Mai Hana: Disneyland and Week 4 Day 4

Friday, I went to Disneyland with Jayson and his friends. We walked A LOT. It was a great workout!

Today, I went to the park to run at 0645ish. I set my alarm at six but snoozed for a bit. Heh. The run was pretty good! It felt great. I'm starting W5 tomorrow. I'm excited!

Kaitlyn: Another Week 4 run

This morning I took off doing another Week 4 run. The weather was incredibly humid and I could definitely feel it in my first jog. It was a sluggish morning for me. Though I was running "with" (I put with in quotes because although we were in the same area, we in no way stayed together) my sister so I managed to be going for an hour. Within that hour, I did the Week 4 and also did more jog intervals on my own. I was ok with this. Because although I had to take more breaks in my Week 4 run, I made up for it after.

Mai Hana: Week 4 Day 3

Did day three with tummy pains today. It hurt so deng bad but I did it! Nothing too exciting going on with my running lately. I'm probably going to do five days of W4 before I jump into W5.

Kaitlyn: Back at Week 4 Day 1

This morning, I tackled Week 4 again. Although I had to take a water break in my last 5 minute jog, I went farther than I have before so that was definitely a plus. I think the hour run with C was really good for me. So the plan now is to just continue on Week 4 as long as I need to until I feel comfortable to move up to Week 5. Let's see how this goes.

Mai Hana: Week 4 Day 2

I did day 2 of week 4 today. I pushed myself today. Pretty damn hard. I pictured myself getting chased by thousands of bees so I can run away from them at full speed.* It worked! My distance improved by a bit. Haha Tomorrow, I'm going to picture myself chasing a dog that's running at top speed that I want to pet REALLY badly while getting chased by tens of thousands of bees! Hopefully, I can run faster that way. Haha

*I hate bees. I HATE bees. I HATE BEES. I HATES BEES!!!!!!!!!! OMG. I run for BLOCKS when I hear and/or see one. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Mai Hana: Week 3 Day 3 and Week 4 Day 1

I finished w3 last Friday and started w4 today. I can't believe it's been 4 weeks since I started moving my body and I'm already a third of the way through C25K! I can't believe I'm doing this. I can't believe I'm keeping up with this. I can't believe that I'm *that* much closer to my coast to coast medal after every workout I finish. The amount of support I've gotten from people around me has been AMAZING and the confidence I've gained in myself is indescribable.

First day of week 4 didn't kick my ass as hard as I thought it would. I had to slow down the last 2 minuets of the last round of the five minuet jog but I did it. I pushed through. I think it was because I didn't drink any water at all before my run. I walked home with a big huge smile on my face. I can't wait to go out running again tomorrow.

I FEEL GOOD.

Kaitlyn: I call this success

Since starting to run, I've gone down 3 inches in my waist, 2 inches in my hips, and 3 inches in my thighs. This is only the beginning and quite frankly, I'm so shocked and so happy. For the rest of the month, I refuse to step on the scale. I won't do it. Once i get to school, I'm only going to use my measuring tape. I won't even have access to a scale so that will be easy. I'm just so proud of myself.

Kaitlyn: First hour run, check (and a recipe)

I just checked off another one of my milestones, an hour run. I didn't expect to be running an hour, first of all. I headed out at 6:30 a.m. with my mentor and running partner. C (as I'll dub her) and I have been friends since I was in high school as an intern. C runs in a lot of 10ks and has done a few half marathons, though she swears she'll stick to 10ks from now on. Needless to say, I was wondering what I had gotten myself into. C has offered to run in my first 5k with me at the end of September in our hometown.

To start off, I was still running Week 3. I felt comfortable at it and knew I'd need to build up from it. The trail we were on is 1.5 miles end to end. It took the first half hour to go down the trail. That was my Week 3. Now, on the way back, C decided to step up the pace. The middle section of the trail is 0.4 miles. We decided to jog the entire section. What I didn't expect was her stealing my water bottle and making me sprint the last 0.1 so I could get it back. The last section we did a walk/jog pace, going around some people that were slow.

By the time I got back, I was hungry as heck, but happy. The muscles in my legs that are forming are amazing. On Tuesday or Wednesday morning (I have something Tuesday morning so I can't run.), I will be tackling Week 4 again. After today's hour, I think I'll be fine. When I got back, after my shower, I pulled out half of the smoothie I made yesterday. They make great breakfast smoothies so here's my recipe:

You will need:
a blender
1 banana
1 spoonful of creamy (or crunchy) peanut butter
1 Cobani yogurt (or any kind of yogurt you love really)
1/4 cup milk (I use fat free)
1 ice cube

Now, I like to experiment with this mix because whatever flavored yogurt I use affects the taste. Put everything except the ice cube into the blender and blend. It helps to cut up the banana previously. Blend. (shorter time for a thicker smoothie obviously.) Once the chunks of banana are nice and blended, throw in the ice cube and continue to blend. That's it!

It's really easy to have fun with what you put into each smoothie. If you don't like bananas, try a different fruit. Maybe strawberries or raspberries. The main base of the smoothie is just the yogurt, milk and ice cube. Everything else is your decision.

Kaitlyn: A successful Week 3 again

This morning, I headed out for my usual run. I've gone back to Week 3 until I've felt up to Week 4 again. I had lost a good deal of work from my week off, so it made sense for me. I finally finished a full Week 3 workout again without stopping so that was a major plus again. Also... *drum roll please* another inch in my waist and hips have gone away! I'm feeling really good again and my clothes are fitting better and just overall, good news. I think I'm going to do a few days more of Week 3 until I feel comfortable enough to go back up to Week 4 again. Probably a good plan.

Mai Hana: Week 3 Days 1 and 2

I started week three on Sunday and I had a blast! I was worried about the three minuet jog but I breezed through it like nothing. =] I took it really slowly on Sunday. Today, I picked it up a notch and made it through.

I've been slacking off a bit lately. Yeah, I get my three runs a week in but haven't met the four to five days a week yet. I haven't really been doing the workouts Jay gave me. I will start it next week. I promise. =]

I'm sorry about the lack of updates lately! I don't have internet at home and the app on my Android doesn't work properly most of the time. I tried it on the browser and it doesn't load properly... I'm sure it's because I dropped my phone in a puddle a few weeks ago. -____- Haha I'll do my best to udate as much as I can and try to keep up with my running related posts!