So, I have been losing weight steadily for quite some time when suddenly it starts coming right back on.... EEEK! Can we say time to knuckle down and get my butt back under control?
So here's my game plan:
Sept. 6th - 5k race sponsored by my new bank.
Sept. 11th - 5k race sponsored by the local YMCA's
October 4th - My very first 10k race
On top of all of that, I have decided to try the half marathon training program I found in a woman's running magazine. This should more than prepare me for a somewhat local but rather famous 15k road race next Summer. I'm also going to be preparing for the Warrior Dash next Fall.
Why the sudden interest in running? For one it's fantastic exercise. For another it is the one form of exercise that continues to elude my best training efforts.
Also, having recently blown past not only the Lazy Man Triathlon (a 5 week challenge) where I was supposed to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and run 26.2 miles I feel fabulous and ready to try a real triathlon sometime very soon! Right after finishing the Lazy Man Triathlon challenge (in 5 days because I'm that nuts) I did my own mini triathlon for a last chance workout before weigh in day which is every Friday. My mini triathlon started off with a 6.2 mile hike/jog in the woods and around my then hometown. Then I got on the elliptical trainer for the bike portion as the exercise bikes at the Y there were all busy. I did 3.1 miles or 5k on that. Then I sprinted upstairs and changed into my bathing suit for my final leg, a half mile swim in the pool! I finished the whole mini triathlon in 2 hours 36 minutes and 44 seconds! Not bad for somebody who's never done anything like that before. Don't quote me on the time exactly because I have to go back and look, but I know the hours and seconds are correct and I came in under 3 hours.
Anyway, I am working out hard and hope to see the results of that hard work in pounds and inches lost very soon.
My beginning stats:
Weight: 182.5 (as of this morning)
Goal Weight: 162.1 for Halloween Thriller
Overall Goal Weight: 145
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