After the big race on the 17-18th, I took a break from running for a bit to recover.
I ran again for the first time last Tuesday and had a busy week so I didn't run again until last night.
The weather in MA has been absolutely awful lately. Cool, windy, damp and rain more often than not. We toyed with the idea of running outside last night because it seemed like there was a break in the rain, but we got busy doing things around the house and before we realized it, there was no sunlight left at all!
I'm not ready for this change of season. I can deal with the cold, but I hate that it gets dark early. I know it's not early yet, but I know it's on the way.
Last night was a really good run. I'll usually take it easy on the treadmill and run 5.5 or 6.0 mph but last night I had it on 6.5 mph and did fairly well for most of the run. I had to slow it down a little bit because I started feeling a little queasy, but I was able to speed back up after a few minutes. I ran the 5K in less than 30 minutes and I'm hoping to get an even better pace for the 3.6 mile race this weekend.
We are camping in Vermont and doing a race with the Harpoon Brewery. It's going to be cold, but we've got a lot of fun stuff planned.
Camping Friday and Saturday night and Saturday during the day we are probably going to go on a hike, visit the Cabot Cheese factory and the Ben & Jerry's factory. Maybe a trip to the Long Trail Brewery as well.
My weight hasn't changed in over a month. Well, it's gone up slightly, but I don't know that it's a true gain, and if it is, I don't feel or look bigger so I continue recording only my lowest weights.
I've been trending above my RDI for a while know and I haven't been making the most health conscious decisions. (KFC, wth was I thinking?) I'm going to try to get back around 1300-1400 for a little while and see if that helps. Also running more again and exploring around here before it's too cold to do so.
I'll get there. I'm hoping at least 10lbs by Christmas.
I'm also going to shamelessly post this link again:
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