Wednesday, April 3, 2013

A half marathon soon, March Goals & April Plans

Do you guys remember this post - where I declared that I had whimsically signed up for a half marathon? Yikes!!! A half marathon! What in the world was I thinking? With my weight, running a 10k is a bad enough challenge. A half marathon? Like 21.1kms, dear reader, I must have momentarily been out of my mind!
 
I've got just about 3 months. And then there is this event in mid May. But I shall atempt the half. And please note that my voice is feeble. I have absolutely no confidence, I fear I will screw up my knees  and I am simply going to train on my own. Because I want to try. And I know that running that much is going to take a lot from me. Hello, early morning runs.
 
I am also  trying to focus on spending enough time with Chittu for I fear he is getting way too attached to Maami. I have moments of maternal instinct where I want to quit the job and stay home with my son, but I know such hasty decisions are never a good thing! But yes, I want to ensure that  when my son wakes up in the morning either the Scientist or I are at home. So I have modified my work out schedule for the month of April. I will instead take advantage of my new found exercise at home joy and mix and match with other workouts that will give me a good combination of cardio, strength, core and stretching!
 
My aim for this month will be to seriously up the running mileage and down the weight. I am trying.  I am also making small changes to my eating style. If I make any headway with weight loss, you know I will be sure to share.

Goals for April:

  • Be able run 8k comfortably
  • Hope to see 75 or lower on the scale
  • Spend time with Chittu
  • Continue to exercise in the evenings!
  • I am expecting some serious stress at work and home this month - hope I will tide over without resorting to food!
For March, I got in a total of 26 work out days!!! Thats like my highest ever I guess, and mostly because I began to exercise at home! Weight wise I am almost exactly the same as I was the start of March or should I say I have weighed around the same for a long while now - atleast 3-4 months.

4 comments:

  1. hey u must try high intensity interval workout called tabata . I have been achieving great results with it.

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    1. will try to find out more about it!thankyou!

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  2. The 'working mother's guilt' never really goes away does it! Half marathon is such a BIG goal-wow! I salute you and will definitely take some inspiration from you! You will loose so much weight with the training huh!All the best !

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    1. Yes Sheetal, it never EVER does!!!

      Thanks for that appreciation. But I guess we will have to wait till I actually do it to make sure that I deserve any of your praise.

      And the losing weight part ummm Idont know what to say. I am guessing I will have to go really easy on the food aka carbs to actually get to weight loss mode!

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