Running Totals for 30 Jun 09 and End of Month Totals

Well another month is in the books as far as running goes and although I thought it was a good month of running I am a little behind where I wanted to be at this point, 14 miles to be exact. I will just have to make it up next month so I stay on track to break 600 miles during my time here in Afghanistan. Today's run was a killer one because my legs are dead!! Dead, dead, dead!! Weight lifting yesterday wiped them out and I didn't even lift that heavy but when you haven't lifted in as long as I have it doesn't take too much. I just need to suffer through this week and hopefully, and I mean hopefully the pain will subside. Today I ran 6.68 miles, burned 1,270 calories, and I ran for 75 minutes. My monthly totals are as follows: I ran 150.09 miles, burned 29,084 calories, and I ran a little over 26 hours this month. I am happy with this past month and I hope to improve on it this month. Starting in early August I will start training for my first official marathon (Naha Marathon) in December. I am looking forward to that, or at least I think I am. Take care and be safe. Until next time...

Weigh In Day & Running Totals for 29 Jun 09

Well I am happy to have last week behind me now so I can move on and improve on a crappy last week of exercising. Now that I am half way through my deployment I will start to get stricter with what I am eating. Plus I have added weights to my weekly routine. I think subconsciously I was trying to kill myself today because I did squats before I ran today and let's just say that after doing squats your legs don't work so well when you trying to run. So I had to concentrate really hard on not falling off of the treadmill today. I am sure that I looked wonderful trying to run with two dead legs. I gutted it out though and got in both weight lifting and a "good" run. I am curious to see how my legs feel tomorrow though. I am sure it will not be so great! I lifted weights for 45 minutes today and I hope to keep my weight lifting sessions to 45-60 minutes each time. I am only lifting three times a week which should be good enough especially when I am still running 6 times a week. Today was weigh in day and I gained a pound but I am not tore up over it. I still hope to be in the 240's by next Monday. I will keep my fingers crossed. Today I ran 6.17 miles (because that is all my legs had left in them), burned 1,173 calories, and I ran for 76 minutes (yes it took me that long to run 6.17 miles). It was a good day for working out. I hope to throw my body off so I will continue to lose fat and put back on some muscle. I would love to get under 15% body fat, I think that would be great. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I love and miss you all. Take care, Until next time...

Running Totals for 27 Jun 09 & Weekly Totals

Well I am glad this week is over because it has been a horrible week for running. Two days out with a injured toe, two good days of running, and two days of pretty weak runs. I don't want to repeat this week ever again. I thought about running tomorrow to make up for at least one of my crappy days but I decided against it since I start lifting weights on Monday. So I will take it easy on my day off and start fresh on Monday. Today I only ran 3.65 miles, burned 691 calories, and I ran for 40 minutes. It started out to be a good run but around the 25 minute mark I really had to use the bathroom and it wasn't going to wait another 35 minutes! So I had to hop off the treadmill and they have a bathroom outside the gym but it is closed for renovations so I had to almost go all the way back to my B-Hut to use the bathroom and by the time I got back to the gym the moment had passed. I knew that I was finished for the day. This weeks totals are as follows: I ran 22.3 miles, burned 4,290 calories, and I ran for 3 hours & 56 minutes. Not the best week but hopefully I will be able to rebound next week and have a great week. I hope everyone having a good weekend. Tomorrow is officially my half way point (from the time when my replacement is supposed to arrive here). So I am pretty stoked about that. I love and miss you all. Until next time...

Running Totals for 26 Jun 09

Well I'm back, finally! I thought it would have taken a few more days to get my toe working again but earlier the better. The past couple of days have really sucked not being able to run but I know that a couple extra days of rest will be good in the long run, hopefully. Today's run was a pretty tough one especially only taking off two days. It is amazing how quick you can lose what takes you forever to gain! Things here are a little quieter but everyone is still on edge from the attacks last Sunday morning. I think that is a good thing because everyone will be more vigilant and more aware of their surroundings. I know I will be. Today I ran 7 miles, burned 1,326 calories, and I ran for 73 minutes. It is good to be back! Love and miss you all. Until next time...

Out of Order!

Well I am out of commission for probably about a week with this nasty quarter size blister on my left big toe. It probably didn't help that I ran 10 miles yesterday but it had to be done. I don't think it would feel any different if I would have ran my regular 6 or 7 miles. I think that it just needs time to heal. That is not to say that I didn't try to run on it this morning but it didn't work out for me and I had to stop after run/walking for 1.5 miles. About that time that I realized that trying to run through it was pointless and now I just need to NOT run which will kill me but it is a necessary evil. I hope that it won't take longer than a week to heal though. In the mean time I will try my hand at weight lifting and riding the stationary bike for my cardio until this bad boy heals and I can run again. I guess I will really have to step it up in July and August if I want to meet my 600 mile goal by the time I leave this place. Well I hope everyone is doing good and I will try to keep this blog going during my hiatus. I love and miss everyone. Until next time...

Weigh In Day & Running Totals for 22 Jun 09

Well yesterday was a nice day off except for the extra curricular activities around the base (Rocket Attacks). Other than that it was a very nice day off from work and from running. Actually I go and hang out at work because I hate spending my day off in my B-Hut while everyone else is trying to sleep. And my bed is extra squeaky so every time I move or breathe for that matter it makes a noise. Today (Monday) was a pretty good day. Since it is my long run day I thought I would actually do a LONG run which I did. Hopefully my legs will keep up for the rest of the week. Today I ran 10.15 miles, burned 1,923 calories, and I ran for 104 minutes. It was a pretty good run except towards the end when my legs kept telling me it was time to be finished. Today was also weigh in day and I hoped not to have a repeat of last week which didn't happen. I weighed in at 250 lbs. and that puts my total weight loss to 32 lbs. I am happy about this because I still have another 8 days left in this month until I hit the half way mark and I am already over 30 lbs. So I am pleased to say the least. I hope everyone had a great weekend and I look forward to another productive week. Until next time...

Running Totals for 20 Jun 09 & Weekly Totals

Well I made it through another week of running (barely) and I have to say it was a difficult week to say the least. With being sick on Tuesday and dealing with a nasty shin splint on my right leg I would have to say that this week sucked as far as running goes. But it isn't always going to be easy and at least I made it through the week regardless. There is an upside to today's run though, I ate popcorn chicken for dinner tonight and I didn't feel like it was going to revisit me during my run. That is good because I love the popcorn chicken here, it is one of the GOOD things to eat here. So needless to say they don't have it that often because that would make people happy. Go figure. I hope the rest of the weeks go by as quickly as this one felt like it did. If that is the case I will be home in no time. Today I ran 6.5 miles again, burned 1,259 calories again, and I went for 70 minutes....AGAIN! I will have to mix it up next week so everyday isn't the same. My weekly totals are as follows: I ran 33.96 miles, burned 6,559 calories, and I ran for 5 hours and 59 minutes. Obviously I hope to improve on those numbers next week and hopefully I can get this shin splint under control. I hope everyone has a good weekend. Heather hang in there, just a couple more days and you will be back down to just our two girls and you can get on with your summer schedule. I love and miss you all. Until next time...