I finished week two of the pushup challenge, and will start week three tonight. I’ve decided to take my time with this and do week three at level 2 once through, then level 3 the next week. Last time I ran through this, I did it ll in 6 weeks, and may not have always hit my minimums for the final set. So this time, I planning in going slowly through it to make sure I can get to 100 by the end, even if it takes me 8 or 9 weeks instead of 6.

I went for an easy run tonight to test out my knee (so far, so good) followed by week two, day one of the hundred pushups challenge. I maxed out at 15, which was the minimum. I might have been able to push for a few more, but wanted to get going on some other things.

I decided to put off running until tomorrow, to give my knee that extra little bit of rest. But I still wanted to do something, so I decided to do Insanity’s Cardio Abs DVD. It’s a quick 20 minutes, but it’s a solid core/ab workout. I know I’ll be feeling it tomorrow.

I just finished week one of the Hundred Pushups challenge. My max reps set for Day 2 was 15 (was a minimum of 9) and Day 3 was 20 (minimum of 13). So I seem to be progressing, which is good. I’m looking forward to starting week two in a couple days.

My running, on the other hand, has been delayed. My knee is still bothering me a bit from Disney, but it’s getting better. I may try to run a few easy miles tomorrow, otherwise I’ll just skip the first week of my nine week plan altogether. It’s better to rest now and be fully healed for the end than risk aggravating the injury now.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, and is getting ready for a great new year.

I was forced to run my long run inside on the treadmill on Sunday, with lots of snow and slick roads outside keeping me from going outside.  It went ok, but I’m not looking forward to doing it too many more times.  I can keep myself distracted for an hour or so, but much longer than that and I get bored quickly.  And when I’m bored, I tend to want to stop running, so it takes extra motivation to keep going.

I actually kept to my plan and got up early this morning for an easy run.  I just did an easy 4 miles, and will have to do a 4-5mi tempo run tomorrow night.  I really need to get it in, though, since we’re just under two weeks away from race day.