So, what has the last week or so included?
We said farewell to Chicago on Sunday afternoon. I got to explore a lot more of the city that last time as we had a few days there before the conference started. We got the news that my sister Emma had given birth to a baby girl, Elizabeth Grace on Friday 21 December and then spent an hour or so fiddling with FaceTime on Christmas Day trying to speak to everyone while our internet connection kept freezing!
We have discovered the joy of sharing photo streams - I started one of my photos for this trip and then Dad created one for Christmas and of Ellie.
Our first few days in Manhattan were spent strolling around the city. We have visited the Time Warner Mall at Columbus Circle, watched the New York String Orchestra (made up of players 15-22 years old) at Carnegie Hall, enjoyed High Tea at the Plaza Hotel, Saw the musical production of Elf, enjoyed Christmas lunch at the Russian Tea Rooms (where we were sitting next to a couple from Sydney who are both in the entertainment business. She is an agent or something like it with her own business and he is a dance teacher who worked in Bollywood for 10 years!), we visited the Christmas markets in Central Park and Bryant Park, the Asics store on 42nd st, Niketown and M and M's World.
As far as training goes, I had the most successful run I've had for a long time on Christmas morning. As Karin knows, I've been very cautious when it comes to hills because of my glutes. In each of our long runs I've walked up the slope to each bridge 'just in case'. Well, Central Park is full of hills. One section of my run (I think the 6-8km mark) was ALL hills! I made the decision to run and not stop running. So on Christmas morning, in sub zero conditions (although thankfully with sun) I ran non-stop for 18km. I did stop to fill up one of my water bottles at the 15km mark but that was it.
Tomorrow I have my 28km run which will be three laps of Central Park which means those hills three times! I know that it will be hard but I'm looking forward to the challenge. It will be interesting to see how different it is running in Vegas, San Diego and then Orlando with the warmer weather. One thing I never have to worry about here is my drink getting warm! It just gets colder and colder throughout the run!
As far as my weight loss has gone throughout this trip, and the current round of 12WBT here is a summary:
Starting weight: 87.6kg; BMI 33
Current weight: 84.8kg; BMI 31.9
My next weight related goal is to get below 80kg which will take my total weight loss to 20kg and my BMI to under 30 which is out of the obese range. Considering at the moment I am really just relying on the amount of running I am doing to drop the weight (don't always have the best options and am letting myself enjoy the holiday as well) I think this is really achievable by my birthday in March.
Coming up next - my word for 2013 and some new goals to work towards!
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