Told you I was prepared. I just got back from my run. It was 47° and a little breezy. Lots of sun, lots of clouds, perfect day for a run. Too bad I had such a rough time. I was so happy driving down to the track, all set to go. There was a girl doing sprints when I got there, but she left sometime after I started my warm up. The first interval was fine, but I struggled through the rest of them. I blame the gym and the damn treadmill. Makes things too easy. I also felt like I was bogged down. I had on my ugly orange cool wick shirt, a sweat shirt and my fleece vest because the forecast was for snow, and I figured I could take the vest off if I got too warm. By the third run, I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I took the vest off and tossed it in the grass. I felt a little better after that, but it was still more difficult than I expected it to be. Maybe because I haven’t done strength training since Wednesday?
Despite the struggles, I’m incredibly happy I ran today. Here I thought I was only going to get in two runs this week, and I ended up doing all three of them! So happy.
I’m sticking with Week 2 again this coming week, especially since I won’t have a car and will have to walk to the track. It’s supposed to rain on Tuesday, so this oughta be fun.
I ate like crap this morning. Had some leftover potatoes from last night and that's about it. Not sure what I'm doing for lunch or dinner. I made chocolate almond crescent cookies last night (test recipe for a cookbook), and I'm proud of myself for only eating one of them (I had to test them, after all). The rest I'll pawn off on my family. Tomorrow starts week six of the Self Challenge, and I have lost almost ten pounds so far. Very motivating.
And now a quick shower before I watch the Red Wings play the Predators again.
P.S. 20 minutes after I posted this, it started snowing.
Despite the struggles, I’m incredibly happy I ran today. Here I thought I was only going to get in two runs this week, and I ended up doing all three of them! So happy.
I’m sticking with Week 2 again this coming week, especially since I won’t have a car and will have to walk to the track. It’s supposed to rain on Tuesday, so this oughta be fun.
I ate like crap this morning. Had some leftover potatoes from last night and that's about it. Not sure what I'm doing for lunch or dinner. I made chocolate almond crescent cookies last night (test recipe for a cookbook), and I'm proud of myself for only eating one of them (I had to test them, after all). The rest I'll pawn off on my family. Tomorrow starts week six of the Self Challenge, and I have lost almost ten pounds so far. Very motivating.
And now a quick shower before I watch the Red Wings play the Predators again.
P.S. 20 minutes after I posted this, it started snowing.
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Jeez, so much hatred. Should I just cancel your gym membership? Jeez.
This is Grubs, btw. I can't remember my login for my damn blog.
No, no, it's fine. I just really love running outdoors.
I was just telling people how you can never remember your log in info. To anything.
Good job on planning for opportunity! I think it's important to view each workout as an opportunity to 1. learn about your body's capabilities (i.e., what works for you and what doesn't--I don't think anyone but you can honestly answer whether strength training helps or hinders any one particular workout, especially so soon into the C25K program) and 2. learn how to coach yourself.
I think it's great that you're happy about your workout afterwards. There's a lot to feel good about by by simply sticking to the plan.
FWIW, if I get too hot during a workout, I definitely get tired more quickly. So it's better to start out maybe a tad uncomfortably cool. It gets easier to dress for running workouts once you get past the walk intervals. I remember getting really chilled on some of the walk intervals, which made it harder to proceed with the run intervals.
Waddle on!! :)
Go, you!
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