Lessons Learned!

I have been needing to cross-train for awhile, so I went to the gym yesterday after work and had a session with the trainer. This is the first time I've been to the gym in over a month. She worked me pretty hard - focusing on legs and glutes. I did squats, lunges, and some weird balance/core stuff on one of those half-ball things (I have no idea what they are called obviously). It was a good hard workout and I left happy.

Fast forward to 5:40 this morning....DAMN I'M SORE!!!! It was painful getting out of bed, but I did it. I shuffled into the bathroom and put on my running clothes. I headed out the door and did my morning stretches. (I won't even go into how much morning stretches hurt).

I originally planned today to be speed day - just running 5K for my best time.

When I took off, I ran the first half mile at an 8:30 pace. Then my body not so gently reminded me that IT HURT!! So I slowed down. And slowed down. And slowed down. At the 1.5 mile mark, I had to walk. I walked/ran the next mile. I ran the final half mile.

I usually run the 3.1 miles in under 29 minutes. This morning, I traveled less than 3 miles and did it in almost 35 minutes. I'm still hurting!

When I got on the scale, the pounds have gone up again. I feel like I'm doing well on my diet, but I've decided that I really need to figure out the calories I'm eating in a day. Since my daily food intake is almost the exact same every day (with minor adjustments), I will figure out what I eat today and adjust accordingly.



I started the run at 6:04 and burned 519 calories.

Today's stats:
Ran/Walked: 2.85 miles
Weight: 253 pounds

Here's the summary and path I ran today: