Nearly there!

Hey all hope you have all had a good week!

So my week started off ok, Monday I went to the gym and decided to try a run on the treadmill to see how my toe felt, I managed 10 minutes and had to come off (think it was more in my head than anything else).  I was really disappointed and felt a bit down about it, but went on some of the other cardio machines and felt like I had a good session, which lifted my spirits a little.

I did a good weights session with my friend on Tuesday and felt great after, so decided to do a run on Wednesday in the pouring rain and got soaked ha ha!!  I managed 4.5 miles, my toe felt ok on the run but was quite sore after, so I had 2 days rest so not to push it to much.

I went to a concert on Thursday night and some woman ended up treading on my bad toe (typical)!!  It hurt really bad and I haven’t done anything since.  The girls went running this morning for their last long run before our half marathon next Sunday, I saw them briefly before they went, I was so p’d off as I really wanted to go with them, but didn’t want to make my toe worse for next week.  I ended up going to the gym instead and taking it out on the bike and weights ha ha!

This week one of the school moms approached me and said she was loving my blog and found it motivational, I was really pleased.  She asked if I could put in my blog what I was eating and the best way to train for a run, as she’s doing a 8.5 mile run in June.

I follow a plan called the Tri-Plan, it’s an online eating and exercise plan.  You make a one off payment for a 12 week plan and can go back to day one whenever you want without having to pay again.  It gives you three meals a day with recipe ideas and some snacks to eat throughout the day, I love it as I really struggle sometimes to know what to eat, so this gives me lots of different ideas.  The exercises are great as well, they take about 10-15 minutes to do and are really good for toning.  Because I do a lot more training than what the plan says I do add a few more snacks and sometimes sweet potatoes as my carbs if I have done a long run.

Basically the plan is no white potatoes, bread, pasta and no sugary treats, instead lots of fish, white meat, a little read meat, salads and vegetables.  Sounds boring I know, but the recipes they give you make it interesting and personally I needed that change as all of the white potatoes, pasta and bread I was eating was making me bloated, leaving me feeling like rubbish and not helping me get to my goal weight.

What I would say if your starting out running or want to train for a particular run is take it slowly, you don’t want to push yourself and get injured or end up not enjoying it.  Start with a couple of miles and add a mile each week if you feel like you can.  Another good thing to do in between the days your not running is trying the exercise bike in the gym or doing a bike ride on a road bike or swimming, just to mix it up a little if you don’t just want to run all the time, this will help keep your fitness up for your training.

Have a great weekend!