In the 14 minute range

Funny note. I went to the guest room last night after 2am when I had to pee. Immediately fell back asleep which was nice. 

Around 6am, I heard what I thought was a thunderstorm. It was part of my dream, it seems. I opened my eyes, expecting to see some flashes of lightning but only heard this rolling thunder.

It was Toffee, snoring in my butt. Tucked into behind my legs super tight, and just snoring her brains out. I shifted so she could breathe, and I laughed. Brian Rosenworcel is the Thundergod, but I'm sleeping with the Thunderdog. 

Since I've been using the treadmill almost daily, and  simply walking a mile takes too long. I started jogging. Then actually running. I was super proud of myself if I did a mile in 16 minutes. Running.  Actually running. Doug said that he could do that walking. 

I said good for you, you walk fast. But my fat little joggy body is doing great breaking a 16 minute mile. 

He also said "why would you do that to yourself?" Which made me laugh.

Doug is not a fan of runners and running, races resulting in road closures and detours so that people can take over miles of a town. 

He thinks it is a stupid waste of time, resources, space. I get it but it is like, no harm no foul to me.

It is similar to the way I feel about golf courses. I hate golf courses, and the maintenance of them. So wasteful. So much water. Road races don't piss me off so much. 

It took me a long time to break 16 minutes and get into a 15 minute mile pace. And over the past couple of days I've been solidly in the 14 minute mile pace. The trick for me is to do a good warm up amount of steps and then turn on the Fitbit tracker and start running, this way my first couple minutes are not at 19 min/mile warming up but I can just get right into the fast. 

I've cracked into the 12 min and 13 min areas, and it evens out when I have to slow down but I try not to let it get over 14+ min and back into the 15 min range. 

Today was a good run. I've had an attention span problem the last couple days where I get to 15 minutes and I'm so very done. I know I've hit the mile, so I stop and go back to work or whatever. The problem then turns into not having enough steps to hit 10k by bedtime. I get my mile in, sure, but then end up having to do a lot more steps or get back on the treadmill for another 10- 15 minutes just to do 10k steps. 

When we go to bed, Toffee is exceptionally playful lately so we bring some formerly stuffed toys upstairs, and she runs around. We play keep away. I can sometimes get an extra thousand steps in before tucking in. 

We went outside this afternoon and she ran around like crazy while I surveyed the yard. Wow. So much dog crap. Gotta get the rake and bucket out to handle this and start cleaning it up. Never thought I'd hope for another 2 inches of snow to just cover it all up again and hide it. 

I may get that wish from what it sounds like, Monday into Tuesday from what I read. 

Today is a crush 11k steps day. I was thinking we'd get a good second walk outside with the dog and Doug but he took a nap and I cooked dinner. Geoff cooks so much for us that I gave him a break on things for a change. 

Busy work day and another busy one tomorrow. Digits below!

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. Treadmill, image above. 30 min/2.13 mi; 11k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

8:15am: 138
5pm: 135
10:45pm: 122

food & meds:
8:15am: jardiance+phentermine
9am: Entenmann's chocolate donut
11:45pm: bowl of mac & cheese w/bacon
1:45pm: met+glip
6:30pm: chicken fajita - one wrap (low carb) but a pile of filling on the side. A little spanish rice, some sour cream, shredded cheddar
8:30pm: met+glip
red wine