Four Miles in June (or #100257)

I took a few minutes the other day to review the fitness goals I set out for myself in March after a month of losing weight with LoseIt! My target was to weigh less than 200 pounds on 6/14/11, my 40th birthday. In addition, I set out that I would join the NY Road Runners and sign up to run a 5K race by the end of the summer.

So in reverse goal order ...

On Sunday of last week, I joined NYRR and they have accepted my $40 and granted me member number 100257. I like that number; I'm just 257 people over the 100K mark, which I think is an elite group. On the very same day, I signed up to run in the "Salute to Israel" 4 mile road race in the park. It follows the loop I practiced last week, and I will try to do it twice more before race day.

I'm also tracking well to hit the 200 lb mark for my birthday. I've attached a weight trend chart and it shows that at my current pace, I should be fine to hit 200, and I might get closer to the 195 stretch target that I set. I'm just repeating to myself, "keep doing what you've been doing" and you'll get there. Good words to live by, I think, as long as the vector is one you groove on.

From Fitness

Somewhat related update.

Just a quick check in to talk about my recent trip to the NBCU Gym. Today I hit a personal best on the treadmill; I ran 4 miles in 36:27 and it felt easy on the heart, lungs, and legs.

I did the first three miles at 7.0 on the TM which read about 7% less on the CX405. By the end, I was getting a little tired so I dropped the pace to 6.2 (or 9:53 on the CX405) and finished it up. If I had more time, I would have tried to do another mile.

Overall, I'm feeling more and more confident that I can do the race on 6/8/11 and I think I can hit my target of under 38 minutes. I did it today, so why not in month!