Never say die

Wow, I didn’t know I could do this. But this run was amazing. I started off just at 9:30min/mi and ran at that pace for about 10 minutes. Then, I pushed it up to 8:00mi/mile for about 5-10 minutes. The last 10 minutes, I ran sub 8 minutes, and for the last 5 minutes of the run, I had my pace up to 6:30min/mi. I didn’t know I had that in me but it felt so good!

Again I feel a little silly for getting so excited about a run that would have been just my warm up just a half a year ago, but I’m recovering from surgery so every little step is a victory.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 02/09/2010
• Time: 09:11:06
• Total Time: 00:30:00.00
• Calories: 383
• Distance: 3.8 miles
• Average Pace: 7:53.68/mile
• Max Pace: 6:30.88/mile

Workout:

• Type: General Cardio
• Date: 02/09/2010
• Time: 09:09:57
• Total Time: 00:25:00.00
• Calories: 230

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 02/08/2010
• Time: 09:00:00
• Total Time: 00:35:00.00
• Calories: 380
• Distance: 3.82 miles
• Average Pace: 9:09.62/mile

Workout:

• Type: General Cardio
• Date: 02/08/2010
• Time: 08:57:25
• Total Time: 00:30:00.00
• Calories: 280

So here’s what it is. Here’s the big secret to being in shape and healthy and this is how you do it:

Eat right
Sleep right

I feel SO much better now that I’ve cut high fructose corn syrup out of my diet (yeah, that’s right. It seemed impossible at first, but I eat nothing with high fructose corn syrup in it now!) and I’ve started eating less and less processed food. My breads are sprouted whole grain. I’m a vegetarian, so there’s no fatty meat with hormones. I’m eating right.

But at the beginning of this week, I was feeling a bit crappy. School’s just started up and I’ve been running around doing work and school and work and school and it’s just been chaotic. But last night I made sure to get to bed at a good time and I let myself sleep in this morning for the first time in ages and now I feel just amazing. I felt like I could run a good 6 miles this morning. But I’m not there, yet, but now my goals seem so much more achievable and I feel like I’m on my way to a full recovery.

Speaking of which, here are my goals:

to run a 5K on April 18th at a 7:40min/mi pace or faster

to run a 10K by August

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 02/06/2010
• Time: 13:54:30
• Total Time: 00:32:00.00
• Calories: 327
• Distance: 3.31 miles
• Average Pace: 9:39.71/mile

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 02/06/2010
• Time: 13:52:45
• Total Time: 00:20:00.00
• Calories: 61
• Distance: 3.5 miles
• Average Speed: 10.5 mph

Workout:

• Type: General Cardio
• Date: 02/06/2010
• Time: 13:51:42
• Total Time: 00:30:00.00
• Calories: 276

Workout:

• Type: General Cardio
• Date: 02/05/2010
• Time: 23:27:32
• Total Time: 00:25:00.00
• Calories: 230

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 02/05/2010
• Time: 23:26:33
• Total Time: 00:25:00.00
• Calories: 255
• Distance: 6.5 miles
• Average Speed: 15.6 mph

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 02/05/2010
• Time: 03:02:18
• Total Time: 00:20:00.00
• Calories: 204
• Distance: 5 miles
• Average Speed: 15 mph