Sore and tired? You'd think I was still training!

So I work, alot. I have already been sitting at my desk a solid 10 hours. And I get no breaks. It's awesome. Gotta love Finance.

I am still here and obviously not making my yoga class in 20 minutes. At this point I probably will stay late to finish things so that tomorrow I can get in spin and my massage. I know, the hard life eh?

Overate again today. All I can do is keep chipping away at the bad habits I've developed from marathon training and am struggling to 'turn off' as follows:
- eating bread as a snack, with a meal and really whenever I want
- deciding chocolate is a food group and indulging in cookies and snickers whenever I feel like it
- 'adding' calories vs cutting (adding avocado, more beans, hummus, nuts). Obv these are good foods but I still need to be careful with my lighter workouts!!!

I go to the doc tomorrow. Can't wait to hear if I can run. I am dying!

Spin tomorrow am! YIPPPEEEE

Yoga and a spin?

Well after what feels like forever I finally made it to spin class this am and yoga last night. It always makes me giggle when I go to the gym 2x from when I leave work to when I walk in the next day. That's mildly obsessed right? Or is it normal?

I can't really decide what 'normal' is. Obviously I realize to each their own but what do the majority of semi active people do? I tend to work out 6-7x a week when I was training and think I will settle on 4-5x a week now. That's some serious working out right? Or no?

I still havent really run. BORING. I am dying to. Who knew? I am supposed to go to the doc on Thursday and we'll see if I am in the clear to run. If so I intend to run (no joke) 8-10 on Saturday. Get it out of my system!!! Well let's aim for 6 at least! I have that 15k i signed up for but now obviously it won't be a race. That is what it is. Why even do it then? Unclear.

In other news I wish NYRR would post next years schedule.

FAIL!

Ever see the website failblog.org


That was me trying to work out this wkd. Ginormous fail. Thursday- too busy with helping set up, the bf arrived too early. Friday- completed 100% of Xmas shopping, was too tired to even breathe, nevermind exercise. Did manage to walk to dinner though (so a mile total and walked about 4m durnig the day? could be worse!) Saturday- too lazy/tired. Woke up at 630 am!!! Sunday- 1.25hr fitness walk, couldnt motivate for spin and there was no yoga!!!

Today. Slept in.

REALLY?

Goals:
Tonight: 45 min elliptical, 20 min weights.
Tomorrow- 45 min spin
Wednesday- 1 hr core fusion
Thursday- off I think


Let's not overreach into the weekend just yet.

Happy Spanx-giving

As the title implies, most of us will overindulge this weekend.

Ironically, that grosses me out. I tend to be so conscious over Thanksgiving because I just can't believe the idea of gorging yourself until you're so full your body has to go to sleep to deal with the digestive task at hand.

I always run on Christmas am and Thanksgiving am. This year, I will be power walking but same thing, right? (I'm not convinced- when you google 'cardiovascular benefits of walking' a whole bunch of over 50 sites come up-yawn!! ) I tend to eat egg whites with fruit for breakfast, nibble on healthier hors d'ourves and then load up on salad and have only plain green beans, yams and turkey for dinner. Overall a normal if not slighly heavy caloric day.

And oh, Friday, yes, let's talk about Friday. Friday my mom and I wake up early and go outlet shopping- I love it. I honestly think it's one of my favorite things. Best part is, we miss the crazy shoppers because they go at midnight and we wait until 5 am (who knew!)

I am a bit sore today- I presume from spin. Was OK not great, there were two chatty younger Indian girls in my class (Columbia from their age??) and finally I had to turn around and say "SERIOUSLY? STOP TALKING". They complied. I guess I was scary. Still. I use spin as my downtime, my 'let your brain recover' time. I don't need to hear your chatter.

Happy Holidays all! Try and get that walk/run/jog in (not that I'm preaching or anything).

So where have I been?

I was told by the doc to take 2 weeks off from running last Tuesday. It's been harder than I thought. I took Wed,Thurs and Fri off. Sat I did 25 min elliptical and 15 weights. Sun we went on a long fitness walk. I love them! It's been so nice out. Unseasonably warm for November for sure. Uh oh- Long winter ahead!!

Tonight I will prob go to yoga or I might just go to do some elliptical for good measure. Tomorrow I won't have time but perhaps I can do yoga with my mom. Thursday I will go for a walk in the am since I can't run. Friday I go shopping so I'll be off. Sat and Sun I hope to make it to the gym here in the city.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

First workout!

All the 'firsts' post marathon are kinda fun. I have to admit.

I had to drop my weekly spin class in August because, quite frankly, it didnt fit into my training schedule. I am a delicate person. I say this and while I laugh, I mean it. I am 'that' girl. The one always sniffling. The one who gets tuberculosis, swine flu, and any other disease that is in fashion. I have had a head cold for over a month. The doctors find nothing wrong with me. I don't even have a weakened immune system. I am just a sicky.

I get tired sometimes and when I do I sleep a lot. I require a lot of recovery from running. With that said, marathon training, the last two months at least, take a lot out of me. I gave up yoga and spin in late August when the schedule ramped up and I needed an extra rest day. Luckily my body held up well, I had no aches and pains even without that day of cross training.

I went to spin today with Matt Pascua. He was in an accident and given a 30% chance of living. He worked in Finance and then became a spin instructor. He was very motivating. I just finished a great book. The Long Run by Matt Long. If you run, you should read this book. It is amazing. I cried through the last chapter. AMAZING.

I have a busy work week ahead and won't be running until at least next week. I am saddened by that but I am able to spin, do elliptical and yoga.

First Post NYCM Run

I finally got off my butt and ran today. I didn't feel like it but I knew it would make me feel better. I ran about 3.85m and didnt feel overexerted at all. In fact, had it not been getting dark (and I always underestimate how fast that happens) I probably wouldve run more. It was nice to feel (even with the aches and groans of my joints/muscles etc) in shape and fit again. It's only been a week since the marathon but the laying around, resting and working late already has tricked me into feeling flabby, exhausted and out of shape.

I definitely don't want to lose the fitness I've gained. I am going to sit down and make a running plan soon. I think that will be good for me. I think I will run the Ted Corbitt 15k in December and the Manhattan half marathon in January (assuming its then since the NYRR calendar isnt set). I think next weekend I will run 8m or so on Sunday and I think potentially stay around that level including Tuesday and Thursday runs as usual. That will be about 15-20 miles a week and I think that's a healthy base.

Nothing else to report. It was such a gorgeous day out today. What gets me is the runners in full track suits when its 60 degrees. Uhm I'm in shorts and a t-shirt so something is wrong here!!