TRAINING

I have actually followed my training schedule for the last 5 days. I usually just have it as a reference and do my own thing (as if I didn't make up the schedule in the first place). Saturday's workout with the siblings was great. We did 3 mile repeats for times (that we actually logged on our schedule) followed by hill sprints. My butt and quads are sore today! Today I did a weights workout and 20 minutes on the Precor. Tomorrow will be a 4 mile run.

Eating is either really good or really not so good. For example, I had 600 calories left for dinner and a snack Saturday night and ended up going over my allotted calories by eating a sandwich and all the fries that came with it. I know I shouldn't have gone to a restaurant hungry; a salad was just not going to cut it . Sunday got me back on track. I've followed my plan and even had a few calories left over when I headed to bed. It feels good to be in control.

Today I planned to run and swim, but then I had to schedule an emergency trip to the laundrymat with a vomit covered sleeping bag from my daughter's weekend away... I will spare the details, but it cut my gym visit short. I ended up running/walking 4.5 miles on the treadmill and it was good. Swimming will officially be moved to Wednesday.

The Big Loser competition at the Y has sort of been moved to the back seat as I begin to focus on training. BUT I will lose this week and I will try harder to keep both issues at equal priority as we enter the final 4 weeks. My team dropped in the standings -- now tied for 4th, but if we can get it together I am sure we can still win. I intend to try.