Ultra Lauren: Training

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Training

So Adam got me the coolest program for my phone. It uses GPS to track my run. I can use it to track pace, calories, time, and distance and I don't need any extra fancy gadget. It made me push myself a little bit extra. I'm going to try to pick up my pace by 2 seconds each run. Shouldn't be too hard since I'm slow as molasses at this point. You can see my stats below. I'm hoping this will all help in my new marathon training adventure.

Category	Running
Location	Balboa
Event
Tags
Distance	4.45mi
Duration	1h 5m 8s
Start	8:03:47 AM PDT Sun, 18 Jul 10 show
Last Update	9:08:56 AM PDT Sun, 18 Jul 10 show
Performance
Max	7.77mph show
Max .25mi	Personal Best4.69mph / 3m 11s show
Max .5mi	Personal Best4.59mph / 6m 31s show
Max 1mi	Personal Best4.50mph / 13m 18s show
Max 3mi	Personal Best4.35mph / 41m 19s show
Max 1min	Personal Best4.88mph / 130.9m show
Max 5min	Personal Best4.59mph / 616.1m show
Max 10min	Personal Best4.53mph / 0.75mi show
Max 20min	Personal Best4.42mph / 1.47mi show
Max 30min	Personal Best4.38mph / 2.19mi show
Max 1hr	Personal Best4.18mph / 4.18mi show
Ave Speed	4.10mph
Calories	398

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Former Fat Girl

I've been overweight since I was about 8. I've lost weight but always gained it back, and then some. This cycle has repeated itself many times through my life. I've tried plenty of weight loss programs and fad diets and they all worked...for a while.

I think it was around 2003 when I hit my highest weight of 261 pounds. I remember seeing that number and being disgusted. It was a wake up call. So I started walking. And walking.

Later that year I started dating a boy who was training to run a marathon. I expressed interest and he told me I was too fat and out of shape to even consider running a marathon. From that point it was on. I started running little by little.

The LA marathon was my first and it took me almost 8 hours to complete. I was 241 pounds at the time. I was proud of my accomplishments but still felt I had so far to go. One day, while walking with my mom she suggested I try Lindora.

Less than a year after starting Lindora I was down to 164 pounds and within a healthy weight range for my height. But Lindora is a fairly expensive program and since I had reached a healthy weight, I just quit. And one thing leads to another and the weight starts to creep back on.

Luckily, this time it didn't all creep back because I continued to run. 4 marathons in 2 years.

Fast forward to 2009. I had gained back almost half the weight I lost then I got pregnant. Although I walked every day during my pregnancy I still managed to gain almost 40 pounds. The day before I had my son I had reached a very round 250.

And I saw this perfect little face and realized my health no longer affected only me. At 8 weeks post partum I began running again and 2 months after that I was down to my pre pregnancy weight. I continued to exercise and by January 2011 was down another 20 pounds.

In February I started weight training and tracked my calories (similar to the Weight Watchers point system.) And the weight really came off. By the beginning of May I was down to a healthy weight.

Today my weight is around 150 pounds give or take a few depending on hormones and cake cravings. But I don't eat much cake, and when I do I don't give myself a hard time I just continue to eat healthier. And I continue to run.

I run because it keeps me healthy. I run because it gives me a constant goal. I run because I love it.

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