Apologies! And the Weekly Weigh-In

Greetings All!

Sorry I was so lack-luster this week. I think I just needed to recharge a bit and that meant doing nothing whenever possible - including not blogging about running. That does not mean, however, that I have not been running. I have had several very good runs since my failure on the track last tuesday. Here's what I've been up to:

Wednesday
I ran 6 miles - 3 with the dogs and then I dropped them off at the house and ran 3 more. I suppose I shouldn't let you all know this, since I know people from work read this and I stayed home sick from work on Wednesday. But the truth is, I've always had remarkably good runs while I was sick, and so I decided to give it a go. True to my suspicions, my 3 miles after I dropped off the dogs averaged 7:50. I got caught up on a lot of sleep and was back to work on Thursday feeling a little better. I actually still feel not quite 100%, but I feel much better than I did on Wednesday. I puked and it was gross. Moving on...

Thursday
I was supposed to do a hill workout with a coworker, but he wussed out. So, I ran again with the dogs when I got home from work. As I remember, I only did a 5K, but I made sure to get a big hill in there, so it wasn't a complete waste.

Friday
Sweet, sweet day off. It was an easy day at work, and there was no running. It was good for my soul. AS a matter of fact, this whole weekend has been ;)

Saturday
My usual Saturday morning 3 miler with the dogs, followed by 3 miles on my own. It was not quite so comfy, but I still ran my 2nd 3 miles averaging around 8 minutes/mile so I'm happy with that. I also went and saw "Eclipse" and let me tell you - it was EPIC!!! If you dare judge me for liking Twilight, we're going to have issues. It's really not as lame as it sounds!

Sunday
Are you ready for this?! I ran 10 8:00 minute miles! And I didn't almost die! To be completely honest, it wasn't the most pleasant experience by the time I was done, but it certainly wasn't as bad as LSD runs in the past. It was faster than my last 10 miler and I felt way better. I was very proud of myself, really. It was another one of those moments when I felt like I was actually making forward progress with my training.

The Weekly Weigh-In
So....after all that running, Ashleigh weighs:

140.2

EXACTLY the same as last Sunday. WTF? I think this is because I was bad with my diet this past week. So, kids, you heard it here first. In order to re-kickstart my diet and get the ball rolling again your truly is going to *gasp* not drink my wine this week :( It's sad, and it will be unpleasant, but if that's what I need to do to push the scale downward, then that's what I'm gonna do. Now, I don't plan on this being a forever thing. We'll start with this week and see how it goes, and if it makes any considerable difference. I'll keep you posted!

At least now I have a diet partner to share my woes with - my little Gwen got taken to the Vet on Friday and was told she was a little too chubby, so I've put her on a diet as well. So far, not a lot of success with that, since she just sneaks Brando's food when I'm not looking. But I am determined to have each of us lose 5 more lbs and keep it off. We can do it. We have girl power.

In Conclusion...
Thank you all for bearing with me (or the lack of me) this week. I promise to be more diligent in the weeks to come. I have a lot of clever ideas brewing in the back of my mind that I can't wait to share with you. I'm doing well with my training and keeping my miles where they should be. It was great to run in my new shoes this week and not worry about blisters. What a hard learned lesson that was!

Anyway, lovelies, I'm getting sleepy, so I'm off to bed with a book and my dogs. Until tomorrow....