Weekly Workouts

Workouts
May 18 –
May 19 –
May 20 –
May 21 –
May 22 –
May 23 – 2 treadmill miles
May 24 – 2 treadmill miles

Weight
May 24 – 181.6

Summary

So, it’s been a few months since I’ve done any significant workouts and I have the extra pounds to show it. I’ve had lazy periods before and I know I will again. It is what it is.

In the past, whenever I’ve returned to running after a long layoff, I just kind of jump right in. This works in some ways, but fails in others. There are two times in my life I can think of when my running/training was most successful — when I was training for my first (and so far only) half ironman, and when I trained for the RunGirl half marathon. Both times I had specific goals (to finish the former, to PR the latter) and to get there, I followed a fairly strict training schedule.

This time around, I’ve decided to give the Couch to 5K (C25K) program a try. I’ve watched several others use it with success, so although I have enough experience with running that I could probably just do things on my own, I hope I’ll have more success using a scheduled program. C25K will also ease me back into running far more gradually than I’m used to, and I’m interested to see what type of difference that makes.

I’m working towards the annual Lunar Rendezvous 5K on July 19, where my goal will be to run the whole race without walking, regardless of speed. I haven’t done a single run without walking since before I had Emma — everything I’ve done in the past 2 years has been run/walk — so I feel like this goal is challenging enough while also being something I know is attainable.

I’m also wearing my Fitbit again after a long break, and am once again tracking calories via MyFitnessPal. Each Sunday for the next 8 weeks, I’ll post a summary of the previous week.

Onward!