The Unlikeliest Runner

The truth about trying to find a balance between work and fitness, friends and fun, health and laughs, and failures and successes.

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This is three different workouts and somehow in the same shirt and apparently I have a problem with preferred workout attire I didn’t realize. I completely dropped the ball last week while traveling and am really sad about it. Trying to reset this week. I DID get 7 in yesterday and feel ok today which I’m thankful for! Monday: OTF ✅ Tuesday: 3 miles Wednesday: OTF Thursday: 3 miles Friday: 4 miles Saturday: off Sunday: 5 miles (not bad at all!) Non- workout goals: - 2 Nalgenes a Day - eat in points for blue dot - sleep! https://www.instagram.com/p/CSEfsj2rTIjROnVZXH7V4ogAra8IEjO4sinPj80/?utm_medium=tumblr

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3.0 run ✅! Felt good! Tomorrow OTF. Stay the course stay the course! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRkcNfMreSDR1t42Ncqjru2Q5Zvr6OXJ559LMU0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 1 of 125; Philadelphia!

This week looks like this for me:

Monday: OTF (✅)- I walked the tread portion because the workout was unlikely to be as successful with running. That’s ok- it was a quick walk and got my heart rate up. Good strength.

Tuesday: 3 miles

Wednesday: OTF

Thursday: 3 miles

Friday: 3 miles

Saturday: off

Sunday: 6 miles (and work trip to DC)

May need to swap weekend days to ensure it all fits in, but we’ll see.

Weight: this morning I weighed in at 252.8. I was hoping for less! Goal for this week is 251.

Today’s food plan is coffee (massive), yogurt, sweet green salad (14 points), fruit, Teddy grahams, and then dinner…need to figure out dinner.

Work goal- 5 pm boat if I can make it that long! Home to get little guy to bed.

Here. We. Go!

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Sunday 3.5! Training starts tomorrow for real! Let’s get it! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRfSgxrLWLFk4cBPjoQiwM6OYXTonHFgznsupI0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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This week was a mix! All my runs in but slept through my Friday OTF and only got the 5K in. I have 3.5 tomorrow and then marathon training starts! I’ve had good focus with food but the losses are slow. On we go. On we go. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRbnor0rS3NbUbot5dI2ymo6aHbT03D3pzAYjs0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Monday: off! Took the entire day to recover…not sure I needed it but it was nice. Tues: OTF/1.5 miles….sigh. I slept through OTF. I DID run 2 though. Wed: OTF Thu: OTF, 1.5 Fri: OTF Sat: off Sun: 3 Feeling unorganized so working on reeling it in and being more productive and focused! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRREZGzLCttJJY-6eZ_o0Gs1AxgmuL9AyYi0pg0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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10K✅✅✅✅ Felt pretty good! Definitely feeling the lack of fitness for much more than 6 but that will come. Happy to have it done! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRMY8BLrUmd-bnpsSsAylTZaKbpi2hvMJEhez40/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Friday OTF (with 1.9 mile run) and finishing up 1.1 outside for total of 3. Glad we did it, glad it’s done, and would very much like a nap now instead of starting the work day! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRGpJ0gLIKlnWkxIz95HlziIMrtyc4iATp67XM0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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1.5! Sweaty and happy. Felt good! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRFY42frz8hjui-_EtAYKRdLQMhwK0LQ0qHy8M0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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5 a.m. OTF✅ NO splats! We are going to reset my heart rate and try a new monitor because I was sweating hard enough for the splats to be there! Now we claim the work day💪 and have all the ☕️. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRBarzULgTv_Hk_U_fD8HIAIsaLLxhf1EnZ1Bw0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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It's Time!

Time to get back to fitness, back to feeling more like myself, and back to enjoying running. My goal- which is, per normal, in relative secrecy, is the Philadelphia Marathon. There are a few 1/2s and 10Ks sprinkled in as well for ongoing motivation and long run support. Let's lay out the plan!

1- Hal Higdon's Novice 1 plan, which starts in two weeks. YES, I have run a few marathons but I am WILDLY out of shape. Novice is the best fit for now.

2- OTF for strength and cross-training, goal of 3 times per week.

3- AIC control. My real intention is to get fit to help with my overall health, which includes good diabetic control. I am currently at a 6.9, and would like to trend around 6-6.5 by the fall.

4- Weight loss. Of course this is part of it. I am following WW, and aiming to maintain blue dots 5/7 days a week (and close my apple rings!). Ultimately, my end goal would be 175, with a goal of 230 by the marathon (so approximately 20 weeks). That's an aggressive goal.

For now, the plan for this week is:

M- OTF YES

T- 1.5 M YES

W- OTF

Th- 1.5 M

F- OTF/3 M

S- YOGA/WALK

S- 10K.

Tomorrow:

- Coffee, 5 am OTF, water, work

- Fruit and trail mix, venti iced skinny vanilla latte, string cheese

- Sweetgreen salad

- Lite Popcorn, fruit

- Dinner (tbd), sugar free pudding

WATER x 2.5

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1.5 miles per plan to start the day! This week: M: otf ✅ T: 1.5 run ✅ W: otf Th: 1.5 run F: otf/ 3 run S: walk/yoga S: 10k https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ_tUf0rO6vRQjrjq0QLiV50AIDLufeETdQmsc0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Ran the East Bay Half this morning, which was full of torrential rain- second weekend race in a row that way! Once the rain cut down, it was oppressively warm and humid. Overall just mischief tougher than even last weekend with continuous rain, and I had a tough time with blood sugars from 3-6, walking most of the way there which really slowed me down. I needed 15 so after a 1 hour ride home, I ran the last 2 (ok 1.9 because I had 13.1!) and finished it up for 15. Wouldn’t suggest doing it that way, felt brutal.

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Life updates: Saturday my better half and I ran the Jesse & Johnny Kelly Half Marathon in CT. It was free! And well put on. A good course, though hillier than expected. All that is fine and good but it poured rain, torrential style so that our shoes were soaked, you legitimately ran through inches of water, my clothes were stuck to my body and streaming water, and the rain hurt our faces. What an experience! We don’t have any pictures because torrential rain but it was a 2:58 for me, which was ok all things considered. The little town where we stayed the night before had a cute little ice cream shop, pictured. Not pictured- our disappointment realizing it closed right before we got there. 🤷‍♀️ Tonight was 3.5-4 with strides. I did 2, treated a low blood sugar, finished the 3.5, treated the low blood sugar again, and felt sad about being diabetic. At least I got 3.5 in.

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3 rainy humid miles, 3 tomorrow, 1/2 on Saturday, and amen, a massage on Sunday!

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A story of running, weekend edition. 3 on Saturday in oppressive heat (obviously), followed by a party with a margarita machine. Said machine complicated Sunday’s long run, so I did 10 tonight and they hurt. The first 5 felt good, second 5 not so much. City was pretty though!

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4 miles (plus .5 mistakenly when watch was turned off instead of paused at water fountain) on Monday. Anddddd 5 tonight, with one mile warm up and cool down and 6 .25 mile sprints with 6 .25 recovery jogs. The photo was 1/2 way point- 3 done and 3 to go, and I could have thrown up. But it felt good to work!