Another Shirt

This time it's one that Bryce wants to wear to the marathon:

Week Nine

Exercise:

  Sunday: Rest
  Monday: Early morning run; 4 miles on the track. 42 min
  Tuesday: Busy, busy day. No workout.
  Wednesday: Rest...again...
  Thursday: 2.25 miles on the elliptical, 25 min. Tabata squats.
  Friday: 4 miles on the track. The first two Dawn joined me. 45 min
  Saturday: 2nd Chance 5K Race. 37 min

Food: A couple bumps this week. Relief Society party tripped me up! Then Bryce bringing home goodies from work. But totally worth it!

Poundage: Lost 1# (176 to 175)

I switched up the weeks a little bit to accomodate the 5K I wanted to run. Bryce even ran it with me! It was his first ever race, and he did a great job. Read more about it on The Dial Log.

Week Eight

Exercise:

  Sunday: Rest
  Monday: Rain...Ran 4 miles on the treadmill. 43 min
  Tuesday: 2 miles on the elliptical, 21 min. Tabata burpees, squats & planks
  Wednesday: Ran 4 miles on the track. 46 min
  Thursday: Rest (though is ten hours canning applesauce really rest...?)
  Friday: Stretch and Yoga. 30 min
  Saturday: 5 mile run up to the library and back. 58 min

Food: Drink lots and LOTS of water!! Whenever I forget to get in enough water, my whole body feels swollen; yuck! Not to mention I need it to make Charlie's milk.

Poundage: Lost 3# (179 to 176)

Week Seven

Exercise: Basically a repeat of last week.

  Monday: Ran 3 miles on track. 35 min. Felt great!
  Tuesday: Cross trained on the stair master for 2 miles and lifted. 45 min
  Wednesday: Rain--we spent the whole day at the children's museum.
  Thursday: Ran 3 miles on the track. 33 min
  Friday: Pilates video, 45 min.
  Saturday: Ran down Waldon to Lapeer, 2 miles there, 2 miles back.
  Sunday: Rest

Food: Try to really enjoy and savor my meals. Slow down chewing and taste everything.

Poundage: Lost 3# (182 to 179)

One of the hardest things about training is finding the time. Thankfully Bryce is just as committed to my goal, and he supports me leaving the kids behind with him so that I can train.

Running Shirt

I need this shirt:

Or perhaps this one:

My average mile pace (according to RunKeeper) is 11:30, so yeah... kinda slow. Of course, that's just on my runs till now, which haven't been longer than 4 miles. Once I start getting up into the bigger numbers, that pace might increase...

Week Six

Exercise: This week was the start of my twelve week training:

I settled on this one I found online because it included cross training, long runs (the longest of which is 10 miles), days of rest, a 5K and 10K that coincide perfectly with races I found, and it fits in with Sunday being a day of rest (except on race days...). I just move all the days back one; so the yellow is Sunday, the green is Monday and so on. This is what week one looks like:

And this is what I did:
  Sunday: Rest
  Monday: Flip flopped with Tuesday. Cross trained, 5 miles on the elliptical. One hour
  Tuesday: 3 mile run on the track. 34 min.
  Wednesday: Sick day. Over did it...
  Thursday: Another day off. Gotta get over this cold/sinus infection!
  Friday: 3 miles on the elliptical. 35 min.
  Saturday: 4 miles on the treadmill. 45 min.

Food: Eat some carbs. Try to eat a little something within half hour of finishing a run.

Poundage: Lost 2# (184 to 182)

This was a hard week. I realized that I haven't been eating and sleeping enough for training. I also think my milk supply is dwindling...and I'm NOT going to put Charlie on formula just so I can lose a few pounds and run more. I needed to step back and make some changes, and getting sick helped me do just that. I need to add more nutritious calories to my diet so I can run hard and still nurse Charlie as much as he needs. But there's no need to push it! I still have 11 weeks till race time, and even then, my only goal is to cross the finish line.

One of the things I really like about this training calendar is that I'm allowed three days off a week. So I was able to be sick and still get all my exercise in. It was mostly indoors, and yes, it is much easier to run on the treadmill, but I wanted to ease back into it while I still have this pressure in my face. One of the best things about treadmill running is that it keeps pace for me. If I could just stay at a steady pace outdoors, I know I could just run forever!