One Week Later

Hello Friends!

This past week has been full of ups and downs since my post last week.

Let's first talk about the low points...

Eating. This is always the hardest part for me and again, I didn't eat well this past weekend. There were times that I got so hungry and tired that I just ate whatever I wanted. Not good. I can excercise all I want but if I don't eat right, it doesnt matter. Ugh. Must. Do. Better. This. Weekend.

Working out. I didn't work out Sunday-Tuesday of this week. Must do better on this next week as well.

BUT...there were some high points...

I worked out 6 days in a row last week and was really good on food for 4 of those days.

After my last post, my friend Heidi emailed me and offered to run with me on Saturday (because she is training for the Showdown Half) and I took her up on it! We met at Celebration Park in Allen and put in 8 miles. 8 miles, people! That's huge for me right now. And while it hurt while we were doing it. And we did walk for a bit, I felt good afterwords. No soreness at all. I was on cloud nine all day on Saturday. Well, until I crashed around 10pm while having a conversation with Courtney and Greg. Oh well. It's a good thing they understand.

My friend Evie also contacted me and shared with me that she is in the same place as me mentally preparing for this Half. The 27th should be interesting. But we will survive together.

In other news, Greg and I had a fantastic weekend laying low and just hanging out together. Friday night we went to a local concert in Lewsiville and enjoyed good food and good music. Then on Saturday we just hung out and grilled for dinner. Well, to be real, he grilled and I played on pinterest. Then on Sunday was church, lunch, and a Sunday afternoon nap. My kind of weekend.

I also went over to my friend Courtney's mom's house on Sunday evening for an awesome dinner and good company.

Overall, it was a great weekend for me. I hope it was for you too.

Love Always,
Cynthia

The stats...
# of Workouts: 6/9
# of days eating right: 5/9
# of lbs lost: 4

It's Been Too Long

Since my running adventure last semester ended I haven't felt like I have had a whole lot to write about. I was busy getting to know Greg more and more and life just got crazy busy and it had nothing to do with running or working out. And as a result I have gotten out of shape and have been going crazy because of it. So, in June I decided that I wanted to run a race with my friend Evie from college. We set our sights on the Chosen Marathon in New Branusfuls on October 27th. I was still 4 months out and I thought it would be super easy to get in shape again. After all, I had done it once, it couldn't be THAT hard. Yeah, I was wrong. Fast forward to now and I am 6 WEEKS out and I can't even run longer than 3 miles without stopping and I haven't gone longer than 5 miles in total. I am frusturated with this. I should be farther along than this. And I can keep coming up with excuses, like school started and I am tired (true statement) OR its more fun to hang out with Greg than get up and run (which it is) OR I have homework I have to do. But the truth is, running is just hard right now, I don't have a running partner (I miss you Heidi!) and I simply don't want to do it. I need to get back to the point where I do. I want to be able to run the Dallas Half Marathon in December and I want to be able to improve my time at the New Years Double in December/Janurary. I stopped working out with Will so I have gone without weights for a while but have recently starting lifting weights again because I know the benefit when it comes to leg strength. I am hoping it begins helping.

I have also decided I am going to start blogging again. Hopefully at least once a week...perhaps more. If I am thinking about it more often it will motivate me to get to where I can run again and I will want to run again. Also, Teal and Beth are going to begin training for another marathon and I am always inspired by other runners so I am hoping to feed off of them.

So here it is...my goals for the month of September and October...

Fitness Goals:

1. Loose 10lbs. I have done nothing but gain weight since March so this is super important to me. I am not going to be able to run 13.1 miles if I am carrying around this extra weight.
2. Run 3 times per week, including my long runs. I am not sure my body can take the 4 days a week training schedule I did before but I HAVE to run at least 3 times to get my legs to where they will carry me 13.1 miles.
3. Survive the Chosen Marathon on October 27th. That's it. Just survive.

Life Goals:

1. Find a balance between my friends, boyfriend, family, work, school, and accomplishing my fitness goals. There has got to be one...I just need to find out what mine is.

That's it, my friends. Easy, right? Yeah, probably not. Just continue to pray for me. Ask me how it's going. Or offer to work out with me. :)

Until next week...or tomorrow...I will continue my journey...one step at a time.

Love always,
Cynthia