time for a 5k

well we're sort of standing still here on the homefront, and i think that's largely because i didn't work all last week, thus my training and eatin' schedules were weird. pretty sure i did not eat enough each day, and what i did eat was not ideal. too many carbs, not enough protein, and at very irregular intervals. the good thing is i go back to work tomorrow and my schedule should be more precise.

i'm gonna be running a st. patty's day 5k this saturday morning and i have also been trying to get ready for that, mostly by increasing the distance i run for cardio without the usual hi/lo intensity pattern, which means while i'm technically burning more calories because its a longer distance, its less than what it could be if i were doing that pattern, but i need to get used to that distance, so i will be running that at least 2 more times this week, and then i will take a cardio break on friday and hopefully get a decent time on saturday. i've been staying pretty conservative in my pace, getting anywhere from a 10.5 min. mile to a 12 minute mile on each run, so i'm thinking if its a real world run rather than treadmill, i will probably get anywhere between the 37 or so minutes i've been taking on the treadmill to maybe 45 minutes, considering the fact that pavement is a much different story than the silly treadmill.

hopefully this pseudo carb fast will drop about 5 pounds this week and i will be in a better position to do a full 5k. gonna keep my goals in sight and work hard to get there. there's a great way of lookin at it that i recently read from a letter my missionary cousin sent to my aunt.

"there's no growth in the comfort zone and no comfort in the growth zone." -elder austin eaquinto.

keep calm and carry on ;)

sincerely,
fat guy, little coat