Exercise update: I've been lax in updating, so I'll catch up a bit here. My last "serious" workout was Saturday. I ran 2+ miles on my treadmill because itwas cruddy outside weather wise. It was the end of a week of low mileage dictated by the Hal Higdon program I'm following this go round. I have to say that my run felt crappy and so did the one on the Thursday prior. As I've mentioned in other posts, I'm attributing it to dietary slippage. At least I hope that's the case.
This week is a big week for me. I have a 4 miler scheduled on Tuesday and a 5 miler on Saturday (Thursday is just 3). I'm going to try to reduce soda and other crap and see how the runs go. I've committed to making a final call on the Urbanathlon by Saturday so this should be telling. If I can do 5 miles on Saturday with minimal discomfort, then I'm locking in and making travel plans etc. If I feel like crap or if more importantly my foot feels like it's going to fall off, then it's back to the drawing board.
The foot thing is eroding my morale and confidence. Just when I think it's improving, I'll have a day where it is beyond stiff and sore when I wake up. I suspect rest will improve it, but I'm also afraid that I'm just going to have arthritis in my foot for the rest of my life, a less than pleasing thought. At some point, I'll give it an extended break from impact exercise and we'll find out. It's just figuring out whether that starts now or post-Urbanathlon that is difficult. I'm sure that shedding 20 lbs. wouldn't hurt it a bit either.
Oh well, big week I guess and I'll know way more by Saturday night.
Nutrition update: I'm am still a self-sabotaging non-serious person when it comes to food. It is with remarkable ease that I slip into my old habits of exercise a lot and eat what I want. In political parlance, I am fighting the last war not the current one. This time tested strategy of mine has only led to being large and fit, with a foot that may fall off at some point.
I'll write more if I ever grow up about food.
Random Musings: My trainer and I parted ways this week. We probably should have months ago because our schedules never lined up. She is free for small windows during weekdays and I have to find a way to escape the office every time we try to meet. She also has a very young son and a fireman husband who make her schedule complicated and we've had to cancel on each other several times. In fact, I finally realized we had only trained 10 times in 12 months. If I'd done the math sooner, maybe I'd have pulled the plug sooner. She was very nice about it and I'm suspecting she'll be famous someday, like in a Biggest Loser kind of way. But in the meantime, I'm back to training myself; a place that's pretty comfortable really.
Having a bit of a melancholy Monday, but this too shall pass. The Olympic triathlon that inspired this blog seems pretty distant, but I'll get there. I've also come to believe that you better not count on your work for fulfillment (too many factors you don't control), but that's not so depressing, it just means I need to look at a broader palate of options for personal growth. There seem to be some out there and I'll write more about them sometime. I have a serious urge to change stuff and when you've settled in a community and career and you like it there, you have to work a little harder to find the novelty that makes life interesting.
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