I'm still struggling to find a theme for this blog. There are two factors in creating my posts: 1) Do I have time to post. 2) Do I have content that might be interesting. And not necessarily in that order. Some days I have the best topic to blog about. In my head I've written the most witty entertaining paragraphs, but then I have no time to get them from my head to the screen. Other days I find myself sitting in front of the computer, trying to force my fingers to string interesting sentences together. All the while, I have not clearly defined what the purpose of this blog is. And so it will be for another day.
Today I choose to write about how I am running again. My doctor cleared me for exercise in early December, but I didn't really have the opportunity to run until recently. I was taking Willow for daily walks and trying to incorporate running. With no training plan in place, it was more like I was testing the waters, seeing just how much my hips could handle. Turns out it wasn't just my hips that ached after our walks. My entire core burned. What a great feeling it was.
This past week I've discovered that I can do more on the treadmill too. I've been trying to do some form of exercise every day, and today was the best day so far. I ran 3 miles in 34 minutes. That is the best time since January of last year. Two weeks ago it took 45 minutes just to get to 3 miles. Hopefully this trend will continue.
Since it has been so long since I've been running, I'm pretty sure there is zero muscle memory for the pace that I was previously at. My theory is that if I start training at a faster pace now, I will be able to pick up my speed overall. So instead of running at a comfortable 10 min mile pace, I'm only letting myself run 8:30 min miles or faster. If I need to slow down, I walk. Each day I increase the amount of time I run at 8:30. So we'll see how this goes.
AND, I weighed myself today. Only 5 more lbs till I'm at pre-baby weight. Ideally I'd like to lose another 10 so I can be at wedding weight.
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After a few months off, I've come up with my theme. I try so many new things, so often, and this is where I can capture what I've learned about each amazing day.
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