Had a major epiphany last night. So I haven't been able to work out in about a week due to various circumstances...see earlier post. Saturday I was able to do a 45 minute bike trainer workout with a 20-min run brick afterwards. I was worried I had lost some ability or endurance since I hadn't worked out in a week, but it felt great and I was able to complete it without any problems!
Sunday I was supposed to do a 85-min run (10/1 run/walk). Got really busy and was unable to workout.
Monday comes; my husband is off all week, and we are BUSY! I almost talked myself out of running, but at 7:15pm I set off in the car to Union Street, a lovely historical neighborhood that leads into downtown, then another historical neighborhood. It's relatively flat, straight, sidewalks everywhere, and lots of magnolias and beautiful landscaping to look at. And I DID IT! I set my Garmin to an interval workout of running 10 minutes and walking 1.5 minutes. I'm clumsy, and I can't get a drink, get the bottle back on my belt, take a swallow of gel, etc in 1 minutes. I ran 5.87 miles, only .33 miles away from a 10K! My upcoming 10K race is in 11 days, so I was stoked!
As I was running, a toddler comes running towards me with his mother behind him. As he gets close, he stops running and says, "Look mommy, there's a runner." And she says, "Yes, she is a runner." I about had tears running down my face, mixing with the sweat. I've seen runners and always think they have that "look", which I definitely don't have. People who see me run at triathlons or on the street often give me the thumbs up or words of encouragement; when I see pictures of myself running, I know why...being heavy is not a pretty sight running. However, tonight, as I completed essentially 6 miles and hearing I'm a runner from a young child, I have finally accepted the fact that, yes, I am a runner. Yes, I am a triathlete. It's not about what I look like, how fast (or slow) I go. It's the fact that I go.
Work: I'm still very much behind in my scholarship/manuscript writing and in grading for my adjunct job. My 3rd prn job as a clinical instructor starts Thursday (ugh) but the money will be good...my toes starting hurting as I ran yesterday...usually a sign that my shoes need replacing (but in this case it could be the distance).
Weight - I'm down to 209.4!!! Only a few more pounds and I'll be below 200!
Nutrition: I made chicken pad thai tonight with cabbage as the noodles. It was fantastic! Scott & Allison loved it; Scott didn't even season it with anything! Lots of veggies that tasted awesome! I do love this new lifestyle.
I hope that my next blog post will find me continuing to train, much more on target with my grading (at the very least) and maybe some work completed on a manuscript (but that may be too ambitious, wink wink).
TTT
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Ugh and double ugh!
Ugh and double ugh! This week has been horrible. Saturday I drove about 45 minutes to a YMCA that's situated on a lakefront and has open water swims. I swam almost 1600 yards in about 50 minutes, and it was sooo much fun. I had to rush home to get to my daughter's softball game, the last one of the season. Then I had to run her over an hour away to a park for a church youth cookout. I was supposed to also do a brick workout - bike 45 minutes and run 20. Got home and got busy and didn't get that brick workout done.
Sunday, I really wanted to get up early and run 75 minutes before church, but laziness took over and I opted to sleep in. After church, had lunch with the Davises and went swimming at their house, ran home to take the kids back to church, then back to the Davises for dinner. Home after 9pm. Ugh, oh well...
Monday I don't even remember what happened, except that I worked from home and got NO work done and went to Allison's softball tournament game (we won!). No workout again. Tuesday - worked from my office, rushed home to go to 2nd softball tournament game. This is where it gets really fun - Allison slid into 2nd base and broke her ankle. Wednesday was spent at the orthopedic office and waiting on her. Thursday I was supposed to shadow on Peds since my 3rd job (prn clinical instructor) starts next week, but I opted to stay home with Allison. Thursday night she started having increased pain, burning, tingling, and decreased movement in her toes. Called the oncall and split her dressing, which relieved the pressure, but also meant that we had to back to the doctor today to get her splint reapplied.
Bottom line: I haven't worked out in a week! UGH! I'm behind on work for my full-time academic job - just on writing reports and revising syllabi - nothing I can't get done this summer but still...I'd like to get ahead and work on manuscripts. OH I did forget that I did submit a co-authored manuscript for review! Whew - 1 down, about 4-5 to go :) I did keep my nutrition pretty much on point this week, so that's good. So far my weight has fluctuated this week per my normal - within a pound, so that's good too :)
I'm behind on my 2nd adjunct online job - currently have 13 papers left to grade from last week, but now also have 38 discussion boards and 38 more papers to grade. And my 3rd job starts next Thursday. Ugh.
My 10K is June 22 - like 2 weeks from tomorrow. At this point, I may be doing a lot of walking, but I'm really going to shoot for 10 minutes of running and 1-1.5 min of walking. I'm really hoping tomorrow to get back into my training routine. Scott is off next week, so he can help with Allison and Carson and the household chores. Hopefully I can get back on track grading for my online job and get that caught up and get those workouts in!
I hope that you have had a better week than I have - work, nutrition, workouts, etc.
TTT
Sunday, I really wanted to get up early and run 75 minutes before church, but laziness took over and I opted to sleep in. After church, had lunch with the Davises and went swimming at their house, ran home to take the kids back to church, then back to the Davises for dinner. Home after 9pm. Ugh, oh well...
Monday I don't even remember what happened, except that I worked from home and got NO work done and went to Allison's softball tournament game (we won!). No workout again. Tuesday - worked from my office, rushed home to go to 2nd softball tournament game. This is where it gets really fun - Allison slid into 2nd base and broke her ankle. Wednesday was spent at the orthopedic office and waiting on her. Thursday I was supposed to shadow on Peds since my 3rd job (prn clinical instructor) starts next week, but I opted to stay home with Allison. Thursday night she started having increased pain, burning, tingling, and decreased movement in her toes. Called the oncall and split her dressing, which relieved the pressure, but also meant that we had to back to the doctor today to get her splint reapplied.
Bottom line: I haven't worked out in a week! UGH! I'm behind on work for my full-time academic job - just on writing reports and revising syllabi - nothing I can't get done this summer but still...I'd like to get ahead and work on manuscripts. OH I did forget that I did submit a co-authored manuscript for review! Whew - 1 down, about 4-5 to go :) I did keep my nutrition pretty much on point this week, so that's good. So far my weight has fluctuated this week per my normal - within a pound, so that's good too :)
I'm behind on my 2nd adjunct online job - currently have 13 papers left to grade from last week, but now also have 38 discussion boards and 38 more papers to grade. And my 3rd job starts next Thursday. Ugh.
My 10K is June 22 - like 2 weeks from tomorrow. At this point, I may be doing a lot of walking, but I'm really going to shoot for 10 minutes of running and 1-1.5 min of walking. I'm really hoping tomorrow to get back into my training routine. Scott is off next week, so he can help with Allison and Carson and the household chores. Hopefully I can get back on track grading for my online job and get that caught up and get those workouts in!
I hope that you have had a better week than I have - work, nutrition, workouts, etc.
TTT
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