Ahhh...Friday! REST Day is Here!

So happy not to be running today. With the love and challenge comes resting and not thinking of having to run even if it's just for a day.

So Wednesday was a 3 mile run on treadmill. I was really trying to just go a bit faster and completed the run a bit over 26 minutes so now under a 9 min/mile.

Thursday's Hill Training ended up being an unexpected working late day for me so I knew I would not be home in time to run my beloved hill outside my house. So I decided to swap Saturday's 6 mile pace run to Thursday and will do my hill training tomorrow instead. 

I was again able to increase my speed on the treadmill and towards the end of my 6 miles get to 8 min/mile pace for the last 200 meters and finished a bit over 55 minutes.

So at the top of week 4 I am slowly decreasing the time it takes me to run miles on treadmill and definitely feeling the effects of consistent running with better breathing control and settling comfortably into my stride. Also decreasing the time it's taking my body to warm-up and getting into pace faster into my run.

Still calorie counting and staying in range of 1200 to 1500 calories. I have lost about 4 pounds which is on target of my 1 pound per week goal. I will do measurements of biceps, chest, waist, thighs and calves next week and see how these change also along with my weight as these stats are also a good indicator of my fitness as I work towards also building muscle. 

I did not weight train at all this week and will work on a schedule for this to stay consistent. I am prone to shin splints and need to get my quads and hamstrings stronger to help with the impact of running so my shins are not  doing all the work. 

Looking forward to this weekend's training and Easter!

Any Easter plans? Church for me and hopefully get to see some family!

Happy Easter! 

Here's to BQing' on 2015,

Yvonne