{"id":13346,"date":"2011-04-03T11:07:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T15:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=13346"},"modified":"2011-04-03T11:07:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T15:07:50","slug":"finding-my-stride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/04\/finding-my-stride\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding My Stride"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This past week was a rough one in terms of exercising.\u00a0 I only got to run twice! Part of that is my fault and part of that was weather related.<\/p>\n

Holy cow but Winter is does not want to leave this year and is fighting tooth and nail to stay put. Last Wednesday we got a snow storm and hit with 3 inches of snow. How depressing.\u00a0 Even though it was clear it wasn’t going to last, still having to deal with that at the end of March was such a bummer.<\/p>\n

Admittedly I let it get to me and I had no desire to go out running the next day. This week saw too many rest days and not enough running.<\/p>\n

I was also reminded that I am an early morning workout girl because I would rather get my stuff done and not have to worry about it later.\u00a0 I also have more energy in the morning and by evening I want to relax and not have to pump myself up to get a workout in.<\/p>\n

I’m trying to be flexible with working out because of school. If I have early morning meetings or late night meetings, it kind of makes early morning workouts a little challenging.\u00a0 Even after three months of school, I’m still working at figuring out a schedule that flows well. What it comes down to is that I’m just going to have to make time for exercising in the morning.\u00a0 No excuses!<\/p>\n

Okay, moving along, the upside to this week is that I did get to run and one of those runs was a 9 miler with a sub 10min\/mile pace.\u00a0 Heck yes!<\/p>\n

A few weekends ago I set out to do 9 miles and I thought I achieved that and I was so stoked about it! But it turns out I miscalculated my route and I only ran 8 miles. Still a decent long run but not what I was shooting for.\u00a0 Whoa talk about let down!<\/p>\n

Today I made sure I busted out that 9 miles and what a great feeling of accomplishment when I was done! Also it’s my first 9 miler since last fall so I’m super excited about that.\u00a0 My miles are slowly building back up!<\/p>\n

I’m also pleased that even with reduced running and total weekly mileage this past winter, I’m still a strong runner and my body can handle longer distances.\u00a0 YaY!<\/p>\n

How is your training going? Has winter been sticking around in your area too? Is it getting to you at all?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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