Well since January 2nd (aka my last post) I have run 41 miles! crazy to think of, huh? Is that possible? GULP! So far in 2009 I have run 41.07 miles! That is nuts!! I ran say 52 miles in December in total! (I did have a bug for a week though!)

Last night I did 12 miles on the treadmill- this was my second long run on the treadmill (prev week I did 11 miles) and it's not that bad. I change treadmills pretty often and reset my treadmill if there are no better options available. It's tricky to stay entertained but overall not as bad as I imagined initially. I also got a HRM for Xmas from Felix which has been great! yesterday I ran for 2 hrs 21min (crazy!) and burned about 1600 calories-- which means my intake needs to be around 3400 given a BMR of 1850 (which I feel probably has risen since Sept when I went but whatever). Yesterday I consumed 2200 which is a huge deficit and probably is contributing to my headache today. It's hard to eat so much without eating fries or chocolate or something, and yes, I eat nuts and avocado daily at this point. The scale hasnt budged more than a pound but it has moved which means I'm not in starvation mode- good job me.

I skipped and have been skipping our outdoor workouts. It's been freezing- 20 degrees on Saturdays and rainy and icky on Tuesday nights with wind gusts to 40 mph and an overall wind chill adjusted temp of under 30. Uhm, no thanks. So I have made peace with the treadmill. This week I still need to get about 10 more miles in. I'm thinking a 6 mile run on Saturday and 4 or 5 in my hills treadmill workout I need to do Thursday before I go to dinner with friends.

This has been really tough. Tougher than I thought it would be. It's hard to constantly and consistently choose running over going out or drinking or not sleeping. It's hard to manage. So far with the exception of the stomach bug (which really shouldnt count) I have not skipped a run. I don't intend to either for the aforementioned reasons, only for sickness or injury.

I do need to up my other workouts. Sometimes I've only ran 3x a week and I need to keep a day of yoga and a day of weights. I'm goign to have to go to yoga studios vs just equinox to get the most flexibility. Tonight is my first scheduled class at yogaworks- we'll see. They have Ivengar vs. Vinyasa so that should be helpful. I definitely notice a difference when I have been to yoga.

On the fundraising front I've raised $2,000. I need $600 more. I thnk Nicole and I are going to have a fundraiser- we've been, and will continue to, bust our butts and our friends need to drink to that.

Peace out.


wk 11.17 11.51
wk 11.24 14.05
wk 12.1 13.68
wk 12.8 10.7
wk 12.15 5
wk 12.22 15.89
wk 12.29 17.39
wk 1.5 19.07
wk 1.12 (e) 22
TOTAL 129.29 WOWSAH