I ran 4 miles!!

Okay, so this is my first blog....EVER!! I don't even know if I'm doing it right. When I first signed up for it at work, I actually used my real name for the screen ID. Luckily, some of my co-workers advised me against that and we had a good time coming up with an alternative.

This year, I'm serious about the Hostpial Hill run. Just hearing everyone's stories has inspired me to get my butt in gear and just do it!! Really, what else do I have to do? I've been following this week's training schedule, but since I'm unable to run the 4 miles Saturday, I went ahead and did it today. I hadn't done 4 miles in quite a while, but a night of pigging out on Chinese food gave me plenty of energy and motivation this morning to get it off my thighs!! I didn't do any intervals, just the slow, steady 6.0 pace, no incline. I can't believe I'm going to admit this, but while I was running on the treadmill at the gym, I watched Days of Our Lives. Pathetic, I know. But I found reading the closed captioning while listening to some good tunes actually made the time go by quicker. Usually, I'm not able to multi-task like that, but for some reason it worked today.

As for music, I thought I would share some of my picks that help get me going. Someone was talking about Kanye West's "Stronger"...which I LOVE to listen to while I run (so does my mom). But there's another song of his that you should add to your playlist. It's called "Kanye's Workout Plan" and trust me...the lyrics make you want to run "harder, better, faster, stronger :) " Part of the song goes,

"That's right put in work
Move your ass, go wizzerk
Eat your salad, no dessert
Get that man you deserve"

"All the mocha lattes you gotta do Pilates
You gotta pop this tape in before you start back dating Hustlers, gangstas, all us, ballas"

Really, any Kanye song is good to run to. I also like Black Eyed Peas "Pump It", Jamirouquai's "Main Vein" and "Canned Heat," Basement Jaxx's "Where's Your Head At?" and Outkast's "Bombs Over Baghdad"

Did I mention I HATE THE WEATHER? I can't wait until it gets warmer because if I have to run 6 miles on the treadmill.....I will just flip.