<p><font size="2"><img title="Top" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="738" alt="Top" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Top.jpg" width="525" border="0" /> </font></p>  <p align="center"><font size="2">{Cardio Bunny’s awesome birthday card – can you guess <em>what izzit</em>?}</font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2">We’re back and better than ever!&#160; 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”&#160; because yes, I do run like a girl.&#160; 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!</font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2">I am posting two weeks of cardio bunny reports – next week, I plan on going back to my regular weekly schedule.&#160; So far this year, I have completed 783.18 Miles.&#160; It’s been fun and I’m excited to finish this month on a strong note.&#160; 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.</font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2">This weekend was my birthday and between the fabulous meal and presents, the Boy and I enjoyed this:</font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2"><img title="Top-3" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="299" alt="Top-3" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Top3.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2">That’s right.&#160; Since my birthday was on a Sunday, on a balmy Saturday night in Chicago, I wanted to go for a run with my sweetie.&#160; That’s right – <strong>it’s my birthday and I’ll run if I want to.&#160; </strong>We took a great path and was hollered at by not one, but two party buses with bachelorettes.&#160; They looked pretty adorable in their hats and boas and encouraged me to keep up with the Boy – what can I say?&#160; Cardio Bunny’s legs aren’t that long!&#160; </font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2">The run was glorious.&#160; I love being outdoors and although I don’t plan on starting till October, I’m really looking forward to marathon training!</font></p>  <p align="left"><strong><font size="2">My (Bi) Weekly Mileage:</font></strong></p>  <p><font size="2"><strong>Week 1</strong>&#160;&#160;&#160; <br />8/1/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 4 Miles      <br />8/2/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 4 Miles      <br />8/3/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 0 Miles      <br />8/4/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 2.25 Miles      <br />8/5/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 5 Miles      <br /><strong>Weekly Total&#160;&#160;&#160; 15.25 Miles</strong>      <br /><strong>Week 2</strong>&#160;&#160;&#160; <br />8/9/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 4 Miles      <br />8/10/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 4 Miles      <br />8/11/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 0 Miles      <br />8/12/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 5 Miles      <br />8/13/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 0 Miles      <br />8/14/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 10 Miles      <br />8/15/2010&#160;&#160;&#160; 0 Miles      <br /><strong>Weekly Total&#160;&#160;&#160; 23 Miles</strong></font></p>  <p><font size="2">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.&#160;&#160; 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!</font></p>  <p><strong><font size="2"><img title="J9maXXiXBkwaopkiztpTsC6mo1_400" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="704" alt="J9maXXiXBkwaopkiztpTsC6mo1_400" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/J9maXXiXBkwaopkiztpTsC6mo1_400.jpg" width="525" border="0" /> </font></strong></p>  <p><strong><font size="2">Advice to newbies who want to try the 2010 Miles in 2010 challenge:</font></strong></p>  <p><font size="2">I’ve gotten a couple of e-mails from readers who want to try this challenge or know more about it.</font></p>  <p><font size="2">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.&#160; </em>I just wanted to see if I could and I did.&#160; 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.&#160; </font></p>  <p><font size="2">Also, since people are curious, the running skirt by Adidas performs as well as or even better than shorts.&#160; Also, I get tons of compliments and look cute to boot so that’s always a nice touch;)</font></p>  <p><font size="2"> I know many people would love to do this but I would suggest (and I hate to say this) waiting till 2011.&#160; 2010 miles in the next four months is a lot for the body to take.&#160; 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.&#160;&#160;&#160; Anything is possible if you are a <em>cardio bunny!</em></font></p>  <p><em><font size="2">{Have you guessed what the picture in my birthday card is?&#160; Answer in next week’s post!}</font></em></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>