Totals for 11 & 12 Apr 10

I real quick post with my totals for the last couple of days. Yesterday was my recovery day and I walked on the treadmill for an hour and got in 4 miles & burned 661 calories. Today it is so windy and I didn't have it in me to go run this morning. So that meant getting outside in the wind and getting in my workout which just about killed me. I got in 5.78 miles and I burned 1,027. At least I got the workout in. Until next time...

Totals for 10 Apr 10

Well day 2 of running on the treadmill and today was a killer workout. Mostly because I didn't want to go run because I didn't get that much sleep last night and we ate some crappy food over at the bowling alley so it wasn't sitting right in my stomach. But I went anyways and I am always glad that I did. Tomorrow will be my rest day and by that I mean go over to the gym and walk on the treadmill for an hour. I plan on doing something every day from here on out or at least I feel good about my progress again. Today I went for 6.67 miles and burned 1,411 calories. I weighed in yesterday at the gym and I was 268.5 lbs. I don't know if that scale is accurate but it will be the scale I will use to weigh myself each week. I hope to re-find my determination or the treadmill sickness once again. By treadmill sickness I mean where I start to go into withdrawals if I skip a day of running on the treadmill. I am definitely not there right now but give it a month or so and it will come. Until next time...

Totals for 09 Apr 10

Well the first day on the treadmill kicked my butt. You would think that running outside would be a lot tougher that running indoors but that isn't the case here. Maybe because I feel like I push myself a lot more on the treadmill. It was a good run today. I hope to keep it going and get back to where I was not too long ago. Today I ran 6.35 miles and burned 1,279 calories. It was a good cardio day. Until next time...

Rock Bottom Again!

Well it's official, I have lost all the endurance I built up while I was in Afghanistan. We are starting at rock bottom once again for my cardio endurance and weight. I am trading in the street running for the treadmill running until I can get a good base under my belt once again. It will be easier to get some weight off and not kill my legs in the process. After a couple of weeks of treadmill running, I will incorporate one long day of street running along with one day of speed work on the treadmill and we will go up to that point. I need to figure this out. Today I got in 4.88 miles and burned 655 calories. This was an eye opening experience for me today because I couldn't run the hills today so most of my cardio was walking. That sucks but it is my own fault and I have no one to blame but myself. I am the only one who can change me and I am doing a piss poor job so far this year. Time for a new way of thinking and time to make things more simplistic and not think about it so much. I just need to commit myself to being healthier and getting to where I want to be. It's time to get to work!! Until next time.

Totals for 01 April 2010

Well I hope this is a start to a good month. I really didn't feel like getting out and running tonight but I didn't have an excuse not too so I went and it sucked!! But at least I got out there and got a work out in. I need to kick it in the butt this month for sure because next month is the test month once again and it will be close....once again. I should be fine if I can get in some good running this month and next. I hope that I can test on the 31st of May so it will give me a whole extra month to get down to where I want to be. OK, enough rambling, tonight I got in 5.71 miles and I burned 876 calories. I had to do a lot of walking on the hills because my legs felt dead tonight. Like I said, at least I got out there and got in the work out. Until next time...

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad, I hope that this is another great year!! You both deserve it. We love and miss you both. Well I finished off the month with three good runs, or three runs none the less. I hope that April will turn out to be my best month yet. I guess we will see. I have my PT test coming up in May so now is about the time that I start to get nervous about it. Today I ran 5.81 miles and burned 863 calories. For March I got in 84.74 miles and I burned 9,986 calories. I am at 235.08 miles for the year so I am 65 miles behind my goal for the year. I hope to make up some of that ground in April. JUST RUN!! Until next time...

Totals for 29 & 30 Mar 2010

Just a quickie post to say I finally got some running in the past couple of days. The exercise is finally over which is always a good thing now hopefully we can get back to some sort of normalcy. It's sad that "regular" is 12 hour shifts with no other expectations. Anyways, yesterday I ran 6 miles & burned 825 calories and today I ran 5.75 miles and burned 880 calories. It is amazing how many more calories you burn when it is windy outside and you have to run against the wind. I hope to get back on a better schedule with working out now. Until next time...