The 26.2-mile Project {week 3}

Oh my heck, how in the world am I only on week 3?? And there are more months of this??

Okay, just kidding {kind of}

Monday 4/23: 2-3 miles {I ran 3}
Tuesday 4/24: 4-5 miles {I ran 5}
Wednesday 4/25: 3-4 miles {I ran 4}
Thursday 4/26: 4-5 miles {I ran 0...oops! Wow, I'm pretty good at slacking off!}
Friday 4/27: 7-8 miles {I ran 5 to make up for Thursday}
Saturday 4/28: {I ran 8 miles to make up for Friday}

Total: 25 miles {Wahoo! I made my goal this week. Next week's goal is 27, though I might not make it. This past weekend was super busy and I didn't run yesterday and I didn't run as far as I should have today. We'll see though.}

Dance, er, ahem, Run to the Music!

My "Running Playlist" on my iPod is kind of odd. You see, I'm very particular about the music 

I listen to. I can't just run to anything {as most people can't}. 

And it has nothing to do with the beat. 

{Okay, almost nothing.}

When I run, the music has to inspire me in someway. Make me feel some sort of emotion

{does that make sense at all??}

It can be an inspirational song {even if it has little to no strong beat}.

It can be a song that makes me really happy or angry.

It can even be a song I would never ever ever listen to if I weren't running.

So without further ado, my running playlist {artist only}:

{owl city}

{mindy gledhill}

{one republic} 

{taylor swift}

{avril lavine}

{boys like girls}

{michael buble}

{ok go}

{iron and wine}

{angels & airwaves}

But I skip songs a lot. And I sometimes turn to my Pandora stations:

{taylor swift station}

{today's hip hop and rap station}

{alternative endurance station}

{today's hits station}

 And then I still skip songs. 

Running music is hard for me to find because I'm so particular about it. 

Do you have any running/workout songs that help you?

The 26.2-Mile Project {Week 2}

Well, in accordance with my post a couple weeks ago, here is an update of my 26.2-mile project.

Monday 4/16:  2-3 miles {We ran 6 because my running buddy wanted to}
Tuesday 4/17: 3-4 miles {We ran 0...oops again!}
Wednesday 4/18: 2-3 miles {We ran 4}
Thursday 4/19: 3-4 miles {We ran 3}
Friday: 6-7 miles {I ran 7}

Total mileage: 20 miles. Not too shabby, though my goal was 21. This week's goal: 25 miles

Let me tell you a couple things about running:

I'm at the point where I don't enjoy it yet

Running in the morning is much better idea 

than running in the evening 

{I ran my 7 miles at 6pm on Friday night and it was still 88 degrees outside
...bad idea}

Be prepared to take cold showers

{you will actually want to}

Sometimes, it is so hard to keep going...

...but you just have to

Run with someone {if you can}

it makes running a million times more enjoyable

You will never regret doing it when you've finished

Right when you want to give up, is right at the point where you shouldn't

It doesn't matter how slow you go, as long as you keep going.