After the 10 and 20 milers on the weekend I was expecting a slower run on the treadmill tonight…and I got it. I was still able to push decently but I couldn’t sustain the higher speeds for very long. Still after the weekend 5 miles seemed to fly by!
Luckily this is scheduled to be a bit of a lighter week to recover a bit from the past couple so I should start to recover the speed shortly.
In the end I had a total of 3 minutes of walking and most of the rest of the run was at 7.2 mph or 9 mph with the last mile done at 7.5 mph.
My weight is doing some strange stuff too that could account for some of the slowness. From when I got up yesterday morning until I got off the treadmill tonight my weight has jumped 4 pounds. I did have some licorice but other than that I can’t think of anything too out of the ordinary that would cause that kind of a weird bump. It has to be bloating and water retention so it shouldn’t last for long but still it was not a pleasant surprise on the scale today. I can tell water retention is involved for sure as my wedding ring is tight on my finger instead of being fairly loose – it feels almost as tight as it did when I was up at 260 pounds! I am going to have to get this sorted out and get making some progress. A bit of a stumble on the weight loss but I will recover and keep going!
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