I have been working hard at taking weight off slowly while revolutionizing my lifestyle and diet habits. It is going very well! It is now becoming a habit and normal to make the sensible choices and don't get me wrong I still eat all the "bad" foods and eat what I want, just in smaller portions. I don't do the "oh well, I cheated now I can eat the whole pizza and whole cake that leftover bag of chips and a bottle of wine. Now if I want cake I have one bite, if I want chips, I have a small handful, If I want a cheeseburger,I have one without the bun. The weight is slowly coming off just like it slowly went on.
On the running front, I know I have to increase my mileage slowly and have been trying to get in three runs a week and two swims and the other days I want to strength train or bike. I once again have found that increasing my mileage like so many other aspects of running is about training my body yes, but that comes naturally if I do the three runs a week. It is in fact more of a mental war against myself and the I can't do its. I find myself constantly making these crazy statements to myslef and then having to prove myself wrong. For example, I have to run first thing in the morning, because I am too tired at the end of the day. Well, no, I am mentally tired, but my body can do it, so I give myself the choice, if I can't wake up it means I am running later in the day. I just go and do it.
I have also found myself saying I can't run that much it is too far or I can't run a hilly course, I just can't. Well, last weekend I ran my first 4 mile race and this past weeeknd I ran my first 4.8 mile race with hills! I did it, I finished dead last, with grandpa passing me in the final stretch, but I finished, check me out, dead last:
452 60/60 F4049 Janet Sweeney 46 F North Falmouth, MA 1:04:27 13:24
453 40/41 F3039 Sara Coady Howe 30 F Milford, MA 1:04:27 13:24
454 76/76 M4049 Bill Connell 41 M Falmouth, MA 1:04:52 13:30
455 15/17 M6069 Harvey Ko 65 M Elliott, MD 1:05:27 13:37
456 16/17 M6069 Chris Polloni 66 M N. Falmouth, MA 1:05:27 13:37
457 17/17 M6069 Rob Grey 65 M Cambridge, MA 1:06:43 13:53
458 41/41 F3039 Amanda Gonzales 36 F Marblehead, MA 1:08:00 14:09
Ok, I lied three grandpas edged me out, sigh. That's ok, grandpa,
I will take that
one for the grandpa team.
I have been following the Jeff Galloway book and according
to the plan, I have to
increase my mileage every weekend. I have found that
if I find a race to do that
helps me
increase and build in a family adventure, it helps
me to accomplish this
daunting task.
Fellow teammates and new friends Caliin and Josh
invited me to do the Falmouth race and
I could not decide until 9:30pm the night before,
I was terrified. How can a big old
Heffalump run 4.8 miles??? I felt like I was doing
a trust fall blindly when I said ok
let's do it. Luckily I am blessed to have a wonderful
husband and family who like me love
to take on adventures and travel in a heartbeats decision.
So, at 6:30 am we were off driving to
Falmouth.
The race was amazing, so may supporters and families
were out on the road cheering the
runners on, handing out water, spraying us with hoses,
it was amazing and I did it.
Afterwards we spent the most incredible and relaxing day
with Caliin and Josh and
their beautiful family at the beach. What an amazing
adventure! It never would have
happened if I had not embarked on this journey. Thanks
Caliin and Josh for a fantastic
and inspirational day!
I am now searching for new family adventures wrapped
around a race with increasing
mileage for the weekends. I think this weekend will
be a journey to RI to visit
my old stomping grounds in Narraganset after a race.
Nik is usually more agreeable if the
their is lobster and beer at the end of the adventure for him.
Duh, of course for all of you who know me well and are
wondering of course i am trying to
make a race happen in Disney on a weekend before January.
So come run with me, if I can do it, you can do it!!!
It's all in the state of mind!
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