Kaylya

Challenge Retrospective: Goal #1: Ease back into Strength training - 100%+ I said I wanted to do at least 2x per week, I did that every week and most weeks I got 3 Goal #2: Ease back into Running - 100% Started off slow, just hitting my 2x per week goal, because I still needed to be careful, but I've gotten back into a 3x per week cadence now that I can build on. Didn't run 5k but I'm pretty sure I could. Goal #2: Monitor weight - 80% I had a couple days where I spiked into my caution zone, but generally I stayed stable, perhaps slightly down overall. Docking a bit because I set a goal partway though to have more sweet free days and didn't really follow through on that, though I did become a little bit more conscious.

Got in my 3 runs and 3 strength workouts this week I haven't yet run 5k (furthest was a bit over 4), but I feel like I definitely could, and probably I will next weekend; on Friday I got a 3km run in and then a few hours later walked 6-7km or so. It's my first week back at the gym so I've really been figuring out where I'm at. Program calls for Kettlebell Romanian Deadlifts but I had to switch to bar because the biggest kettlebell (35lbs) wasn't doing it for me.

Currently doing good with 2 runs and 2 strength workouts down, with a decent amount of walking thrown in - and those 2 strength were back in the gym for the first time in about 6 weeks My April running total currently exceeds Feb + March, and won't be long before I've done more this month than the rest of the year.

As long as you keep on trying to get into first gear you're getting somewhere!

I can't say I specifically recall Brad Pitt dancing like an idiot (as a "Hardbodies" employee), but I love Burn After Reading - kinda a slow build at first but so worth it in the end

Got in that strength workout though I did it at home, and then did over 3km of walking to do an errand Only got 2 days this week with no sweets.

Did a 35 minute run/walk today, over 4km, and signed up for a 5km race in 4 weeks. I plan to go to the gym tomorrow for a 3rd strength workout. Looks like I somehow managed to do 11km of running in both Jan and Feb (and even less in March), and that's where I'm sitting right now for April I have some extra days off around Easter so next week I want to get 3 runs and 3 strength.

On track - Monday and Wednesday I did strength, and I got out for a 20 minute run/walk today, just shy of 3km, even though it was lightly raining. I plan to get out for a 30-35 minute run/walk on the weekend. I earned my 20 mile badge on Smashrun, which I've been using since the beginning of the year. I had no sweets on Tuesday and today should be another sweet free day. Weight has backed down from it's spike towards warning territory.

Success on the exercise this week - 3 strength, 2 runs, and 2 days with extra walking. My 2nd run was 1m run, 30s walk again, for about 25 minutes, I covered just over 3km. My weight poked above 156 one day (not consistent, but, the trendline is nudging slightly up), and I have definitely been eating too many sweets - I have been feeling stressed which tends to contribute to bad choices. To try and reign that in without going into full blown tracking, I am going to go 3 days per week without sweets.

Well on track for week 2, I've done one strength, one run, and got in some extra walking today. I ran 1 minute walked 30s for a little over 20 minutes, that felt reasonably challenging so I'll do about the same next run but go to 25 minutes.

Week 1 down! Strength workout #2 down on Saturday, everything I did felt fine Got a "real" run in today - I alternated 30s of running and 30s of walking for 15 minutes, plus a couple more minutes of walking at the begining and end, felt pretty good I'll bump it up a notch next time

So this week so far: I did a walk at lunch yesterday. Today I did what I'll call my first walk/run - it was super short because it was cold and I wasn't wearing the right socks for it, but I ran a couple short segments and it felt good aside from my toes freezing. And my first real strength workout. 2 of the exercises bugged one of my incisions (which is still a little raw on the outside, I guess the dissolvable stitch was irritating it) so I'll leave those for a week before trying again.

It's been a while since I've been around here but I thought the time was ripe to jump in on a challenge again! I think since I was last around here I gained some weight, but then I lost it thanks to gallbladder issues + surgery (yay nausea, loss of appetite, etc). At this point my objectives are to not gain back the weight I've lost and get back into regular exercise (I haven't been able to do more than walking and some gentle stretching and range of motion stuff for a month). #1 Ease back into strength training - follow the Girls Gone Strong beginner program, at least 2x per week (adapting or ignoring any exercises that don't feel good!) #2 Ease back into running - start by going for walks with a bit of running thrown in and ramping up the running. I'd like to walk/run at least 2x per week, with at least one more bonus walk above and beyond my normal commute per week. Pace of increasing running is up to how I feel - if I can do 5k running at least half the time by the end of the challenge that would be great. #3 Monitor weight, and start tracking food I start seeing numbers consistently over 156.

Got out to the gym last night and lasted over 20 minutes on the treadmill after my strength. I am definitely not going to make my running goal, due in part to weather and partly to laziness. New goal is to at least beat what I did in January (So 26km or more!), I can do that with a solid run and a little bit more. I think one of the worst parts about treadmill running for me is I get really hot. The gym has a pool which makes the air pretty humid, while I am currently acclimated to cold & dry. There's no breeze in a gym; the treadmill has a fan that is so weak it may as well not be there (I can feel something if I hold my hand a couple inches away - but nothing by the time it travels the 2' or so to my face).

Did STR on Sat and got out to Yoga for the first time in a while on Sunday

So the past week has involved: - Super duper cold temperatures (e.g. -30C) - Record breaking snowfall (actually I'm surprised our "single day" snowfall record was that low. Like it was a lot, but not *that* much. We probably broke the same "day" record but not the "24 hour period" or "single storm" record). But I think we're still below normal snowfall amounts for the year. - And now it's +5C and raining. So today there's tons of massive puddles with ice around (and ice covered in water is worse than ice alone!), tomorrow is probably going to be super icy. Suffice to say, I haven't been for a run since last Friday. Also haven't been to the gym since Monday, but that's mostly laziness. I did get a shoveling workout in on Wednesday! And on Tuesday while walking to the bus stop through an unplowed sidewalk I found it easier at times to do more of a slow run than a walk

Pipes seem to have been only slightly frozen. After a few hours with the heat on higher they started working again

Went away for a long weekend with some friends. Ate & drank too much (bye bye goal of 10 drinks this month... but I will abstain the rest), but I got in a run before we left on Friday, a body weight strength workout on Saturday, a bit of yoga and some skating on Sunday, and went to the gym today. Came home to frozen pipes (it was extremely cold Saturday in particular), which is why I went to the gym rather than for a run today.

I like that it's 4 days of running, with designated days for strength & cross training. I want more than a 3 day per week beginner plan, but most of the intermediate ones are 5 (or even 6) days of running. I'm generally pretty terrible at actually following plans though Got out to the gym tonight. Conditions are not looking good for running this week, and I'm away on the weekend - maybe Friday?

Sunday I ran 6k in 46 minutes, my longest run since Dec 24. Saturday night I used up another drink. Looks like winter's coming back this week, starting Thursday we may get the coldest temperatures so far this year (which has generally been super warm). Still need more snow though!

Got in strength + short treadmill run on Thurs, and strength this morning. So I'm at a touch over 5k. Had a potluck last night, had 1 drink. I am going to target my first "real" 5k for the 24th or 30th of April, and thus far Jenny Hadfield's Intermediate 5k program seems like what I want to do, so I'd need to start that in a couple weeks. Will make sure I'm used to running 45 minutes at a time

On the board with a short run. Went out to run club and they only ended up doing a little over 3km (partly due to ice).

So far as I understand, Boston is USATF Certified (and that's also the threshold for being a Boston qualifier), but it's not eligible for world records etc because it is a net downhill. There are several people listed as qualified for US Olympic Trials based on times at Boston.

Got my STR in last night. Had to adapt a little as it was really busy, there seems to be this herd of high school boys that's been coming lately.. On the plus side there's like 3 of them hanging out together on the same piece of equipment.

Did 30 mins of yoga last night because I felt like doing something light. Also brought in our extensive empty beer bottle collection for the deposits (we don't get to this very often, as the store we usually go to doesn't do returns, I had over 100 bottles..).