It’s been awhile. Just like my other post mentioning this – I need to stay consistent. Things got in the way but I’m looking forward again. The first run of my new training block was today and it was a doozy. Garmin was being difficult for the first mile and not updating my heart rate to then jump and make it overshoot my target HR. Fastest mile was the first one and it only got slower from there. I know running by heart rate does this but it’ll take time to get used to.
I followed up the run with leg day so tomorrow I’ll be regretting this when I wake up. We’ll see how that run will go… Fight thru the pain and maybe I’ll give myself a cookie tomorrow. Stretching is hard even though I’m trying to make it a priority now. Let’s hope it does some magic and hide the worst of it. I’m sure it will save me down the road from future injuries.
Another priority is diet and I’m trying to hold a deficit for real this time. Food is tasty and I love the idea of a good meal to devour. Hard not to think about giving myself a pat on the back and treating myself every day for minute things. Today was a good day though. Protein goals were hit and the meals were filling today. I’m sure as I run more the worst I’ll be so I can’t wait to look back on this. I think focusing on water also helped with that. Focusing on how my body feels has proven I eat when I’m thirsty and bored.
Hopefully, I can stick to the schedule of all this and come out on top. This is truly day 1 now and I have a long road ahead. Let’s enjoy this journey.