Week
9: First Quarter Nine
weeks into this project, and we've completed 25% of our training and raised $625
towards out goal of $5000! We've each overcome many challenges and shown progress
in many ways. A brief inventory of some of the places we've been over the last
nine weeks? Adrith has...
- experimented with different ways
of monitoring her food intake from food logging to weight watchers and lost ten
lbs
- set up our training
blog and worked on other training website pages
- broken
her previous records of five weeks on an exercise regimen by almost doubling the
length of time
- outlasted
many of her walking partners and started to jog, even hitting up to 4.1 MPH in
her interval training
- got
new sneakers, socks, clothing and other fitness gear like a hydrapak to take on
longer sessions to stay well hydrated
- joined
a gym for bad weather days that don't allow outdoor workouts
- solved
allergy, hamstring aches and leg cramping problems
- improved
distance from under 2 miles in 54 min to more than 3 miles
- Exchanged
links with others to her fundraising areas
- Finished
her first 5K in 57:18, meeting her goal of finishing in under an hour
- improved
from a 20-min mile pace to an 18 min, 18 sec mile
- logged
more than 70 miles walked to date
Cat/Astrophe
has... - found shoes
and orthotics to solve her underpronation problems
- discovered
thick, wicking Thorlo socks don't cause blisters like her former cotton or thin
wicking socks
- improved
from 2.8 MPH street walking to 3.6 MPH street walking
- improved
from 3.5 MPH gym walking to not quite 6.0 MPH gym jogging
- improved
her mountain biking skills and her distances road biking -- up to 30 miles over
a weekend
- started seeing
a dietitian
- working on
strengthening a weak ankle
- participated
in her first 5K race and finished in 49:38,meeting her goal of finishing in under
an hour
- changed to wicking
fitness shorts to deal with heat and avoid chafing
- got
a hydrapak following Adrith's lead
- coping
with summer allergies
- learned
to stretch better so her calves don't hurt
- worked
on training website pages and other fundraising efforts
- set
a personal record of 11.5 miles in 2 hours and 15 minutes
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