According to RunKeeper, I ran 14.2 miles last week.  And that’s not including my 4 mile hike last weekend!  🙂

Typically, I’ve run 10 miles or less per week, with a few weeks around 13 miles.  Most of these were during my training for the San Jose Rock ‘n Roll 1/2 marathon (my first 13.1!) last year, and the record week was just before I got sick in September, when I ran just over 25 miles in one week.  Compare that with the two weeks leading up to the race (which was when I was sick), I only managed one easy run (3.5 miles) and one long run (9.25 miles).  In fact, I am still amazed that I ran that race and that I finished without dying…

I also ran my fastest 1 mile on the treadmill this week.  But, since I’m so slow, I’m not going to tell you what my pace was!  I am pretty sure I have run a mile faster, but this is the fastest-that-could-not-possibly-be-a-result-of-GPS-error.  🙂

Thanks to my wonderful mom, I now have my very own treadmill!!!  No more running in the rain, the cold, or the dark.

But wait.  I LOVE running in the cold.  The rain, not so much, but I don’t hate it.  And running in the dark I avoid, only because of safety issues and the lack of other people on the trails I run after dark.

Since I’ve had the treadmill (it’s been assembled and running for about a week), I have run outside 0 times.  Even this weekend, when I had nice sunny but chilly weather.  My dog, Roxy, loves to go running with me too.

But here’s what happens now.

Weekday mornings:  Gee, I could get up an hour early and run outside, or I could snooze the alarm.  So I snooze.  Then at 7pm (or sometimes 11pm), I start to feel guilty about skipping my run and hit the treadmill.

Weekend: Saturday was a special case because I had plans from 9am to 7pm — it was dark when I got home.  And I don’t do 6am runs on the weekends!  On Sunday though, I procrastinated just long enough that I didn’t have time to fit in my scheduled 40 minute run. I did run, but at  9pm on the treadmill.

Poor Roxy hasn’t been out running in over a week.