So, if you've been following my journal for any amount of time, you know I've been trying to do two things desperately: lose weight and get my mile-run time down below 9 minutes.
Well, after some very hard training, taking Rocky for almost daily 3 km runs and hitting my punching bag and using smaller plates to be certain I'm not taking more food than I need, I'm happy to say that I'm down to 194 lbs and for the first time, I cracked the 9 minute mile. It was my best time yet, knocking it down in 8:45, and I run a pretty tough course with a lot of hills... of course, after that first mile, I'm blasted and my calves and feet hate me... the rest of the run is a mix of running and walking. I'm still working on being able to run the whole 3km without having to resort to walking.
So yeah, this is kind of a pointless post, but I was just really proud because I've been training for a full month to get my time below 9 minutes and continue my journey to get back into some old clothes I haven't worn in years. If I can get down to 180 pounds this year, I'll be a happy hawse.
Oh yeah. Also, there's going to be a skip in production from the 19-21st because I'm going to be having a colonoscopy on the 21st, and prepping for it and then recovering from it is a miserable experience. I can't WAIT. It's just a routine scan since I'm at such a high risk for cancer, and my own doctor here in Michigan doesn't have a 'healthy' baseline to compare to for future scans. Part of me was pretty anxious about it because I'm scared that I might have something wrong, but I'm also young enough that the chances that there IS something wrong in there is pretty small. I've more or less gotten over it, and am now more or less just not looking forward to it. Blargh. Getting old ain't for sissies.
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17 Jul 2016 19:04 CEST
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