One mile at a time

Working on getting back in shape one day at a time. I'm using future races as motivation, but at the same time I'm trying to look at the big picture.

My first goal is to lose 20 lbs, I wanna lose between 20-40 lbs this summer. Which means I might not be competitive to race, because it's hard to drop weight and keep strength. Just listening to my body, and trying to slowly add mileage.

I had to take 2 weeks off to allow my knee to recover which slowed everything down, I ran short for 2 weeks, Did some short and long for a week. This week I'm trying to go long everyday, but if I have to stop I'll allow myself to stop, also I don't care how slow I'm running this week or next week. I'll try to go next week without stopping during my runs.

I'm not going to worry about speed for at least a month, the weight is the first issue that I have to deal with. When I ran out in Washington my weight ranged from like 140-180. I ran best between 150-155 out there. I'm sure I could have been lighter but I wasn't too concerned with all of that. After taking 2 weeks off for my knee I weighed myself at like 208, I think I was about 195 before taking 2 weeks off.

So if I'm in the 180's by Nuch I'll allow myself to run that race. If I'm in the 170's by WEIO I'll allow myself to run that race. Weight isn't that big of a factor, but it's about the big picture and overall health. When I got hurt I'm sure a lot of it was because I was playing on these hard ass basketball floors, running around, and just being fast and heavy. Just thought it would make things easier on me if I lost some weight. I also plan on going on a 3 day water diet at some point. I hardly ever drink water, I just drink Juice, Pop and Beer. So I'll eventually try to cut back a little on the non water drinks. eventually. haha

Good luck me,
Dru-P