from a complete binge after I got home from class. After class on Saturday I ate one of the new Kashi granola bars on the way home: Previous to that I had a very good lunch: But, all that food couldn’t stop me from coming home and heading straight for the kitchen! I ate a bunch of random cheese and…
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Back to business
Finally I am back in business. I took off all week from running after the marathon Sunday. Since my left foot was bothering me I wanted to make sure I didn’t push it. The Zero Week Plan said I could run as much as 8 miles today, but I didn’t for 2 reasons: – I didn’t have time 🙁 since…
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Eat I 2/6/2009
I had to be at work super early today since I had volunteered for the Breakfast Club – where my co-worker and I bring breakie into work. I just did it because she wanted to and I didn’t actually want to make anything so I bought a bunch of pan dulce and she brought fruit and juice. I ate half…
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2 bad workouts
1. Yesterday I went to yoga. Since I am barely getting over sore quads I wanted to take it easy so I went to the Level I/Gentle Yoga. Well, it was complete waste of time 🙁 I didn’t realize, but it seems the class is aimed at senior citizens and is basically just stretching your arms up and breathing. Boo….
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Run 2/5/2009
I have not ran since Sunday and I don’t plan on running again until Saturday. On Monday after the full mary I took a walk in the morning and another short walk after work, then my foot/ankle started to hurt me. It still hurt Tuesday and Wednesday when I walked too. It’s my tendonitis foot, so it might be the…
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Eat I 2/5/2009
I was trying to post yesterday’s recap and it’s not letting me post pics for some reason 🙁 Oh well. We are moving forward to today’s eats. I started my little day with oatmeal made with naner, almond milk and a bunch of goodies mixed in. I normally just top my oats with brown sugar and PB, but I decided to…
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Eating and Repeating
Lately the blog has just been about running, now that the marathon is over I need to focus on my eating. Exercise has not been a problem for me, but eating is where I struggle. I weighed in this morning at ***(not ready to post this). My goal is between 145 to 147. I posted this back on December 6th,…
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Zero Week
This is Zero Week – the week after the Full Marathon, now it’s time to recover from all the damage 26.2 miles can do to your body. I didn’t follow the Hal Higdon training plan for the marathon ( I kinda just threw my plan together from a bunch of different ones and in combo with how I felt), but…
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4:15:38.
So, I alive and well. Well, I’m alive. I ran my first marathon today!!!! Ahhhh. I did it in 4:15:38! My Goal for the race: I wanted to do it in 4:10 and I ran with the 4:10 pace group for most of the race, but around mile 20 I started falling back. More than anything I am just glad…
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