Week 1 Phase 1

Week 1- 25-30 August 25e/Saturday long run:35e
(140lbs*39.5*34.5*36.5)

Monday: 25e
Felt good. I really wanted to go faster, but reminding myself of the desired end result kept me at a comfee pace. I felt like a turtle. My body hurt, pregnancy had not been kind to my poor little body. Love that [kid though! (Who is helping me type this..) I did a good strech out afterwards. I think my right hip might be out. Ran Rancho short loop. Variation of Coach's loop



Tuesday:
Took it easy today. A little sore, which I love. It makes me remember that i'm getting back into a shape that I like.... nice and fit. My hip really hurt today so I took it easy and walked instead of running.



Wednesday: 32e
Took a trip to the gym today and worked out on the eliptical machine, to help out my hip. It felt good. lots of sweat. 2.82 miles and burned 282.68 calories. So, 282 the magic number? Weird coincidence, but easy to remember since I forgot my pad of paper. The upside to going to the gym is that I can have a count out of distance and calories. The down-side is that I like to be outside. I wanted to do more, but again... end result. (not being an injury or my milk drying up). I spoke with the certified trainer manager today. He rarely takes clients since he is a manager and has all those resposibilities, but he wants to work with an athlete that is as serious about my sport as I am. So I'm starting to get personal training a few times a month to get a little extra help, and to keep me accountable and improve on my running.



Thursday: 25e
Another day to run. Hurts but pushing through. Need to get in shape. Motivation to fit back into my favorite jeans has kept me going. Ran in Rancho, right off of Fury, did the short loop. Variation of Coach's loop

Firday: 25e
run run run! Ran in Rancho, right off of Fury. did the short loop. felt good. Went slow, I have to keep reminding myself to go super slow to ease into it so I'm not hurting later on. AH! Its killing me! My mind still thinks that I can run like I did in college, my post-pregnancy body just laughs and says.. oh no you don't! so, its frustrating. I'll get there. and I'm excited and can't wait to race! A few more weeks and its race day. I realized that I haven't been to the chiropractor this week. My body is screamin'! Monday, monday! :) Variation of Coach's loop

Saturday: long run! 35e
I can't believe I call that a "long" run.. but it was 10 minutes longer than the other days this week. Ran on crappy trail. It really reminded me about old times. I miss those days. To top it off, it started to pour rain 4 minutes into the run ... I had a flash back to college when we were on a run and it was winter. The rain was pouring down and making the soft dirt muddy. We ran on happy trail, part of it was flooded, and we were sooo muddy! When it came to cross the little gully, it was swelling by the minute, and the other girls tried to cross without getting wet... then came me. um.. cannonball anyone? hehehe it was funny to watch them try to cross without getting wet, as if we weren't already SOAKED and MUDDY, so I helped them out . I remember that we got in so much trouble from coach when we got back to the campus. Aparently we had a gym workout right after.. opps. sorry coach! I love these long runs and can't wait until the long runs are 2 hours long. mmmmm I crave those days. On the run today it was so great to hear the rain poring through the trees. No cars. No traffic. It was peacefull and fabulous. I wish it would rain more often, muddy muddy runs are best!


Week 1 Recap:
Week Minutes: 142
# of Runs: 6
Avg. Runs: 23.67
Total Minutes last 4 weeks: 142
# of Runs last 4 weeks: 6
Avg. Run last 4 weeks: 23.67
effort level: 4
How my body feels: hurts, level 7. sore, which is expected and welcomed
Water intake: 1 gallon/day

The first month is going to be the hardest for me. I am comitted to my running, getting fit and back into racing shape. thank you coach for inspiration, and a little reminder of the sport I love.