Going for a Run!

It's a beautiful day out in Portland and I have the day off from work! Here is my pre-run breakfast:
banana with Trader Joe's peanut butter
English muffin with cinnamon and sugar
A little bit of Gatorade

My run was ok. It wasn't my fastest/best run but it wasn't awful. I did discover, however, I am NOT a fan of Addidas running shoes. I kept getting pebbles and dirt in my shoes, which meant I had to stop and take them off. Grrr--that never happened with Nikes! And not only that, on the way home my foot started to hurt. I'm a Nike girl. I've never had a problem or pain with Nike running shoes. Looks like I'm going shoe shopping again this weekend!

I ran 6.83 miles, which is almost 11km! My time: 1 hour, 8 minutes, and I burned 690 calories! Woo! I used my Polar Heart Rate Monitor for my time and calories, and used my Nike+ iphone gadget to track my miles.

The two pictures above were of the massive hill (aka Mountain) I have to run up. I was only able to run about 1/4 of it at a time. It's that steep! I wish the pictures did it justice. When I've just walked up that mountain in the past, I felt the burn in my butt for days. Let's hope today's run won't cripple me for the rest of the week. Portland finally has nice weather and I want to take advantage of that!

Ok, off the have lunch with a friend and get pedicures. :)

Saturday Work Out

I slept in a bit this morning and then headed to the gym. The above picture is me in my workout clothes. The other are my new shoes! My last pair of Nike running shoes died this week. On my lunchtime run Monday, I realized half way through my 3 miles that they were dead and going to cause me blisters. Ouch! My new shoes are Addidas running shoes. I've never had Addidas before, but I'm willing to try.

At the gym I spent about 40 minutes on the stairmaster and then did my weight training routine. I paid particular attention to using the ab machines because that's the area of my body I dislike the most. I spent an hour and 10 minutes at the gym and burned 615 calories!