My Journey With Weight Loss – Oops, Miscalculated That Run

My sister and i have decided to take the day off. Normally on a Saturday we do house cleaning, laundry, etc but yesterday we agreed, let’s give ourselves a break. Instead of doing our work we are going to go vote and then out for lunch. This afternoon I have arranged for us to watch a special movie. I’m keeping the title of the movie a surprise but I know we are going to enjoy it.

Today was my 2nd 14 km run. Fortunately the weather cooperated and it was the perfect temperature for a long run. The beach was quite busy for early morning with lots of walkers and runners. I really appreciated it when a young woman running behind me shouted out behind you on your left. I got to about the 7 km mark and thought this is getting pretty easy. Then I hit 9 km and it got tougher but by 10 km I could see the light at the end of the tunnel. I tend to count the blocks in segments of how many more until my next turn. Counting down each segment keeps me from getting overwhelmed by how much more I have to do.

I got home and checked my Fitbit and thought that can’t be right. Now my Fitbit always seems to show I have run further than I actually have. i know exactly how far I run because I have clocked the distances with my car. I didn’t do that for today’s run but instead just estimated how many additional blocks I needed beyond my previous 12 km runs (note last week’s 14 km was done up at the trailer and I just estimated how long I should run to make 14 km). After getting back from the 1/2 hour walk with the dog I counted the total blocks I had run and calculated the km’s and it turns out I had run 15.5 km. What the hell? How did I go from interval training in January doing 30 seconds of running intervals to now being able to endure over 15 km?

I’ll admit today I am pretty proud of myself. Just proves that even a middle aged woman like me can do this.