Not A Good Day

Today wasn't such a good day. I missed my 3:00 run due to needs at work and had trouble fitting it in later. I felt really drained by the end of the day, and I think it was due not only to missing my run but also to the way I ate today. I had quite a few sweets today, and I'm finding that sugar doesn't help my motivation too much. In addition, my asthma has been acting up all day; I needed to use my fast acting inhaler three times. Using it this often tends to make me a bit shakey.

I am hoping to turn things around tomorrow. My eating habits can't get much worse than they were today, and I am going to try as hard as I can to fit in a run. I'm ending the day with hopeful thoughts of a very healthy day tomorrow!

Good Run Today

I had a good run/walk today. I alternated 1.25 minutes runing and 1 minute walking. While running, I kept a 9.5 mile per minute pace, which is a tad bit faster than I have been going over the past few weeks. I was also able to keep up a conversation while I was running. I was pretty happy that I wasn't too winded.

I also went back to the diet I was on while I was training for the 10K...5 small meals per day. I cheated a bit with some chocolate as well, but I can really feel the difference in my energy level with 5 meals compared to one.

It was a good day!

Just Starting Out

I ran in Richmond, Virginia's Monument Avenue 10K about a month ago, and I've been pretty lazy since. I'm doing about 5 miles per week right now and hope to pick it up a bit this week. I'm finding that my speed and endurance have reduced dramatically in the last month, as has my motivation; however, I'm hopeful that blogging will help motivate me to do better. After all, I think that most people (myself included) try a bit harder when others may be watching!

I'm running in Richmond's half marathon in November and will officially begin training in late July, but I'd like to work on speeding up until then. I'll run 30 minutes twice a week during the work week, then I'll do 2-3 miles on the weekends. I'll keep it short so I can really concentrate on my pace. I'll start this schedule tomorrow!