Limits

Well I decided to do something this week I had never done before. Run 3 days in a row of moderate distance. That isn't a lot for some people but for me it is. I generally like to take a day between running days. And if I do happen to run back to back it's about 3ish miles. Never have I gone over that.

I ran my long run from the past weekend on Tuesday. It was 6 miles and I felt great afterwards. But this meant that I was pushing the rest of the week back. Knowing what I had this weekend, moving my long run wasn't an option. So I went ahead and ran my 4 miles on Wed and 5 on Thursday. The great thing is that I am on schedule for this weekend. The bad thing is no matter how much I stretch out or keep moving I'm in pain. Sore pain but pain none the less. I hate being sore. It sucks and makes everything else suck as well.

Luckily I bought a foam roller yesterday off of amazon. I love that site. It's supposed to get really deep into the knots. Hopefully it works because I need it! Maybe then I will be able to run more than one day in a row without wanting to die.

I committed to another challenge for January. This is a Run Your A$$ Off challenge and I committed to 100 miles. This should be doable with marathon training. I added up what I'm supposed to run and I put it a little lower that that in case life gets in the way. I have 15/100 complete with a couple of longer runs this weekend. At least longer for me. Hopefully I will be able to get outside for a run because the treadmill is starting to get boring.

I need to figure out my nutrition as well. I'm having a hard time getting into a groove and it's frustrating. I don't want to gain/lose this 3-5 lbs I have been the last couple of months. I'm determined to lose 10-15 lbs this year. If it takes all year then fine but only if I continue to keep it off. Hopefully the strength training from bootcamp will help shed these lbs. Or at least jump start it. I am a cardio junkie unfortunately and get bored pretty quickly. I will stick with it this round though since I punked out on lifting last round.

Hope everyone else is doing great with their goals/training/whatever else you are doing!