Impossible is a typoRunning my pants off and loving myself along the way

Dinner was done. I was at 1400+ calories for the day. My mom proposes Frozen Yogurt. Now, I’ve got a soft spot for Red Mango. It is the best stuff on this earth. Seriously.

The problem? FroYo is like 200 calories. I want to stay below 1500 calories AND burn more than 1000 calories a day. Hmmmm what to do?

Are you ready to rumble!

In this corner, we have Fat Girl, Champion of Manipulation. Five Time Pity Party World Cup Winner.

In that corner, it’s Fit Girl, a new comer to the scene rapidly making a name for herself.

Ding. Ding. Ding.

Fat Girl comes out swinging hard!

I’m quitting smoking, I DESERVE Frozen Yogurt.

Fit Girl ducks and rolls, runs circles around Fat Girl.

You don’t deserve things, you EARN them. Have you earned a FroYo?

Oh, that was harsh, the crowd gasps. Fat Girl felt that one for sure. Fat Girl staggers and recovers, winds up with a classic -

I’ve been good all day, one treat won’t kill me.

Look at the fancy foot work on Fit Girl! That blow doesn’t even come close to landing.

You can have FroYo, IF you burn the calories RIGHT NOW to compensate. Go for a run.

Oooooo That HAD to hurt Bob. Fat Girl is a bit of a mess. Wait a minute, yes, I think the Ref is gonna call it… YES! TKO! Fit Girl Wins!!

And the crowd goes wild.

So yeah, I went out and ran over a mile. I mean I RAN. I pounded out that run. IN THE RAIN. I actually ran in the rain. I have never felt like an athlete before. Right then. I was an athlete. That last half a block, rain stinging my face, in that instant, something small changed. I can’t describe it yet, but beating all the excuses and lies I tell myself and running to earn that FroYo, shifted something. And I suspect I will never be the same.

Oh yeah, and the Red Mango was delicious. Key Lime with Mochi.

And to catch up on runs posted to DailyMile… This is what I ran yesterday. It should be one run but stupid Niki+ decided to END rather than PAUSE when I stopped to tie my shoe.

On 8/23/10 I ran 2.75miles in 32:25 mins at a pace of 11’46” burning 392 calories.

On 8/23/10 I ran 1.11miles in 13:19 mins at a pace of 11’57″” burning 158 calories.

I decided to actually go to the gym today. I know! Crazy idea right!? I’ve been pretty focused on running, just running. Hey, I like to run and I’m tickled that I’m back to running 3 whole miles at a time again. And I know, yeah I know, I need to put more strenght training in my life and do some of that weird “crosstraining” the fitness nuts all talk about. So off to the gym with me.

I go to a fairly cool gym. Big Al’s Family Fitness. They have a great machines, a big projection screen so you can watch movies and work out, some nice classes, stuff for kids. Oh they tweet too, well sort of. The best part? Big Al’s is like a 6 minute walk from my house. And yeah, I know, if it’s so close why don’t I go more? Good question! Anyhoo…

So on the treadmill. I decide to push it just a wee bit. Running intervals at 5.8mph to 4.5mph. And man that last half mile was rough. I walked a couple of intervals and grrr it was not pretty. AND I stopped before I wanted to. Here’s the tricky thing about the treadmill – you can get off anytime you want. When you’re out on the road, you still have to physically get yourself home so it’s not like you can give up and teleport yourself the mile it takes to get home. So I did my 3 miles, clicked off my Nike+. Clicked it back on and did a 15min walk at a good pace on a 5% incline. I wanted to get my 10K steps DONE for the day. Mission Accomplished!

So here’s the stats for the two Nike+ workouts:

I walked 1.1 miles in 18:34 at a pace of 16’38″ burning 158 calories

I ran 3.09 miles in 40:38 at a pace of 13’13″ burning 441 calories

So yesterday I decided to do a little experiment. I had already run my 3Mile Loop. I looked at my BodyBugg and saw that I had like oh, 4,000 steps to get to 10,000. I had about a half hour before I had to get ready to leave….. so why not go out and run a mile and see how long it takes me?

Well I did! And it took me 12mins and 25secs. Obviously, I did not run the whole thing. I wanted to, just I’m just not there yet and that’s ok. But what this did teach me, is that I have no excuse not to get some sort of exercise in. In that 12 mins I burned 143 calories. That’s more than I would have burned sitting on my but.

Now I have two milestones to work with. Improving on a 50min 3mile route, and improving a 12minute mile!