Weeks 1 and 2

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

18 weeks until Quad Rock! Waah! How did two weeks come and go just like that?

I'd like to say, though, that it was a good start to working on building my base. I went from being pretty lazy to getting out and getting some miles in. Not gonna lie, some days were hard, but I just powered through.

The job is quite demanding and I absolutely love it... and these last couple weeks I picked up a couple extra shifts, so getting runs in was challenging, but I'm proud I got through the workouts!

Here are some numbers:

Week 1 (Dec 23 - Dec 29): Ran 18.3 miles; worked 38h 30m
Week 2 (Dec 30 - Jan 5): Ran 20.6 miles; worked 84h 30m

Views from today's run

I also attempted to keep an eye on my diet. I'm aiming to get back to 136 lbs by race day on May 12. It's kind of a hard goal for me as I haven't been that weight since well before my pregnancy. I'm trying to approach it conservatively because I also want to build some muscle. I'm aiming to lose around 0.6 lbs/wk. So far so good. I started at 148 lbs (yikes!) and today I'm 146.8 lbs. So I'm right on target. Hopefully as I start building on my mileage, I get a tad ahead so I have some wiggle room.

Lastly, I'm trying really really hard to get more strength workouts in. I'm absolutely awful at it. But I'm trying. I feel weak and my form is just dreadful; maybe cause I never do this stuff. But I'm working on it. Slowly, but surely.

“Some sessions are stars and some are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them." - Chrissie Wellington