My husband and I are going on a trip next week to visit my family in Indiana. We are really excited for this "vacation" but one thing has me a bit nervous for the trip.
As you can all probably relate, a vacation is not a time for counting calories or getting in your 4-mile daily runs. All of us want to throw our cares away and eat what we want and lounge about as to RELAX. I can't do this! I don't want to undo all that I've worked so hard for! I'm planning on hitting my "lost 10 pounds" mark Thursday and I'm not giving it back! So my question is this...how can I still be good on vacation?
Here are some things I am going to try for this trip:
1. It is no question that we will be eating out a lot with my family. There are restaurants in Indiana that we don't have here in Utah, and when we're having a good time, eating out is the way to go. I've cleverly planned out all of the places I can go to get a pretty decent meal. Since we will be the guests, and will probably get to choose most of the restaurants, I can blurt out one of my planned places and stay on the straight and narrow. If they take us somewhere else, if I know before hand I can get online to look up nutrition info, if not I know what choices are going to be bad and good. I just have to be aware. I know I'm not going to have super great days but if I stay within good boundaries, I should be okay.
2. Run. Duh. Or not-so-duh? It is so hard to go running when you have a time difference, and people are waiting around for you to do your exercise. But, I think I'll be fine and won't care. I'm in pretty good running habit right now, so I don't think I'll miss a whole week of running. (Keep your fingers crossed, still! haha)
I also want to try to be a positive example for my family. I want them to notice how I exercise and what I eat so that they can be healthier people, too! I want them to be around for a LONG time :).
For all you loyal readers out there, what do YOU do to keep up your workout/diet regimen while on vacation?
Monday, May 18, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Speed Demon
After taking a little break from running after my 5K (it wasn't intentional, I just got lazy :) ), I decided to start up a new running program aimed at increasing my speed. I don't want to ever go really fast, but I feel like if I can increase my speed it will help me be an overall better runner. So far I have followed the program each day this week and let me just say...it's kicking my booty! But I love it because that means my booty is getting smaller ;)
It's a good mixture of fartleks, acceleration strides, and easy long distance runs all designed to help me run at a little faster pace than my last 5K. So far I'm liking it. Even though some of the days are kind of scary looking when they talk 4 x 400 meter stuff, you really don't ever go over 3 miles total with the exception of your long days which for me are Saturdays.
My next race is on the 4th of July in good old Sandy, Utah. It's really the perfect location since we'll probably be there for a July 4th celerbation at my in-laws anyway. I've even convinced my husband to run it with me (he'll totally wail on my time, but that's okay...I'm not in it to win it. I just want to survive it! haha) and my mother-in-law to walk it! Hopefully the Utah weather will work it's magic and it will be cooler that day :).
My goal for this Freedom Fourth of July 5K is to run it in about 31 minutes, which is 3 minutes faster than my previous 5K time. My "big picture" idea is to run a couple more 5K distance races and then move up to 10Ks for a little while. Of course, I am working towards a potential marathon, but that could take years! haha! I'll just keep chugging along until then.
If any of you loyal readers would like a copy of this new speed training program, I'd love to share it. It is really great because you can customize it to your own personal goals. It just says things like "faster than your current pace" so it's nice that way.
Happy Running!
It's a good mixture of fartleks, acceleration strides, and easy long distance runs all designed to help me run at a little faster pace than my last 5K. So far I'm liking it. Even though some of the days are kind of scary looking when they talk 4 x 400 meter stuff, you really don't ever go over 3 miles total with the exception of your long days which for me are Saturdays.
My next race is on the 4th of July in good old Sandy, Utah. It's really the perfect location since we'll probably be there for a July 4th celerbation at my in-laws anyway. I've even convinced my husband to run it with me (he'll totally wail on my time, but that's okay...I'm not in it to win it. I just want to survive it! haha) and my mother-in-law to walk it! Hopefully the Utah weather will work it's magic and it will be cooler that day :).
My goal for this Freedom Fourth of July 5K is to run it in about 31 minutes, which is 3 minutes faster than my previous 5K time. My "big picture" idea is to run a couple more 5K distance races and then move up to 10Ks for a little while. Of course, I am working towards a potential marathon, but that could take years! haha! I'll just keep chugging along until then.
If any of you loyal readers would like a copy of this new speed training program, I'd love to share it. It is really great because you can customize it to your own personal goals. It just says things like "faster than your current pace" so it's nice that way.
Happy Running!
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