Moooooo…. It’s Monday!

Happy Monday! It’s been about 10 weeks since I started my work-out craziness / clean eating experiment. I feel great. I am seeing results and I am so much stronger than 10 weeks ago. Yeah, me!

Exercise:
I am going to be running the SOLD OUT GW Parkway Classic 10 miles in 40 days. ME? Oh, my! Craziness! I haven’t run a race since college and that was a 5K. I didn’t even train for the thing – I just ran it. I was also 40 pounds lighter. So here I am, somewhat lighter than 10 weeks ago when I started training… but still carrying quite a lot and hoping to loose more before race day to make it easier on the knees.

I can finally understand why people get addicted to running. I have noticed that I get a little crazy about getting my three training runs in a week. Now I am looking more at my time for each mile rather than thinking about how many miles I have left to go. I enjoy seeing how fast I can go and how can long I can last. I use to want to puke thinking about running, let alone running 10 miles, but now I am getting excited and curious about the race. Through training I have shown myself that with hard work, I will make progress. I now know after running seven miles last week that I can get to ten miles, no problem. Still anxious about my first real race (not that I will be racing against anyone… just want to finish without walking or puking or killing-over).

So, what makes me feel better about something I am wondering about??? A good old GOOGLE search which made me surf these fine websites/blogs about the race. I found these two great reviews of the race.

http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com/2008/04/gw-parkway-10-miler-report-aka-mother.html

http://browneyedmaris.blogspot.com/2009/04/gw-parkway-10-miler.html

This week:
Monday – Boot camp + 2 mile run
Tues. Boot Camp
Wed. 7 Mile Run
Thurs. Boot Camp
Fri – 4 Mile Run – 1 mile walk
Sat. – Boot Camp

I won a free boot camp this weekend… so I have six more weeks of camp. YEAH!!! This is working for me…

Weight Loss –

Yes, I realize I did not report a total weight loss that last few Mondays. I am planning on doing that once a month rather than weekly. Next week I will share inches lost as well as weight.

Check out these inspirational women who have lost the pounds… I love reading these stories..

http://creativehomemakers.blogspot.com/2010/03/jill-gives-me-hope.html

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/running-to-lose-weight

More Great Links I Surfed Upon This Week!

Running for Weight Loss – 5 top eating tips