I'm starting out with a 10k race on March 1st, a local trail race that I was talked into doing by some friends that I run with. Apparently you get medals for all races (5k, 10k, half marathon) and the company that puts on these races always has really good food. We're talking pizza, Its-Its, gels, the whole thing. We know I love good food, and I just got this fantastic medal and bib display for my birthday, so another medal would add to my small collection that I've started to accumulate.
The next race that I have coming up is a local half marathon on March 15th, which is partially going to be run on a paved trail that I frequent. The best part about this race is that it's St. Patrick's Day-themed, so I'm going to go all out with the green! I found some gems in the Target dollar bins, which I am very excited to wear.
Finally, I'm off to San Francisco on April 6th for the Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon! This will be a good friend's first half marathon, so I'm very excited to be there for that and do the race with her.
And then I'm going to REST. My plan is to take at least a month and a half off of distance running before beginning to train for the final event of the summer. (I'm not sure what I'll be doing in the fall yet. We will see!)
I was very excited to hear that a good friend from college would be in San Francisco working for a law firm this summer. He is a runner, and told me he was thinking of doing the first half of the San Francisco marathon this summer. And since I was like ZOMG ME TOO, we decided to do it! I'm officially registered! It's the first step for me in doing the Half it All Challenge, and HOPEFULLY, the first of three steps in joining the 52 Club in 2016!
So for this upcoming March and April "Race Season," I have a few goals.
1. Set a new half-marathon PR, and hopefully get a time of 2:20 or under
2. Beat my previous 10k PR (58:57)
And then when I do a 5K in June, I'd love to get a new 5K PR as well. Very exciting!
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I also hit a new milestone in my yoga practice this weekend as well. Previously, I was struggling with wheel pose. When done correctly, it is like this (image is from myyogaonline.com):
I generally have no trouble getting into the pose fluidly, and in my head, it feels like this:
But coming out of the pose for me has always been like this:
No really. One time, doing yoga in Boston ages ago, I came out of a wheel pose so hard on my right shoulder that I had a giant bruise for a week. Generally I come out of the pose about halfway, using my arms to gently let me down... then freak out and fall down on one side or just come down hard in general.
Finally, this week, I successfully got into a wheel TWO times, then came down from it twice! I kept telling myself to trust my arms, trust that they were strong enough to let me down twice - and I made it!
Totes all this, all the time:
And in terms of food, I had a very successful first meeting with my therapist. I'm kind of starting to leave Weight Watchers by the wayside, as a result. I still believe it's a great diet - but it is just that. A diet. It helped me to lose weight, but now, I need something that I can maintain and will not feel restrictive.
I'm working on feeling my body's hunger and fullness signals, feeling satisfied, and not depriving myself. I'm also starting to read a book called Intuitive Eating, and I'm hoping that it will help me in the process to figure out what my body needs. It's strange abandoning the structure of Weight Watchers, but I think instead of wanting to trust points and a program, I'm going to have to learn to learn and trust my body and its signals. I will let you know how it goes!
xo
S
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