Work can make it tough

So against all intentions I have already let too much time lapse between posts!


I have been some great strides lately with my half marathon training.  I recently did 9.88 miles under a 9 minute pace time.  I really have to attribute this to some things I have been doing different on my treadmill run days.  Recently I have been manually adjusting incline and speed instead of just doing random built-in profile.  After every 5 minutes of zero incline I will up the incline for 3 minutes and then go back to zero for another 5 minutes.  After each incline interval I will increase the speed.  This has really shown an improvement in my long runs on Sunday mornings.

This last week however, I have been in a training class for my job that provides free meals 3 times a day and it has been tough to stay on track in terms of my diet.  I have not been eating bad foods, but my quantity has been way more than usual.  I hate these training trips and even though I have been using my treadmill training plan while here, I hope that when I get back home I haven't gained a large amount of weight.