236 this morning when woke up – 235 after run. Run was 7.02 miles in 60 minutes – total of 4 minutes of walking and remainder at 6.6 mph and 7.5 mph – two longest fastest stretches were 2 9 minute periods at 7.5 mph.
It’s been a while since I have written a blog post – things have been pretty busy and I have missed a few runs in this time as well.
March 9th – 6.71 mile run in 1 hour – 4 min walk and rest @ 6.6 and 7.5 mph
March 12th – 4 mile run in 34:20 – 1 min walk, total of 2:50 @ 8 mph and rest @ 7 mph
Missed 13 mile run for March 10th, 7 mile on March 13th and 4 miles on March 14th.
I had a 4 day training course for work this week that was pretty exhausting and required home work and had an after hours event to attend on Thursday. I also needed had some normal work to get done in the evening on Thursday so that day was shot for sure. Basically been busy and tired this past week. I need to get more sleep and get my training back on track.
Judging by the runs I have done in the past couple weeks it would seem that my speed is picking up – we will see tomorrow morning what that translate to for a longer run tomorrow morning (14 miles) – I would like to do the 14 miles in 2hrs 10 min if possible.
It is 7 weeks tomorrow to the WPS Half Marathon and I need to get the running rolling.
My weight is also up a bit to 236 as of this morning – between the missed runs and a bit of a messed up diet due to the training course this is understandable. I need to deal with this though and get things moving in the right direction on the weight loss – I have to focus on the high protein breakfast and ensuring all the training runs occur as they should. I also have to make sure I eat correctly during the day. If this all falls into place as it should I should be able to get down to 220 or so for the WPS half. This doesn’t match my original plan for this period but if I can get myself to this point it will still be a very good goal. From there I can drive harder than I had originally planned in the last 6 weeks of the training program for the Manitoba Marathon – for the weight loss aspect at least (the running training will happen as normal but the weight loss could be pushed harder). This could still get me near the original goal weight for the full of 207 pounds. If I can lose 2 pounds a week for the 13 remaining weeks of the training program that would still take me to 210 for the Marathon day which is pretty close and very good overall. Really, anything under 220 would be phenomenal but I need a lower goal than that to help drive me.
All in all – it is time to refocus and get the running and diet under control.
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