I’m going to switch the title of these from “Return to Running” to just “Weekly Workouts” since that makes more sense for the long term.
Workouts
Aug 26 –
Aug 27 – 2.7 mile treadmill run
Aug 28 – 2.7 mile treadmill run
Aug 29 –
Aug 30 –
Aug 31 – 4 mile run
Sep 1 –
Weight
Aug 25 – 188.6 lbs
Sep 1 – ? lbs
Summary
We took a quick trip to Corpus last night for a surprise 30th birthday party for Jose’s brother Alex, so I don’t know what I weighed this morning. I haven’t really lost anything in the last several months, but I also haven’t been very diligent about trying. It’s tough. The only way I will definitely lose weight is to eat less — to the point where I leave myself feeling hungry on a regular basis. I need to feel hungry a few hours before dinner, and then force myself to wait. I need to feel hungry as I climb into bed. If I feel that way, I know I didn’t overeat that day. And to be honest? That’s probably the main reason I have difficulty losing weight — because it totally sucks to feel hungry all the time.
Sigh.
Anyway, the good news is that I had three good runs this week including a “long” run yesterday morning before we hit the road to Corpus. I was worried that I would be totally overheated for the rest of the day — the usual result when I run in the heat — but I had a breakthrough moment in that department. I consciously forced myself to take it easy and keep my heart rate a little lower than it usually gets during an outdoor August run — and lo and behold, I cooled down within a couple hours and didn’t feel hot again after that.
AMAZING.
It’s ridiculous that it took me this long to figure out that my overheating problem is likely related to me pushing myself harder than I should in hot weather, and that all I need to do is force myself to slow down. I’m so slow to being with that forcing myself to slow down is hard for me. I know that sounds dumb, but it’s true — it’s a mental thing. Yesterday my 4-miler was done at 13:00 pace but you know what? I didn’t feel like dying halfway through the run and overall, I felt better. And in the end, that’s a lot better than overheating myself just to run a minute per mile faster.
I’ll get back to my old 10/11-minute-pace self if I keep working at it. But I don’t have to try to force it right now.
Yep, I’m an idiot.
