Workouts
Jul 8 – 1.75 mile walk with Jose and Emma
Jul 9 – 2 mile treadmill walk
Jul 10 – 2.5 mile treadmill run
Jul 11 –
Jul 12 – 2.5 mile treadmill run
Jul 13 –
Jul 14 – TBD
Weight
Jul 8 – 191.0 lbs
Jul 14 – 189.0 lbs
Summary
And so it begins…”Mile-a-Day” has been retired for now and replaced by the first week of my “return to running.” The ultimate goal is to get back into some sort of reasonable shape for the Houston Half in January. I don’t have any illusions of new PRs right now — I worked HARD to earn my half marathon PR in 2010, and I can’t commit to that level of effort right now — but I’d like to be able to finish in a decent time which, for me, is something under 2:30, and ideally closer to 2:25.
The secondary goal is to lose 15 lbs of remaining baby weight. I was hovering around 175 lbs when I got pregnant with Emma, then gained about 30 pounds while pregnant. Within a few weeks of Emma’s birth, I was back to 185…but since then, instead of losing the final 10, several extra pounds crept back on. No good! I’m tired of not being able to wear half of my wardrobe and Emma’s almost 1 — I don’t really have any excuses, and the extra weight makes me feel icky. I know from experience that I only lose weight when I am diligent about what I eat (in other words, exercise alone ain’t gonna do it), but combining that with my return to running is an obvious fit.
I did ok this week, eating a little less and fitting in two runs on the treadmill — six repeats of 3.5 minutes at 5 mph and 1.5 minutes at 3.5 mph, plus the treadmill’s automated 2 minute warmup and 3 minute cooldown. That comes out to 2.5 miles in 35 minutes, which seems horribly slow and is a bit depressing. But I know I need to take it really easy at first or risk getting hurt, and that sequence keeps things very comfortable.
I had planned to do a 3-4 mile run outside today to make it 3 runs for the week, but I woke up feeling achy and a bit nauseous. It’s already 5:00 and I still feel a little off, so I don’t know if I’ll end up doing anything today.
