If it's important you will find a way, if it's not you will find an excuse.

Today was a rest day for me and I was pleasantly surprised that I was not sore from my long run yesterday. The plan for this week is to cross train on Monday and Friday, run Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and rest Wednesday and Sunday. Let's see what the week has in store!
 
Keep it up! Personally I am too lazy for exercise right now so I have to eat very little in order to lose weight..
 
Finished my half marathon in 2:56:47! :hurray: other than a sore knee and some pesky blisters, I am feeling pretty awesome!
We are now going to do a couple weeks of recovery followed by offseason training and then start the training cycle for our virtual Cayman Half in December.
 
Weight loss mode is back on after recovery. Hoping to get down to 145 by September. Strategies are to use running, weight training and healthy eating. Starting with back to basics during recovery, so no more pop and more water!
 
Back to monthly public weights and measures.

August 15, 2014
Weight.........165
Neck............13"
Arm.............12"
Chest...........38"/31"
Waist...........37"
Hips............42"
Thigh..........22"

Will edit to put numbers in the morning. Time for sleep!
 
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Did a 45 minute walk today. Wow. It felt good but I was surprised how fast you can loose your fitness that you built up. I did my last 1/2 marathon at the end of May, recovered and did maintenance running through June. Haven't really done much from the last week of June until now and it is sooooo much harder than I thought it would be. That's ok. I know I can do it and I just have to put some thought into a plan and follow through.
 
I'm trying to work out in the mornings before getting ready for work. This week was successful. I surprised myself in a good way! I think I am having IT band issues. My knee is really sore on the outside. I have foam roller so I am trying that. Not too sure what else to do.
Next week I ramp up to running 3 days, walking or cross training 2 days and 2 days of easy activity or rest. Excited! I am training to do a virtual cayman island half!
 
Ugh, September didn't go as planned. Sidelined by injury and a crazy work schedule. Time to sit down and start from scratch. I need a goal race to plan for. I feel kinda lost without one.
 
Workout plan for Tuesday.

Warmup with light movements 3ish minutes
Intervals 1 min work 20 sec rest count and record # completed.
- Squat left, together, squat right
- Burpees
- Narrow push ups
- Plank
- Crunches
- Hip bridges alt leg lift
Rest 2 min and repeat
Cool down 2 min
Stretch 15ish min
- Standing shoulder circles
- Arm circles
- Neck circles
- Chest/back stretch
- Biceps/triceps stretch
- Calf stretch/turn inner thigh stretch then switch sides
- Floor hamstring stretch
-Quad stretch
- Butterfly stretch
- Quad stretch
-Cat/cow
- Downward dog
- Hips to the floor
-Child's pose
 
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Yay! I did it. It was both fun and challenging. Wednesday's goal is to run and see how the heel feels. Will do intervals but play it by ear to avoid further injury.
 
Heel was too painful to run so I did intervals on the bike instead. It was pretty good. I only had 35 minutes but wow, I didn't know I could sweat that much in such a short period of time.
 
Bummer about the heel, but kudos for getting work done anyway! That Tuesday interval looks intense. Nice job!
 
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