Week 1 Shamrock Half marathon training completed!

I have been doing very well I must say, thanks mostly for the exercise.

Exercise:

This week - Mon-Sun, I ran a total of 23 miles. All but 8 were on the treadmill. Today, I actually ran 8 miles/1.5 hours at Chancellor battlefield with my running buddies and had a blast. A bit windy and cold but so refreshing to be running outside. This is the longest run and first outdoor run since October 2010. So this is a good milestone to have.

Diet:

I am now on Day 3 recording my food intake in an app called Lose It. The goal is to stay at 1222 calorie per day. It is really cool how the calorie intake count is adjusted to give points to the exercise so technically I can consume more food.

On Fri, my intake was over the calorie goal for the day and that was such a big eye-opener. Yesterday was pretty good and today is looking even better. I already calculated how much dinner I will eat and because of the run this morning I can actually have a glass of red wine with dinner.

I am totally psyched!

getting into a routine

Wednesday, Jan 5.

It still is very hard to wake up every morning to get going for work. Thus, late waking up meant no workout in the morning. I have to get the routine in place or Shamrock half is a bust.

One of my running partners, Irene, emailed me her password to get the training plan in TrainingPeaks. She pays for this training plan and she shared it with so we can support each other (she says she needs me for this run, and yet I think it might be the other way around). I have yet to download the plan. I did download the Intermediate Half marathon Hal Higdon plan. I will need to modify that a bit to fit in 10 weeks vs. a 12 week plan and the beginning weeks would have to be slightly easier as I ease into running again.

I have 10 days to get going before the trip to Brussels. The routine should at least be set so that during the trip, I would still do the work-outs.

I am inspired by my 2 gal pals at work who are also on a quest for a healthier lifestyle.

and oh, the treadmill is here. I no longer have an excuse for not having an early morning run.

ok, time to get going on the treadmill for 30 min or 3 miles tonight.