Back on the Block

OK...so here's my issue.
It doesn't take much to mess up my groove.
Excuse the vernacular, but I can't think of another way to say it.
Well, I suppose I could say..."I've gotten out of my routine", but that doesn't sound as base as the truth of it is.

So, I've gotta get my groove back, so to speak and if today is any indication,
I'm on it baby!

My "groove" was interrupted by a business trip last week which took me out of state for only 4 days. I did run on one of the days I was away and it was a very, sweat dripping, heart pounding run! I felt good about it and even got a nod of approval from someone working out in the hotel gym. But after that, I went downhill, eating, no exercising and I had a celebratory Kir Royal along with pita chips and spinach dip on my final night there. I ate too much, and of all the wrong things....pasta, bread, and I even bought a bag of peanut M&M's! What the heck!
I came home weighing a full 4 lbs more than I did before I left!

I haven't done any exercising since last Weds so it's been a full week. I've had trouble getting my sleep patterns back and I've been pulling some all nighters preparing for some meetings.

So, this morning, I forced myself up and got back to my routine.
I sprang up out of bed, dressed in my running clothes and joined Steve Ross on "Inhale". He's the Yoga guy on the Oxygen channel. He comes on at 6am. I followed his routine for an hour, then made the bed (to make sure I didn't get back in it) and laced up my shoes. I sent a text to my running partner to let her know I was about to run 3 miles and I went.

I was surprised that my stamina was virtually unaffected by the layoff. That is not the case normally. I usually run 3 miles at a flat 30 mins. Today, I clocked in at 28! I couldn't believe it!
You know, I really think treadmill running helps to improve my speed.

So, the plan is to run 6 tomorrow (Friday) and 14 on Saturday with the TNT team.
Sunday will be off and then I'll start again.

See you tomorrow and please feel free to comment.

Peace!

75 Days to go....

OK, so I've lost track of blogging again.
It's not so easy to stop and enter a post, but I will try to do a better job of it.

Let's see... Here's my running log from last week.

Sun - Three Miles
Mon - Off
Tue - Three Miles
Wed - Three Miles
Thur - Three Miles
Fri - Three Miles
Sat - Ten Miles at Knights Ferry.
Total: 26 miles.

Now, going forward I have to get really serious. We have decided on the San Jose Rock N' Roll 1/2 marathon on Oct 5th.

I have added a countdown clock to my blog (look to the right...).
I'm also doing the body for life challenge as well. That is about a 12 week program as well so, I will do them both at the same time. The BLF work is my cross training.
I will be discussing both, the training and the BLF work on this blog going forward.

My goal today is 3, but I have to really step it up now. You will see increased mileage from this point forward. Im trying to increase my time also ...to 8:30. I'm working really hard on that. I want to do well. I'm on a mission. No less than 30 miles per week.

See you tomorrow!

Me.

July 14, 2008

It's Monday morning and I'm sitting in front of a fan, cooling off after a nice 3 miles.
It's about 69 degrees now. Feels warmer.
I didnt eat before running and I can feel the difference.
I've been eating a lot over the past few days and I've picked up a few lbs. (117 now).
I achieved my goal of 115 but decided it's still too heavy. My new goal is 110, then
I'll work on the weights.

Well, I'm off to a meeting and some errands.

By the way... I ran 9 last saturday. Felt great!

See ya!

Where was I?

OK.....I have been a bit lazy about keeping up with my blog, but I will do better going forward. I wont be providing as much detail, but will keep you updated nevertheless.

Yesterday was Weds. We ran 6 miles from Tully to Kaiser.
We started at 5:30AM to beat the heat. Reached 107 degrees today.
I am running indoors today.... 3 or 4 miles.

See you tomorrow.