Yay me!

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:45

Yay me!

I went to the YMCA which is my gym, ick! I hate gyms. I only go to swim, and since I do not own a pool I am forced to join a gym in order to use theirs. I am hoping I will be brave enough to go this winter to run on the treadmill to get at least a little more value for my exorbitant monthly fee. We shall see.

Anyhoo, back to “Yay me!“ I went to the gym and I swam! I have been putting it off and putting it off, but today I did it. Not only did I swim, I swam a mile! That is 35 laps or 70 lengths of the pool. Alright, for you math whizzes. I did swim the extra 10 yards! To the non-math compulsives: a mile is 1760 yds and 35 laps only equals 1750 yds.

Tomorrow is the 6am Buddy Run and I am planning on 6 miles .

JC-wise I have been very good except a small Taco Bell indiscretion at Tuesday’s lunch. I had the grilled chicken taquitos (260 calories and ~10 grams of fat) and a diet coke. Those damned commercials finally got to me. I will probably pay at WI for all the sodium in that sucker, but damn, it was tasty!

Track Workout 8-7

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:39

Track Workout 8-7

Track practice:

14 minute warmup: 1.1 miles
5K time trial (at little faster than long run pace): 11:06 pace
Total mileage: 4.2 miles

Failure...*sigh*

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:28

Failure...*sigh*

Training Update:

I was very tired yesterday and I did not swim. I am not sure if it was because I was tired or that I just didn't want to, either way I am pretty disappointed in myself. I didn't swim today either for equally lame reasons. My knee is a little sore from my hill repeats so I am not running until track tomorrow, but I should have gone swimming. I went on the Nike Women's Marathon website and I was disheartened by the hills in the course. I am so afraid that I will not make my goal of not walking. I feel like I am in a funk. Hopefully, my knee will feel better and track will go well tomorrow so I can shake this.

JC update:

I did 100% JC yesterday. Today, I had a small 's turkey sandwich for lunch (no cheese, no mayo) and the rest JC. There was no way to have lunch at my class today, so I had to go out.

I feel HUGE. My neighbor asked me today if I was still doing JC and when I said yes, she said “you must lose your weight from the top down.” I know she wasn’t trying to be mean, but I am well aware of my “thunder thighs” and “junk in the trunk” body style and do not need a reminder that the 14 pounds I have lost are NOT showing on my lower half.

Saturday Run 8/4

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:24

Saturday Run 8/4

Today my run buddy and I met for a five mile run with hill repeats. We ran 2 miles from a high school out on a trail to a dam at a reservoir. We then did hill repeats on the face of the dam. I ran 2/3rds of the way up the dam then back down four times, then on the fifth time up I went all the way to the top and ran across the top of the dam (not a very long dam, it is less than a ¼ of a mile long) and then back to the high school.

According to my GPS:

Total mileage: 5.62 mi

Total uphill: 990 ft

Total down hill: 994 ft (Huh?? I don’t get it. I did not dig a hole.)
Total uphill and total down hill? I am not totally sure what that means, but it sounds like and felt like a lot!

We went and got breakfast afterwards, which I feel a little mixed about because:

1. I just ran over 5 HARD miles and did hill repeats of my own free will. I did not even have a coach yelling at me.

But…

2. I had already had breakfast (JC French toast, my pre-run favorite)

But…

3. It was 9:30 am and I had eaten at 6 am AND run over 5 hard miles, so I needed something before lunch.

But…

4. I chose 2 scrambled eggs, fruit and an English muffin. There were certainly smaller meals I could have eaten.

So anyway, as you can see I have mixed feelings. Oh well! No use worrying about it now, what’s done is done.

JC Weigh in today...

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:40

JC Weigh in today...

At the WI today I was down 1.4 lbs! I used the exclamation point to feign excitement, but I don't feel it. I don't know why. I am so close to the 130's I can taste it, but I am not excited. I only feel like I should have done better. I guess that is the old self-defeating talk in my head that keeps me from reaching my goal each time I lose weight. Anyway, blah, blah, blah... B*tch and moan, b*tch and moan

I have quite a bit of exercise planned before the next weigh in so I will keep my fingers crossed and hope I can get back into the 130's, a place I haven't seen since the last time I did JC. I have never reached goal any of the times I have done JC. I really want to make it this time around. Then I can go through the program on maintainance and learn how to truly make this about a lifetime without the extra weight.

Today is a rest day for training and boy, do I need it. My run buddy and I are doing 5 miles with hill repeats tomorrow.

Hasta!

Thurs. 6 am Buddy Run 8/2

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:54

Thurs. 6 am Buddy Run 8/2

Today was our regular 6 am Buddy Run. We ran 5 miles at a pretty slow pace. I seem to be pretty tired on the Thursday training. Friday is our rest day, so I think I am pretty burned-out by Thursday. Today at class someone brought Noah’s bagels and I had one with a small amount of cream cheese. I hope I don’t pay for that at WI tomorrow. I will have more to report tomorrow.

Until then...

Cross Training

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:39

Cross Training

Today was Day three of "Health Class from Hell", but I managed to go out to get some cross training in.

Cross Training:

60 minute bike ride, terrain flat (of course, I am such a wimp) pace slow (oh well, at least I did something)
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Since I am doing a triathlon in a 5 weeks I guess I better do something other than running. I have been really bad about cross training, but especially bad about swimming. I could use some help getitng motivated to swim. I HATE it! I hate being in a swim suit in front of other people, I hate getting my hair wet, I hate chlorine, and to top it off I get seasick and have to take Bonine before I swim in the stupid pool!

Words put out in the ethernet to make me accountable:
I am going to swim on Sunday at least 1000 yds.