Other than the fact that Nike+ needs to seriously get its shit together, today has been a great day workout-wise. Granted Nike+ is currently undergoing a scheduled site maintenance (and hopefully it will sync my runs properly after it's done), at least last time (that I know of) they did it discreetly in the middle of the night instead of in the evening when plenty of people are still getting their runs in. Seriously, yeesh.
I read some post somewhere that in order to burn more fat (which I really need to do), it is better if you do you weights and other general anaerobic exercises first, to burn off all the sugars you ingested before your workout, and then move on to your cardio so you are tapping into your fat supply more. It sounds like a pretty reasonable strategy so that's what I tried today. I did my Day 6 of beginner's pilate workout, which consists of 7 minutes of the most tiring warm-up I've ever done, 6 minutes of some intense arm workout (felt great though, and no push-ups involved!), and a killing 5-minute ab workout which is bonus for today since the video was emailed to me as part of the Blogilates newsletter. None of the moves (there were 5) were particularly hard or foreign, and you would think that doing each for a minute, and doing abs for 5 minutes total wasn't going to be that big of deal. But I absolutely died after 2.5 minutes and totally cheated after that. Still tried to do the best I could but it wasn't much. That's what I like about Cassey and her workout though. I felt stronger every day, and I could clearly feel the benefit during my runs, and she is very good at encouraging and motivating you to push through, but just as you are beginning to feel good about yourself she makes you humble again by challenging you with something that just absolutely crushes your body, so you don't get too cocky. I like that. I need that.
Today's run. Well. I'm definitely happier that the weather is finally getting warmer. I saw at least 5 people running outside today in the 10 minutes I stood there waiting for the bus. This is the second night in a row that I walked to the gym with only my capris and no outer leg cover. I didn't even bother with a scarf or a hat tonight. I think as soon as the ground becomes dry I will venture an outdoor run. But in the mean time I will stick to the gym.
Today I tried a different running strategy that would keep me more entertained. I did 10 minutes on a low speed, 8 minutes one button faster, 6 minute at the next speed, etc. I managed my 2 miles (I know, it's so not a big deal) quite easily, and Everybody Loves Raymond and Julie and Julia (does anyone else still remember that it's actually two stories in one movie? I totally forgot that Amy Adams was playing Julie and got quite disappointed that they had to cut away from Meryl) kept me very entertained. I found Everybody Loves Raymond, which I watched only ~10 minutes of, especially funny tonight, probably because I was already releasing endorphins before starting my run.
But I really need to burn for fat to make myself weigh less. As I got to 5 mi/hr, which really is not a lot, my plantar fasciitis really acted up, quite suddenly too. My foot is still hurting and I think it will persist for some time. My foot does that every time I start to run fast(er). Whenever I persist at the higher speed it would eventually go away until I slowed down or slowed to a walk. But as my weekly milage goes up this will really be a problem in the future. More stretching I guess.
Overall all a great day. Now if only I could just buck up and do my laundry my day would be truly complete.
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