Cleaning Up

After my  dirty post yesterday, I was inspired. I cleaned out my vehicle and the screened in porch, and the kitchen and put away a couple of boxes from our move. It is amazing how I want to gut those junk out of my life when I decide to start fresh, start new, start clean.

Food wise, I did much better. I was crunched for time this morning so I didn't get to have breakfast. I had to have lunch with a couple of co-workers before our parent-teacher conferences. They chose to eat at a Mexican restaurant and instead of going for something really greasy, I stuck to a soft taco and a chicken enchilada.

For dinner, I just had the most delicious bowl of Greek yogurt, grapes, mango chunks, a light sprinkle of granola and a light drizzle of honey. I am going to be drinking lots of water tonight. And if I am hungry later tonight, I'll probably have a few slices of lunch meat.

I'm still feeling junky. But it is a positive first step taken today. Tomorrow will be better. I'll plan my meals better.

Today, I ran on the treadmill. I did 2 miles in 20:25 minutes. It is one of the faster runs I have done in a while. I did incorporate some walking, which brought the average pace down to a 10:00+/mile. But when I was actually running, it was in the mid 9:00 range. To run faster, I have to train faster. I am looking at working harder at running faster so I can proudly and certainly say that I have a PR. I don't want to PR just by a mere few seconds. I want to PR by at least a minute or two. Between now and the start of my next training, I will be running speed intervals and logging in some miles.

That's all there is for today. It is Tuesday and there are exactly 3 more work days before the weekend is here.

Christina Completes Cross-Training

Another day of cross-training successfully completed. This is definitely a first!
I worked my legs today - squats, lunges, adducting and abducting the hip/thighs. At the end of the 30-odd minutes session, my legs were almost like Jell-O. I didn't want to "over-worked" it since I have 8 miles on the schedule for my long run this weekend. I can feel a little teensy weensy slight "ooooh" on my hamstrings. :) I also got onto the ball and did some crunches. 


Did I just say Eight Freaking Miles? 
It has been a while since I broke the 6-mile mark.  Eight miles is going to be a lot.  It will also be eight miles on the treadmill.  Since the boyfriend has no agenda for the weekend on working on the house, I am going to have to do my long run on Friday morning. 
The Good? I'll get it done and will be free to enjoy my weekend.
The Bad? I'll have to wake up at 5 to be done by 6:30ish tomorrow.  So that means, no hitting the snooze button.

What did I eat today?
Breakfast: 1 scoop protein powder + banana + 5 strawberries + handful spinach + skim milk + ice = Green Monster
Lunch: Fajita taco salad (only ate 1/3 of the crispy shell) + some chips + salsa + Diet Mt. Dew
Dinner: Leftovers - yesterday's chicken and noodles (I think it's ok to have some carbs tonight since I will be running some 8 miles tomorrow morning.) 
Snack: I ate 1 serving of peach rings. I love this candy. So chewy. So tasty. But not all peach rings are made the same. Just like not all Icee are made the same.

Reflections on my food intake:  For lunch, I could have not eaten any of that crispy shell. But man, I did exert some self control and ate 1/3 of it.  I probably shouldn't have bought those peach rings because that's just pure sugar = carbs.