Getting into a routine and pattern of #fitwinning

Dear James, Daniel and Emily

Had a good weekend overall as far as fitness. Splurged a little too much food wise on Friday, but otherwise did well. Had some good workouts, no recurrence of the pain.

Sunday's Run

Held to my goal of running, but staying on the flats, and not pushing the speed. Which kept my hamstring under control. I think that by stopping right when the pain hit, and then medicating it, and keeping as stretched out as possible I was able to avoid letting the pain get worse. Which was the first part, and then held to the overall strategy of still running but not pushing for speed so much as time. And that really is my goal anyway, time and distance, I'll worry about speed later.

Some of my friends ran in the Tough Mudder race this past weekend, and at least one of them thought I should sign up. And along the same lines there is the Fall Series here in Colorado Springs. The more I think of those though, the more I think that I have no interest in incorporating obstacles in my running, I just want to run, I am not even all that interested in running up any big hills to be honest. So for now I will stick to my distance runs, and just make sure I complete the races I run in, and save the obstacles for another time.

I fell back into my bad habits on Friday, knowing I wasn't going home for dinner I still had a junk food lunch, then an OK dinner but had the urge to top that with a desert. Not the best way to start the weekend. I just need to be aware of those things and control those urges better next time. In the long run no harm no foul, just need to avoid letting it become a habit.