Saturday, May 31, 2008

17 Weeks to Run My Butt Off - Week 12

The new training schedual is good, but I seemed to have slowed down on my minutes per mile, which is the opposite of what I want to be doing.  I had a hard time running my 6 mile (long run) today.  It seems that conqering a long run is not like slaying dragons.. (you fight hard, finish triumphantly, and move on).  It's difficult every time in the begining, and slowly progresses into somthing managable.  That is why I've latched onto running, I think.  I progress. I have no natural talent or ablilities for sports, and lack coordination and a "team-player" attitude.  But running is simply moving myself forward faster than I did yesterday.  And so, I progress.  And if it isn't faster than yesterday, it's longer than yesterday.. or it's a recovery day preparing to run faster tommorow.  Speaking of which, Lisa, David and myself are all signed up for a 10K (6.2 miles) June 21st, and my goal (as of today) is to run it under 1 hr 7 min.  Races are so fun!  I'm ready to add another shirt to my collection. 


Starting ~  163.5 lbs, 42% body fat


Week 1 ~ 161.0 lbs, 41% body fat, 2.5 lbs lost, 6.37 miles, ave minutes per mile 13:33, best minutes per mile 11:43


Weeks 2/ 3~ 159.5 lbs, 41% body fat, 1.5 lbs lost, 4.12 miles, ave mpm 13:31, best mpm 11:14    Also kayaked and swam.. not as effective.


Week 4  ~  157 lbs, 40% body fat, 2.5 lbs lost, 9.98 miles, ave mpm 13:02, best mpm 11:21


Week 5155 lbs, 40% body fat, 2 lbs lost, 18.31 miles, ave mpm 12:50,  best mpm 10:32


Week 6154 lbs, 39% body fat, 1 lb lost, 13.5 miles, ave mpm 12:31,      best mpm 10:27


Week 7 ~ 151 lbs, 39% body fat, 3 lbs lost, 17.91 miles, ave mpm 12:07,    best mpm 10:20


Week 8 ~ 151 lbs, 39% body fat, 0 lbs lost, 18.20 miles, ave mpm 11:36,   best mpm 9:30


Week 9 ~ 149 lbs, 38% body fat, 2 lbs lost, 18.26 miles, ave mpm 11:27,   best mpm 9:29


Week 10~ 149 lbs, 38% body fat, 0 lbs lost, 10.34 miles, ave mpm 10:47,   best mpm 8:42


Week 11~ 147 lbs, 37% body fat, 2 lbs lost, 15.74 miles, ave mpm 11:35,  best mpm 8:10 


Week 12~ 146 lbs, 37% body fat, 1 lb lost, 13.52 miles, ave mpm 11:09,    best mpm 7:42


Overall Totals ~ 17.5 lbs lost, 5% body fat lost, 146.25 miles run



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