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Mar. 8th W7D3 finally...

Posted by dltang on Mar 8, 2010 10:20:21 AM

As I mentioned in my last blog post, I have been sick.  It really caught up with me.  All I wanted to do was sleep.  I have not run or swam or biked or anything since Mar. 3rd.  Today was beautiful and I am feeling a little better, not great but better.  I finally got out there and finished W7.  I know I am supposed to rest between run days but I think I am going to get W8D1 started tomorrow.  I need to get back on track.  Week 8 looks like this:

Week 8
  • 5 minute Warm Up Walk
  • 28 minute jog
  • 5 minute Cool Down Walk
So it is only 3 minutes longer on the runs that I have been doing.  I am pretty sure I can handle it.  Today I actually felt pretty good most of the way.  I could have even run longer.  Still moving pretty slow, but steady.  I think it would be a lot nicer when I don't have this congestion in my chest, I am sure.  When I got back, I then went out for a very short bike ride.  I don't want to overdo it but I want to get a little bit of everything in.  I only went 4 miles and I realized I went from having my left pedal too tight and hard to get out of to having it too loose and I step out of it too easily.  I did some more adjusting and we will see when I take it out for a short ride again tomorrow.  I am going to keep my rides short I think for the rest of March while I am still finishing my C25K program.  Probably 5 miles or less.  Then in April, I will pick it up and start looking at 8-10 mile rides and maybe one longer one at the end of each week.  Once C25K is done, I have to get myself on a nice little schedule.  Of course with my work schedule changing all the time, this could be kind of difficult.
Now, about this weekend.  I really blew off healthy all together.  Both Saturday and Sunday, I ate junk and ate like a pig.  Needless to say, I will not be getting on the scale for a few days.  I do not want to know the damage.  But I am not going to let it stop me from continuing my goal and my efforts.  I used to do that in the past and I need to change that habit.  I am going to treat it like a vacation from eating right rather than cheating.  I am back to work now and that is what counts.  I have come to far and too far to go to give it al up.
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    Member since: Apr 15, 2009

    This is my journey, getting back to me. I miss the slender athletic woman that my husband married. 20+ years and 100 pound later and many battles, I am finally ready to do this for real.

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