Coupla things

Ok, this was a 13 mile week. And I forgot to mention that in the raffle at the Turkey Trot I won Office Professional 2007. Pretty cool.

Turkey Trot

Six thousand of my closest friends and I Turkey Trotted this morning. Since it was crowded until the 5k turnaround, I couldn't get up to full 5k pace. So I kept going and ran the 10k. My time (55 minutes by my watch) was just 1 minute slower than my PB, so I was pretty (ok, make that sorta) happy. Aside from the crowding, the event was extremely nice. Lots of volunteers. Good causes. Perfect weather.

My goal next year is to break 50 minutes, so I have some training to do. I noticed that the younger people really out kick me at the end. Will work on that, as well as general speed.

Post-race stupid moment: Walking right past my car, staring at rest of the nearly empty street and thinking I got towed.

Oh, golly...

Weighing in last week was icky: up 1.5 pounds. This week it was gone and I was back to where I was before. I feel like I am on a roller coaster right now.

I signed up for tomorrow's Turkey Trot.

Last week I ran 14 miles, including a 6 mile "long" run on Saturday. This week I ran 2 miles on Monday and 3 miles on Tuesday. Today is a rest day, in preparation for tomorrow.

I am doing all my running with the orthotics. Yesterday, I thought something was wrong with them. As I got on the treadmill they just didn't feel right. I went and checked and had switched left and right. What's up with my attention span?

Slooooow weight loss

Last Tuesday, I had lost about 1/2 a pound. Progress, but slow.

The week was crazy, with Brennen at rehearsal Monday through Thursday until 10:30, then performances on Friday and Saturday of A Midsummer's Night Dream. I had to be there to get him in and out of costume from Tuesday on. Grandma and Grandpa Beagley and Tracy and I attended the Friday performance.

I got in a 2 mile run on Monday and a 5 mile run on Wednesday, plus two days on the exercise bicycle, and one day on the Elliptical machine + core.

Happy with recovery

Thursday I ran 4.5 miles, and today ran 3 miles. Today's run was actually at tempo pace (hr at 160 bpm)

According to what I have read, I should be avoiding speedwork and long runs until more fully recovered. Right now, I am focusing on building mileage back up and on weight loss. Therein lies the rub:

I am still very hungry and am not doing well on portion control or on avoiding bad snacks. This Tuesday's weigh-in will either be a happy surprise or a wake up call. Sometimes only a bad weigh-in will kick me into gear.

The good news is no owies.