My husband went to the store and happened to find a digital WW scale. Its fun to weigh myself down to the tenth of a pound but I think it will take a little of the excitement out of going to the meetings. I'm feeling good this week but my toughest days are always the ones just before the next meeting which is right now through tomorrow. According to my new scale I am down over a 1lb!
This week's long run did not go as planned. Thursday is long run day b/c I have a babysitter (grandma comes over) but this week she had to come on Friday. I tried to squeeze my run into the hour my son is in his YMCA classes but I just could not do it. I don't run fast enough plus I didn't want to scrimp on the stretching time since the shin splints are happening. I ended up being 3/4 of a mile short of my 5 miles or 1/2 mile short if I include my warm up. Not too shabby but I was feeling like I needed to get it in so I went out on Sunday in the bitter cold and ran. I enjoy running outside so much even in the bitter cold. The shin splints weren't really bothering me at all unlike on the treadmill. I felt so heavy during the first mile but it wore off a little and I just kept chugging along. I was still a little short of 5 miles but if I include the warm up I probably hit the 5 miles. I'm thinking my time was pretty good too much better than on the treadmill, probably just under 10 minutes per mile.
Running outside gives me so much time to think in quiet. At first I was thinking about some things that were annoying me but then I put that aside because why be annoyed on this one hour that I really get to myself to enjoy, so I dropped the nonsense stuff. I was focusing on the run especially because it was hard to keep chugging along in such cold weather. When I got to a point that I was sure was over 1 mile, I rewarded myself by looking at my iphone to see what my distance actually was, it was 1.55 miles. That got me pumped, I was much further than I thought. Several times I wanted to stop and walk but I told myself to chug a little further and I'd push through. I got such a nice little sense of accomplishment when I turned onto my street. I was also thinking that I am good at this, pushing myself to go a little further, how am I not doing this in other areas? I really need to go back to school I think. I'm really just getting the itch to learn and push myself. I don't want to think about the obstacles first and I always do that and end up talking myself out of new experiences..
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