Let’s recap my August goals and see how I did with them…
• run at least 120 miles (B goal of at least 110) – SUCCESS! I ran a total of 122.5 miles this month!
• continue working toward body fat % goal & staying at/below my goal weight
– SUCCESS! I am still well below my goal weight of 160 and I am slowly
inching closer and closer to that 25% body fat goal that I want to
smash!
• start lifting heavier weights at the gym – SUCCESS…the times I did go to the gym, I did up the weight
• continue to strength train at least twice a week, preferably three times
– MOSTLY A FAIL…I think I did decently at first and then the wheels
just fell off and so did the axels, I think. Must be better about this.
• continue to hit the treadmill “as needed,” for tempo runs, and maybe do a workout or two from the
book – SUCCESS: I’m actually not hating the treadmill so I kinda probably maybe run on the treadmill more than I should.
• do at least 2 runs at night – SUCCESS! Not only did I do multiple night time runs around where I live, but I also ran a night time trail half marathon!
• continue to limit “treat” foods and track everything I put in my body
– SUCCESS! Even though I had about a handful of splurge meals, they
were all planned, so I think I did well as I really only ate a couple
“treat” foods that weren’t planned ahead of time, but I had the calories
that day to cover eating them.
• continue to hit 15K+ steps a
day – MOSTLY SUCCESS! There were a few days I wasn’t able to do this
for various reasons…recovery from a very technical trail run, working
overtime and just plain not having the time/opportunity
to get my steps in like I like to. But I did the best I could with the
time/opportunity that I did have. And did do my best to at least hit 10K on the days I wasn't able to get the full 15K.
And now, moving on to what I want to do with the month of September!
• run at least 130 miles (B goal of at least 120)…I love marathon training!!!
• new weight loss goal of 145 and/or 23% body fat
• work toward getting in the habit of
actually doing strength training 2-3 times for week…at the VERY LEAST do
abs/core and calf/quad/hammy/glutes (um...so "leg day"...haha) workouts
• continue with the treadmill & night runs “as needed”
• do speed work once a week (alternate between a tempo run one week and sprints the next)
• continue limiting “treat” foods and tracking every single thing I eat/drink
• continue to hit 15K+ steps a day (when possible)
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Traveling: this month
there was a bunch of driving all over Texas. Or, at least all over
south and southeast Texas, anyway. All for running! at the beginning
of the month, I drove to near Galveston for my very first NIGHT
TIME trail half marathon! I cannot tell you how much fun that was! It
was so challenging, but I loved it…even in the moments that I wished it
would hurry up and be done, I loved it. Then, just before mid-month, I
hit up San Antonio twice. Once for packet
pickup and dinner with my SA friend, Jennifer, at her favorite food
truck, The Fridge. Mmm-mmm-mmm! Then I went back to SA the very next
morning for my second half of August, the Dragon’s Den Half. And there
was brunch at Folc post-race!
Running:
my absolute favorite run from the month of August, hands down, was the
Night Moves Trail Half Marathon. It was just such a unique (for me)
experience. I’ve run trails before (which are
definitely my favorite kind of place to run), but I’ve never run a
trail at night. Well, I “sort of” did back in March when I ran the
Illuminations Half, but that was on a resort with a golf course so
those were all manicured trails and paths and graveled
maintenance roads. So I don’t know that it really counts. It
definitely wasn’t a technical trail run. This race was also my proudest
running moment for the month. I did it! I ran a super challenging
night time trail run. And I finished in decent placements
(read my recap if you’re interested in the details). My least favorite
run this month was probably the 5 mile tready run I did on the 9th
because I just was not feeling it. I did it but it was mostly just a
going through the motions activity.
My 2nd proudest running moment this month was when I did an “official”
tempo run and smashed it! My longest run this month was a 14 miler!
Reading:
just blogs really. But, we got access to the internet back at work, so
now I can actually view the pictures in the emails from my blog
subscriptions and wow it adds so much to their writings!
Watching:
Inkie Quill. ALL OF THE INKIE QUILL. I am serious. I love Adele.
She’s Australian and is brilliant. In case you don’t know (which you
probably don’t, and that's okay), she does scrapbooking videos. I’ve also branched out
and
started watching other people’s scrapbook and general crafting videos.
Eating: I am LOVING my
protein waffles. I have to say my favorite was the choco-choco chip
protein waffles! But, next time I make them I think I will do half the
choco chips to keep the calorie count lower. Second favorite
waffles were the pumpkin protein waffles…tasted just like pumpkin
bread. Since I decided I wanted to cut another 10-ish pounds and came
up with the new weight goal of 145, I decided that I needed to eat a lot
of fish because fish is super healthy, high in
healthy fats, and low in calories…oh and very versatile! I really love
the Nature Valley almond butter biscuit sandwiches. And sweet potato
fries. Oh yea!
Planning:
meals and running. I bought a 13.7L stove top cooking caldera (I swear
that’s what it says on the label that it’s called) and I want to use it
to cook large quantities of food on meal prep days. I have a few
recipes
I want to try in the coming weeks/months. And, as my next marathon
gets closer and closer, I get more and more excited and I, of course,
run more and more miles! So, there’s at least some basic planning of
how I will run. You know, 1 long run a week, 1
sprint or tempo run workout per week, and then 1-2 easy runs of varying
distances (at least 1 is usually on the tready for convenience purposes).
Wearing:
INKnBURN, of course!!! Plus I have been loving printed leggings. I
have bought so many off the Wish app for bargain prices. I got some
Harry Potter newspaper print ones, some PacMan ones, ones with a bunch
of sketched
cats on them, and so many more. I also bought some SMALL sized
leggings at JC Penney’s. I’m ecstatic that I now fit in a small! I
love them. I also love The Fitness Tee Co tank tops. They’re so comfy
and fun! And, as always, dresses if I’m not at work
or working out.
Working on: hitting my new weight loss goal of 145 (which is pretty much tied to my body fat % goal of 23-25%).
Loving: all the
compliments. Wow, people are so awesome! Everyone has been super nice
and complimenting me on how great I’m doing with losing weight, getting
in shape and being healthier. Everyone is asking me what I’m
doing differently. Also, I love, love, love my new Garmin 920xt.
Seriously, Jillian (that’s what I named it…yes, after Jillian Michaels),
is the bomb. It’s way prettier and has a much slimmer profile than the
310 has. It’s more colorful. It was a little
more difficult to get the settings the way I like them, but I did
eventually figure it all out and get it how I like it.
Listening to: "Satellite" by Fenix, "Into You" by Ariana Grande, "Sleeping Dogs" by Zakk Wylde, "Never Be Like You" by Flume, "Stranded" by Gojira, "Need You" by Dillon Francis, "Rise" by Katy Perry, and "Lovesick" by Jacob Whitesides.
Looking forward to:
running all my September 5Ks that I like to run like the Bun Run, the
Superhero 5K (which I still need to register for...I'm such a broke slacker!), the Fight Like a Girl 5K, and the Loteria Run 5K. I just
love all the running. I would like to hit 26 minutes or faster
on a 5K by the end of this year and September is as good a time as any
to try for that! Oh and I’m looking forward to ramping up my monthly
mileage to around 130! I love marathon training! RUN ALL THE MILES!!!
Things I did well:
running. I still cannot seem to get enough running done. I want to run
every day. I run every chance I get. Before work outside, before work
on the tready if I wait until too late in the AM before heading
out the door, after work for a few miles. I just can’t stop! My
eating was ON POINT! I had a few splurge meals, but they were all
planned and well chosen and well planned around with my food for the
rest of the day on each day I had a splurge meal. Also,
I was pretty good 90%-ish of the time hitting my 15K step goal each day.
The days I suffered with my steps were days I had worked overtime the
night before, but that is to be expected.
Things I can improve:
making sure I get my minimum 2 strength training workouts a week done.
I didn’t do very well with this AT ALL this month. So disappointed.
Strength training really is very important and I need to not
skip it. At the VERY LEAST I need to do my abs/core workouts…and legs really need regular working out as well. The other
stuff isn’t super centric to running, but I like to have muscles. I have a bunch of resistance bands, and those are easy to tuck into my work bag so I can do upper body resistance stuff in any down time I have at work. So I need to do that.
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