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The Good News...and the Not So Good News
Well ladies and gents, I am completely flabbergasted. Like a brave soul I decided to face the scale after about 2 weeks of eating without abandon. Seriously, I was eating whatever I wanted, not exercising like I should have been (hello! half marathon coming up!? what am i thinking??). So I step on the scale, finally peek, and it's the same freaking number it was before the holidays! What gives? Usually I'm watching every morsel I put in my mouth and still struggling to not gain. I swear I have a tape worm or something! So yes, that was a pleasant surprise.
On to the not so good...the running. Today was the first time I got up to run in a WEEK. That is NOT GOOD when my half marathon is only a couple weeks away! I think I just burned myself out, my new job is so busy and waking up at 5am definitely has been wearing on me. Believe me, when this race is over, I'm going back to working out when I WANT, not when a schedule says to! lol
At this point I KNOW there's no way I'm running the whole thing non-stop. I figure that 10 minute miles would be just over 2 hours, so I'm shooting for under 3! I need to stop being ashamed of having to take walk breaks, it really messes with me mentally. I've also recently been noticing some minor shin pain so I've been icing religiously!
I was thinking about Roni's new year's post today, and decided I really never give myself any credit. In the past year I have gone from someone who always said "I can't run, my sister is the runner" to running a half marathon! It's safe to say that I wouldn't be doing this to raise money for pancreatic cancer research if my father hadn't passed away, so this accomplishment has been very bittersweet. However, I can finally say that dammit, you know what, I am pretty freaking awesome. And so are all of you guys!!!
Happy 2009!
On to the not so good...the running. Today was the first time I got up to run in a WEEK. That is NOT GOOD when my half marathon is only a couple weeks away! I think I just burned myself out, my new job is so busy and waking up at 5am definitely has been wearing on me. Believe me, when this race is over, I'm going back to working out when I WANT, not when a schedule says to! lol
At this point I KNOW there's no way I'm running the whole thing non-stop. I figure that 10 minute miles would be just over 2 hours, so I'm shooting for under 3! I need to stop being ashamed of having to take walk breaks, it really messes with me mentally. I've also recently been noticing some minor shin pain so I've been icing religiously!
I was thinking about Roni's new year's post today, and decided I really never give myself any credit. In the past year I have gone from someone who always said "I can't run, my sister is the runner" to running a half marathon! It's safe to say that I wouldn't be doing this to raise money for pancreatic cancer research if my father hadn't passed away, so this accomplishment has been very bittersweet. However, I can finally say that dammit, you know what, I am pretty freaking awesome. And so are all of you guys!!!
Happy 2009!
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Comment by Rachel on January 7, 2009 at 9:12pm - I can't believe you didn't gain!! Your metabolism must have really shot up- that is great. Don't beat yourself up for not running lately, like you said you are in a much better place than you were earlier this year. A half marathon is a HUGE accomplishment, and walking through parts of it is aboslutely nothing to be ashamed of. And I'm so sorry about your father, that must be so difficult. I'm glad you can recognize your accomplishments!
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