Another disappointing day...

Well training for the mini hasn't been too hot lately. Working 60 hours a week and finding time to workout is hard, especially because I have to get 8 hours of sleep a night. All my non running workouts have been a level 1 out of 3, because I don't have time to do the whole thing. I think part of why I feel disappointed is because last year I trained all on the treadmill for the first 6 weeks. Then when it got closer to run time, I started doing some of my workouts on the track. But I never did any of my long runs off the treadmill. Hopefully it will serve me well in the long run, but for now it is killing me, and the workouts only get harder from here. We were supposed to run 4 miles yesterday, and I did, barely. I walked a lot more of it than I should have. I was just so tired. I'm sure it didn't help that Dusten made pizza right before we went. I'm used to running on a mostly empty stomach, not a mostly full stomach. I could literally feel it all sloshing around. Part of what drives me to run is thinking about what I'm going to eat when I get home. That doesn't work too well when you've already eaten. I'm sure it didn't help that I had just gotten up from a really long nap either. Dusten and I have been having trouble keeping pace with each other. He has a lot more endurance than I and likes to run til he crashes. He normally goes around four or five laps before he gets tired. I just run super slow. Yesterday Dusten said he wasn't going to do it, cause it wasn't any fun to run by himself. But I did it all alone last year. I didn't say it was going to be fun, I said it would be worth it. So we talked about it last night and we came up with a plan that will hopefully work. I'll just have to step up the distance, and he will have to run slower. At least he agreed not to quit. Tonight's run was much better. I hadn't had anything but a string cheese at 4:30 pm. Only 3 miles tonight, but it was much more satisfying. Haven't felt sore since the first week of workouts. Which is good and bad. I like a little bit of soreness because it makes me feel like I'm doing something productive, but obviously I don't like being in pain. Bad news is I haven't lost any weight yet. In fact I've gained a little more than a pound. I'd like to attribute that to muscule, but I'd be lying to myself. I haven't done enough to change my diet yet, and last year it took me until March to start losing anything. Just got to keep pushing on...

These are the new shoes D and I got to run it. We went to the running company in Castleton. It didn't take very long to have them fitted, and they are super comfortable.