blakely17’s BodyBlog

These are the kinds of lessons in life most of us choose to learn the hard way. "Push through the pain." That’s what we tell ourselves. Well recently I tried pushing through some pain, and it pushed back harder!

So it seems for the last month and half I havn’t been myself. The workouts are down, not that the motivation isn’t there, but something was just wrong with me. The first sign I recieved came by the way of urination. I had been noticing a slight pain while peeing, but didn’t give it much thought. Then the slight pain became worse. The thought crossed my mind of STD, but I have been with the same girl for 6 months and that didn’t add up. So I went on with the pain, until I noticed blood in my pee. I guess you could say that scared me to the doctor! I found out I have an E. Coli infection of all things, who would of thunk it? One dose of the antibiotic and the pain starts to subside. Big relief cuz I was beginning to dread peeing. The point is don’t wait until the pain is too extreme to handle before you go for help!

So now im down about 10 pounds of my precious muscle, a week behind on my half-marathon training, and without my usual confidence because of it. Life never sucks for me (I don’t let it), but this ain’t my dream!

No fear, I will be back stronger than ever!

Steve

Training starts tomorrow!

So for the new year I decided my body needs a new challenge. I’ve been lifting for a couple years now and I think it is time to expand my fitness horizens. Running the Kentucky Derby Festivle Mini-Marathon is something that I have always wanted to do, but the only problem is, like most lifters and people in general, I do not excel when it comes to running long distances. I think the longest I have ever ran is the two miles I used to run on saturday mornings for sophomore baseball conditioning (my best time was 13:36). So starting tomorrow, I will begin running three times a week in the mornings, with my goal begin able to run as far as I can without stopping for 30 minutes. I will continue this until the middle of February, when I will start a running program I found on Marathonrookie.com.

http://www.marathonrookie.com/support-files/10weekhalfmarathonschedule.pdf

I will also curve my weight room workout to more of a cutting and defining workout, rather than the mass building workout I have been on for the past 7 months.  I will also be doing some light plyometrics on days I am not running in an attempt to decrease my race time. My diet will have to change slightly, but eating has never been a problem for me!

I feel as if my first 5 months (April 25th is the big day!) of this new year will be challenging (I am also taking 19 hours of course work at school with the goal of A’s), but I think I can do it.

If you have any advice at all, please throw it my way. It is always appreciated. Good luck to you and all your goals in 2009.

Steve