This is almost a week post-fast and I feel great. I gained a few pounds back, but that was expected. The best thing about not fasting is running. I only missed two or three runs on the fast, but they were REALLY missed. It felt great to get back on the streets. I set a new personal best distance at 6.6 miles. I'm running a 5k in late September and a 10k in late October in Sleepy Hollow. I'm really excited for the 10k because you run along the same path that Ichabod Crane was being chased by the Headless Horseman. Awesome.
I'm taking my training plan for the 10k from Jeff Galloway's book Galloway's 5k/10k Running. The plan is to do two 45-minute runs (about 3.6 miles for me) a week with a long-distance run on the weekend. The long-distance goes from 6 miles and gradually increases over 10 weeks with a few shorter distances sprinkled in. Running a 5k is nothing for me now. It's actually a "light" day. And tonight it felt amazing. I got down to a 13-minute mile and the air was cooler than it has been all summer - and the sky was beautiful:
Everything else is going according to plan. I'm following Gary Gibson's 90-day fitness plan with the resistance band and going to yoga 3 or 4 times a week. And eating lots of yummy vegan food - pictures of which you can see here:
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