Running on Empty

That’s how I felt this morning as I attempted to do my interval workout for the week. My workout called for 3 1-mile intervals at 6.8 mph. I managed the first one just fine, but after that it was downhill.  I think I was hungry and worn out from the weekend. I decided to call it quits and try the workout again tomorrow.

I may have been running on empty for reasons other than hunger. On Saturday, I ran 9 miles in 1:33:36 which was the exact pace I was supposed to run.  This was the first long run on the treadmill that I actually managed to do the called for pace.

On Sunday, I ran an indoor triathlon. The triathlon was 20 minutes of each sport. I did 20 laps (1000 meters) swimming, biked at 155 watts (don’t have a clue what this means but with your weight they are going to calculate something using watts), and ran 26 laps (2.2 miles in 20 minutes – which was second most in my group!). The results of the triathlon aren’t out yet, but I think I did okay.

I also bought Total Immersion.  I have felt like I was just flopping along in all my swims lately and it’s been years since I’ve had swim lessons so my stroke could probably use help. I’ve considered lessons but decided that I may do that next year but this year will be a building year (including losing weight) and more importantly I need to spend the year saving some money so buying a $16.99 book seemed like a smarter idea for this year.

I wanted to try the first couple of skills this morning, but after discovering I had to go home instead of going straight to work because I left my shampoo and conditioner at home, so I’ll either be doing it tonight or tomorrow morning.

I will be reporting back tomorrow about this week’s weight loss.