The past two weeks have been really good for me, mentally and physically. I still have a big hill to climb, but I finally feel like I am at a point where I can push forward.
On day two, I had planned to go out and run without my phone, just my watch and shoes. The rain threw a monkey wrench into those plans so I ended up at church on the treadmill. After I warmed up, I started a new workout on the watch and I thought it was the intervals for week one. After a minute, I was still running. I stopped everything and tried to start a new, different activity only with the same result. I would love to be able to just go out and run without getting all tied up in having the programs and numbers be so exact. I just kept going and used the clock on the treadmill. I had no idea if the pace I was keeping was the same as the first day and it didn’t really matter all that much. I just wanted to move.
On day three, the weather was fantastic and I went back out to my favorite spot: The Parklands. I warmed up with a 15 minute walk, hit the workout, then had about 20 minutes of walking back to my car which was perfect for me. Despite the additional weight I am carrying right now, the intervals are at the pace I would want them at. That will slow a touch as the length of the running increases, but hopefully the weight will decrease. I already feel better in my clothes after the previous two weeks of adjustments. I am guessing there is some weight loss there but I am staying off the scale for now and just going by how I feel.
When I was looking back through this blog, I got a good laugh from the dumb selfies. Riding that runners high, I never really know how to take a cool selfie. It is especially complicated when you are naturally uncool to begin with. Still, I did like going back and reading my own posts and seeing photos as it reminded me of how good I was feeling when I was running. Actually, just moving.
I have shifted the lifting at the gym to be more of a body-building type focus. I am borrowing elements from Jeff Nippard and have a 3-day per week split setup. I thought I would have a difficult time with a program that did not involve squatting and deadlifting, but so far I have had a great time with what I am doing. There isn’t any pressure anywhere, which is nice for a change.
One week down, 17 to go.