Weekly Recap: June 22ndth – June 28th

Monday – Lunch: Ran 3 miles

Tuesday – Lunch: Ran 2 miles.  Gym: I walked 2 miles on an incline before class (Fast & Furious was on tv.  I almost skipped class to keep watching it J).  Body Pump – We had a sub, and she was late and a bit all over the board, so it was the best class, but I did what I could.

Wednesday – Lunch: Ran 3 miles.  Group Run: 4 miles and I finally got my 100 miler shirt and (3^rd) photo on the wall.

Thursday – Lunch: Ran 3 miles

Friday – Off Day

Saturday – Ran 5 miles before heading over to the Little’s for the volleyball clean up party.

Sunday – Hit the gym for 2 miles plus 20 minutes on the stair machine.

 

 

Weekly Mileage: 22 miles – which was the goal for the week.

 

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday –

Dinner last night on the patio:

 

 

 

Best Neighbor boys ever – bringing me smores

 

Mark’s dad is just now putting away Christmas decorations.  Apparently he took down the Christmas trees before we got over there.

 

Office is moving next month – the things we find cleaning out the conference room.

 

Grapefruit Beer – Bubba tested and approved.

 

 

Weekly Recap: June 15th – June 21st

Monday – Lunch: Elliptical 20 minutes

Tuesday – Lunch: Ran 3 miles.  Evening:  At home I did some strength workouts.

Wednesday – Lunch: Ran 3 miles (28:18) as a progressive run on the treadmill.  Tropical Storm Bill made its way inland so there is a good chance the group run will get canceled tonight.

Thursday – Lunch: Ran 3 miles

Friday – Lunch: Ran 3 miles

Saturday – Must-Dash 5K. 

 

Sunday – Rainy 5 miles, but had to get it done to get in 20 miles for the week.

 Weekly Mileage: 20 miles

 I worked out every day this week, running 6 of them.  Monday was a light day since it was the day after the Wounded Warrior Half Marathon.

 

 

DALLAS MARATHON

I am officially registered for the 2015 Dallas Marathon.  This is the race I majorly bonked at last year and am back for redemption!  Training will officially start in the middle of August.  The next two months are going to be used to build up a solid base, consistent mileage.

 

Goals for the Marathon:

A Goal: Sub 4 hours

B Goal: PR – Under 4:09:21

C Goal: Finish

 

My ultimate goal is still a sub 4 hr Marathon.  I am capable if I just stay out of my own way.  If not, I would still like to get a new PR.  My current PR is from my first marathon, time to update that number.  I’m going back to the old training program I have from Chicago and hope to closely mimic it with the addition of some speed work and hills.  I think I went a little to ‘balls to the wall’ on the last round.  Just have to dial it back a bit and keep it simple. C Goal: If all else fails, I would just like to finish the race this time.  I have no regrets dropping to the half last year, as it was the right decision that day.  I just hope that is not the right decision this year :).

Weekly Recap: June 8- June 14th

Monday:

• Lunch: Ran 3 miles.  0.50 run/0.25 walk.
• Evening: Ran 5 miles.  0.50 run/0.25 walk.  I was impressed with how well I felt on this run.

Tuesday:

•  Gym:  Spin 30 minutes and then Body Pump

Wednesday:

• Lunch: Ran 2 miles

Thursday:

•  Lunch: Ran 2 miles
•  Gym: HIIT workout & stair machine
• Out to watch some volleyball

Friday: Rest Day

Saturday: Rest Day. 

Sunday:

• Wounded Warrior Half Marathon (2:15:28).  I did the first 7 miles as a 0.90 run/0.10 walk.   The last 6 miles were broken down into 0.40 run/0.10 walk.

Total miles: 25.1

Good workouts and definitely ate much better this week.

Back to Reality...

Key West was a much need vacation.  There have been a handful of things causing stress in my life (or adding to my stress level) over the past 6 months, and shockingly enough, everything behaved its self while I was in Key West.  It was a great time to relax, chill out, and enjoy myself!

 Once we got back, I noticed my work clothes were a bit snugger than normal, but didn’t think too much about it because that first week back was quite busy.  Tuesday my aunt was in town visiting, Wednesday was National Running Day and Thursday I went and saw the White Sox.  Friday after work, I took a nap and I don’t generally take naps (because they mess up my sleep schedule), but I needed this nap.

 

Then I stepped on the scale, YIKES!  (Or should I say Opps).  So clothes get tighter and number on the scale goes up when you slack on your workouts and eat whatever you want – NOTED!  Time to get back on the health wagon, yet still find a balance.

Saturday – Mook and I met up to get in a ride, about 14 miles on the bikes.  Then we hit up Fuzzy’s for tacos and a Fuzzy driver – balance.

Sunday – Went for a 3 mile run while Mark cooked breakfast.  He had bought eggs and bacon earlier in the week to cook, and Saturday I made a quick stop at the grocery store so I grabbed some turkey bacon for me.  Then we went to the Fort Worth zoo where we walked around for close to 4 hours.  And I ended up fitting in my second nap of the weekend….Then smores on the patio enjoying the great evening weather.

 

 

Now it’s Monday and time to get back to it.  Time to plan and prep.