Run Robot Run

 So far this week has been excellent.

Monday was my first outdoor run ( bye bye treadmill :’( ) and man… is it ever a different beast. Running on the treadmill has spoiled me so much considering the variability of the ground outside. Those inclines are killer. Granted, I probably didn’t choose the best circuit to do it on as there were significant inclines/declines. On a beastly humid day nonetheless – Laura said it was 40 degrees!? Blech. The sun took more out of me than my run – again another thing that the gym spoiled me for. On Monday I ran just under 5km – I couldn’t take the heat!

My running circuit.
The way this run goes down is that I do a backwards 'S' and then an 'S'.
The middle road is run twice before one circuit is complete.
You can see my green dot starting way at the bottom-left when I realized I didn't start the app :(

Tuesday was kind of big deal for me. I ran the same circuit as Monday, but the weather was much more forgiving – I even totally loved running in the rain. Whereas on Monday I ran 1 and a half circuit, Tuesday I ran 3. This came up to somewhere between 7.75km - 8km (The farthest I've ever run!!) and I also managed to do my fastest 5 km, which was in about 42 minutes! Unfortunately I don’t have exact stats since I totally spaced on starting my app that tracks my run and only realized it after 10 minutes in.

My album of choice so far this week has been Daft Punk's Human After All. So amazing to run to. 

My plan for the rest of the week:

Today: I have a gym day planned. Upper body day, leg day usually kills me so I leave it for the end or near the end of the week so I can still run if I want to. The bfs aunt is coming into town tonight though, so I need to avoid going home right after work. If I do go home, I’ll never get to the gym haha.

Thursday: Leg day at the gym. Depending how well today goes, I may have to do the same thing and go right to the gym after work.

Friday: Running. I’m not sure how far – if my legs are still good after leg day, I’m going to try for 10 km. If my legs hurt too much for distance I think I may try and do a speed run and beat my fastest 5 km.

Saturday and Sunday off!

Oh.

Another thing I noticed the other day is that I’ve lost about 10 pounds (eee!) since the end of my school semester (about 1 month). Sitting in front of a computer all day and night makes on very susceptible to packing on a few extra.  I am actively trying to eat healthier. I was <-> this close to buying some kale, and then it intimidated me too much.

…one of my goals now is to do something with kale. 

- Jess xx