Week 50

Hooray-my marathon was a success (given the situation)!!! I was able to finish it with my stress fracture and only had to walk the last 3 miles. So I ran for 23 and walked 3, not bad. Will I run another one you may ask?? If you had asked me the day or two after I would say H to the no!! But now, I think I would like to do at least one more to see how I would do injury-free. My pace was really great for the first 12 miles (8.15-8.30) and then my foot was really feeling it. I had already popped all 3 of my 800 Ibuprofens by mile 17 so I just had to take it a little slower after that. All said and done, I finished in 4 hours 27 minutes. Here's a link of me finishing at Sun Devil Stadium if you're interested.

My workout was pretty much nil this week-I was walking down the stairs backwards because I was so sore. My foot may still need some recovery but I at least don't think I will be out another 5 or 6 weeks. My diet is pretty much eat everything in sight. I feel starving for some reason and seem to have an insatiable appetite. I've got to get it under control this week.......

Weeks 47-49 & I'm back in business baby!!!

Weight: 128

The last 2 weeks I have been able to get back into running-hooray!!!!!!! My foot still hurts and so I've tried to take it slow. I have been pleasantly surprised that my running time is not too much slower and my endurance isn't terrible; thank goodness for your body's amazing muscle memory systems! I got chills the first day I was able to run again after 5 weeks-I really was that excited!! My diet was PERFECT this week with no cheating. I have been trying to focus on what my body can do and not what it can weigh. It is not worth it to obsess about a number. I am trying to remind myself of that and just get into the best physical shape I can and have balance in all other areas. My workout was:

Monday-5 miles (treadmill-7.2/8.3 pace)
Tuesday-7 miles (treadmill-7.2-8.0/8.3-7.55 pace)
Wednesday-10 mile run (outside-extremely hard and I was pretty slow:( (9.0 pace))
Thursday-50 minutes Power Yoga, abs

So my marathon is this weekend and I am hoping for the best-cross your fingers for me:) If anything, I am going to a warm 72 degree place and will be enjoying some great food.

Stay tuned for some new recipe ideas and healthy eating tricks and great snacks......

Week 46.......somewhere I missed a few??

Weight: 131.8 (yowza!!!) Okay, so I really hit it waaaayyyyy too hard on New Year's last night (fried, cheesy, carb-loaded, fat-full, zero nutrition, simple sugary crap!!!) and frankly most days this week. You would be really surprised how much I mindlessly threw into my mouth; and the funny thing is, I don't remember enjoying it all that much and now I am left with a lot of extra pounds to work off and the frustration of not fitting into my clothes as well-that's no fun. But here I go......hopefully my foot will be strong enough to run next week and get some mileage under my belt before my Marathon on January 16th-cross your fingers for me.