You never slow down, you never grow old

Day one of my attempt at 365 consecutive days of running this year!

Ran Drift Rd in Westport

Day 2

4 miles on the treadmill at work.... left work early because of the storm but stopped downstairs for a quick run.... i think i actually got more of a workout today on the 1.8 mile walk to and from the train the this snowy wind tunnel! 

Day 3

4.0 miles again on the stinkin treadmill because of the snowpocolypse outside.... 5.25 miles total with walking

Day 4

Nobody was parked at the gym when I got there just before 7pm which is very strange especially since it is open 24/7... well turns out they were temporarily closed for some reason I have yet to find out so I had to trek it over to another location, the one I ised to go to before i moved.  Did 5.75 miles total 4.5 of that was running... it was kinda nice to watch some tv for once since i havent had cable in over 4 years now...

Day 5

4.5 miles out in the slushy snow

Day 6

3 slow treadmill miles then lifted arms then 30 minutes hard on the bike

got Kris to come to the gym with me and he loves it!  Woohoo!! 

Day 7

well below zero again so back to the stinkin treadmill for a quick 3 miles

Day 8

4.5 miles total on the treadmill...4.0 running

Day 9

4.25 miles total, 3.0 miles running after playing volleyball for 3 hours at WNA

Day 10

treadmill... grrr

Day 11

Attleboro volleyball tournament this morning...3 games on men's net, 3 games on women's net

then ran 2.0 miles outside finally... But in the rain

Day 12

ran home from davis square for a quick 1.5 miler

keeping really low milage this week for the Bermuda Triangle Challenge this weekend!!

Day 13

4.25 ish miles... I think my Garmin was a little wacky today, it gave me my first mile as like 11 minutes which even on my slowest day is too sliw and I run this route (minus some of the detours because the salt and pepper bridge is closed) and the 1 mile mark is usually about 3/4 of the way across the bridge but today it was at the MGH T stop.... so I think it was wrong by a bit

Day 14

treadmill again.... really felt good and wanted to keep going but with all the racea coming up this weekend i know I should take it easy

Day 15

2.75 miles at lunch outside.... beautiful 50 degrees in Boston!

the usual 1.8 mile walk to work then i have a 2.5 mile walk to spin class at 5:00 then another 2.6 mile walk back to Harvard Square and 1.5 miles home from Davis Square for an 11 mile total day today

Day 16

Quick 1.33 miles before packing for Bermuda

Day 17

Beautiful mile along Front St in Bermuda for the first race of the Bermuda Triangle Challenge

My watch gave me a 6:25, but race official says 6:29

Day 18

Bermuda 10k, 2nd race of the Bermuda Triangle Challenge

Kinda slow, wanted to save some energy for the marathon tomorrow plus this was a hilly course and we ran in an absolute downpour!

Day 19

Bermuda Marathon! Beautiful day, Beautiful Race!  Jen and I ran the whole thing together and took time to take in the views! Strong sprint to the finish! Bermuda Triangle Challenge complete!!!!!

Day 20

got off the plane from Bermuda at 9:45pm and was on the treadmill for a slow 2 miles at 10:30pm... and ready for bed!!

Day 21

braved the snow storm for 2.5 miles on the treadmill

legs dont feel sore from the marathon but they are tired, going to do some short slow runs this week

Day 22

2.5 miles on the treadmill.... man it's cold out!

finally mostly recovered from the marathon, felt good getting faster

Day 23

3.0 miles on the treadmill after my amazing $25 sports massage with Jorge at Cortiva!!

Day 24

4.5 miles on the treadmill before work

Day 25

6 miles mostly on the Minuteman Trail in 50:56.  Still cold out there but above zero so I went fot it, sick of the treadmill!  I went to puck up my brand new shiny bike they built for me at Wheelworks but it turns out it is too small because my legs are too long!  Now I have to wait until Monday....

Also congrats to Benn on his first sub 4hr marathon this morning! You rock!

Day 26

3.75 miles in 29:56

Day 27

5 treadmill miles watching HGTV

Day 28

5 miles on the treadmill

Day 29

2 running treadmill miles then 1.25 miles quick walking on 5% incline

losing motivation to run on the treadmill, cut it short to 2 miles because i was bored

Day 30

So close to a full month down!  3 miles on the treadmill after 2.5 hours of volleyball

i cant wait for it to get a little warmer not only so i can finally run outside but so i can ride my brand new shiny bike!!

Day 31

4.5 miles along the river at lunch.... beautiful, sunny and 35...finally!

Day 32

Just barely got this run in, got to the gym at 11:20pm and did two miles on the treadmill

It was a long day moving Kara into her new apartment but we got it done just in time for me to rush home and shower to go to Katie's bday dinner... we stayed a lot longer than we planned and i had to hurry to make it to the gym to finish by midnight.  mission accomplished.

Day 33

Played all day in the WB- vb tournament, played my butt off!  We lost in the semi finals to the team who ended up winning it all, my team needs to work on their endurance, more than half of them were totally pooped out by plaoffs, but i was ready for more!

Ran 1.75 miles on the treadmill after but had a shooting pain in the middle of my knee cap that was making it really hard to run... my body is banged up and tired

Day 34

5 miles on the treadmill, kept it slow and actually felt pretty good even with all the sore, tired muscles from yesterday's tournament.... most of it is in my calves, abs, shoulders, and neck

Day 35

4 miles on the treadmill

Day 36

Snow day! Went for hot pot for Kristin's bday then hit 4 miles on the treadmill... gym was empty!

Day 37

3 miles on the treadmill followed by a good upper body lifting session

Day 38

5 miles on the treadmill

Day 39

Had a pretty rough day today so i kept it short on the treadmill... lots of things to deal with, hoping I can pull it together for 10-12 tomorrow

Day 40

6 miles on the treadmill and some quick lifting for the legs

Day 41

Nice upper body lifting session then 3 miles on the treadmill on random hills... sweaty beast!!!

Day 42

Lifted legs and some quick ab work then 3.5 pn the treadmill speed intervals

Day 43

3 on the treadmill... nothing special

Day 44

5.5 miles on the treadmill after a good arm lifting session...felt really good today!

7mph on treadmill and up by 0.1 mph every 1/4 mile until i hit 8mph then backed down by 0.1 every 1/4 mile until i ended at 4 miles (7.5mph)

Day 46

volleyball tournament and just 1.5 in the snow

Day 47

4 miles on the treadmill

Day 48

10 miles on the treadmill... left knee and right shin bothering me a bit

Day 49

15 mins rowing lifted arms and 3 treadmill miles

Day 50!

3.5 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime at work then co-ed 4's volleyball from 7-10

Day 51

1.5 miles in the rain

*this run actually happened after midnight :( but i'm still counting it towards my goal... because bein there for the people you love is more important 

Day 52

Got a mile in on the treadmill before midnight

Day 53

maybe sorta technically cheated a litttle by staying at the gym until after midnight and getting 2 days worth of running in in one shot but a lot has been going on lately and i have to leave early for NYC for the Central Park Hal Marathon!!

Day 54

Absolutely perfect weather in NYC for a half marathon! Sunny, mid 40s.... perfection!  Course was so much fun and I had a huge PR! took over 6 mins off my previous best!  I always start off fast at about 7:30 pace then die back after 5 or so but today I never really got tired, I just kept pushing and I never felt tired!

Day 55

3.76 miles along the very windy Esplanade today as a recovery run... but I ran faster than I wanted to.... 30:33 for 8:07 pace

Day 56

2.25 mile run barefoot on the beach in Cali!  not too warm but certainly not Boston cold

Day 57

4 barefoot miles on the beach.... cut my toe on a shell but worth every sandy step!

Day 58

4 miles on the beach again!  makes me so happy!  painful still on my big toe... but turns out it isn't a cut but some sort of huge blister that popped and is now full of sand!  Ewwww!

Day 59

Packed up my sister's apartment, cleaned the crap out of her new one, moved most of her stuff in, rans all kinds of errands for her, did 6 loads of laundry, and cooked her dinner all while she was at work... then picked her up and moved all her big stuff into her new place. Finally free at 11:15pm after getting up at 4:30 am for a quick run.  It was pitch black and neither of us knew the neighborhood so we called it quits at 1 mile... then moved a few more things in....pooped!

Day 60

moved the rest of my sister's stuff into her new place and was pooped!  1.5 hilly miles around the new neighborhood

Day 61

3.5 mile hike up Bishop's Peak with my sister then a 1.5 mile run at sunset to finish off a long week!

Day 62

5 miles... just under a mile to the beach from my sister's new house then another 4ish on the beach and finished up to 5 on the run back then walked about half a mile for a nice cooldown in this FINALLY warm and sunny California weather!

Day 63

started on the Bob Jones Trail in Avila and took that up to Avila Beach then ran along the road all the way up to Port San Luis to the end of the pier and back.  Beautiful weather and amazin views...sad I'll be leaving the beach tomorrow noght and heading back to the snow, bit I do miss good old Boston... 1:08:02

Day 64

2.33 miles in 18:03 barefoot on the beach for the last time... time to go back to Boston and all that snow.  ankles are a little sore, probably because i have been running with mo shoes and haven't used my ankle braces in volleyball since the summer... getting them strong!

Day 65

1.3 freezing cold miles in the dark with Kris in just over 10 minutes.  Took the red eye home from Cali and was planning to go right to work but didn't have it in me and Kris wasn't working so I took the day off and napped a bit and ran a bunch of errands.... then forgot I still had to run so we bundled up (but not quite enough!!) and went for a quick one around the block.  Kris was great to come out with me so I didn't have to freeze alone!

Day 66

2 miles in 15:48.  Once again another late night cramming in a run... bundled up because i was so cold running last night and tonight i was sweating! only did 2 because of the big vb tourney tomorrow and a 14 miler planned for sunday

Day 67

played volleyball all day st the convention cemter... 40 courts!  snuck in a quick 1.3 after a lottle nap... man i'm tired

Day 68

so it was more of a walk really than a run, but did 1.5 on the way to the T to go to Hannah's marathon fundraiser yoga class.  Did 90 mins of yoga at South Boston Yoga

Day 69

4 miles on the treadmill in my new sneaks.  Went pretty slow legs are sore from volleyball 

Day 70

A 50+ degree day in Boston!!! Quick 3.75 miles at abot 8:00 pace around the tive before leaving work

heading to the gym later tonight

Day 71

3 treadmill miles, 2 of those were on random hills

Day 72

4 pretty fast miles on the treadmill. this week has been so hard to find time to run for some reason....

Day 73

2.5 miles on the way to spin class with Mary!  Spin seemed pretty easy today.....

Day 74

2 miles at the gym on the treadmill... slow 9ish pace after playing in the RCOB tournament today.  Body is tired, knees are achy... 

Day 75

4.5 miles on the treadmill then quick lifting for the legs

Day 76

4 miles on the treadmill.... my right quad is still really bothering me, but stretching, foam rolling, nothing works!  I think it might actually be a really tight hip flexor so I am going to try to do some good work on those.

Day 77

I'm getting worried, the quad pain is getting worse... hobbled 2.5 miles at 10:00 pace onthe  treadmill

Day 78

5 miles on the treadmill plus another 1.25 warmup/cooldown.  Pretty good pace, kept bumping it up... quad is still bothering me but i foam rolled my hip flexors and ITs good before and it didnt bother me as much

Day 79

4 miles on the treadmill upped the pace every mile then every half mile.

Day 80

4 miles outside... not too cold but really windy!  7:30 avg pace

Day 81

womens b- volleyball tournament.  I finally found my swing again! was crushing balls and played some seriously awesome defense!  Felt great minus the tequila induced headache... i remember now why i dont drink

Day 82

Brought Kris to his volleyball tournament in Wedt Newton and left the car with him and ran the 9 miles home.  My quad is still bad, felt like I was running slow but 9 mi in 1:10:57 for 7:53 pace and considering some pretty good hills i guess it wasnt as slow as it felt...

Day 83

1 mile basically a walk, my quad is hurting a lot

Day 84

leg is getting worse... basically hobbled at 10:00 pace then did about 3 miles on the bike

Day 85

1 mile really really slow and hobbly

Day 86

another mile slow and hobbly... and coed 6s vb.... 5 matches, leg was ok for that for jumping but i was a little slow of defense, it is hard to take that initial step, especially on a short ball over

Day 87

Walking-ish stupid leg!

Day 88

Still really bad leg

Day 89

right leg still so painful

Day 90

please get better leg, i'm dying!

Day 91

:(

Day 92

5 miles had to do it on the elliptical... my hips are so tight it's scary

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Day 99

Finally nice enough weather to ride my new bike to work!  10.1 miles total roundtrip!
3.5 treadmill. 2 steady miles then a mile climb at 15% then half mile at 7:30 and cooldown

Day 100!!!

10+ miles biking to work and back

Day 101

Day 102

Can't believe my time was that quick considering how sliw I felt.  By mile 8  I was hoping just to break 2 hours.  IT bands were screaming felt like my hips were in a vice grip getting tighter with every step.

Day 103

a mile we'll call it walking off the soreness

Day 104

Day 105

3 miles elliptical, lifting arms

lifted arms and went on about a 6 mile rollerbladding journey

rode my bike to work, 10 mins on elliptical, then lifted legs and abs..... tryiing to get this leg better so I can start my consecutive running days again

rode my bike into my LAST DAY OF WORK today!

45 minute spin class followed by 90 minute yoga class

Day 1 (again)

Well I took some time off of my consecutive running to let my hip heal.  It's still a little painful but felt ok with a really slow (9:44 pace) 3 miles with Jenne.

Day 2 (#2)

3.5 miles through Arlington 7:58 avg, hips still ugly