Week 4 Underway

Friday night, I headed back to the trusty Cool Springs YMCA with an idea that I would do Week 3 Day 3 all over again...so that's what I did...and it was hard. Again. I don't really know why, but it was...

 

So yesterday rolls around...I know I have to do something...and in my head, I'm completely confused. I'm thinking Week 4 Day 1 is a 3 minute run, a 5 minute run and another 3 minute run. In actuality, it's a 3 minute run, a 5 minute run, a 3 minute run and another 5 minute run. For three weeks, I had been running 9 minutes total...on Sunday, I was required to run 16. Honestly, if I had been clear on that, I might have psyched myself out, but when I got on the treadmill at the Franklin Y (the Cool Springs Y is closed on Sundays), I figured I'd at least try it to see how I did (considering how hard Friday was).

 

I turned on Ray Lamontagne's new album and just ran. And ran. And had problems with the first three minute run...but once my legs were warmed up, it really wasn't that hard. A couple of times, I considered turning the speed down to about 3.8, but I figured I'd keep going until I absolutely could not run at that speed...and I finished it.

 

Week 4 Day 1 is in the bag. We are trucking, baby!

Week 3...In the Bag...Kinda

Wednesday night, I finally got around to finishing off Week 3...after spending 30 minutes on the elliptical.

 

It wasn't easy...not remotely, but I got it done. I'm going to do a "Day 4" tonight of some sort so that I can start Week 4 during the same week...I also think I'm going to start weight training tonight...

 

Sadly, the only aspect of Wednesday's night run that stood out to me was that the Braves blew a 9 run lead...it was a replay, but I hadn't seen it yet and didn't know the result yet...so it made me sad...and I'm sure that's why the run was harder. That and the 30 minutes of interval training on the elliptical before it.

 

If I do train on the elliptical on running nights, I'm going to do easy routes and do the hard ones on my off days...which means if I go tonight, we're going with virtually no incline or resistance.

 

Excitement ensues!

Weight Watchers Redux - Week 2

Starting Weight: 303.4 lbs

First Weigh In (8/24/2010): 302.2 lbs (-1.2 lbs/0.39% weight loss)

 

Well, this was disappointing. Although, they say that any week with a loss is a good week...I was hoping to be under 300.

 

I really have to step it up this week.

Sore

I'm sure this will be a subject that comes up often...

 

I'm going to restart Week 3 tonight. After I ran Day 2 on Wednesday, I planned on running Day 3 on Saturday. I woke up Saturday morning and helped my friend Kim move kids into Belmont...and, after 3 hours of carrying heavy boxes up and down stairs, I was exhausted...and sore. So, no running on Saturday.

 

Sunday, I woke up...even more sore. So I figured that I would just restart Week 3 on Monday.

 

Monday morning. Still sore. Last night I went to the gym anyway. I knew I couldn't run, but I had to find something to do.

 

I hopped onto the elliptical for an hour while I watched the Titans game...I burned 700 calories...but guess what? Still sore.

Week 3 - Truckin' Along

Last night got hard for some reason.

 

I'm not too sure why.

 

I went to the Cool Springs Y, popped onto the "good" treadmill and started up Day 2. The first running interval went by pretty smoothly, but the first 3 minute one was a struggle. I really don't know why...it was an effort to keep putting one leg in front of the other. Finally, it was over. The second 90 second interval wasn't that bad and the second 3 minute interval wasn't really bad at all until about the last 30 seconds. Not sure what all of that was about...

 

After I finished, I hopped onto the elliptical and did a good 30 minute workout without too much trouble. At the end, the elliptical said I had burned 400 calories...and when combined with the 111 the treadmill said that I had burned, it was a pretty good night.

 

I just wish that I knew why it was so much harder last night than it was on Monday night.