Saturday, October 27, 2007

Tough week exercise wise. I got a nasty cold early this week and wasn't able to exercise as much as I wanted too. I really tried to watch my diet though because I knew I wasn't going to burn much calories. Kids got sick too and I stayed home Thursday for a few hours with them. Was able to get a good run in Friday though. I plan to go on a 5 miler this weekend. Really just focusing on getting my weight down for the new year...and then do some serious training. I'm down to 182 now and I think I've gauged my weekly calorie intake pretty good to know I'll be losing weight consistently and at a good rate.

Friday, October 19, 2007

So far everything's been great. I've been mixing cardio w/ weights 6 days a week and I've cut about 6-7 lbs. already. Last weekend I went on a 5 miler and I felt really good. I've been doing about 9:45 miles so lots of work still. January is when I plan to really start my endurance and speed training. For now, I'm just really working on getting my weight down and watching my diet. No real regrets w/ my diet. My daughter had her 4th birthday last week and I made a chocolate cake. I just had one slice (that's why I ran 5 miles that day...because I knew I was going to eat it!) and we had about 1/2 a cake left still...but I threw it away. We didn't need it! I'm trying to eat a ton more fiber during the day and having salad at least once a day. I've also been eating dinner and that's it for the night....I wake up a lot happier too this way. I'm going to sign up w/ this athletic center for a year in December so I have access to an indoor track for my speed work training. My buddy Scott is also doing a marathon in May, so I hope to get some good runs in with him too.

Monday, October 08, 2007

It's official! I'm going to be doing the Portland Marathon in '08. I've decided I'm going to start training for it now too. My official start day is Monday, October 8th and I have about a year to reach my big-azz goal of not just finishing it, but doing it in a time of 3:30minutes!
My training will be tough. Strict...very strict diet for the year (and hopefully keep it up after too :-), lots of running and weights. My plan to do it w/ 8 minute miles will require me to loses about 40 pounds. I'm going to do weekly blog entries to track my success and hold me accountable. Stay tuned and wish me luck!