delicious roadblocks as race day approaches

Yesterday I had some dark chocolate almonds in the morning. Seemed like a good idea at the time. It was okay — I had a super nutritious lunch packed, and I could have a low cal dinner, right? Then we went for dim sum for a goodbye lunch for a colleague at work. Which was also delicious.*Shrug* Today is a new day.

I am still 158 and holding — just have to treat my body as a temple for the rest of the week — race day is fast approaching! That half-marathon I have been training for is SUNDAY! It’s possible I am starting to get excited. I need to take better care of my body. Monday was a failtaper* day, but it was beautiful out, so that is okay.  And I was probably awake more than necessary yesterday — worked all day, then volunteered at a bicycle co-op for a few hours. I am taking the bus to/from work today, and have a ride to dragon boat practice, so I am turning down the failtaper. Also, I am taking tomorrow off work to get a massage and hang out a spa, so soon I shall victorytaper.

That is all.

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*Close to races, runners, etc. will cut down on the length and intensity of their runs. This is known as “tapering.” It allows our bodies to heal and gets them pumped for race day. Failtapering is doing the opposite of that; like biking, running 10km, paddling for an hour, then biking some more all in one day (especially the day after running 10km and yogaing).

partners is crime*

The thing about dating a triathlete whilst also having switched your main means of transportation from busing to biking is that “moving more” just sort of happens. I had a crazy week, exercise-wise, but it did not feel that way. Partly because a lot of it was just commuting, and partly because I had a partner in crime along the way for runs and yoga (new manfriend), a whole team of peers for dragon boating, AND a I still have my kick ass weight training partner. It’s been nice not worrying about weight loss while still making headway toward my “healthy BMI” weight. It’s new. And weird. The not obsessing thing.

Monday
- Bike 6km, yoga, 50 min spinning class, yoga

Tuesday
- 7km run, weight training, bike 6 km

Wednesday
- Bike 6km x 2, yoga, dragon boat practice

Thursday
- Bike 6km x 2, weight training

Friday
-hour and a halfish walk

Saturday
- I don’t remember

Sunday
- 10 km run, yoga

Monday
- 10 km run, Bike to/from dragon boat (16km-ish?), dragon boat practice

*For the purposes of this blog, crime means fitness, health, and well being

skinny

My roommate commented that I am looking skinnier lately. Is it weird that I don’t see it? Still, it was nice to hear.

effing love dragon boating

I fucking love dragon boating. Just got in from practice and the whole left side of my back and abs feels like burning and my bum was one paddle stroke away from a pulled muscle, but it is just such a fucking awesome stress relief. It is a super aggressive sport. You put all of whatever you are thinking about onto the water and try to hold on as you power a 2 ton boat through the water with 2 tons of 19 other people. So fucking glorious. Youtube if you have no idea what I am talking about.

one fifty eight point four

Dudes. I am forseriously plateau bludgeoning. Usually, when I hit a low point, weight-wise, something clicks on inside and then I eat my way back up to 167. This has been my pattern for over a year. I don’t feel like ordering an entire pizza to myself along with a bag of double stuff oreos after having 3 blueberry frotters for breakfast. So, that is new.

good morning sunshine

I woke up bright and early this morning and went for a short tempo 7km run. Birds were singing. It was the perfect temperature to run in. I made good time. And then I took myself out for a healthy breakfast including freshly squeezed orange juice. What an epic day. And it isn’t event 8:30 yet.

sometimes success begets success

I am super tired. It is currently the time of day when I want to take a nap and or consume 6 blueberry fritters to myself, possibly with a side of Oreos. But, I don’t want to eff up my awesomeness streak, so I am going to suck it up and go to a spinning class in about and hour.

plateau smashing

*dramatic bludgeoning sounds*

So, despite my last post I have been weighing myself everyday (which is par for the course nowadays as I no longer attend meetings). And I have weighed under 160 everyday since I last reported my weight on the results page. After over a year of trying, I am finally starting to mae some headway.

What do I attribute the recent success to?
- change in workout routine: biking nearly everywhere I go in addition to my normal workout routine probably helped
- thinking about food differently, and less: I have been keeping super busy, and am a little twitterpated by a boy, so I don’t spend as much time thinking about food.
- gearing up for race: I tend to hit a low point, weight-wise, around race day, which is about 2 weeks away at this point
- dragon boat season: dragon boating is super-intense, and has probably shocked the shit out of my system
- being happy: I am super happy. Over eating is totally and emotional reaction for me, so being in my happy place has turned down the seeming necessity of consuming an entire hawiian pizza to myself

my everything is sore

Yesterday was a yardworkapalooza day. Literally spent 8 hours diggin and or hauling dirt. The dude I am seeing wanted to go for a run this morning (he is training for a marathon and I am training for a half), so I said sure. I thought to myself “hey, this might actually move your lactic acid around” — whether or not that is true remains to be seen. So I ran 14 osh km and now I have to bike to work to hammer out some data analysis. Then bike home. Even my will to go on hurts.

P out.

warning: menstrual content

I am not weighing myself for the next few days. That’s right: flo is in town.I always gain and then lose about 2 lbs (in rage?) When she arrives, and I don’t want her raining on my damn parade.

In other news, I am running 10km tonight, starting my garden tomorrow (weather permitting), and putting in 18km on Sunday with my roommate who just decided to run the half (without training properly — totally do not recommend doing that. No dragon boating Sunday as it is mother,s day, which is spectacular because my back hurts and I need a break.

That is all.