11/1/13 WEIGH IN - PLAYING IT SAFE

This past Saturday was a 14 mile run for me.  All in all I did very well.  When compared to my 1/2 Marathon time from November of last year, I beat it by 30 minutes.

2012 R&R 1/2 Marathon San Antonio  2 hours 41 minutes
2013 R&R Full Marathon Training Run (13 miles) 2 hours 10 minutes (14 Miles in 2:20:51)

After looking at the numbers I was ecstatic about the progress that I have made since last year.  So why am I playing it safe?  Here is a rundown of events since last Sunday morning.

• Sunday Morning
• I wake up to my left leg hurting a little.  Just behind my ankle and up the side of my leg.  No worries as I probably need to stretch it out some.  
• Sunday Night
• My leg still hurts.
• Monday Morning
• My leg still hurts so I decide to not go to Boot Camp and rest it.
• Monday Night
• My leg still hurts.
• Compression Socks that I ordered showed up so I put them on and slept in them.
• Tuesday Morning
• The discomfort is getting a little better but it is still tender.
• Tuesday Night
• Still discomfort in my leg so I decide to try out KT Tape.  Which includes shaving a strip of my leg.

• Wednesday Morning
• After sleeping in the compression socks Monday night and them putting on the KT tape last night, this morning my leg seems to feel better.
• Wednesday Night
• Doing Better
• Thursday
• My leg seems to pretty much be good.  Still a slight discomfort.

This morning when I woke up I probably would have been just fine going to boot camp however I decided to give it one more day.  I know that my long term goal is to loose weight, and to loose weight I need to workout, but being able to run and complete my marathon is first and foremost on my list.  Tomorrow is a  17 mile run after not doing anything for a week so I am going to just take it steady tomorrow.  I am so close to achieving that goal that the last thing I want to do IS get injured and not be able to run. 

After taking an entire week off from work outs, I also ended up choosing to take it off from my good eating habits.  Now I did not make monstrous trips to the fast food place, howe
ver I did not follow my carb-cycle plan.  Yes my wife reminded me daily that my business is now out there for the whole world to see.  So I apologize that I was not able to write a motivating post about how even though I was injured I still stuck to the plan and found other ways to exercise that didn't involved high impact on my leg.  Now that I write this, I wish I would have just got my butt out of bed and lifted weights or spent some time on the elliptical.  

With out any further ado, this mornings weight was.....

Yes I technically gained weight, but .06, not going to complain here other than the fact that I can't show a loss.  

11/01/13 STATS
Last Weeks Weight: 225.2 lbs
Current Weight: 225.8 lbs
Past 7 Days lbs Lost: + 0.6 lbs WEIGHT GAINED
Journey195 lbs Lost: 14.2 lbs
Journey195 % Lost: 5.92%
Overall lbs Lost: 59.2 lbs
Overall % Lost: 20.77%