Run today, no excuses!
In fact, I’m not even going to read blogs until I get back from the gym. I have the race on Saturday & I know I can finish it, but it’d be nice to finish with a not-too embarrassing time…not-too embarrassing for me anyway.
I’ve been coasting…I keep thinking that bootcamp starts soon & I’ll be on track then, but bootcamp is only two days a week (yay!), so I gotta do more & I gotta do it now.
Today’s focus is on portion control…I know they’ve been getting bigger since I stopped measuring & started guesstimating. I’m also going to plan the day’s meals now, before things get messed up.
Breakfast: usual
Lunch: big salad
Dinner: chicken sausage on whole wheat bun, corn, baked potato fries, peas & onions.
Snack: I’d like to go a day without snacking, which would make me feel better about my carb-laden dinner plans…update: now I’m thinking fat/sugar free pudding & cool whip free.
Exercise: Went well…3.4 miles on the treadmill. Did the 5k in 41:14, which is like Go-Grease-Lightning fast for slowpoke me. My goal was to do half the 5K running & half walking, but I ended up running about 2.3 miles, mostly at 4.6 & 4.8, but I threw in some 5.0s, 5.4s, and even .25 at 6.0 (but not all in a row, mind you) to shake things up a bit. My longest stretch running was only 1.05 at the beginning, then .55, then .35 & .25. Ran the last .10 with a nice 6.0 sprint, so I guess the first 3 miles didn’t kill me. This worked out well today. Somewhere in the middle of mile one, I started actually doubting if I had the stamina to even walk 3.1 miles, but then something must’ve clicked.
I don’t know. I seem to play the believing/doubting game when I run: “yes I can; no I can’t; I love this; I hate this; I could go on forever; I should stop now; I’m a runner; maybe I should work on my walking; (while walking, I think) I want to run; (while running, I think) I want to walk. It’s crazy. Why can’t I just get into a trance-like state & let my body do what it can? All this stupid thinking is wrecking what tiny2b refers to as my running mojo.
Okay, but I’m still happy with this run & feeling better about my chances of not making total fool of myself on Saturday.
Hope your gym experience is better than mine. We need to find something to bring back our running mojo!
Still have a few people to get caught up with. Good luck on the Saturday race. After being so lax all summer, I’m finding the gym to be almost like starting from scratch.
I think your 5K time is fantastic! And love the “Grease” reference. Got to love the classics.
Your running sounds a bit like mine. I’ll walk while thinking “I should run” and when I start running I think “there’s no way i can do this, I need to slow down and walk” Good for you for getting through it and a good time!
And I’m sure you meant that my gym experience sucked, not my story
My good god! look at ya go, would you! Even threw in a 6.o! Holy cow, bigprof, now that’s what I’ve read you’ve got to do to gradually increase your avg. speed. Throw in a few fast running segments, (I’d say ’sprints’ but that might be extreme) here and there during your run. I’m kinda “do as I say and not as I do” here, because anytime I go for a run I seem to go for distance. I want more speed, then I don’t give a darn and then I’m thinking speed again. I’m fickle! Ha! As for a trance like state, good luck to ya! There is such a state and I’m in it every time I run. LOL for about a nano second! Oh it’s the cats meow, too! It feels amazing. Totally effortless running. Then I realize what’s happening and jinx myself. Damn it! Wait a sec. That trance like state, is it otherwise known as daydreaming? A wandering mind? Maybe we just need to make a point of thinking about anything else except running while we’re running!
Great run! I think you’ll do great on Saturday. You’ll surprise yourself. Remember that adrenaline rush, the group think? You’ll get caught up in it again. And also, remember, no one else there is even going to take the least bit of interest in your time, except for you!
I am thinking I have diagnosed us. We are afflicted by schizophrenic/bi-polar runner’s disorder. We need a support group. Oh, wait, we already have one!
I hope you have a great, fun 5k on Saturday. I am guessing you are going to surprise yourself. I can’t wait to hear about!!