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<span style="font-size: x-small;">{Cardio Bunny’s awesome birthday card – can you guess <em>what izzit</em>?}</span>

<span style="font-size: x-small;">We’re back and better than ever!  I took a brief blogging hiatus and Cardio Bunny, my chronicle to complete 2010 cardio miles in 2010, will be called “Running in a Dress”  because yes, I do run like a girl.  I’m addicted to running skirts especially the ones by Stella McCartney for Adidas and Lululemon also has some great ones – stay tuned for reviews and more!</span>

<span style="font-size: x-small;">I am posting two weeks of cardio bunny reports – next week, I plan on going back to my regular weekly schedule.  So far this year, I have completed 783.18 Miles.  It’s been fun and I’m excited to finish this month on a strong note.  Most of these miles were completed in a gym and I’m happy to say, by September, I will be counting laps completed at the pool.</span>

<span style="font-size: x-small;">This weekend was my birthday and between the fabulous meal and presents, the Boy and I enjoyed this:</span>

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<span style="font-size: x-small;">That’s right.  Since my birthday was on a Sunday, on a balmy Saturday night in Chicago, I wanted to go for a run with my sweetie.  That’s right – <strong>it’s my birthday and I’ll run if I want to. </strong>We took a great path and was hollered at by not one, but two party buses with bachelorettes.  They looked pretty adorable in their hats and boas and encouraged me to keep up with the Boy – what can I say?  Cardio Bunny’s legs aren’t that long! </span>

<span style="font-size: x-small;">The run was glorious.  I love being outdoors and although I don’t plan on starting till October, I’m really looking forward to marathon training!</span>

<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">My (Bi) Weekly Mileage:</span></strong>

<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Week 1</strong>
8/1/2010    4 Miles
8/2/2010    4 Miles
8/3/2010    0 Miles
8/4/2010    2.25 Miles
8/5/2010    5 Miles
<strong>Weekly Total    15.25 Miles</strong>
<strong>Week 2</strong>
8/9/2010    4 Miles
8/10/2010    4 Miles
8/11/2010    0 Miles
8/12/2010    5 Miles
8/13/2010    0 Miles
8/14/2010    10 Miles
8/15/2010    0 Miles
<strong>Weekly Total    23 Miles</strong></span>

<span style="font-size: x-small;">These miles are lower but I’ve been running a lot more and it definitely takes more to run than bust out intervals on the elliptical.   I’ve injured my ankle slightly but it’s healing up nicely and hopefully I’ll be finishing out the month with a great number!</span>

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<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Advice to newbies who want to try the 2010 Miles in 2010 challenge:</span></strong>

<span style="font-size: x-small;">I’ve gotten a couple of e-mails from readers who want to try this challenge or know more about it.</span>

<span style="font-size: x-small;">I decided on completing 2010 cardio miles in 2010 after completing 1000 miles in 2009. It was a great achievement but I actually did it without telling anyone after being inspired by the blog <em>The Front Burner </em>and <em>The Healthy Tipping Point. </em>I just wanted to see if I could and I did.  I’ve basically done this on the honor system – some others take pictures of their cardio machine readouts, IPHONES, map my run maps, or their Garmins – I keep track on a chart. </span>

<span style="font-size: x-small;">Also, since people are curious, the running skirt by Adidas performs as well as or even better than shorts.  Also, I get tons of compliments and look cute to boot so that’s always a nice touch;)</span>

<span style="font-size: x-small;"> I know many people would love to do this but I would suggest (and I hate to say this) waiting till 2011.  2010 miles in the next four months is a lot for the body to take.  1000 miles – although really, really ambitious would be a possibility but I would stick with the modest, yet still awesome 500 cardio miles in 2010.    Anything is possible if you are a <em>cardio bunny!</em></span>

<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">{Have you guessed what the picture in my birthday card is?  Answer in next week’s post!}</span></em>

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