February 11-17

Today's weight: 173.8.

Workouts:
Monday: Stair climbed for 30 minutes, walked for 1 mile
Tuesday: Ran 3.1 miles
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Off
Friday: Ran 3.1 miles
Saturday: Ran 4.5 miles
Sunday: Off

I like getting longer runs (if you count 4.5 miles as a "long" run) in on the weekends. I don't feel as rushed, and I have more time to recover. I want to run a 10K in April, and I'm on track so far. Also registering for a 5K in April. I'm hoping to beat my old time by a couple of minutes. I wanted to work out yesterday, but I was way too sore from Saturday's run. So, another week without five days of workouts, but the ones I got in were good. I practiced speed during the week, endurance during the weekend. I like this system so far.

The future

I've been thinking a lot about how I want to use this space. I intended it to be a space to log workouts, chew over ideas, write down things important to me at that moment -- basically, a space where I can think about what it means to be healthy and happy in every way.

I'm busier now, and I'm not sure I need a blog to do those things. Sure, it's nice to have a digital scrapbook. Yes, it's good to set down goals in writing. It's great to commend myself on the things I have achieved and to be reflective.

But I'm just not sure I need this space anymore. It's only ever been a journal for myself, but I don't know if I need that now. I may just use it as a notebook for writing down workouts, and nothing more. Or only post sporadically, instead of weekly.

I'll have to think about it. As a fan of things like lists and accountability, it's hard to walk away from this blog. But I also don't see the point of keeping something I no longer need or benefit from. I find it overwhelming, small as it is. Maybe part of it is how I have to continually admit that I eat terribly, or that I never cook. Maybe it's that constant confrontation of a failure. Or maybe it's just a thing that's over-complicating my life, when my free time is already almost non-existent. Who knows? I'll be thinking about it for a while, I'm sure.

January 28 - February10

Monday's weight: 175.0.

Workouts for January 28-February 3:
Monday: Ran 3.1 miles
Tuesday: Ran 3.5 miles
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Spin class for 1 hour (approx. 20 miles)
Friday through Sunday: Off

Workouts for February 4-10:
Monday: Ran 3.1 miles
Tuesday: Off
Wednesday: Ran 3.1 miles
Thursday: Ran 4 miles
Friday: Off
Saturday: Stair climb for 20 minutes, hills for 20 minutes
Sunday: Off

Food:
Let's just say it was really bad. Like, really, really bad.

Overall:
I am on target for longer runs, and I'm getting much faster. When I first starting running, my average time was 12 minutes/mile. Way too slow for long runs! I've shaved off a good amount of time since then, and I'm happy to have made four miles without too much difficulty. So, that's one goal from the other week accomplished. Still haven't had a five-day workout week yet.

I'm not sure what I want out of this blog anymore, or how to deal with some ongoing issues related to my terribly unhealthy diet. I work out hard, when I do go to the gym, but my diet is just awful. I have some soul searching to do, I suppose.

Goals:

• Five days of workouts. 
• Keep working on speed training. 
• Eat, like, a vegetable. Or two. I ate some fruit and veggies today, so, it's a start.