'Bouism #2

Thanks to couch to 5K, I am working fairly diligently at running my feet!

     

Now to work on the other one... not running my mouth... ;-)

Happy Fall, Y'all!

Yes, I know it is not fall yet, but... Oh. My. Goodness.  I got up early to run this morning (because Wednesdays are always so busy!) and it was 65 degrees outside.  For real.  I cannot remember the last time I enjoyed running so much!  (I take that back.  I enjoyed it on Saturday!) My friends Kristy and Mary have got me running a 5K with them in October with the help of the C25K app for the iPod Touch (or iPhone, but I refuse to buy an iPhone until it can use Verizon service).  The C25K stands for Couch to 5K and it is an app to help you (drumroll please) get from the couch to running a 5K.  Catchy title, right? Ha ha.  I love this app.  It lets you play your own music/playlist while running the app as well.  During the 30 minute workouts, the app will turn your music down to tell you it is time to walk or run and then turn the music back up.  This is great, because I am not clock watching... 

Today I started week 4, day 1 and it went so well.  

The workout: 

• warm-up 5:00
• run 3:00
• walk 1:30
• run 5:00
• walk 2:30
• run 3:00
• walk 1:30
• run 5:00
• cool-down 5:00

 I was pressed on time, so I skipped the warm-up and ran through my last walk and cool-down.  Thus, my actual workout was:

• run 3:00
• walk 1:30
• run 5:00
• walk 2:30
• run 10:30

And my cool-down was getting Montana from the house and walking her to the park and back (about 5 min). All day today, whenever I've been driving, I have had the windows down and the sun roof open.  I just love when the weather cools off.  Amazingly enough, when I went out to grab some lunch today it was 80 degrees outside... Kind of sad and alarming that 80 degrees is refreshing!  I suppose the 47% humidity instead of 97% makes a difference, too.  

Back to fall... I ♥ FALL! I am so excited about hiking, and pumpkins, and autumn harvest candles, and cool weather, and festive drinks/recipes (i.e. pumpkin coffee, pumpkin spice lattes - though Starbucks had to have changed their recipe because it does not taste the same this year!, pumpkin soup, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin bread, PUMPKIN PIE, other kinds of soups, chili, this random yummy baked apple/pear casserole, etc.)... seriously, what is not to love?!  

Things I want to do this fall... go to a pumpkin patch, carve a pumpkin, bake a lot, hike even more than I bake, hike with Jen & a healthy Montana, run my 5K in less than 30 minutes, hike in the Smokies at least one weekend, play in the leaves, find a cute new sweater, go to a corn maze, go to a UT football game and maybe even a GA game, tailgate, go on a hayride (maybe even a haunted hayride), go to 6 Flags' Fright Fest, go canoeing, take LOTS of pictures, and maybe some other things I can't think up just yet.  Please, please, please... let me know if you will join me for any of the above!  Company always makes things more fun! :-)