Jul 27 2009

7/20 – 7/26 Recap

7/20 – Ran 4 miles @ home. Upper body @ work

7/21 – 5 miles on Lancaster Bike trail with Angi. Good run.

7/22 – Rest. My body is tired after working out/running 5 days straight. It deserves some rest.

7/23 – 5 miles at home. 46 seconds faster than Sunday…Rain on and off

7/24 – 30 min elliptical rider & Upper Body weights @ work

7/25 – Went out for 15, had to call it quits after 12 due to a thunderstorm

7/26 – Rest (went quadding for 3 hours)

Notes: I can’t remember when I worked my body this hard. I covered 26 miles this week! My right knee was sore after Saturday’s long run, but I RICEd it and it’s no longer hurting. My Mortons Neuroma is making a comeback though and I am trying to kick that in the butt. Perhaps it’s time for new shoes (again)? I’ll have to check into that.

Weight:

7/19 – 179 lbs

7/26 – 177 lbs

I had made it down to 175.5 in the middle of the week, but got a bit carried away with my eating (grilling out and eating late) and it went back up to 177. Nonetheless, I am happy with that and hope I can continue with the weightloss. It is still a lot of work and sometimes not much fun to eat healthy, but it’s all for a good cause: me!

10 lbs down 17 to go!

By Running Ragged • Posted in Running
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Jul 19 2009

7/13 – 7/19 Recap

7/13 – Ran 4 miles @ work. Ran all 4 miles!

7/14 – 1.15 elliptical @ work and upper body workout

7/15 – Intervals 3 miles @ work…10:09 min/miles

7/16 – 5 miles @ home in the evening, had my daughter ride her bike while I ran…strong upper body workout @ work

7/17 – Rest

7/18 – 8 miler group run, new trail, ran with a friend

7/19 – 5 milers @ home, kids followed me on their bikes…that was fun. 2 minutes faster than 7/16!

Notes: I had a good running week. 25 miles all together and the need to go out and run is still there! I did upper body workout twice. Hopefully I’ll be able to do that next week again. I would like to run 15 miles next Saturday, but the hubby wants to go quadding, so we’ll see how that works out.

Weight:

7/12 – 180.5 lbs

7/19 – 179 lbs

Lost 1.5 lbs…back on track! Had my scheduled “pig out day” for the month on the 18th. I had Peanut M&Ms, some chips, 1/2 donut, and a small french vanilla cappuccino. I enjoyed everything, but felt sluggish after the M&Ms. Now I am back on track and eating healthy. Overall weight loss since 6/22, 8 lbs and 19 to go.

Jul 11 2009

7/6 – 7/12 Recap

7/06 – Ran 4 miles @ home

7/07 – Elliptical 5.16 miles (45 min) @ work, upper body workout

7/08 – Intervals 3 miles @ work

7/09 – 5 miles @ home in the evening

7/10 – Elliptical 2.10 miles (20 min) @ work, short upper body, stretching

7/11 – 12 mile run at home

7/12 – Rest

Notes: 24 miles of running this week. That hasn’t happened in a long time. I’ll have to make sure I give my body time to rest next week.  My long run was very slow almost 12 min/mile, but I enjoyed it. The 5 miler on Thursday evening was an inpromptu run and I enjoyed it also. I stopped pushing myself too hard during those runs. I am learning to only push myself during interval runs and on the elliptical rider. It is helping me enjoy the long miles.

Father in-law update: The husband, mother in-law and I accompanied Roger to his last chemotherapy on Monday. He’s endured 12 of them. The 11th one hit him very hard and he was dreading the last one. I am glad that this is over and we can only hope that it killed all of his cancer. He will have a PET scan next month which will let him know if the chemo did what it was supposed do. I am running around with my fingers crossed.

Weight:

7/06 – 179.5 lbs

7/12 – 180.5 lbs

I gained one pound!!! I am not sure how that is possible with all the working out I did. My calorie intake is set just under 1800 cal/day and if I work out then I can add those to my intake and still should loose about a pound per week. I consumed almost 4000 calories less than I was allotted. Practially I should have lost 2 lbs this week. This is very dissapointing. My clothes are looser than they were when I started three weekes ago, but I don’t think it changed any over the last week. I am going to blame it on the time of the month and move on. I will do less cardio on Tuesdays and Thursdays and work more with weights to stimulate my metabalism. Wish me luck!

Jul 6 2009

6/29 – 7/5 & June Recap

6/29 – Ran 3.1 miles @ work

6/30 – Elliptical 4.25 miles (45 min) @ work, upper body workout

7/01 – Intervals 3 miles, lunges @ work

7/02 – Elliptical 3.44 miles (30 min) @ work, new upper body workout

7/03 – Rest

7/04 – 8 miles group run

7/05 – Rest

Notes: The group run was nice and I did the 8 at a nice pace. Still going strong with my eating and working out. The 15th is designated at my “pig out day”. I am looking forward to chocolate! ;)

Weight:

6/29 – 182lbs

7/5 – 179.5 lbs

7.5 lbs down and 19.5 lbs to go!

I bought the app ‘iFitness’ to help me choose from a wider variety of workouts. I used in on 7/2 and was sore for two days!

June breakdown:

Running: 61 miles – Elliptical: 15 miles – Biking: 10 – Overall: 86 miles

By Running Ragged • Posted in Run
Jun 29 2009

6/22 – 6/28 Recap

6/22 – Ran 3.1 miles @ work, walked 2.5 miles @ home, lunges

6/23 – Elliptical 3.3 miles (30 min) @ work, upper body workout

6/24 – Ran 4 miles @ home

6/25 – Elliptical 3.55 miles (30 min) @ work, upper body workout

6/26 – Rest

6/27 – Ran 10 miles @ home

6/28 – Rest

Notes: Had a good week, workout wise and food wise, even though the runs all were a bit slow. Lost 5 pounds by not eating crap that my body doesn’t need. I am hoping to reach my goal weight in December of this year and in turn my workouts will get faster. 22 lbs to go!

Jun 24 2009

What ya up to?

I am still running (3 times a week, plus 2 cardio/weight days), but don’t have the time right now to post every day, or every other day for that matter, but I do almost faithfully update my running log every day.

My foot feels much better, the little thingy in my shoe seemed to have done the trick. The Drs still don’t know why I have stomach pains, and we have moved from checking out the colon to seeing what the gallbladder is doing…to be continued…

If you want to know how my running is coming, click HERE.

Jun 11 2009

Day 15 – Day 17

I did not do much in those three days. I wore tennis shoes to work and that little thing under my foot. I seemed to help. I had no pain the second day and it stayed that way. In some strange way, I did not miss running. I think I go in cycles like that.

Jun 8 2009

Day 14 – Ouchie

My foot hurt pretty bad all day long and I was glad to get to the doctor. It took a bit of poking and prodding but he found the boo-boo in my foot and diagnosed me with “Morton’s Neuroma“.  A nerve between my bones in my foot is inflamed, causing the pain. So the doctor game me a little rubber thing to put in my shoe to prevent the two bones from rubbing together and further aggitating the nerve. If that doesn’t help I’ll have to get a cortazone shot in my foot…yikes!

The doctor said I can continue to run, but I think I’ll stick with non-weightbearing exercises for now! lol Worst case cenario I’ll be needing surgery, I don’t want that.

By Running Ragged • Posted in Blogroll
Jun 8 2009

Day 13 – Columbus 10k

Comments: Even in the morning I still wasn’t sure if I was going to run the 10k or not. It was not about foot pain. No, because my foot felt fine. It was about the fact that I would spend 2 hours driving; time that I could use at home, working around the house. However, I knew that I would feel better about myself if I ran the 10k.

The starting and finish line where set up right in front of COSI, unlike last year. That was really neat and a great staging area. The race was well managed, plenty of police officers in all the intersections, and the course was well laid out; parts through the Columbus neighborhood, and the last 2 miles on a bike path. The finish line was right on the Scioto River. My only complaint would be the water stations, the first one was at mile one, and none until mile 3. I would have preferred one at mile two instead.

I had a good race. I PRed by 4 minutes. I didn’t expect that, but last years weather was much hotter. I had to force myself to not walk during the last two miles. Usually that’s when my body wins over my mind, and it starts walking without even asking.  My foot hurt on and off, but it wasn’t too bad.

Time: 9:00am

Weather: Not sure, around 70

Shoes: Saucony Progrid Guide 2

Distance: 6.2 miles

Time: 1:08:12

Split: 11:00

Course: Columbus 10k

By Running Ragged • Posted in Run
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Jun 8 2009

Day 6 through Day 11

Day 6: Took the day off after the 6 mile group run.

Day 7: Ran on the treadmill for 3.5 miles. Left foot in the ball area started hurting but ran through it.

Day 8 – Day 11: Rested the foot, which is hard to do because one HAS to walk on it, specially if one is interested in staying employed. Called the doctor and set up an appointment for Day 14, figuring if the pain gets better, then I could always cancel.

Day 12: Ran 3 miles at home at a slow pace (not intentionally), but the foot didn’t hurt too bad afterwards, which made me decide to run the Columbus 10k on day 13.