Running
Originally published at Pittsburgh Girlie. You can comment here or there.
When I say running I feel like I’m lying to you a little. What I’m really doing are intervals. Seems silly to say that I’m intervaling though. Is that even a word!? I’m listening to mixes from Podrunner and they are fantastic. I’ve been using these for a while and just discovered the Podrunner Intervals and I love them. I love that they are free; and I really should buy a shirt from them.
I know there are iPhone apps, like Couch to 5K etc, but I wanted to use my Nike+ to track progress and goals. (I have an older Nike+ that only works with my Nano.) The Nike website is a bit bulky and obviously really heavy on the advertising. But, it integrates nicely to twitter and Facebook. I normally don’t like a lot of things between these accounts, however with this the tracking and mini-kudos I get are great.
My brother and sister got me the Nike+ a couple years ago for Christmas. They kept asking what they could get me and I’m loathe to tell people to spend monies on me, especially when I know they don’t really have it. The unit was just under $30 and I still felt terrible asking for it. But I absolutely love it! I spent something like $3 on a pouch for the Nike+ fob that attaches to my shoe laces.
I run in the mornings before work and it really has made me feel better during the day, even if I’m starving. The downside is that I don’t get to brag about it until the evening. When I sync’d Monday evening I got a super cute and lovely “*cheers*” from@aPSUmama. I know she runs and I’m a little jealous that she ran in high school and can run faster/farther/better than I can. But that little congratulatory nudge made getting up on Wednesday morning just a little bit easier.
So, almost one week down. Something like 12 weeks until The Skirt Chaser 5K