Metabo journal

Ran today at the field house since it was snowing outside. There was another woman running on the track who was lightening fast. For every set of my 10 laps I bet she would run 13-14. She even outran the guy running with her...it was impressive. If I ever outrun Arby, I'll brag about it for the rest of my life! My run was ok, and I finished in 67 minutes. Afterward I did 25 each oblique with 40 lbs. My knees have not been a problem. I did feel some tightness in my chest at the end of today's run when I was trying to finish strong.

Opted to run on a treadmill today so I would stay at a constant pace (completed the run in 40:00...and sweated like crazy). It felt like there was a large jump in pace between 5.9 and 6.0, so I wonder how calibrated the treadmills are considering the amount of use they get. Followed up the run with 50 lower abs, 50 upper abs, 50 each side leg lifts, and 3 x 30 second planks. 

Ran on the track at the field house (1:04:20), and I plan to run around 3.5 miles tomorrow to reach my goal of 20 miles this week. I didn't feel that great during the run, maybe a little dehydrated-and there was some knee pain that started at mile 5. Followed up with 50 each side leg lifts and 1 x 60 sec. plank.

 The 60 second plank proves that my core is getting stronger, but that does not mean that my abs are getting any flatter. The prescription of aerobic exercise and core strengthening is only making my abdomen fatter. As a matter of fact, I have almost convinced myself that I can defy all of medical science and actually get fatter the more I work out- and I don't mean the amount of muscle you build as you start a work out routine. Hopefully maintaining minimum 20 mile weeks will prove to be a fat buster...

Ran on the treadmill at the gym, and my knees felt better than expected considering I ran yesterday. I've finished my first 20 mile week and hopefully will complete another five weeks at this training capacity. So far, so good.