Staying on track

Today's plan was an easy 4 miles. I still want to strength train because I'm vain like that, so I figured I would do weights on the easy run days.

Warmed up on the treadmill at 5.5 for a half a mile. And even that felt hard.

Then did an hour of weights. There are so many exercises I want to do and it's hard for me to choose which I should fit in for the hour. I originally planned to do just 45 minutes, but wanted to squeeze in a few other moves.

* Single leg squats with shoulder press and oblique twist on bosu. 8 lb dumbbell. 2 x 15 on each leg.
* Single leg push-ups on bosu. 2 x 12.
* Single leg Russian dead lifts with back row on bosu. 8 lb dumbbells. 2 x 12 each leg.
* Squats with upright back row on bosu. 8 lb dumbbells. 2 x 20.
* Lunges with one foot on bench, other foot on bosu. Bicep curl when right leg forward. Hammer curl with left foot forward. 2 x 15 each leg.
* Wide pull-ups on pull-up assist machine. Weight set to 60 lb. 2 x 12.
* Tricep dips on pull-up assist machine. Weight set to 60 lb. 2 x 12.
* Ab exercises (knee lifts?). 2 x 12 for front, left side and right side.
* Back row. 40 lb. 2 x 15.
* Rotator cuff exercise. 2.5 lb. 2 x 20 each side.

I love doing the first few exercises because I know I'm working several muscles in each exercise. I hate doing weights, so I try to mulit-task as much as possible. And I love working on the bosu, because it automatically works my core.

After strength training I headed back to the treadmills. The plan was 3.5 easy miles. Unfortunately even running at 5.5 felt difficult for me. I tried 5.0 but that just felt so slow for me. So I did most of the run at 5.3, sometimes upping it, sometimes lowering it. It just felt so long and labored and boring. At about 2.75 miles when I turned my head to my iPod on my arm to skip a song, I noticed a cute guy behind me on a treadmill. Well, I couldn't really see what he looked like, but I told myself that he was cute. Right away my posture straightened and I felt stronger. Hehe. I finished the last .75 miles starting at 5.7 and kept upping it and finished at a nice fast 7.0.

Yeah, I got a good look at the guy after I finished my run. He wasn't cute.