Eek! I wanted to post this last week but had to go and find the picture I wanted 🙂
Last Sunday, June 14, 2015, I ran 15k on Toronto Island. That isn’t pretty impressive except for the fact that I think I ran about 5 km total in May and maybe 15 total in April. But I had signed up for the Nike Women’s 15k Toronto ages ago and, well, really wanted that necklace.

And I promised myself that if I did it and didn’t die or end up hating myself afterwards I’d regroup and move on. So I did.
Monday – Week 1 Day 1 of the 10k Runner app.
I think the app cost about $5 and it sets out three runs a week for 14 weeks for a total of 42 runs. I know I can run 10k BUT what I want to work on is consistency and, maybe, getting rid of the intervals – right now I still mostly run/walk (so I ran the 15k last week as running 5 minutes, walking 1) and I thought I should finally try to get rid of that. So we’ll see how it goes.
I’m also still recovering from a soccer injury to my wrist right now so I’m not able to do any yoga or strength work involving my arms. So for now at least, just the running. Oh and I’m aiming to run 4-5 times a week and not three like the app says SO the titles of these threads will follow my Monday to Sunday week and not the app’s ‘weeks’. So Monday was week 1 day 1.
Total time: 25 minutes Total Distance: 2.6 km Pace: 9:38 min/km
Tuesday – Week 1 Day 2 of the 10k Runner app. Went out at 9 pm which in and of itself is pretty impressive I think 🙂
Total time: 30 minutes Total Distance: 3.2 km Pace: 9:22 min/km
Wednesday – rest day!
Thursday – I had a physio appointment today. My wrist is getting better and I was given some exercises to do to start strengthening it. She said I should still hold off on strength training and yoga. Hopefully I’ll get the go ahead soon!
Friday – Week 1 Day 3.
Total time: 30 minutes Total Distance: 3.3 km Pace: 9:05 min/km – not sure where that improvement came from but it was nice to see!
Saturday – Busy busy family day! It was nice to go out with Q to a birthday party and stick to my eating plan.
Sunday – Week 2 Day 1
Total time: 28 minutes Total Distance: 3 km Pace: 9:19 min/km
Sunday – June 21 this time – was also the weigh in for a dietbet I’m in. The idea is to lose 4% of your weight in 4 weeks. I was actually in two. One that ended on Sunday June 21 and one that ends Sunday June 28. I’m happy to say I made this dietbet’s challenge – now to keep it off for one more week!
Next week, I’ll try to run at least 4 times again and ideally 5, especially as I’m still not allowed to do anything that requires pushing, pulling, lifting or moving weights or applying any pressure on my wrist!