Fitness update (overdue)

Sooooo I said I was going to update this monthly. Ooops, guess I missed last month. No worries, though, I'm still working out and (trying) to eat healthy. As of today I am 6 lbs away from my ultimate weight loss goal. That's 47 lbs lost since Sophia was born and 33 lbs lost since I started working out and trying to lose the weight. I'm feeling great!

I still run. I'm still a slow runner. Honestly, I highly doubt my ability to be anything but a slow runner. I just don't know how to go fast. I'm switching up my training from heart training to speed training these next couple of weeks (or I'm going to switch it up every couple of runs) in hopes of getting faster. I ran my first 10K last week on Thanksgiving. I didn't come in last place, but it was close enough to make me cringe. I keep telling myself that at least I'm getting out there and running. I keep the motto of "I'm lapping everyone on the couch" - but it's hard to keep the motivation up when I run so freaking slow.

I've been lifting 3 days a week too. It's going good. I'm getting better at the two specific lifting circuits I'm doing. The first day I could only get through 4 sets and now I can do all 8 sets without getting out of my heart rate range. Each set used to take me 10 minutes to complete and now I'm down to 5.5-6 mins each. It's an improvement I'm happy with.

Next up: more of the same. I'm going to keep up the running. I'm planning to run the New Year's day Polar dash 10K. I'm hoping some speed training between now and then will show a much improved run time for that race. Depending on how that race goes, I may move up the date of my first half marathon. I didn't realize how many there are in late winter/early spring here. Still going to keep up with the lifting too. If it gets too routine and "easy" I'll be adding weights. I'm not sure when I'll officially be taking a PT test. I'm hoping not until the weather gets warmer. Not because I couldn't pass yet, but because I think I'd be faster running in 50-70 degree weather instead of the 10-20s.