Workout Wednesday

I'm planning to start tracking my workouts on here to help hold me accountable.  I don't want a week where I look back and have nothing to post, so hopefully this will keep me on my toes.

Here are my workouts for Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 8

Thursday the weather was yucky so I headed to the gym for some time on the treadmill.  I got in 2.9 miles in 30 minutes.

Friday is HEAT (High Energy Athletic Training) at the gym.  We only had 5 in class so they took it "easy" on us.  We did 5 rounds of this workout and I finished in 19:55.

Saturday was an unplanned rest day.  I had wanted to get a run in, but by the time I got home from everything that day I could barely hold my head up.  I figured my body was telling me to rest, so I listened.

I didn't do a "workout" per se on Sunday, but did spend an hour and a half using a hand saw taking down a holly tree in my back yard.  I woke up Monday morning to notice how sore I was from this!!

Monday was gloomy and did nothing to motivate me to get outside, but I did manage to get in a 3 mile run and then went to the gym to get in 30 minutes on the elliptical.  As for running - My short legs don't go fast, but they get me to the end.  I'm making progress on my pace and hopefully will have a sub 30 minute 5k before too long.

HEAT came again on Tuesday.  The class was back to normal size and the workout was back to "what in the world did I get myself into".  My group worked from the bottom of the list up - so 3 exercises, 200 meter run, 2 exercises, 400 meter run, then 3 exercises followed by an 800 meter run.....after the 90 lunges, the 800 meter run was nothing since we couldn't feel our legs.  One of the girls that typically attends every class was back after being out Friday.  Having her there makes the workouts a lot easier.  We encourage each other to push ourselves beyond what we think we can do.  Having that support makes it easier to keep going when my body is begging me to stop.  I finished this workout in 28:05.

Today was back to running.  I'm having some shin splint issues and they were screaming at me today - as was the heat.  It was about 80 when I went running.  In about a month I'll be begging for it to "just" be 80, but right now, that's warmer than I'm used to so I have some acclimating to do.  I got in 4 slow miles then headed to the gym to get in 30 minutes on the elliptical.

Not too bad of a week for me.  The main thing is that I need to get more consistent and start back building a good running base.  The MRTC Women's Running Program (in which I'm helping coach this year) and marathon training both start around the first of July (yep - in the middle of the summer in Memphis!!).  I want to be prepared for both.

Now the number that is hard for me to post, but doing so will only be an encouragement for me to work harder to reach my goal.  

I have a goal weight of 120.....ish (my main goal is to get off the excess "fat" and just be a healthier me than I am today - at 5'1", 120ish should be a good number for that).  Today, my weight was 150.4......30 to go :-(

That's all for tonight.  

~Kathryn