Focused on 2 goals: miles & organized eating #Running

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

With school starting that means 2 things. First, I have to get up earlier for my runs. Second, my goal of better eating habits will be easier to achieve.

Miles

Today's Run

So far my goal of making 4 the new 3 is working. I am down to one 3 mile run a week, the rest are 4 miles minimum. Some days that is easier said than done. It was hard to get the 5+ miles today as I did the same yesterday as makeup for skipping Sunday due to exhaustion.

One of the irritating side lights of this has been those percent scores. When my goal is miles, not speed I don't care so much about sticking to a zone, especially when my route has some hills in it like today. While I know this in my head, it is a little irritating, once I get past the Half I plan to stop using the training programs for w couple of months and just run, if for no other reason than to stop seeing that percentage.

With school starting for the kids that means I have to get out the door earlier in order to get my miles in (although I changed up my schedule so my rest days are now school days.) One of the downsides of this is I have to get out the dark running gear: reflective vest, and almost used the head lamp today. But at least it isn't hot.

We will see how this all works in a month for my Half. One of the challenges will be holding to my taper the week before when I am so used to running.

Eating Habits

This has been a good summer overall, but I think we are all ready for school to start. One of the biggest issues for me has been the lack of organized meals. Without the need to adhere to an eating schedule dinners have become rather haphazard.

Which occasionally frustrates me when I get home and have to scramble to make something. But more importantly that leads to the disorganized eating. I don't always have leftovers so I end up eating out. Then I end up not being hungry at dinner time so I don't eat at all. Which hurts my energy in the morning. It's a vicious cycle. And it will end when we at minimum have those 5 nights a week or regular meal times.