Two Months Later

So I started on this health kick two months ago, January 24th, when technology told me I was overweight at 205.  Well I told it who was boss, twenty six pounds later I am at 179 and a mere two away from my goal of a BMI of 22.  Basically, I am kicking ass with 22 days still to go.  At this point I do not really care about losing weight (easy to say when I am so close), but more importantly, I care about making good choices going forward and sticking with my other goals.

Speaking of other goals, I have three weeks til my first 10k race and making some great headway.  Like I stated in a previous post, my 5k went quite well and I did not feel like walking at all.  Currently I can stay above running 30 minutes and actually look forward to my daily workouts.  I have reached 4+ miles at a time and some days I get six miles in with a break to hangout with friends, because why drive somewhere when you can run.  Next up is to throw biking into the mix.  Sadly the weather is not behaving.  With the turn of March into April, I am hoping the temperatures begin to rise as well as some rain to wash away the damaging salt.  Things are going to change and it is exciting!

3 Miles Down and 10 More Left

So ran my first race of the year Sunday and I think I basically kicked some ass.  My goal for the 5k was to get below 26 minutes.  At 25:29 I more than beat it!  I was not sure I would do this but it always helps to have something to work towards.  For the first time ever I felt as I actually was well trained and prepared, not once did I have the urge to work.  Although because i drink so much water my urge to pee was constant during the entire race, maybe it helped.  I am also surprised I did so well because the beginning of the race was packed for the first mile with slow runners and walkers and having to weave between them and around the many corners.  This track was also challenging because of the numerous hills through Ann Arbor, including the exhausting one in the very end.  I smashed it and basically took some names.  For sure a great way to begin the year and to get me pumped for the races ahead.

So where to next on my road to the half-marathon?  Well my next goal is to run a 10k this April.  On the 14th, i am running the Romero 10k to raise money for the La Mora Health Clinic in El Salvador.  With about a month to go I have lots of work to do, basically need to double my distance in 33 days.  With work this will be a challenge, but I know if I put my mind to it I should have no problems.  Once I break the 10k just need to double from there to reach my October goal!

The Countdown

So since tracking about 40 days ago I have lost 20 pounds and just have eight more to go until I meet my goal of 177.  Seeing as I gave myself until the end of tax season to get there it should fairly easy and possible to go past.  It is quite eye opening to track everything you eat, but I feel once Spring arrives I will be free from having to watch as closely what I eat.  Biking to and from work at that point will be a great change of pace as well as keep me to meet my goals for the year.

With that, this Sunday kicks off my running races for the year.  I am actually feeling quite comfortable and prepared for this one.  I only get about 10 minutes a day during lunch to run so can only get in 1.2 miles at a time, but emotionally I feel ready.  Personally I feel running is 60% mental anyways, and that is what I will work on leading up to this Sunday and more importantly October for the half marathon.

I didn't have much to say this time just a snapshot of where I am at and where I am headed.  As for the countdown, 6 days til the 5k, 35 working days til the end of tax season, and 230 days until the Detroit half marathon!