So... my reset on Monday didn't actually happen. There were lots of long meetings and travel through road construction that took a long time, and by the time I sat down, it was dark and I was exhausted. Tuesday was basically more of the same, with a fairly punishing day of work. Wednesday turned into a fantastic day with the family, but working out didn't happen then either. And my diet has been none too good these last few days. Lots of veggies, but lots of snacks too. I've been in some sort of snacking mode that I can't seem to shake.
Nothing more to add, I just wanted to confess that my restart didn't happen. At this point, I'm hoping I can get out for a couple runs between today and Sunday. I'm supposed to do a 5k in a few weeks, and I've done not-enough running since the 5k I did back in late May (early June? I forget.). I'm tempted to just write-off this week, and say I'll start on Monday, but why should I wait? If I can get out twice at least in the next 4 days, then I really did take some small steps this week, and next Monday won't be such a big deal. Lay a small foundation, and build off of that, right?
I've been meaning to bike more (because it's exercise that I enjoy).
I did on Saturday, but I've got sick Sunday and had to finish an actuarial education project by midnight last night while still sick. I'm in the office for the first time all week. Maybe I can bike tonight? Dang thing's still lingering...
I biked for 10 miles yesterday evening. Unfortunately, my wrist is still bothering me from when I fell a couple of weeks ago. It isn't a problem at all unless I'm going uphill (or accelerating from a stop) when I need to actually hold the handlebar. It seems like it'll just be one of those nagging pains that will eventually go away after a month or two.
FTFY. You ain't no punk kid anymore, DPWY.
I am considering doing a half marathon in October. I found one in Long Lake that fits my schedule and is pretty flat.
My original motivation was from a college friend on Facebook. He ran one and ran a pretty good time. It bothers me that this guy can outrun me so I decided I'll run it faster than he did. The problem is that it is a pretty aggressive target based on my current pace. I need to double my mileage and run about 10 second faster pace. My wife keeps emailing me articles about overtraining and trying to add mileage too fast.
As usual, she is the smart one and I'm the stupid, stubborn one.
Just signed up for Hartford Half in October and am doing the training program again at Fleet Feet. We did 5 mi last Sat, 6 mi run this morning - overcast and lite breeze - great running weather.
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With the temps dropping I finally feel like doing some projects around the house. Already today I have:
- mowed the lawn
- fixed the gutter that was hanging loose on the back of the house for the last two months
- tossed all medicine that had passed its expiration date (almost all of it had)
- cleaned out old frozen junk in the freezer
- made buffalo jerky, and since I had the Food Dehydrator out, made Hooch bars
Today's batch of Hooch bars contains: rolled oats, bran powder, corn meal, chopped Goji berries, chopped almonds, chopped raisins, grated coconut, peanut butter, almond butter, jelly, agave nectar, ground coffee, sea salt, whey powder, and apple juice.
I made a pretty good trail mix the other day - peanuts, almonds, cashews, raisins, dried cranberries and dried blueberries. The peanuts were unsalted, the almonds and cashews lightly salted.