Sooooo…I got all busy and ran out of time and completely forgot to post this yesterday. Sorry. I just want to say something right now: I am NOT allowed to be lazy this week…AT ALL.
I
have no overtime on the paycheck I received at the beginning of this
week, so I have to wait (impatiently I might add) for the end of the
month when I will have 5 shifts
of overtime on my paycheck so that I can register for 3 races. Yep,
THREE! The Austin Marathon, the 30th is the last day for the
$100 early bird registration price. The Fight Like A Girl 5K and the
Run With The Heroes 5K. When I register for
the Austin Marathon, I will probably also be purchasing the collector’s
25th anniversary pendant. It’s only $20, or $25, I can’t remember. Either way, it’s a good price and I want it.
This
week’s food wasn’t too bad, but bad decisions were made. I swear I
really am trying to create a healthier relationship with food. I’m
getting there. It’s just slow
going. Food addiction/eating disorders are not something that you can
overcome/control overnight no matter how much I wish they were. Part of
my problem when I’m making these bad decisions is that it’s a lot of
times happening on days where I don’t get much
sleep because I’m working overtime shifts, so I am just so mentally
exhausted and a little stressed that I turn to junk food for comfort. I
realize that I’m doing this, but I’m so tired and whatnot that I just
don’t care at the time it’s happening. I really
need to work on that.
I also
hope I’m starting to finally come out of the funk I’ve been in and that
getting myself out of bed in the mornings for runs and the gym. I just
have to make it seem
more important. Maybe I should fake myself out and pretend that
someone is depending on me to get up on time and show up so we can
workout together? I don’t know if that will work.
I
need to get a new pair of shoes soon. Probably next month sometime.
I’m thinking of giving Hokas a shot. I hear lots of good things about
them and, even though I love
Mizuno, it wouldn’t hurt to at least try another brand of shoe. Maybe I
can be bi-shoeual…or would it be bi-shoe-brandual? Hahaha!
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Saturday: well…I PLANNED to get up and run, then I slept past the time
to do that, so I changed my plan to going to the gym. Slept through
that time as well. If I hadn’t
been assigned to work overtime this day, I still could have gone to the
gym, but I didn’t have time in the end. Ugh.
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Sunday: if I had not had a “date” with my friend Kirsten to run, I
would have turned off my alarm when it went off at 6:20am. Shortly
after my alarm went off, I got an
alert about possible flash flooding in my area. Right after that,
Kirsten texted me (guessing she got the same alert) and said that we
would just do loops in case it got dangerous and we needed to high tail
it back to the cars. We got to the park where we
were meeting and it was barely raining, so we just went ahead as
originally planned. No loops. This was a trial run for her to feel out
how I run so she can adequately pace me for the half marathon next
month. We did 7 miles at an average 10:13 pace. And
that WITH about a 1 minute walk break in the final mile! I felt like
the smoker I USED to be. My lungs were just getting their asses
kicked. My body was golden, though. This was the first time I have
ever run with another person outside of races. I really
liked it. We’re going to run together again in a couple weeks. And
she gave me homework – run 4 to 5 miles, 1 mile easy warm-up, 2-3 miles
at 9:55 pace, 1 mile easy cool down.
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Monday: had my appointment for my physical at 7:30am and was out of
there by 8:30. Made it to Ladybird Lake parking area around 9. I had
to make a stop in search of Ziploc
baggies because I forgot mine (phone and car key fob go in baggies to
protect from sweat and rain). However, apparently Whole Foods does not
sell Ziploc baggies so I grabbed a couple produce bags instead.
Free…even better. I briefly thought of just carrying
my phone when I realized I’d forgotten my baggies but then I remembered
my key fob. Sure I could tuck it into my bra, but then the sweat would
probably kill it…so I had to stop and get something. Well, it’s a
really good thing I did because even though I
checked the weather before getting out of my car and running and it
said just a 6% chance of rain, at mile 4.5 the skies opened up and it
was pouring. I don’t mind running in the rain at all, but I just wasn’t
prepared for it this day. If I had thought it
would rain for sure, then I would have brought my earbuds instead of my
RedFox Wireless headphones that aren’t waterproof. But, it turned out
okay. I was soaked by the time I got done, but again, I don’t mind. I
love running in the rain. I just prefer
to know ahead of time that I’ll be running in the rain so I can prepare
properly for it.
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Tuesday: I GOT UP AND WENT TO THE GYM!!!!! What-what-what?!?!?! Yep,
it actually happened! Sam (he works at my gym) asked me just where the
heck have I been, that’s
how long it’s been since I went to the gym. I did my routine of like
96% of the strength training machines, which took 50 minutes. I skipped
the smith machine squats and lunges, though, since it has been so long
since I was in the gym. And then I hit the
stair climber!!! I was going to do 20 minutes but dang that thing is
HARD so I barely made it 10 minutes. Whatever, I got it done and I felt
great afterward. Also, boatloads of energy the rest of the day, which
is good since I worked a double shift this
day.
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Wednesday: I was so sore this day. Almost every single muscle I worked
in the gym on Tuesday was so very sore. The only ones that weren’t
super sore were my quads and
hammies. Guess I need to up the weight on those, huh? I worked
overtime Tuesday night, no workout this day.
• Thursday: worked overtime again Wednesday night, so no workout again.
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Friday: I was supposed to meet a friend for breakfast and then go to the
gym after that. However, my friend canceled on me, so I set my alarm
for a little later than I
would have had to get up in order to have breakfast with him. The
alarm went off, I reset it. The alarm went off again, I reset it
again. I swear that working out is important to me…it just definitely
does not look that way lately. Ugh. I hate that.
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So,
I just realized that I have never told you guys what my routine at the
gym is when I do strength training. I’d like to take a moment and do
just that. I like to superset
(go back and forth between 2 opposing exercises without a break between
them).
I start with the chest fly/reverse fly machine.
Then I move to the back extension.
Then I go to the bench press and lat pulldown machines.
Then I hit the ab twist machine.
Next up is the seated row and military press machines.
Then the bicep curl and either the tricep extension or tricep pushdown machine.
Then I
get on the seated calf raise machine and do all 3 points of my calf
muscles (toes regular, toes pointed in, toes pointed out).
Then I do the leg extension and leg curl machines.
Then I do the abductor and adductor machines (inner and outer thighs).
Then it’s the single leg kickback machine.
Bonus includes smith machine squats and lunges.
I do 3
sets of 13 reps for each exercise. I like the last 2-3 to be an actual
effort to finish. If it’s not hard or challenging, you’re not going to
see improvement (aka:
no “pain,” no gains).
I’ve
recently added the stair climber to the end of my strength training
workouts just to round things off nicely and get that extra burn.
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