September Workout Log

9/1 - Ran 2.56 miles
9/2 - Ran 2.15 miles
9/3 - Wii "Just Dance" 30 minutes
9/4 - Walked 2.03 miles (with hubby and dog)
9/5 - Wii "Just Dance" 30 minutes
9/6 - Walked 1.05 miles (in the heat with 100+ lbs of bad dogs...harder than it sounds)
9/7 - Didn't get a workout in
9/8 - Ran 3.15 miles
9/9 - Ran 3.2 miles
9/10 - Ran 2.5 miles
9/13 - 20 minutes cardio
9/18 - Ran 2.02 miles
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9/19-9/30 - Runner's hiatus (initially due to a foot injury, which then turned into laziness)
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Total mileage for the month - 15.06 mi.

Getting Back in Shape!

Over the past year or so, I've been really unhappy with my body and weight.  I've kind of become one of those people who complain about how I look, but then I don't really do anything to fix it.  It's become somewhat of a trend for me to hop on the "My Fitness Pal" bandwagon for a couple weeks or so, then let it go for a few months.  In doing this, I've never really made enough of a commitment to see any results.

I decided I'm over that.  

I recently committed to doing a marathon relay with some coworkers on October 20th.  I'm really determined to do a good job because I'm on a team with people who are all better runners than I am.  To help get myself into shape, I've set a goal for myself.  During the month of September, I'm going to try to exercise in some form EVERYDAY.  I know that life gets busy, so I'm going to define "exercise" as some type of physical activity for 20 minutes or more: walking, running, exercise videos, etc.  

To hold myself accountable, I'm going to keep a log of my exercise on this blog.  Here's what I've done so far:

8/26 - Walk with dog and hubby 3 miles

8/28 - Walk with dog and hubby 1.88 miles

8/30 - Walk/Run with dog and hubby 3 miles

9/1 - Ran 2.56 miles

9/2 - Ran 2.15 miles

Total mileage for the week - 12.59 miles

Hoping I can keep this up!  I'm thinking it's time to buy some new shoes!

Waddell and Reed Marathon Relay

A coworker of mine recently sent out an email to our staff asking if anyone was interested in doing a marathon relay with her in October.  I've always wanted to participate in a marathon but know that I don't have what it takes to run the full 26.2 miles.  So, a marathon relay would be perfect for me!

http://www.waddellandreedkansascitymarathon.org/race-info-team-relay.php

I'm probably in the worst shape of my life right now, so I'm thinking this will be good motivation for me to get back into running/exercising.  I'm running one of the shorter legs (4 miles), so it shouldn't be too bad.

I've already paid and committed, so there's no backing out now!  I'm going to be "Kickin' Asphalt" in T minus 48 days!

101 in 1,001 - The End

So it turns out, my 101 deadline came and I never did do anything else since my last post.  So I ended up accomplishing 61 of the items on my list.  This means I have 40 things that I didn't do.  One of those was to donate $5 to charity for every item not accomplished.  I still plan on doing this (so really, there's only 39 items not accomplished), but because of my financial situation, it will have to happen over time.

So, I've decided within the next year, little by little, I will donate $195 to a variety of charities that mean something to me.  I will definitely donate to the Alzheimer's Foundation in honor of my grandmother who passed away this year.  I also hope to support some local non-profit organizations that some of my friends work for.  

In the meantime, despite the deadline being up, hopefully I can still knock some of these items off my list.