Workout/Weigh In Wednesday

I've been doing good to get in 2 posts in a week here lately - and somehow I'm getting in 2 today alone!!

Today, I'm linking back up with Skinny Meg for Workout Wednesday as well as Heather, Ash, Bailey, and Amy for Weigh In Wednesday.

Wednesday, July 3
I posted here about the Stars and Stripes 5K that I ran here in Memphis.  It was a great time (except for the train), and I'll definitely be returning to this race!

Thursday, July 4

I took the 4th a little easy and went to the pool for some laps.  I got in 950 yards in 30 minutes.  I still have a ways to go with my swimming, but that was the most I have gotten in in a 30 minute swim.

Friday, July 5

Today was HEAT Class.  We began the class with 8 minutes of burpees (I did 101!!!), followed by this workout which I finished in 22:14.

This one actually wasn't too bad - in comparison to others we have done.

Saturday, July 6

Today I headed to Breakaway Germantown to run with the St Jude Marathon Training group.  They have a 24 week training plan and this was week 2.  We had a 5 mile run on the Greenway, which is nice since you don't have to dodge any traffic.  My pace was a LOT slower than Wednesday - which is attributed to the heat and humidity........even at 7:00am.

Sunday, July 7

I headed to my favorite yoga class today then followed it up with a 12.5 bike ride with a friend of mine.  She wasn't feeling 100% so we took it a little easy, but still finished in ~1:10.

Monday, July 8

This was a super busy day.  My first workout was HEAT class.

We had so many people that we had to stagger where we started.  We all started with the 800M run, then I went to the ball slams and worked my way through the exercises in order with the exception of the jumping jacks.  They were at the end for everyone.  I finished in 25:20.

Immediately after HEAT, I headed out to Shelby Farms for the first night of the Memphis Run/Walk Program.  I am helping coach the Intermediate I group of runners.  We began with a 5 minute walk then alternated running and walking for 3 minutes each for ~35 minutes followed by a cool down walk back to our starting location.  

This is my first year as a coach and it so good to see so many women getting out and being active.  At this time there are well over 1000 women registered in the program and it is still open for registration until the end of the month.  The program will finish in early September with a graduation 5K for all the women.

Tuesday, July 9

REST!!!!!!

Now for the Weigh In!!

Previous Weight - 141.6
Today's weight - 141.0
Difference - -.6

It's not much, but it's still going in the right direction.  The challenge coming up is going to be vacation.  I will be leaving Friday to head to the beach for a week.  I don't want to ruin all the hard work that I have done in the last month, so I have motivation to be "somewhat" good while I am there.  My goal for the trip is to not gain - therefore I am planning to get in either a run or a bike ride everyday we are down there.

Until next time!!!

~Kathryn

Race Recap - The Race that Got Stopped by a Train - Stars & Stripes 5K

I'm FINALLY getting around to recapping the race that I participated in LAST Wednesday night.  

Poppy is always near and wanted in on the pic action

The Stars & Stripes 5K is a 2nd year race here in Memphis at Tiger Lane at the Liberty Bowl Stadium.  It began last year when the very popular Firecracker 5K, that was held at the Racquet Club, ceased to exist.  This was my first year running it and I thought the race was put together very well except for one thing.......

Yep - that's a train in the middle of a race - at .4 miles into it.  I would say that between 1/3 and 1/2 of the runners managed to beat the train.  I, unfortunately, was one that did not.  I will say that there were some insane people that went under and around the barriers right as the train was getting to the road we were on. 

Once that happened, I decided to just enjoy the run as there was no way a PR was going to happen. The weather was actually pretty cool for a July Memphis night.  It was a relatively flat course that was essentially a big square.  The start and finish were both at the Liberty Bowl.  After the delay by the train, we turned on Southern and headed to the Cooper Young area where there were several people cheering us on during their dinners at the local restaurants there.  We ran up to Central Ave and turned there to smell Central BBQ then head back to the Liberty Bowl for the finish.  After the finish there were plenty of hamburgers and hotdogs to go around.....and watermelon!!

My "official" race time was 40:49.  No where near a PR, but if the train hadn't interrupted us it would have been as my "moving" time was exactly 8 minutes faster than my official time!  My current 5K PR is 34:15, I believe, so I'm definitely making progress towards my goal of at 30min 5K.

Here are my race stats:

Overall 852/1399 (61%)

Gender 353/765 (46%)

Age Group 74/150 (49%)

I'll take that - especially considering that 2.7 miles were essentially a nice, easy training run!!

I'll be back later today with my Workout/Weigh In Wednesday!

~Kathryn

Weigh In Wednesday - It's still coming off!!

Ok, so for the month of June, blogging was pretty much non-existent for me.  Getting back into consistent blogging is one of my goals for July.

I'm going to link up again with Weigh In Wednesday.

  

I am still on the Macros plan that I talked about here.  On this plan, I'm consistently losing weight for the first time in several years!!  I am loving this plan so much that I just changed from working with Ashley on a month to month basis to buying a 3 month package.  At the rate that I'm losing I should be close to my goal by then!!

I don't feel "confined" on this plan.  I get to actually eat - a lot.  In fact some days I get tired of eating.  One of the biggest things is that I'm learning to make better choices.  This will be put to the test in 10 days when I head to the beach for a week. And speaking of heading to the beach, I'm so excited that this year I will weigh less than I did when we went last year!!

Two weeks ago when I weighed in on here, I was at 143.4.  Well, today I am at 141.6!!  That's almost another 2 lbs gone.  For the month of June (plus a few days) I lost 7.6 lbs!!!  To hit my goal I only have 21.6 to go - that sounds SO much better than the almost 30 that I had a month ago.

Something about this plan just clicked with me - added to the fact that I weigh in with Ashley each week.  That accountability is a big deal.

If you would like to get in touch with Ashley, you can email her here.  She is great to work with, and you will not regret it.

That's all for now.  I still have a few posts that I need to do from June - hopefully those will come soon.

Enjoy the 4th everyone!!!

~Kathryn