Week 2, Jillian!

I decided not to run today to give myself a rest after my "long" run of week one (4 miles). Instead, I decided to enlist the assistance of Jillian in my workout. I didn't want to go on a cardio rampage and blow the concept of "resting" so I decided to just do the strength and abs sections of the workout.

If anyone is unfamiliar with Jillian Michaels' 30-Day Shred, it's a workout DVD with three different levels. Each level features three circuits of strength, cardio, and abs. Before tonight, I'd only ever done level one. I decided to move up to level two but fast forward through the cardio sections because they tend to be pretty rough on the legs in terms of impact (lots of jumping jacks, jump roping, and so forth). The abs sections weren't that much tougher than level one, but boy howdy, were my shoulders screaming. I am a big fan of this DVD and hope to keep incorporating it into my routine. And I only use 3-pound hand weights. That's right, 3 pounds. And it's still really hard.

This is not very riveting information, but I want to keep track of this as I go along. The big news of the day half-marathon-wise is that I went ahead and registered for the race. Money is a big motivator in this day and age, and I'm hoping it will help me get out of bed tomorrow morning in the pitch blackness and head to the gym for my first run of week two. Now I am going to lie down, clutch my shoulders, and moan.

(This entry was moved over from a separate running blog.)