The End

I won't be running the Volkslauf.  Not in 2012 or any other year.

Here's why.

It came to my attention because I get the weekly newsletter from Dave Draper's site.  At first, my reaction was, "Oh, that poor girl."  Then it was, "Maybe this isn't such a good idea."

And then I told my husband about it and he put the kibosh on the whole thing.

I feel like a coward.  I mean, you can get seriously injured just walking down the street, right?  But, as he put it, "You're not coordinated when you're on the ground."  And I can't argue with him.  If I had a dollar for every time I've stumbled over my own toe or ran into a door frame, I wouldn't have to work any more, assuming I invested those dollars in Apple or something equally lucrative.

So, I won't stop running.  I've run three times this week and feel pretty good.  I won't stop pursuing my strength goals.  I won't stop working on my diet.  But the end result won't be a Volkslauf.  Just a happier, stronger, lighter me.

Notice What I'm Missing?

Consistency.

Although I read in Runner's World this month a couple things that made me feel better:

1. Even the elite athletes don't make all their planned workouts.
2. Elite athletes over 40 years of age need more recovery time between workouts.

Not that I am either "elite" or an "athlete".  It made me feel better knowing that even those we consider perfect don't get it all done.

I only counted calories five days this week:  daily average 2377.8.

Exercise minutes: 368.  (If I could have figured out how to count the time I spent jumping around at the Black Label Society concert on Friday, I'd have added it in here.)

So, there's the pound and a half I gained.

On the other hand, I'm down another three quarters of an inch overall.

I'm taking today off of exercising completely.  I took yesterday off, too.  (Well, except for my push ups.  I do eight today from my knees.)  Tomorrow I start my veeerrrry slow running program.  First day you only run ten seconds out of every minute for ten minutes.

No promises, but I plan on blogging more this week.  It makes me feel accountable when I report in more than once a week.

The World Gets In My Way

Kudos to you if you know what song I paraphrased that title from.

Been a long week.  A friend of mine landed herself in the hospital and I've been tending to her kitties and so haven't been online hardly at all.  Most of the week I didn't even track my calories.

Still, it's been a pretty good week:

• Down three pounds.
• Down another half inch overall.
• No idea how many calories I consumed, but I did watch my portions like usual.
• 403 minutes spent exercising.

I was supposed to do my benchmark workout last week, but that fell through due to the kitty care.  I haven't been Body Rocking like I planned, so maybe it's better.  It might have been an exercise in depression.

If the good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise, she should be home today or tomorrow.  I can get back on track with both the calorie counting and the Body Rocking.

Also, October 10 marks the first day of running. If I do it right, this is going to be a long, slow start up and will be more successful than the last one.  I'd like to be running 30 minutes, four times a week by July 1st.  That's the conservative goal.

All the injuries and stuff have really set me back.  Thank god, none of them have been serious.  The only really long lasting one has been my left foot.  And I think that as I lose more weight and it takes less pounding, it will continue to improve.

I still owe myself that pair of jeans.  I'll have to work on that after I get paid.