Hey there friends!
As you may have noticed, I changed up the look of Chasing the Now again. I’ve had the hardest time finding a theme I like and sticking with it. As lame as it sounds, that’s one of the biggest reasons I haven’t been blogging much—a nice-looking blog is more appealing to post to than a crappy-looking blog.
BUT… I finally found a theme I love. It’s basically everything I have been looking for—simple, but stylish, modern-looking, and easy to modify. (Feel free to click over from your reader to see the new look and let me know what you think!)
This morning J and I began . I’ve mentioned many times on the blog that 1) J is not much of an exerciser and 2) strength training is not my favorite.
Jeremy is hoping to climb Mount Fuji before we leave Japan permanently in August so he’s enlisted my help to get himself into shape. This is a great challenge for me, too, because I need some strength training accountability. We were up and Rockin’ at 6:30 a.m. after a quick breakfast. Today’s workout was a fitness test—it was only 7 minutes, but we were both coughing and sweating by the end. Whew!
That quick workout must have really fired up my metabolism because I was hungry all day long afterward. I was also sore.
I’m fairly certain the soreness was from yesterday’s run. I’m still plugging away in my Vibrams and I’ve worked my way up to 1.8 miles. I’m hoping to hit 2 miles later this week and begin training for an unofficial spring half marathon once 5K becomes easy running.
Some of you have asked me talk a little more about running in the Vibrams:
I’m really enjoying my Vibrams so far and I am very happy to have gotten them for Christmas. I’m not sure if I would have spent the money on them myself (without knowing whether I’d like them), but I am 100% satisfied with my experience in them so far. I’ve been running in them for a little over a month (started out very slowly with 0.5 mile) and my feet and legs feel so strong!
Initially I experienced some foot soreness after running in Vibrams , but I have not had any of that soreness after my last few runs. In fact, I ran my longest run to date in them yesterday and my legs are sore today, but my feet feel fine.
Will I ever go back to running shoes? Not as long as I continue having fun and running injury-free in the Vibrams. I feel like a little kid playing outside again and rediscovering the fun in running. It’s awesome.
A few more “catching up” points before I go:
- I made a January 2012 favorites video:
- I’m finally doing something about the marathon /holiday weight I gained. I jumped on the scale two weeks ago and realized I’d gained 10 pounds since August 2011. Ouch. It’s really not as huge of a deal to me as it might sound. (A few years ago, this would have totally broke me!) I’ve already lost one pound just from cleaning up my diet and making regular workouts a priority.
- I pulled down my “favorites” and “training” pages. I haven’t been updating my blogroll or my Daily Mile lately, so there’s not much point in leaving the pages up. Just in case you go looking for it…
I think that’s all for today.
Hey there friends!
As you may have noticed, I changed up the look of Chasing the Now again. I’ve had the hardest time finding a theme I like and sticking with it. As lame as it sounds, that’s one of the biggest reasons I haven’t been blogging much—a nice-looking blog is more appealing to post to than a crappy-looking blog.
BUT… I finally found a theme I love. It’s basically everything I have been looking for—simple, but stylish, modern-looking, and easy to modify. (Feel free to click over from your reader to see the new look and let me know what you think!)
This morning J and I began . I’ve mentioned many times on the blog that 1) J is not much of an exerciser and 2) strength training is not my favorite.
Jeremy is hoping to climb Mount Fuji before we leave Japan permanently in August so he’s enlisted my help to get himself into shape. This is a great challenge for me, too, because I need some strength training accountability. We were up and Rockin’ at 6:30 a.m. after a quick breakfast. Today’s workout was a fitness test—it was only 7 minutes, but we were both coughing and sweating by the end. Whew!
That quick workout must have really fired up my metabolism because I was hungry all day long afterward. I was also sore.
I’m fairly certain the soreness was from yesterday’s run. I’m still plugging away in my Vibrams and I’ve worked my way up to 1.8 miles. I’m hoping to hit 2 miles later this week and begin training for an unofficial spring half marathon once 5K becomes easy running.
Some of you have asked me talk a little more about running in the Vibrams:
I’m really enjoying my Vibrams so far and I am very happy to have gotten them for Christmas. I’m not sure if I would have spent the money on them myself (without knowing whether I’d like them), but I am 100% satisfied with my experience in them so far. I’ve been running in them for a little over a month (started out very slowly with 0.5 mile) and my feet and legs feel so strong!
Initially I experienced some foot soreness after running in Vibrams , but I have not had any of that soreness after my last few runs. In fact, I ran my longest run to date in them yesterday and my legs are sore today, but my feet feel fine.
Will I ever go back to running shoes? Not as long as I continue having fun and running injury-free in the Vibrams. I feel like a little kid playing outside again and rediscovering the fun in running. It’s awesome.
A few more “catching up” points before I go:
I think that’s all for today.