This past week has left me feeling extremely exhausted! My training schedule keeps increasing in mileage and I keep decreasing in energy. It is making it very hard to stay positive and motivated. I think I know the solution...more protein and I need to remember to take my multivitamin. I'm also contemplating buying a performance vitamin because I am burning so many calories. I think those two things will definitely help with my energy levels. My weightloss this week was great! I lost another 2 lbs. Last week I maintained which bummed me out a little because it was my first week with my new bodybugg. My bodybugg coach did point out that it was the week before my menstruael cycle and that could have been the reason for no loss. I have hit my first weightloss goal of 27 lbs! I've actually lost 37 lbs since August, but since rejoining WW, I've lost the other 27. I have made a new goal and hope to lose 20 more lbs by the fall. I am motivated and hope that I will accomplish it!
My running this week was awesome! My early morning runs during the week went great! I was energized and motivated and felt great after coming home. The boys usually wake up a few minutes after I get home and I love that I am up and already awake to get going for the day. I hit 7 miles for my long run on Saturday. I was only supposed to do 6, but I wanted to push a little harder so I didn't have to jump from 6 to 8 miles for next Saturday. My friend Jess and I actually met up for our long run at the Legacy Parkway bike trail. It was a really pretty nature trail. It runs along Legacy Parkway and you would have never noticed you were running next to a freeway. It was so quiet...I was SHOCKED! The run went pretty well. Considering the fact I had to wake up at 5 am to make it there by 6am! I felt like dying near the end, but we finished and it felt great to finish. It was also nice to have the company while running. I'm grateful for Jess and her willingness to put up with my snail pace. I know she will be pushing me along every step of the 13.1 miles. I can't believe 3 weeks are done and only 7 more to go! WOO HOO!!!
Weekly Mileage:
Monday: 3 miles
Wednesday: 4 miles
Thursday: 3 miles
Saturday: 7 miles
Total mileage: 17 miles
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
It has begun...
"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
- George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I have been on hiatus from this blog. I stopped blogging my runs because I have been extremely busy keeping up our family blog, and I honestly think that no one reads this blog. Well, my sister made the comment the other day that she misses reading my posts about running. So...here is another post! I'm hoping to blog about my runs every Sunday. That way I can update how my week went.
Well...it has begun! The official training for my half marathon started a couple of weeks ago. I am now on week three and things are going pretty good. I have to admit that the first week and a half of training were horrible! I think my body and mind decided to play tricks on me. Pre-training for me had been going really well. I even hit 8.5 miles on one of my long runs. When my first 3 miler came the first week of training, my body was fighting to finish. I couldn't believe it. I had been running 3 mile runs, 3 times a week for multiple weeks. Why was it so difficult? My two other 3 milers that first week were just as difficult. I was starting to feel discouraged but I wasn't going to give up. I know I CAN do this. It is going to take a lot of motivation and dedication to finish, but I can do it. Last week went a little better, and it seems my long runs are usually my best runs. I was hoping that running would start getting easier, but it hasn't. That's ok though. I feel so good after each run that I don't want to give up. I'm going to keep pushing forward.
I found this great quote {at the top of the post} a couple of weeks ago and it completely motivated me! It is SO true. My body always wants to give up! There are multiple times during my runs that I have to tell myself to keep going...you can do this...don't stop...and my mind takes over and keeps pushing. Yesterday I hit my fastest time for a 3 mile run. I was so excited! I'm still an extremely slow runner, but that's ok with me. I don't really have a time in mind that I want to finish the race in. I just want to finish.
Many of my friends this past week ran in the Salt lake Half and Full Marathon. I wasn't able to be there to cheer any of them on, but hearing their stories and seeing their pictures really helped motivate me. I am getting really anxious for June to come. I just hope and pray that I can finish and not kill over and die! Because a lot of times that's how I feel! I only have 7 1/2 weeks to go until the big day. I am really nervous about the difference in elevation. A couple of weeks ago I ran up in East Canyon, and I had a really hard time breathing. Bear Lake is 200 ft above East Canyon, so it really makes me nervous. We are planning on going up to Bear Lake for Memorial weekend, so I am going to do a practice run up there. It will almost be like running the race because I'm supposed to run 12 miles that Saturday. Hopefully it will go better than expected!
If any of you have any advice on training, nutrition while training, or race day, I would really appreciate it! Here's to 7 1/2 more weeks of great running!
Last weeks runs:
Monday: 3 miles
Wednesday: 4 miles
Thursday: 3 miles
Saturday: 6.5 miles
Weekly milage: 16.5 miles
- George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I have been on hiatus from this blog. I stopped blogging my runs because I have been extremely busy keeping up our family blog, and I honestly think that no one reads this blog. Well, my sister made the comment the other day that she misses reading my posts about running. So...here is another post! I'm hoping to blog about my runs every Sunday. That way I can update how my week went.
Well...it has begun! The official training for my half marathon started a couple of weeks ago. I am now on week three and things are going pretty good. I have to admit that the first week and a half of training were horrible! I think my body and mind decided to play tricks on me. Pre-training for me had been going really well. I even hit 8.5 miles on one of my long runs. When my first 3 miler came the first week of training, my body was fighting to finish. I couldn't believe it. I had been running 3 mile runs, 3 times a week for multiple weeks. Why was it so difficult? My two other 3 milers that first week were just as difficult. I was starting to feel discouraged but I wasn't going to give up. I know I CAN do this. It is going to take a lot of motivation and dedication to finish, but I can do it. Last week went a little better, and it seems my long runs are usually my best runs. I was hoping that running would start getting easier, but it hasn't. That's ok though. I feel so good after each run that I don't want to give up. I'm going to keep pushing forward.
I found this great quote {at the top of the post} a couple of weeks ago and it completely motivated me! It is SO true. My body always wants to give up! There are multiple times during my runs that I have to tell myself to keep going...you can do this...don't stop...and my mind takes over and keeps pushing. Yesterday I hit my fastest time for a 3 mile run. I was so excited! I'm still an extremely slow runner, but that's ok with me. I don't really have a time in mind that I want to finish the race in. I just want to finish.
Many of my friends this past week ran in the Salt lake Half and Full Marathon. I wasn't able to be there to cheer any of them on, but hearing their stories and seeing their pictures really helped motivate me. I am getting really anxious for June to come. I just hope and pray that I can finish and not kill over and die! Because a lot of times that's how I feel! I only have 7 1/2 weeks to go until the big day. I am really nervous about the difference in elevation. A couple of weeks ago I ran up in East Canyon, and I had a really hard time breathing. Bear Lake is 200 ft above East Canyon, so it really makes me nervous. We are planning on going up to Bear Lake for Memorial weekend, so I am going to do a practice run up there. It will almost be like running the race because I'm supposed to run 12 miles that Saturday. Hopefully it will go better than expected!
If any of you have any advice on training, nutrition while training, or race day, I would really appreciate it! Here's to 7 1/2 more weeks of great running!
Last weeks runs:
Monday: 3 miles
Wednesday: 4 miles
Thursday: 3 miles
Saturday: 6.5 miles
Weekly milage: 16.5 miles
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