Run With Ruby

I love cheeseburgers and binge-watching Netflix. But this is about running.

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Okay, great news. We've done the 5:15am wake up and run EVERYDAY since we started on Tuesday! I'm amazed. Especially because I got an unexpected womanly visitor this week. Husband and I have actually felt great going to bed at 10 and waking up early. Our eating habits could still use some work, but the running is going well. At this stage in the beginner training it's a lot of running and walking mixed. It's surprising how easy it is for me in this low altitude, vs Idaho where running feels like a workout for your breathing more than anything else. Overall I'm super glad we're keeping it going and happy to be getting back in the swing of it. 

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So this is what 5:30am looks like...

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The Sky's Awake, So I'm Awake!

We did it. 5:15 the alarm went off. I hit snooze but husband rolled out of bed, so I followed. It was awesome to be out getting a head start on the day! It started dark as night, but by the time we got home it was daylight. Such a good feeling. I'm running with the Nike Running app because I love how it builds up my skills. Today was 1.5 miles, rotating between running and walking every minute. It felt great! Even better than that is the fact that the elevation is much lower here than in Idaho so I could actually breathe! Now I'm sure in 4 hours I'll be in desperate need of a nap, but until then I'm going to enjoy this high.

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Recharging my body with a good 7.5 hours of sleep and then it's off to a fresh start bright and early! I realize I'll be exhausted for the first few weeks, but I'll eventually get used to it and then it will be glorious. Until then, I'll drink Diet Cokes daily.

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Remember how I used to run and stuff? Well, I have spent a while on the coach and decided to go at it once again. Now that we live in beautiful Southern California, I have no excuse to not get healthy! There's health food galore around me and sunny warm weather to keep me company. Here's to starting over!

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Husband and I ran the 5k tonight! Got covered in paint and had tons of fun. Sadly I lost about 3 weeks of my training because life got too crazy and my foot was still injured. We ended up running and walking and finished at 40 mins. We also skipped about a quarter mile of it. So didn’t reach the goal I had hoped but I’m not giving up!! It’s never too late to start again.

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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.

Willie Nelson

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It's been a rough 2 weeks. Next Friday is the 5k and with the vacation it has just completely thrown me off!! Yesterday my loving husband got me out the door and we went a little over 2 miles, mostly uphill. Definitely didn't run the whole thing and I got pretty discouraged about losing progress so quickly. It really is all about diligence. Plus we really are trying to change our appetites an attempting to love healthy eating. No more daily sweets and pizza binging. I'm not giving it up forever, but I'd certainly rather live a long, healthy life! So it's back to the grind and trying to build up my stamina again so I can reach my 30 min 5k goal! Let's do this.

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Dangit.

Running hasn't happened in a while with our trip home and everything. I'm bummed but I'm hoping to get back into the routine. It's so hard once you fall behind! Hoping husband will go with me tonight and I'm going to try to push myself!! The 5k is in 2 weeks!!

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A little improvement is still improvement!!

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Not a Great Week.

This is not a great week for running. We got stranded in Utah and didn't get home til late Monday. Now I'm thrown completely off. And we're leaving tomorrow night for Utah, then California til Monday. So although my training will probably take a backseat until next week, I still plan on getting at least a mile in today and tomorrow. Seeing how fast I can run it. With all the stress of the week it should be pretty dang fast. This is real life and every week is not going to be easy! Just gotta push through.

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Dam Marathon!

Today was a sweet marathon/half...etc in Rexburg. No I didn't run it, but a lot of friends did and it was great motivation. I'm still not drinking soda, though it's increased my sweets intake so I gotta work on that. A 3.5 mi run was supposed to happen today but I hate morning running so only 1.5 happened. And we're seeing One Republic in Salt Lake. But I still love it and life is good!

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Runners calves!!! 5 mi training was rough yesterday (2.5 mi run, 2.5 mi walk) but I came out of it feeling good! Then I got way excited when I saw that I had sweet calves! They burned so bad but it looks like it's paying off. Plus it's officially been 21 days so...habit formed!! Loving it. 4 weeks til the 5k!

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Uphill.

I about died today. This time we decided to go uphill, since we had an easy 3 mi training of 1 mi running and 2 mi briskly walking. I ran .7 mi uphill for the first time and it actually felt SO GOOD! I could've done the whole mile straight, but we made the poor decision to eat dinner at Chick-Fil-A (so good though) and I got a giant cramp. But overall it was successful. Tomorrow is 5 mi all together with running and walking broken up. By the way I'm using the Nike Running app to train and it's AWESOME! I love the way it splits it up but makes you work hard. Anyway it's midnight. I need to go to bed earlier so I can run in the mornings instead of at night, but it's so hard since I'm a night owl. Whatever works!

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For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of which is to come.

1 Timothy 4:8 Read this in tonight's scripture study. It's good to exercise but God should come first. I'm grateful for the healthy body He's given me and I hope to work on my spiritual fitness just as hard as I am my physical.

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Today was cross train day and I totally hate it. I get that running every day could cause problems, but I can't seem to find anything else that I like! Running I love, that's why I'm motivated to do it. Cross training day just becomes a lazy day. Any suggestions?? I'm trying to look like Tony Perkis, but I have no tree branches to hang from.

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Today was a 4 mi training sesh: 1 mi run, 1 mi walk, 1 mi run, 1 mi walk. Skipping Saturday and eating 2 s'mores and a piece of Reese's pie today made me a bit nervous, but I owned it! Barely started week 3 of going from couch potato to runner and managed to run my fastest 1 mi ever! Plus, I ran 2 mi all together without any complaints. It was AWESOME!!! I just feel so good about life and I love running so much! At first I was so tired and did not want to do it, but doing it felt great. 4 more weeks til the BYUI Glow 5k and I'm going to run it all!!!