More Running!

Are you getting sick of me posting about running yet? I'm sure some of you are!!! Oh well. Tough. :)

Yesterday, Mr. Smith and I ran a new 2.35 mile loop that we found on www.mapmyrun.com. Have you ever checked out this website? It is really neat! You can look up your area and find a bunch of runs people have already mapped out - and imagine my surprise when I found over 10 pages worth of runs for Bloomington! Most of them are long runs - much longer than I am able to do right now - but I hope to peruse the site more to find gradual runs as I up my mileage.

It was a really great loop, and I must admit - for possibly the first time - that I had fun! Yes, F-U-N. My lung capacity is getting better and better - I used to not be able to talk to Mr. Smith at all during our runs, because I was so out of breath. Last night, we chatted the whole time. And really had a great time! We're going to run that loop again on Friday and then up the mileage next Monday again. Whew! I am not allowing myself to run on the treadmill anymore (unless the weather is extremely inclement), so it will probably be a week or two before I can get back up to three miles - outside. Our neighborhood is pretty hilly (that's a total lie, but even the slightest "hills" seem like mountains when I'm running!!!), so I'm getting a much better workout outside with less mileage.

Last night, I was thinking of all these running questions I wanted to blog about to ask you runners out there...and now, I'm totally drawing a blank! Oh well.

But what I WILL ask you is: tell me your best workout/running songs. I'm trying to make a killer playlist for when I run alone...and I'd love to hear what gets you going!