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December 16, 2006
Goals
I took Ryan for a walk in is stroller this morning and he feel asleep for his nap while we were walking. He has been asleep for over an hour since we got back all tucked up in his stroller, which has given me a very nice break. Yesterday I ran 5 miles on a very windy day. For the weekend I have 2 runs planned, a 5 mile run and an 8.5 mile "long run" (this will give me a total of 32.5 miles for the week, which would be a good increase of 4 miles from last week and a 1 mile longer long run). I measured out an 8.5 mile route, but have not decided which run I am going to do today and which one tomorrow. The weather looks similar and my husband can watch Ryan longer either day just as easily. It probably depends on how much longer Ryan sleeps, since I am planning on running as soon as he wakes up and I feed him. If it is getting too long since breakfast I will save the longer run for tomorrow, but if he wakes up soon I think it sounds nice to get my harder run done for the weekend. It probably seems funny that I am giving so much thought to what is only a 3.5 mile difference in my runs, but I am getting quite comfortable running 5 mile runs, but anything over 6 starts to really wear me out. I try not to let that get to me, just like a 32.5 mile week is tiring, when I use to run 50+ mile weeks as part of my normal life. As I keep telling myself, what is important is that I get to my goals, not that I do it at a particular time. So as long as I am progressing, that is what matters. Speaking of goals, I have set 3 goals for myself, which will make me feel like I am truly back in shape. Now these are long term goals, since unfortuantly I am far from them currently (but I could do all of these within a year before I got pregnant).
1) run a sub-18 5k (10/1- 2 months post partum: 20:54)
2) do 10 unassisted pull ups (12/13- 4.5 months post-partum: 2)
3) bench press my weight (12/12- 4.5 months post-partum: 85 pounds 10 times)
Obviously these are long term goals, since I am not even close to being able to do them at the moment, but it gives me something to work towards.
Posted by Ann at December 16, 2006 10:25 AM