april 2009

april 2009 - temporarily relocated to kentucky which made the running situation interesting. lost my hill strength but continued to log mileage (though mostly on the treadmill). finally got fed up with reading everyone's (multiple) race reports and hopped in a 5k. won my first race but was too busy comparing myself to much faster runners to relish the victory. (continuously working on not being so hard on myself)

total mileage: 173.13
time spent running: 24:17:07
days off: 4 (2 planned, 2 not)
abs/yoga: 6 ab workouts / 0 yoga sessions
avg resting hr: 58 (only checked it twice all month)
avg max hr: 184.00
pushups: 590

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now that we are 1/3 through the year, i remembered i had set out goals for myself in 2009 and thought i should have a checkup:

running

1. run 3 marathons. still in progress, ran disney and registered for nyc later this year. still debating on what other marathon to do and when...
2. sub-1:30 half. ran a 1:34 in disney (beat my goal of a 1:35-1:38). haven't been doing tempo runs since january, and am not feeling too confident on a sub-1:30 later this year, but i'm not giving up yet!
3. sub-3:35 full. didn't really have a shot at this in disney since i was racing the day before, but pretty confident i can grab this later this year (current pr 3:39).
   
4. pr in at least 3 distances. 2-for-3 so far (5k, half).

health/fitness related

1. abs 2-3 times per week. was doing ok, now failing miserably.
2. lose at least another 5 lbs. probably failing miserably. don't quite have a scale in the hotel to know for sure.
3. truly avoid eating foods with soy. failing even more miserably. in my defense, having to eat out 2-3 meals a day does not help. i suppose this could apply to #2 as well.
4. yoga once per week. was doing ok, now failing miserably.

non-running

1. pay off my car loan. targeted to have paid off in april -- but paid it off in march! my one success.
2. re-side my house and landscape the front yard (so i don't look like the redneck neighbor anymore). this has always been planned for the summer (the siding anyway) and is still "the plan" provided i am back home then. i'm missing out on spring planting but hopefully will be able to get a few things done in the fall. guess i'll have to be the redneck for a little while longer.
3. spend more quality time with family and friends. i'd say this is going pretty well. i try to see my parents as much as i can and i've had some fun weekends with friends.

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today was another warm run (75*) but luckily (??) there were accompanying 30mph winds to keep me cool. at times i felt like i was running in place but managed a few (slow) miles. legs felt extremely sludgy today - i think the calf aches are creeping up into my quads and making them heavy.