It's Wednesday already?

This week is flying by! I keep forgetting to update, once again.This weekend, if you check out the running blog, you can see that I went running.

Saturday - 5 1/2 mile run
Sunday - 10 mile run

For both of these runs this weekend, I wanted to keep going. Saturday was a destination run and I had to runs errands, plus it was already late, so I just stopped. Sunday I wanted to go to the last two miles to make it a 12-miler, but I had forgotten to wrap my toes and the blisters were just too painful by mile 10. Next weekend, I plan to complete the 12 or so on Saturday. I'd try for more, but I have a 5K race on Sunday and I don't want to wear myself out too bad.

Monday - No pilates class anymore = :( Apparently the 4:45 class is filling up really fast with a waiting list, so I have no hope that a lack of interest will lead to the return of 6:30. So I'm on my own these days. This Monday night took some mental convincing to get myself in there, but luckily, guilt prevented me from taking the evening off. I was glad once I got inside too. I did legwork and 20 min of power bursts on the upright bike. I'm really settling into a studio-routine where I do all kinds of lunges and squats. I'm a huge proponent of the plie squat these days. I think that its really firming up my inner thighs, more than the weight machines could.

Tuesday - Last night I arrived to find every single cardio machine full. Literally every single one. Even the really shitty old treadmills in the back corner. And even the stairclimber! As a result I had to delve into upperbody without a cardio warm-up.
- Military/Neutral pull-ups with 75lb assisted - 10rep/set
- Tricep(56lb)/Bicep Cable(44lb) - 4X
- Lat Pull-down(70lb)/Shoulder press(40lb) - 3X
- Ran at my 5K pace for 25 minutes alone the esplanade - beautiful!!!
- Chest Press (70x3)Good stretch.

I missed out on rowing, but this old lady was just hogging it all night and I wanted to make my bus home at 8pm.

Wednesday - I warmed-up with 10 minutes on the Stairmill this morning. What horror! Really, it was easier today, but its still boring torture. I really don't know how anyone has the patience for that machine beyond 10 minutes. The upright bikes and treadmills were full again, so that's what I was left with. After that was Abs class followed by pilates. We used the little 6 inch balls today that she had finally managed to get reinflated. Class itself was relatively easy though, we busted through it at a relatively rapid pace because it was all the usual people.After class I did three sets of lunges, two weighted, one twist and the other backwards. A set of regular side-walk squats and another of plie squats. I then did leg-weighted hip raises. I finished up with supersets on the Leg Ext(70lb)/Leg Curl(80lb). The hip abductor machine is still broken, so I ended up on just the adductor (80x3). I was doing all of this on 4 hours of sleep, so I'm pooped now. Ready for a nap.

PR + weight gain

It's been both good and bad.

This weekend I ran on a PR on my 5k, which I already talked about in the celebrations thread. 27:15. Not bad given my lack of running recently.

I've been trying supersets in my weight lifting routine. They're very exciting. I feel stronger while I do them and I think I'm seeing greater results - at least in terms of endurance and overall strength. I'm going to probably spruce up the routine. I've only been going to pilates twice a week, however. I'ev been making the muscle conditioning and bootcamp class.

My pull-ups have returned to where they were before the slackfest.

My weight is at 166, which is up from my starvation-nausea episode the week before. My lady problems are fine now, so that's a weight off my mind. I'm slowly working my way back down again though. A pound a week on, a pound per week off.

It's been snowing and icy lately. More to come. Makes it hard to run or want to run. Finances are tight, so no more uber-healthy/expensive food. But the size and all should reduce also. That should help.