Tuesday's run

Tonight's run was good. It was cooler outside (only 80) so it seemed to be a little easier to run. My average heart rate was back to it's usual place even though we picked up the speed a little for the last mile. I am hoping that with the cooler weather comes some easier runs but something tells me that I'll just run faster. Time will tell. I will say that running almost 5 miles and burning only 400 calories seems not quite fair. What's up with that!!!!!????? I ate well today but really wanted ice cream after the run, so I ate some. Totally yummy!!!!

FW week 4

Today's long run was good. The program called for 5 miles but we did a little more. Sharon was keen to get in a few extra so we met early and ran more. So after all is said and done I ran 9.5 miles. I felt good today but when I look at my Garmin my heart rate was 6 beats higher than it usually is on long runs. Could have been the heat. Could have been the speed. Could have been a combination of both. I also seem to be a lb heavier today than yesterday. I'm not sure why that is but could have been the chocolate I ate yesterday afternoon. I need to do a better job of remembering to eat the shot blocks. When I push Marin, I seem to forget to eat them. While that's ok for the first few miles, I certainly suffer on longer runs. I did have some help today with Marin. Edwin and Lex pushed her for part of the run. I think that helped me a little. Sharon, Aileen and Felix are doing great (btw - they are the usual suspects). I realize now how much I look forward to running with them.

Today, as usual, I am starving! I did eat after the run at Deli Lane with the usual suspects. Not sure why but I had an upset tummy afterwards. It's mid afternoon now and my appetite has certainly returned. I'll be riding approx 48 miles tomorrow on the bike so I'll get in some good cross training. Thaaaa that's it folks...for today!

First week of training

ok. So here I am about to start telling you about my journey. This week wasn't too eventful. This was my first official week with the Footworks program since I just got back from vacation. I ran almost 8 miles on Saturday morning with my group. [6 with the group plus 2 to and from the house to the starting point]. We managed to get the core group to all sign up for the 10 min mile pace group. That's how quick I finished the ING half in January and I ran the half in Halifax in just over 9s finishing in 2:00:15 (really too bad about the 15 seconds). Oh well, at least I have something to aim for now since I would like to run a half under two hours. We'll see - for now, it's all about the full. I am a few lbs heavier than I want to be but I haven't managed to lose them all after coming back from vacation. I need to work on that. I am eating a little more sweets than I should (did I mention that I love pie!! Thanks dad for the reminder). Something to work on and for this blog to keep me honest about.

I did some cross training this week to strengthen my core. This should help my stamina. Of course, when you read about how this is suppose to help, I can only assume that they mean that it will help when the stomach muscles stop hurting. For now, it almost hurts sitting at my desk...all in a good way of course.

Thanks to Sharon, Aileen, Carla and Felix who will come along with me.