Weight - ??? No scales available in hotel room!
Waist - as above
Exercise - 7.2 km Mothers Day Classic
Well the run was both good and bad. As I've been easing back into running lately - I've been taking regular walk breaks - hence my woefully slow time from last week. This week - being a shorter run, I wanted to at least run it all. I went out a bit fast though with this one, probably more out of frustration as there were so many people on the path that I couldn't even choose my pace - but was spurred into running around them. By about the half way mark, there was a steep hill (one of many little hills) and so I decided to walk half of it as I was breathing hard, and not sure about my pace. Started to run again and then saw the drink station. Walked a few metres whilst having a drink then started again in earnest. The break had really helped and before long I had hit my stride and was running quite comfortably. I really wanted to stop at times but forced myself to continue - slowing my pace if I felt I needed to. With 1 km to go I picked up the pace again, then increased my efforts at the 400 m and 200 m, managing to sprint to the finish line - with Garmy telling me I hit 13.6km/hr. Total time - about 46 mins, a good 3 mins slower than I would have liked. But I did run the majority of it, and my legs now tell the tale. I guess if I hadn't walked the bit in the middle I might have come closer to usual running pace.
Talking to my husband later (who also ran it in about 36 mins) I asked him how I looked coming down the finish line. He told me that I looked strong and fast, and that in fact, he wonders why then, I'm finishing 2/3 way in the pack. He also reflected that knowing how fit I am, and looking around at "the fairly average looking competition" that I should be able to run rings around them. I have to admit, its something I've wondered about too. Between me and my fellow bloggers, I think I am pretty fit, and frankly - I don't know why I am so slow. It could be that I over think the race, and pace myself too slowly - after all I can always sprint to the end. My average heart rate was only 80% so maybe i'm not pushing myself. But the other major thought is that I simply don't run enough and don't have the strength/endurance in my legs. I don't really think that my aerobic fitness is holding me back (after all I can maintain high HR levels for several hours), but I probably always take my runs too slowly in training, and don't expect myself to run fast. From todays run I have one heck of a lot of work to do to even get close to the goals I described yesterday. But maybe its time I really went for it - and really pushed myself to my limits. Heck I dont even know what my limits are!
Nutritionally today I made some good decisions out of not so helpful alternatives, although I didn't eat enough. With the race in the morning (and I don't eat before exercise) and by the time we got back to the hotel, showered changed and packed up - it was lunchtime before my first meal. The family wanted Barnacle Bills (aka deep fried seafood), so I compromised by also buying a fresh vegie salad. I had a couple of calamari rings and prawns (deep fried I know but kept to a minimum), skipped the chips and had salad. Unfortunately I was still hungry afterwards. Afternoon tea and cheesecake was on the menu. Luckily I had thought ahead, and when I bought the salad, also bought a yummy greek style yoghurt. Now these things are relatively high in calories compared to normal yoghurt, but I knew if I could eat this when everyone else had cheesecake, I would feel like I was having a treat too, and not so deprived. It worked. Tea was whilst travelling again, so I stopped at the one servo I know that sells chicken kebabs (skewers) and had two of these. Not a very balanced meal , but I think the better of any of my alternatives from other service stations as everything else is fried . Haven't counted the cals, but I'm pretty sure I have too many left. Ah well, hopefully I will still see a nice number on the scales tomorrow.
Well - I'm off to bed as I'm tired and sore, and tomorrow morning start my new training program. Weights in the am before work, and combat in the evening. I hope I'm up for it!
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4 comments:
Lisa you did the run on not enough training so you should be happy with your result. I'm sure you have it in you to be faster, you just neeed to work hard to get to that stage and then unlock that level (like my son's X Box Need for Speed game). Like you I'll be battling to be fast enough. I think I subconsciously pace myself to survive the session, therefore never working to my max speed/ability.
Cheers
Magda
I'm slow too! Part of it is that I am short (you can use that excuse too!), but I am finding the training helps me get faster. I have a couple of different things that Rusty gets me to do to build pace... one is 30 second sprints - do 30 seconds as fast as you can (I'm now up to 14 on the treadmill), followed by 30 seconds rest. Do this until you feel like you want to die, then jog it out for a few minutes. The other I do 6 mins on 8.5 (which is my warm up pace), 5 mins on 9, 4 mins on 9.5, 3 mins on 10, 2 mins on 10.5, 1 min on 11, 30 seconds on 12 x 3. You can have 30 seconds to a minute rest in between each of these - and choose a starting pace that is comfortable for you.
But honestly, I don't mind that I am slow - I am alot fitter than I was this time last year, so I am happy with that.
Hi Lisa,
I am no runner (a steady jogger at a stretch LOL) but that is a great time and it can only get better from here :)
Train hard and you will get stronger each run :)
Have a great weekend :)
Em:)
wowwwwww you amaze me Lisa, just to run in the time you did is awesome!! If you feel you can do it faster, I can't see why not, you do have the strength, stamina and the determination to do so. Go for it!!
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