UGH!!

Well the past week I fell off the wagon. Eating crap and not exercising. It all started with my WI on Sunday, it had me up 5lbs. WTF? Was soo irritated and upset that I said Fuck it, and went all buckwilde.

I re-gained my composure on Thrusday and came up with a new game plan. On friday I put it into action. I looked over my diet of the last few weeks, and it hit me. Not enough protein was being consumed. All the muscle I was building with ST and running was being broken down. Therefore no fat was or is being burned.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. So I have reved up my lean and LF protein, and added a Soy Powder form to my diet. Hopefully this will give me the fuel I need to kickstart this weightloss again.

I also think it is much harder to lose weight while training. It has to be. That's my rationalization and I am sticking to it!

Back to the running, yesterday's long run was very tiring, I ended up doing 13 miles, with about 1 - 1.5 mile walk after mile 10. Ugh, but it's my fault, no running during the week, took a toll on me. I have about 6.5 weeks to the race, I am going to be super ready.

On the Trails

Today I ran my 10.25 (125 minutes) on the American Tobacco Trail. First time ever running on a trail. It was harder than I expected it to be. And the gale force winds didn't help, as well as being intensely sore from Fridays lower body ST.

I am in pain as I type this, but I really enjoyed the run. There were tons of families, runners, running groups, cyclists, and walkers. I felt very safe and worn out in the end, which is good, means I ran hard, but it also made me think, does this ever get any easier? Anyways, I think I found my new "spot".

The trail itself is about 22 miles long, and spans through two counties, starting in durham county and Ending in Wake County. It's really gorgeous out there. No wonder it was packed on a Sunday.

I SURVIVED!

• 10 Miles in 1 hour and 55 minutes. Holy Shit. It was hard though. I ran on Main Street with two huge ass inclines. Blah. Slow, 11:30 pace, but I did it. What a difference GU makes. Wow. Thanks for the tip Maria!
  
• Ash Wednesday and fasting. I had two small snacks consisting of fruit and pocorn. Guzzelled water to control the hunger pangs, but when dinner time came, I GRUBBED! Whole wheat pasta and veggies, and I was still hungry. So I headed to bed before I undid everything I had done thus far.
  
• and will hopfully survive my Speed work today! 4 miles at a 10:28 pace. Yikes atleast I get half mile jogs in between the speed miles.

Gary and I were talking last night about our trip to Mexico. We need to pick out our dates and give them to the travel agent and figure out our milestones in regards to payment.

Did I mention how much fun we had last year? We had a freakin' blast. So did the twins. Best money spent ever.

I cannot wait to go again. An hopefully make this a yearly vacation.

SuperBowl

is upon us yet Again. We are having a little party. Any excuse to eat GREAT party food and drink, right? I have a long run this Sunday (10 miles :expiring:) so I will burn way more than enough calories to consume said food and drinkage, whilst rooting for the Giants! Hell, I am even taking that monday off, to recover form said party!

Blanca, I am calling you out, mujer!

Why is it that whenever I invite my GF's to come visit me in NC, they always end up in So. Cal?

Sure we have TONS of historic landmarks, colleges, insitutions, gorgeous scenery, great folks and long drives, so why would you wanna come here when you could ingest smog, engage in road rage, visit the mouse, meet the freaks on Sunset and spend way too much money :X

What-ev's, I guess I will just have to wait till SkyBus flies to Texas to have a girls weekend! Boo to you Blanca! Mas Puto!

Even my own mom keeps moing her visit date back, jeez, doesn't anyone want to come and visit me? Starting to get a complex :twitch:

11.66...

was the avarege minute per mile on my last run. Factor in 18 degree temps, 20MPH winds, I ran fast just to get the 9 miles over with. Soooo proud of myself. Was psychin' myself out: 9 MILES, 18 DEGREES, SNOW, FROST BITE!

Heading into week 8 of my training. 10 Miler comes up in Week 9 and 11 Miles in Week 11. Kind of daunting for this fat chick!

Another good sign, I was no where near fatigued till around 8PM (I ran in the late morning), then I was out like a baby! Did wake up with a sore inner thigh, and left ankle. But the ankle is a ongoing injury from years of softball, plus I fractured it 3X's :/

Amen, Hallelujah, Praise be to Allah!

The GYM opened yesterday! SOMEONE ^^Up^^ there, Lurve's me!

Anyone watch...

Nip/Tuck? Can you please tell me when it's coming back? Going through :shakes: and :sweats:..aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Anyone seen I Am Legend? Holy Shit, was that a scary movie. Couldn't sleep the night I saw it, and haven't slept "right" ever since, but I am obsessed with this movie. I rented "Omega Man" which is soooo different than I am Legend, and I bought the book.

Speaking of books, well was talking with my man, and he asked me why I detest football soo much? You know what? I couldnt' even come up with a logical answer. So I hopped on-line and bought Football for Dummies. We shall see if I can figure out this great American pass-time!

I was able to get in 8.5 miles yesterday. That means I still have my base! Hallelujah. Or it could have been the prayers I said at Mass that morning! Hmmm..whatevah it is, I am ecstatic..

So I am gonna start Week 7 of the half training this week. Was gonna scrap all my work and begin at the beginning, but the last run proved, I am O.K. to start where I stopped.

The gym at work is still in-operable, so my SpeedWork is gonna suffer. Have a hard time controling that porion of my running. My Tempo's shall be fine. But the only path around The Hill, safe to run is "hilly" and :expiring: but I know the hills are a good workout, so I need to shut my mouth, and put on the big girl panties!

WW is going great, but I don't think the turn out is going to be good for next session (my co-workers are just phat_azzes - the ones who joined and gave up after week 4) but I will continue on my own, on-line. Really gonna miss the subsidy, but whatevahs! Almost 40lbs gone and that's what matters.