Wuh Sapaneen?

What's crackalackin non-existent readers? Well, I ate like ass over the weekend, but got a workout in Sunday, for 5 days last week, and went at it late today as well. Everything's feeling pretty good physically, not much shin or knee pain to speak of the last 2 days. I think doing a 5 min walk warm-up, then stretching, and strecthing again between workouts is helping. But my dumb ass probably shouldnt have smoked 4 Black and Milds over the weekend. For the uninitiated, they're pretty much ghetto pipe tobacco cigars, but when I get a little sauced I can smoke one as opposed to falling off the cigarette wagon, which I've successfully stayed on for 11 weeks now. Anyway, as the rational part of me knows, all putting any sort of nicotine in my body does is make me want to smoke more and re-initiate my cravings. Fortunately, working out minimizes alot of that. Anyway, I figured I wouldn't push it much today, so I stuck with the same as last workout on the treadmill, 18 mins run/10 walk, but I started out with 8 minutes of running after a short warm-up, which really wasn't all that much of a strain. Very encouraging. I think the exact stats were like 2.3x miles in 30 minutes (including 2 min cooldown) for 355 calories, and then 25 minutes on the elliptical (including 5 minute cooldown) for 270 cals I think. The idea of running 20-30 minutes straight (at 5-6 mph anyway), which was nonsensical a few months ago, is starting to seem honestly reachable in not too long a time. I guess I'll wait until next week to jump to 21/8 (which is pretty much in accordance w/beginnertriathlete.com's Walk/Run program), and just jump up the speed if I'm feelin any extra energy.