Turkey Terrors! (Page 2)

So yesterday was the one week mark - how is everyone doing?

I'm right on track at 19.5 miles run and 3 strength sessions, which equates to 25.5% of my total goal.

My mind tends to wander a bit, too, during meditation.  I took a course in Buddhism in college and the professor advised us to acknowledge the thought and then push it away.  It works pretty well.  After awhile I stopped having so many random thoughts and could clear my mind for a few minutes at a time.  Takes a bit of work, but worth it. 

I'm very interested in barefoot running! I read a little about it in Maffetone's book "The Maffetone Method" but haven't ever tried it. 

Amazing cycle class last night.  Our instructor really knows her stuff.  We put a couple blocks under our front wheel to help us simulate proper climbing position and then did max cadence drills one leg at a time.  (The other leg was unclipped and rested on the trainer.)  Holy Carp!  It was hard to keep up your cadence without "clunking"  but I can feel myself getting stronger!

Going to try to run tonight but my meeting schedule is packed until 7pm.  May have to squeeze in an extra run this weekend.

 I was thinking about this today on my run.  Specifically, point 1 about the non-shoe wearing people.  I think there is more to it than simply not wearing shoes.  Plantar fasciitis frequently affects heavier people, and bunions are can be linked to high heel wearing (which is why more women have bunions than men).  I got nothing for you on the shin splints, but I'd wager that some contributing factors to the unshod folks being better off in the injury department, might be due to a generally lower weight than those of us in the developed nations, and also because they're not dealing with the stilettos.

As far as point 2, the more expensive shoes tend to be the ones with more support (like motion control plus shoes). It's possible that these people may have found their way to the more expensive shoes due to biomechanical issues that lead them to an injury, which leads them to a doctor, who points them to a more supportive (expensive) shoe.  I know I didn't go and get my gait analyzed until I was having issues with my Sports Authority Nikes. 

Personally, thanks to some genetically low arches and bunions, I'm just out of luck as far as the barefoot running goes.  If I were a member of some prehistoric nomadic hunting group, I'm sure they would have left me behind by now

 LOL.  After my metabolic test last year, the trainer told me I had a low metabolism.  I told her I am genetically programed to survive a famine. 

Got in my 3 miles today.  19.5  miles in the last 7 days, the most I have ever ran in a week.  woohoo!  I'm trying to keep hubby running, so I had him meet me for the run today.  He is doing a 10K with me in April.  He is getting there, slowly but surely.  He'll probably smoke me by the time April rolls around, if he will just stick with training. 

Sorry I've been MIA...life has been...ummm, crazy.

I'm travelling until Monday, but I'm going to try and squeeze a couple of runs in.  And maybe a bike.

Happy Friday everyone!

Checking in....

 Off day.....yeah

Tomorrow 5 mi run and 1:30 ride....

I'm confident you will figure it out :-)

Looks like everyone is making great progress toward their goals - awesome!

I ran an 8k this morning and got a new PR!    I did some strength and stretching exercises, too.

Right now, I'm at 15.71 miles running and 3 strength sessions.  I'm going to wait until tomorrow to weigh myself and let you know then.  So far I'm down 2 pounds! 

Got 40 in the pool this morning, will hit the trainer tonight for at least 30.  Tomorrow I've got a 16 mile run planned that should get me back on track after 2 days off. 

Go Turkey Terrors!!

Me too!  I'm jealous.

I had a great hour in the gym today and wanted to get another hour on the trainer but spent the day at my daughter's dance competition.  (They took 2nd!!)

8.5 mile run tomorrow.  Hills.  Yeah, baby. 

Here are my final stats for the week:

Run: 15.71 miles / 45 miles (34.91%)

Strength:  3 / 10 (33.33%)

Weight Loss: 2 pounds / 5 pounds (40%)