Exercise: - What : fast walk
- Time: 45:23 minutes
- Distance: 6 laps plus warm up and cool down
- Lap Times:4:26, 4:26, 4:15, 4:16, 4:13, 4:21
- Minutes/mile: 17.3
Today was a perfect example of a time when mentally, I was prepared for a great workout and physically, I just couldn't deliver it. Since we are leaving for vacation on Friday, and the week before Friday is quite busy, I wanted to make this walk (which is almost our last walk before vacay) a great walk. I know I am not going to meet my goal of walking 2 miles in 30 minutes, but that is ok. Having that goal has inspired me to workout almost every day for the last month. But I want to come as close as I can, maybe 2 miles in 32 minutes. I was all set to go out and do that today. On the way over to the track, if felt like my legs just weren't working properly and my stomach, quiet all morning, started cramping. Perhaps it is my PMS, but my body just wasn't able to go as fast as I wanted to today. It ended up being an ok walk, just not what I was hoping for.
BTW, I got my blood work back and I am not anemic. I have low cholesterol (103) but my good cholesterol is too low (33, should be > 40). The only way to increase it is exercise. My triglicerides were a little high (167, should be less than 150) which means my diet contains too much saturated fat, I think. So there is work to do. She will retest in a year so hopefully I will be on track with the numbers by then.
# posted by amy @ 10:12 AM
