Week 5: Day 3

It's Wednesday, "hump day" and I am exhausted. Just plain beat. Tonight is the 5 mile run, which I'm debating doing at the gym versus outside just for the ease of having the constantly moving treadmill to keep me on track. Literally.
I know it's important for me to make sure I do this tonight, though. They say that 7 days of doing something creates a habit that's easier to keep. I need to get through 7 solid days of actual training and then we'll re-look to make sure that's actually the case.

I made it to the gym, but ended up only doing 2.25 miles today. I attribute that to a couple things, the most being that I felt dizzy, the least being my shoes hurting my feet. I wasn't wearing my normal running shoes, and I definitely felt the difference (in a bad way). I'm not sure what was up with the dizzy, but I did have a cup of coffee before I left work that might have messed with me a little. I took a nap when I got home and felt better after that. Still...

Sleep last night: 7.5
Food:
Bfast - egg beaters (2) and ww toast with ff cheese
snack - Peanut MMs (not good)
Lunch - hummus & tomato pita with watermelon and laughing cow swiss
dinner - Chipotle Chicken Burrito w/o sour cream and only a little cheese

Tomorrow's run: 3 miles in the am before work (because I have a scheduled baseball game that evening. Planning ahead! Foresight!)

Week 5: Day 2

Really, I was all set to do my 3 mile run tonight. It's only 3 miles, right? I can do that in my sleep. Piece of cake. In fact, I've been really excited to start "really" training and today was the kick-off day since Monday I was supposed to rest. The only hitch in the plan is that I came back to my desk sometime around mid-afternoon to find 4 tickets to the Phillies game tonight in the Hall of Fame section...complete with complimentary parking. The Gods just didn't want me to start training tonight.* I struggled with the decision for a little bit, trying to weigh the pros & cons of it.

Pro's - free, baseball, it happens to be Dollar Dog Night at the park, Hall of Fame tickets, fun
Con's - missing training, missing training, missing training

That whole "3 miles, I could do that in my sleep" is what got me to stop feeling 100% guilty about deciding to [graciously] accept the tickets. Tomorrow is a 5 mile run, followed by another 3 miler on Thursday before the long run this weekend.

I fell off the wagon today, but I'll be hopping right back on tomorrow!


*Of course it could also have been my apple in the Garden of Eden...

Sleep last night: 5 hours
Food:
Bfast - homemade scone (HG!) yogurt & coffee
Lunch - PB sandwich, yogurt and (2) roma tomatoes
Snack - popcorn
Dinner - (2) Ballpark hot dogs and (2) Flying Fish I.P.A.'s
Dessert - Helmet ice cream with chocolate sprinkles

Yeah, off the wagon. Sigh.