so inundated with work that I've barely had any time to keep up with anything else (hence the one-run-per-week pattern you may have noticed).

So, sadly some things going on my head have been:

1. When should I schedule a meeting for myself to go get my car washed? (Yes, I want to PAY to get my car washed (inside and out) while I sit and catch up on my reading of "The Kite Runner.")
2. Should I go to the grocery store during my lunch break and keep the refrigerated items in the "team refrigerator" until I take them home at the end of the day (or, as we office robots say, at "close of business")?
3. What kind of pictures should I decorate my office with? - One of my funner thoughts
   
4. How cool is my new personal planner, which I picked up this week (during my lunch break, of course) at the local Barnes & Noble?!! It's light green, comes with its own pen, and fits easily in my purse. So far, I've been filling it up with birthdays, planned vacations, important weddings dates.. - Yes, I am sad...

So, in conclusion, I need to take a chill pill and then get slap-happy drunk. =)

Weekly Workout Summary, 5/11 - 5/17

Wednesday, 5/14
Excercise Bike - 60 minutes

Saturday, 5/17
2.54 miles - 30:49 minutes
Average pace: 12:08 min/mile

Weekly Workout Summary, 5/4 - 5/10

Friday, 5/9
3.02 miles - 35:44 minutes
Average pace: 11:50 min/mile