Even more moving...

So there was even more moving last week.  Pretty crazy.  Here's the breakdown:

Sunday: Help move
Monday: Workout A
Tuesday: Run - 2.0 miles @ 2% incline (started at 9:13 pace, increased 0.1 mph every 0.5 mile); finish with intervals @ 2% incline (7:03 pace - 1:15, 1:30, 2:15)
Wednesday: Workout B
Thursday: None
Friday: Ski
Saturday: Help move

With all the moving, it was all I could do just to make sure I rest enough.  Then to top it off, I had my first ski trip of the season.  Drove 3+ hrs to Wildcat Mountain in NH.  Long drive, but the slopes and the $9 lift ticket was worth it.  We didn't ski that long, maybe 4 hours, but I still noticed a difference in my conditioning.  I wasn't tiring that fast and I lasted longer in terms of legs than last season.  So, I'm liking the results of my training.

Lately, I've been tired, so I haven't been able to get more than one full-body workout in.  Usually it's either my shoulders and then Workout B or Workout C during the week.  Then I'm lucky if I get two cardio sessions in.  Last week, I purposely left out leg workouts and one cardio session because of skiing and all the moving (lotta stairs).  I think that helped, but the combination of moving and waking up early for skiing wiped me out for the weekend.  I'm still somewhat trying to rest up.

On another note, I think I need to up my eating.  Last week, I felt weaker than normal.  At my lowest I weighed 172.0, a full 1.5 pounds than last week's weigh-in.  Again, it's coming down to whether I want to add muscle, maintain where I am, or cut some fat.  The problem is that I am trying to increase strength while trying to get back to 5K running form--two conflicting goals.  It's not impossible, just very hard to gain muscle and lost fat at the same time.  The good thing is that I'm not in a rush nor do I really place that much emphasis on how I look.  Performance is my goal.

As for my injuries, my wrist is still VERY slow to heal.  It usually makes some progress over the Friday/Saturday layoff on weights, but by Sunday, it's usually shoulders day and the stress begins anew.  Range of motion is slowly returning and I can perform biceps curls again.  The moving didn't really help, but I just have to keep paying attention to it.  Ankle seems to be doing better.  Sitting in seiza (my favorite quad stretch) isn't as painful anymore.  I'm trying to keep up with stretching everything in general, so things are looking good.

I haven't really been that excited about this winter.  Usually, I'm pretty pysched about skiing, but that's somewhat ho-hum for me at the moment.  I'm more excited about being able to run outdoors again and to start hiking again.  That and biking.  I still haven't really tried out my new hybrid tires.

Anyway, this turned out to be a longer post than expected.  We'll see how this week feels.  I think I'm going to add a mini protein shake to my daily meals and see if that helps with anything.


Last weigh-in:
172.5 lb