Progress!

I ran my first mile and a half today! It took me 14:06 minutes which already gets me 52.8 points on the chart. Wahoo! Two week ago I was TDY in northern VA for a week where I ran twice and lifted once. The hills out there were killer and the loop was only 1.3 miles. Last week I didn’t work out at all so I decided to get back on the wagon this UTA. My plans to run Saturday were derailed so I had to get out today and I was only planning on running a mile and then go workout. It could have been the nice weather or the fact that the track was flat but I felt pretty good at the mile point. So I kept on going and before I knew it, I ran by the mile and a half marker. To celebrate I did 10 pushups - still need to work on those. But I’m glad to be able to share this!

Had an interesting talk with Chief Parris about nutrition this weekend too. He had met with a nutritionist at the HAWC. After keeping a food diary, he found out that he wasn’t getting enough calories which was why he felt tired in the afternoons which was when he worked out. She suggested eating a little more substantial snack to get more energy to go run. Makes sense to me.

I’ve also decided the fitness test is like a spelling test. To study for a spelling test, you have to study the words which might mean you write them over and over again on the board. Same thing with the fitness test – you need to run , do sit ups, and pushups in the same format as the test. Doing extra workouts (spin class, the elliptical trainer, bench press, etc) is fine but you have to practice the test in order to do well on the test. A month before your test, see how many pushups you can do in a minute. If you aren’t where you want to be, you know what to do. Enjoy this Spring weather and hope your workouts are going well!