I just looked back and realize it’s been a couple of months since I’ve updated here. That’s what 8 weeks of grand kids will do! I got a little off-track both with my eating (pizza and hamburgers don’t work for me) and walking. Then I realized that 4 weeks from Sunday I’m doing a half marathon in St. Louis so it’s time to get serious.
So, here’s my goal for all to see. I’m going to walk 50 miles in 4 weeks. That’s no big deal and I plan to exceed it but I’d rather exceed to succeed. Maybe that only makes sense to me but I’ve never liked to set a goal TOO high that it frustrates me and then if I don’t make it I feel like a failure. It’s funny but go with me on this. If I set a goal of 100 miles in 4 weeks and I did 50 miles was I a success of failure. In my mind I failed. But, if I set my goal at 50 miles and go 60 I’m more than a success.
I like seeing my progress so I have a Nike+I-Pod sensor. One half gets attached to the Ipod the other sensor goes in your shoe. It tells you how long you’ve walked/run, how far, how many calories you burn AND I track it on-line and it tells me every day how much farther I have to go and how much I’ve exceeded my goal. Love it! I’ve also posted my results each day on my face book. I do better when I make my goals public. I may sometimes disappoint myself but I don’t like disappointing others so having others see how I’m doing keeps me on track.
It’s still hot here in Tucson and this morning was muggy after an evening rain (yeah for rain) but we (Mal and a friend) started walking at 5:15 (it was still dark) and got 6 miles in before we felt some more rain drops. I burned over 500 calories! If I do that every day I can take off a pound a week before the 1/2 marathon. Some people have baby fat – I have grand children fat. Only 3 pounds in 8 weeks so…..not bad.
Okay, I’ve rambled enough for today. I’m going to go fix myself a nice protein drink with yogurt, strawberries, bananas, blueberries and powdered protein. Yummmm!
