It's Week 5!

Holy crap! It's the beginning of week 5 of marathon training! Time flies, it's amazing how fast it goes! But so far I've done really great with my training, I'm getting my runs in, cross training, and my diet hasn't been horrible! After 4 weeks of training I'm down 3.6lbs for the month, and for me that's fantastic because I lose weight really slowly, and so far it's on pace for how much I hope to lose by the end of training.

Figuring out rest days has been the hardest of all. My training plan calls for 4 runs a week, my sister and I take spin class every Friday together, and then I try to fit cross training in there like kickboxing. So far I've been exercising 6 days a week, so my slow weight loss has been discouraging, but I've been feeling pretty amazing, so I'm trying not to let it get to me! 

I also found a kickboxing class I really love near my neighborhood through ClassPass! They use real heavy bags, and you get a full body workout from class! One half of the class is combos on the bag with high intensity intervals, and the other half is strength training, which is where I feel the weakest. It gets a little discouraging, because I suck at push ups, burpees, and most ab exercises, but I'm trying my best and hopefully I'll see some improvement soon! My favorite is punching the bag of course! It feels so good to let out the frustration and just exert all the negative energy into the workout and come out so much better at the end! 

Week 5 & 6 are busy!!! This week is gonna be a challenge to fit all my runs in but I'm gonna try and do morning runs if I have to. So far I have class at Crunch tonight, running tomorrow, probably AM runs on Wednesday and Thursday since I have a going away dinner, and a workout at New Balance Girls Night Out, then spin class Friday with my sister, and Team Championships Saturday morning with my team, and my long run! Yea, that kinda busy! I'm not even going into next week, but it's very similar, and that's just what comes with marathon training!!  But as long as I'm enjoying it, it will be all worth it come November 1st!!