More jogging

I jogged for 25 minutes on the treadmill this morning, for 1.70 miles. It feels great to be improving, both in time and in distance. Got the pace up to 4.2, a little over 14 minutes per mile, and a little faster pace than my last 5k. Can't wait to hit 3 miles on the treamill. In time, I'm increase the speed in addition to adding incline.

On the elliptical, I worked on going backwards for several minutes, interspersed with going forward. I didn't last very long in the backwards motion, a sign I need to build up my endurance and those muscles.

I tried to go to a different Peak Fitness branch this morning for a change of scenery at the gym, but it didn't open until 10 AM, and I wanted to go ahead and work out.

More exercise

Last evening, for the second in a row, I went around the East Campus wall. I jogged most of it, probably 80%. Took me 30 minutes. My next goal is to jog all the way around once. Then I'll add on.

This morning I did 50 minutes on the elliptical. Still a little sore from the extra evening exercise.

More weekend exercise

I continue to get up every morning to exercise for an hour. Even with hard workouts, I feel like I get on with my job and other responsibilities okay. It's a great feeling to have that accomplishment under my belt every morning.

Yesterday after supper, I walked on the Duke cross country trail for 3o minutes. It's in Duke Forest, and part of it goes along the Duke golf course. It's quite beautiful, lots of trees and woodland sounds. There were a number of athletes out, mostly runners and bikers whizzing by. I felt a little too bashful to try jogging among the fit company around me, but in time, I will. There are some good hills on this trail, so it's a nice workout. The whole thing is 5K, which is a distance I'm trying to improve on. I would LOVE to be able to jog the whole thing some day. I WILL run the whole thing one day.