Muscles all over my body are sore. I have a total of seven blisters on my feet. I'm having some caffeine withdrawals.
Despite these minor pains I am pretty happy. I am on day four of resestablishing all of the good routines and habits that I worked on last year and am looking forward to even more good results.
I have changed things up a little bit.
1. I'm giving up caffeine - Last year I was constantly battling anemia due to working out, due to being vegetarian, and due to my celiac's disease. The anemia would kill me and really mess with my workout routines so this year I am researching ways to overcome it. Turns out that caffeine inhibits iron absorbtion. Good-bye french roast that I love... Adios Diet Coke... It will be worth not being tired and avoiding bruises.
2. I've added pilates to the mix. If I'm going to run a 1/2 marathon I need some serious core muscles, especially considering I don't want to have any back issues. Must take care of old injuries and strengthening my core is going to help with that. (At this point I totally recommend the Windsor Pilates DVDs. I've done her 20 minute pilates workout twice this week and my midsection is super sore...)
3. I have set a 15,000 step a day goal. I might actually have to up this a bit, but just for the first few weeks I want to make sure I am solidly hitting this before uping it too much. 15,000 steps based on my stride length is about 6 1/2 miles. Some days this will be hard and some days this will be super easy...
4. I have not started training for the marathon per se. Right now I just want to be able to run a mile easily. So my goal by the end of February right now is to be able to run three miles without stopping in about 36 minutes. That is 12 minute miles. Its a very reasonable goal.
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