This past weekend we ran the Shamrock Shuffle 5K. It benefits the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County.
The bad thing about it is that we did NOT do any kind of training. In fact, neither of us had run at all since the Zoo Run Run in September. Which means that despite our efforts at the gym recently - running the route was SO HARD. We (at least I) did a lot of walking. I managed to run part of the hills - and can I say that if I NEVER see the Observatory Drive hill again it'll be too soon. Oofta.
Despite not training, we made it through. We are both still slightly sore. (We were going to go to the gym today, but I had jury duty and didn't get done until 6:30 - more on that in another post.) But - we did much better than I thought we would!
Here are our results:
Me -- 47:12 -- averaging a 15 minute mile.
Chris -- 39:02 -- averaging a 12 minute mile.
That means we can easily work our way better. I know I plan on doing the Zoo Run Run again this year - and thought about doing the Madison Mini 5K. Since it's in August (and the ZRR is in September), we should have time to get back into a training routine.
Outside of the 5K we've done a pretty decent job of hitting the gym regularly. It's been a great stress reliever. We both feel good after the workouts - and each time we've gone the muscles have hurt a little less the next day. That *has* to be a good sign, right?
Hopefully this, combined with our new "diet" will help me drop a few pounds. I have to be honest - I need to drop quite a few of them. My doctor told me at my recent check up that I should be 30 pounds lighter. That's the goal. This past week I lost about 3 pounds. If I can keep that up - it'll take me 10 weeks to be 30 pounds lighter. I'm aiming for July. That gives me 16 weeks to drop the weight. I figure the extra time allows me to have a few weeks when I backslide - and doesn't force me to gung-ho right this instant with a crazy diet and insane workout schedule. I've done that before and it's not the easiest thing to maintain. Additionally, I know that there will be (and have been) weeks when I simply won't have time to make it to both gym classes during the week. (Like this week - I missed today.)
This is my current plan - keep up the current "diet." One red meat meal a week. Two veggies for every dinner. No processed sugar. Breakfast with protein. Small lunch and small snacks between meals - usually fruit of some kind. So far I've been able to follow the diet fairly easily and feel fairly energetic and full most days.
Part two of the plan - be extra active. This has been relatively easy. Gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Walk Dexter on non-gym days. A hike on the weekend and (hopefully) hot yoga on Saturdays. Chris and I also want to check out Boulders gym on the eastside - they have classes in rock climbing there that could be fun and beneficial. It's still to be determined if we continue our current gym classes if we start taking classes on the eastside. I'd like to - but it would seriously diminish the time we get to spend with Dexter. We'll see what happens. :)
Part three of the plan - get back to running. We'll fit it in somewhere! It's possible that we'll turn our walks with Dexter into runs with Dexter again. I also want to try out trail running - so maybe some of our hikes on the weekend will end up as trail runs. Somehow we need to fit in the running. Because another 5K without training would be difficult!
I think I'll be able to get it all done. I recently bought a wellness journal from Moleskine and I LOVE it! It's helping me track what I eat and the calories in everything that I eat - as well as track my physical activity, log upcoming events and keep inspiration as well as journal goals and whatnot. It's fantastic. :) I'd highly recommend it to someone who would like a little help keeping track of their wellness.
As for other 2011 goals - I've been bad about crafting. It's turned out to be a VERY busy couple of months... I'm sure I'll get back to the crafting if things get slowed back down. Having a little time on a weekend to sew or make cards or teach myself how to make jewelry would go a long way to getting me back on track. I've been pretty good about doing some photography each weekend. Being out and about every weekend has really helped with that. Additionally, going to the International Festival two weekends ago was a huge help with that -- it gave me a great opportunity to play around with my camera's settings. Hopefully this weekend I'll get some "play time" with my camera. I missed out on that this past weekend. We were very busy Saturday with Chris' parents and Sunday we had the 5K that took our morning and ended up seeing a movie in the afternoon. (I'm not complaining - it was an amazing weekend!)
So, stay tuned for more goal updating! :) (Intersperesed with some other ramblings and dabblings in various whatnots.)
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