April 23, April 19, April 16, April 13

April 13 - Ran with Isabel on the slopes of Mt. Tabor. Kicked my butt. Not used to running up hills. 30 minutes.

April 16 - Ran at the hotel next to work, on the treadmill. Watched TV. Boring but effective. 30 minutes.

April 19 - Ran at Rose City Golf Course, on trails. Took wrong trail and had to double back. A nice hilly course, though; like trail running. 35 minutes.

April 23 - Ran around 3-mile course at work. Beautiful day, but I was feeling low-energy. Maybe because I had just eaten? 30 minutes.

April update

Now that I'm done with the thirteen-week program, I don't feel as much drive to record every run here, but I AM running. I also joined Weight Watchers to lose the remaining baby weight, and so far I've lost about 7 pounds. I'm not only pre-baby weight now, I'm pre-wedding weight! I'd like to get back to what I weighed in grad school, which would mean losing about 13 more pounds. On the other hand, I'm getting kind of sick of always being hungry (though it comes and goes), and I'm ready to "maintain" for a while. It's amazing how much more I like my body now that I've lost a little weight. (I lost a little before I went on Weight Watchers, too, so altogether I've lost about 9 pounds since Christmas). I don't know how thin I really need to be. My BMI is in the healthy range. I think at this point I'll aim for about 8 more pounds and see how I feel.

Anyhooskers (as Isabel says)... I ran at the Rose City golf course today, which was interesting. I have been really, really hungry for the last couple of days, and I think I was probably too hungry to run. (I don't think that's how it's supposed to work). But I did run 35 minutes, up and down hills. It was kind of like trail running. I think I need to figure out a better course there instead of going where I ended up, which was on the edge of a street most of the way. Anyway, it's a beautiful golf course and it looks like there are some good runs to be had there.

I'll try to post more sooner than later.