Fighting the 'Funk" with some November Goals

I have a confession to make. I have been in a bit of a 'funk' since my 5K last weekend. The majority of my mood can be attributed to the 'week' that it was on the calendar for me. (trying to be sensitive to my male friends here ha ha....). I sort of feel like I got cheated out of some 'post race high' or something. It's hard to explain. It was an effort physically AND mentally to get the runs in this week, in fact, I only ran twice instead of three. I was not 'in' to it. That p'd me off. I love running remember? So where was this coming from? Maybe it was post-race blahs, combined with PMS, life stressors....who knows.


I am all too aware that this represents the over-achiever, perfectionist side of me - I have to get past the idea that this journey should be 'perfect' and smooth all the time. There will be good days and bad, logically I know this, but yet I continue to be WAY too hard on myself when things aren't going the way I expect them too...not just with running and weight loss, but in all areas of my life. I get so caught up in the moment, I sometimes forget what I really have accomplished in a relatively short time. The Big Picture that I always preach about here gets a little blurry for me sometimes, but as long as I can get things back in focus and perspective, that is what is most important!


And so, in moving on... I did manage to do my 'long run' of 35 minutes yesterday on the treadmill. It turned out to be a most excellent run, and I was SO relieved afterwards - 'ok', I thought, 'this is still good...whew'.


I found out from chatting with someone Friday night, that you should NOT calibrate the Garmin to a treadmill. I was advised to go up to the track and do it. So today I will head up there and see how it matches up with my pace for 800 meters. At the same time, I will be squeezing in a third, however easy, run to finish out my week - since I ran 'long' yesterday, I plan to do the 1/2 mile for the calibration, then walk/run for about 1/2 hour. I've never run two days in a row but I will just feel 'better' knowing I did three workouts this week.


In an effort to get myself re-focused, I have set some goals for this month, and I am putting this promise to myself down here, for all my Bloggy Peeps to hold me to. I PROMISE that when I review my goals at the end of the month, I will NOT beat myself up for anything I did not accomplish! Here are my five goals for November:


1) Be more consistent with cross training on non-run days. (I have been chained to my desk at work and not putting a priority on getting out for my lunch time walks)


2) Strength train 3 days a week, and that will ALWAYS include the ABS. (I have not done sit ups in two weeks and can already tell) Strength training includes a sort of 'secret' goal for push ups. (ugh)


3) Include more vegetables in my diet. I am great with fruit, but veges? Not so much! Therefore, two fruits servings, three veges a day, every day. NO EXCEPTIONS.


4) By meeting the first three goals, I hope this translates to a goal weight of 140 by the end of the month. That's seven pounds. I think that's do-able!


5) Since this is the month of giving thanks, I promise to end each blog entry with a thankful thought.


This is all easy stuff, right? Anyone care to join me with some November goals?


Finally, here is my Thankful Thought for today:


I am thankful for the beautiful fall day we are blessed with here today! Clear blue skies, bright sun, mild temperature, and beautiful colors. Speaking of beautiful colors....this is a tree that I planted in memory of my brother Ron, who was known to all as 'Red' for his red hair. This is the first fall since I planted it in '04 that it has turned this beautiful color. Isn't it awesome?