Friday, December 30, 2011

Fitness update: month 5?

Month 5, or something like that, lol. I'll keep this one nice and short. I'm still working out. Most weeks 3-5 days per week I'm running, lifting or swimming. Wednesday I ran 6.53 miles and I timed the first 6.2 with the result being 8 mins 30 seconds faster than my 10K race on Thanksgiving! What's even more amazing is that I was only above my training Zone 3 for a bit under 10 mins and I didn't once go above my Zone 4. When I first started working out I hit Zone 5 a lot (that's above 201 bpm for me). That shows a good heart/lung improvement.

I'm still losing the weight too. I'm kind of wishing I had done before and after pictures. There's a fairly big difference. I've now lost more than 50 pounds since the day I had Sophia, and almost 40 pounds since I started actively trying to lose the weight. I'm a little over 2 pounds from my goal weight.

Any runners out there reading this? My second toe on my right foot has been giving me troubles post run. It feels bruised, kind of under the nail area. Is this a shoe issue? A stride issue? A my-foot-is-just-whack issue?

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