Okay team. Here we are.Before I get going, I want to thank you all for the support you showed me Friday. This team is as solid as ever, and I'm proud to be a part of it - and I know we're all going to kick butt come January! Keep supporting each other - keep moving forward - and we'll join hands....figuratively if not literally - on Main Street!
After a slightly more indulgent weekend than planned (the BBQ was the killer - the folks who were supposed to bring the chicken showed up an hour after everyone had eaten!) including a BBQ for the fourth and a nice birthday dinner for Amber (grilled mahi-mahi and tuna steak with basmati rice as well as a strawberry spinach salad - and instead of ice cream? TCBY for dessert!) - where I'm SURE I've gained at least 3-4 pounds since last week...mostly water...and that gas station stop, etc....
Anyhow....after ALL that.
Tomorrow begins the regimented training program.
Now - why not do 14 weeks then maintain? Because if I don't have a challenge - a goal - or a way to strive for more - I'll falter. I know it. So the 28 weeks carries me to the race.
I've already investigated the menu at the restaurant at the Charles Hotel in Boston - and I'll be having fish and chicken a lot. :) Breakfast and lunch are provided by my seminar, so I'll make do there the best I can - but this is not a vacation, therefore, no splurging.
PLUS - I'll be mapping out my runs for the two running days I'm there in advance.
I'm really excited about this - I'm going to try to push harder for better results, and I think the weight training will help in that regard. I look forward to some dramatic changes in my body and my abilities!
PLUS!!! At the insistence of my FEET and LEGS - I'm adding an ACTUAL STRETCHING component to my workouts. I know! Post-workout stretching?! Who'd have thunk it?!?! I tried it this morning after my Safeway loop...and it seems to have helped! I'm nursing a shin splint....
And starting tomorrow - I'll be posting times and distances again! YAY!
MAIN STREET AWAITS!
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2 comments:
Glad to here you had a good time over the holiday. Ambers b-day dinner sounded awesome. I do have one question. Are you still weight training or did you stop it completely? And yes post run stretching is the way to go. Keep Moving Forward, Main Street Awaits, and Many Goals, One Voice. Man we have a lot of slogans.
Good luck with maintaining during your travel - you'd think it would be easy -- away from home, less temptation -- but for me it's harder because I am out of my routine, and usually hotel "gyms" are pretty lame. But do the best you can -- and get serious again the minute you get back!
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