#rcfebruary2017

[runlittledawg]

Wow that was cold and I couldn’t find the right angle/lighting for my selfie so this is the grumpy face result. My shin is still whinging so I took it very slow and will be doing so until he calms down. He’s being a prick. My legs and body felt mad heavy the whole time so I’m not sure what’s going on there, only time will tell. In other news, I’m completely obsessed with Costa’s coconut flat whites 😍😍😍☕️☕️☕️

[un-mar-azul]

GUYS WHAT IS THIS SKY. Also had the best run because I was anxiety free for 2 hours for the first time in weeks so that's progress.

[goaldengoats]

3 Monday miles.

So, I’m doing a thing.

I don’t want to commit to another run streak right now but Ive decided on a different kind.

All days I don’t run I will walk a minimum of 1 mile.

JOIN ME?!

Good for me and good for my dogs 👊🏻

[eatrunbehappy]

W6D7 - 30km long run My motivation was low today but I went outside and ran! Started with 3km with some elevation gain and ran 1km downhill (which felt like flying!) afterwards. The first 20km felt effortlessly but the last 10km were tough especially because the wind blew against me all the time. But I did it.

[vicious-v]

Well. I did it. My very first race. Well. Not really. To be honest, I wasn't proud of myself. I always thought I had the capability to run 10k based on how long my runs were. For example, I figured since I was able to run non-stop for an hour, that meant I could run 10km. But I was wrong. Turns out I run painfully slow within 1 hour that it hardly reaches 8km. When the race began, I was unprepared. I had always run at night time. Suddenly, seeing all these people intimidated me. Watching them race ahead was extremely discouraging. Next thing I know, I stopped running in my comfortable pace. All I wanted to do was catch up. Find the people that were originally next to me at the START line. I was losing my breath even before 2km. I stopped running. I power walked a lot. My body was tired. And I was disappointed with myself. I barely limped to the finish line. But maybe I will do it again. A second time where I wouldn't care about trivial matters. Maybe. Maybe.

[kcowgill]

2/27/17 4.00 miles Mo’ treadmill, mo’ money YTD: 197.34 miles 423 days in a row

Treadmill progressive run. Started at 6.3mph and bumped it .1mph every .4mile. Of course it looks like a flat pace on Garmin Connect. Treadmill reported a full fifth of a mile more than my Garmin (and it seems it’s doing so pretty consistently), so I’m totally OK counting previous GPS glitch miles in my total.

Family taekwondo tonight. James led class. We pretty much just did stations - James, Tom, and Mark held the big kicks pads and the few of us in class went around doing whatever kick they told us. Front kick, side kick, reverse side kick, roundhouse, and  LOT of reverse roundhouses. That last one I’m glad about, I got to put into practice the various tips Master Chung had given me previously. I got the instructors pretty hard on the pads - hopefully I didn’t bruise them.

I decided to keep my Monday diet as scheduled, and just do my push, pull, and roll routine.

For those who need help deciphering my hieroglyphics, that’s 50 of each. I’m kind of proud of that as I’ve been slowly working my way up to that. I’d like to maybe get to a spot where I can do that sort of thing maybe daily. But, I’ll just make baby steps towards that, much as I’ve made baby steps toward this.

I noticed tonight (as I had previously that last time I did these) that I appear to have a ‘new’ vein showing up on my bicep. It kind of splits off from the ‘usual’ one and goes toward my elbow. Don’t get me wrong, these things are rarely visible on my arms (and probably only to me) and only show up while I’m working hard - BUT - these are the kinds of little NSV’s that really get me jazzed up*. And I need this kind of boost, because I went totally off the rails on my diet over the weekend. I didn’t officially weigh in this morning** because I knew it’d be heavy and ALSO we only have one bathroom and I didn’t have any privacy***. But I snuck a peak and didn’t like what I saw. Probably mostly water weight. I’ll just focus on meeting (more closely) my macro goals this week and I’ll be right back on track.

* Growing up as a chubby kid I never had visible veins anywhere. For some reason visible veins always struck me as a benchmark for fitness (and lack of fatness). I got super excited when I saw my first one(s?) ever on the backs of my hands. This was probably around the time I started dabbling on the swim team in high school. A single bicep vein had been a goal of mine in the past. I figured when I had that I’d be pretty set. Turns out to not be true (unless I just have to wait until I get to the point they’re ALWAYS visible). But it’s still a visual way for me to sort of measure my fat loss progress. My bicep veins decided to go into hiding at some point in the last few years. I’ve been happy to see them again the last month or so, and super extra happy to see the friend they brought back with them :)

** I weigh in before eating or drinking anything, after visiting the facilities, and also generally after my shower***. I also won’t count it if e.g. I’ve already done a workout like my Saturday early AM group runs. I try to minimize all variables to get as clear a picture as possible.

*** Because I weigh in after I’ve finished drying myself off and BEFORE I get dressed. And we’ve just got the one bathroom upstairs. And my son had just started brushing his teeth. Priorities, am I right? 

[run-bravely]

Longest run ever!!!! I wore my vongos because my transcends are still soaking wet from Wednesday's run, and they felt good. I started to really feel pretty beat towards the end, but I kept to a relatively even pace anyway. Now I'm eating a delicious sandwich and then I'll either have some coffee or take a nap 😋😴☕

[therunningphysicist]

Super easy three mile recovery run this morning. This was the first time in seven months that I ran three days in a row so I forced myself to keep the pace extra slow! Plus my legs were really tired from yesterday’s mile repeats 😅