weeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I am giving myself a huge high five right now...
I totally ran today without my iPod.
This is a huge achievement!
And I need to shout out my success!!!

As you know, I've had this little music thing about working out...Like seriously addicted dependent.  My iPod speaker jack took the dives so I didn't work out for two weeks until I figured out to oh, buy a new iPod. I've been loving the new iPod.  It's glorious....

I have an awesome 3.5mm Jack in my car so I can listen to iPod jams while driving---which is super and the new Vampire Weekend album is just about the coolest.  Give it a listen.  SERIOUSLY...So, the juice on the cute little purple iPod has been drained a little more frequently than just using it for running....

Today, I hit the treadmill----another super achievement....my cardio has increased.  Instead of doing the elliptical for 20 minutes and the treadmill for 20 minutes, I started this week JUST DOING THE TREADMILL.  That's right, folks...Running straight for 40 minutes...Or, rather, I run about 5 - 7 minutes, walk for 30 - 60 seconds, than run again.  (Except for Monday when I ran for 29 minutes straight...that was a first for me...)

I got on the treadmill, and my battery bar was invisible.  Not a good sign for this music addicted cardio lover. But, I put the ear buds in, hit start and away I went.  And, I ran solid for 9 minutes, then cranked up the elevation to 15 (no idea the units of measurement here.  I know it's high. :) walked/ran up the massive hill, came back down and zoinks!  The iPod died.

But my body wasn't done running.  So I took the buds out, and I ran.  I straight up ran without music....The sound of my breath kept me in rhythm. OHMYGOODNESS, IMAGINE THAT!   It felt so amazing!!  I ended up running for 16 minutes, doing up hills for 3 minutes, doing sideways runs for 2 minutes, and walking at 3.5 to 4 mph for 6 minutes.  I did a 3 minute cool down at 2.5.  It was a great cardio sesh!  I was so super thrilled with my breakthrough I went ahead and did 150 abs..

Powerhouse.
That's me.

yay!