Running motivation

I have been salivating over the new Nike+ SportWatch GPS since it was announced earlier this year in Las Vegas at CES. At run club this past Wednesday, they finally had the watch at the local Nike store, I was even able to try it on and play with the buttons. The weekend before I went on vacation, the staff at RoadRunnerSports were telling me they would be getting the watch the week of May 15th. I'd rather get the watch at RRS since I get 10% off everything there, so I called them Friday afternoon, and they said they didn't know when it was coming in. I called earlier this afternoon, and I was told they didn't know when it was coming in. So I decided to call the Carlsbad store. They told me the SD store already has it. Huh?!? Crap. So while I was out doing my errands, I decided to stop by the SD store. And, there it was, on display. They had a bunch of empty boxes next to the display. After flagging down a sales person, one was taken out of the glass case for me. I tried on the display to see, once again, just how big it was on my wrist. But I had already decided I was going to get it, despite the fact that later this year there may be more colors (how about one with pink trim!?!). I tell myself I need this new gadget, to step up my running game. To get me to run one or two days more a week. To finally feel like I am ready to run a 5k race.

I also have been telling myself that I need to find a new climbing partner, so I can step up my climbing game. Apparently I need to step up a couple of my 'games.' I think the bottom line is that I want to be more fit than I currently am. I've been slacking on my WW program, so I have not been losing any weight, more like gaining a few pounds here and there. I'm definitely not putting in the time at the gym or exercising on my own. I do strength training sporadically, I don't even climb once a week anymore (I blame Serena for moving back to Philly!). And the running, well, I'm still just doing run club each week, but at least I started to jump on the treadmill after pilates. But I know it is not enough, not my three days of 'exercise each week. So, now I have a new running watch that not only tracks my time/pace/calories burned/distance, but now also tracks where I ran, and can do interval training, and if I get the heart rate monitor, it could also track my heart rate during my exercise activities. For the climbing, I'm thinking of taking a few classes, signing up for workshops and what not when I can. Hopefully I can climb with Magnus once a week. For my other days, I'm planning on running at least one more day a week to start, then work up to two days a week; I'm also looking to adding in a yoga class or a hip hop class (most likely not Zumba); then do weights after pilates, get the strength training in. For now, while I am adding more exercise days, I should not try to do too much each day so I can still get in enough sleep. If I do this all right, then I'll be more fit and well rested.

So there you have it, my running (and exercise, in general) motivation!