Well I haven't exactly been following my "training plan" like I had wanted to, but I think that I'll be getting P90X on monday, so I'll be able to start supplementing my running with that!
Let me tell you about my past few runs...
4/11: I ran to school, the back way, which I have rounded up quite librally to 3 miles. It wasn't that great of a run, I think I was too eager to get it over with. I ran way too fast and peetered out before I got to the nursing building.
4/13: I ran hills outside of my house. I would jog out and down, then sprint up the hill and jog to cool down. I repeated that four times, and then ran down the whole road to cool off. I felt pretty strong.
4/14: 1/2 mile repeats on a treadmill. I would run a 1/2 mile at 11:30m/m, then 10:30, 9:30, 8:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30. between each half mile I would walk for two minutes or so to lower my heart rate. it ended up being about 7 miles, including the walk home from the gym.
4/15: two miles on the treadmill... sucked. too eager to get it over with
4/16: walked in DC
4/17: hiked up MD heights
4/18: three on the treadmill while my mom did weights in the gym. also sucked, no energy, probably R/T hiking
4/21: fartlets, one mile warm up, one mile cool down, three miles of speed workouts. I ran the three miles in 32:06. I went for 5 minutes at 12, 4 at 11, 3 at 10, 2 at 9, one at 8, two at 9, three at 10, four at 11, five at 12, four at 11, and that was that! I felt great.
4/22: I ran three verrrry slow indoor miles. I felt very fatigued from the day before
today: I ran eight miles, five outside and three indoors. I felt great! until teh very very end, and joshua ran the last hill to our house with me which was great!
Here's hoping casey remembered to burn P90X for me... !!!!
Goal weight: 145 baby
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
RACE DAY
Eh so, I stopped blogging. Obv. But I wanted to jot down some notes about today's race! Which was, in a word, AWESOME.
SO last night I managed to get about 5 hours of solid sleep. By solid, I of course mean that I woke up briefly every hour and then fell back asleep.
We took the metro in to the city, arriving at about six thirty. It was incredibly beautiful to watch the sun rise over the capital.
There were SO many friggin people there - loved it. Really inspiring to see a blind man lining up to race :). Also, I'm pretty sure that he was 100x faster than me.
I was in the green coral, second to last, targeted pace for the group was 1hr 40-59mins. My best case scenario goal was to finish at 1hr 55mins. My medium case scenario was to beat 2 hours. My main goal was simply to finish. And finish I did!
The first mile wasn't to bad, I was very careful to pace myself, which sucked because I had to watch everyone pass me. But I was rewarded at the one mile mark to see that I had kept an even 11:30 m/m pace; my goal. One of my favorite parts of that first mile was crossing paths with the top finishers - the kenyans. they were BEAUTIFUL!
Miles 1-2 sucked, because I missed the mile marker, so I had no idea what was going on. Plus I was starting to seriously overheat.
Mile 3 I stopped, and took off both of my top layers, tied one around my waist, and carried the other. It was one hundred times better, and knowing that at the 5mile marker I would see joshua and susan really made this mile awesome.
Mile 4 was pretty good, since I was all jazzed up about running past joshua, and I was feeling great.
Miles 6-7.5 were HOT. I was majorly over heated, mostly because I was seriously dehydrated. at the second aid station that I passed, I guzzled down two waters and a gatorade, and walked for about 2 minutes. I do believe that quick respite saved my race! I had been seriously ready to give up completely.
mile 8 was my FAVORITE. we changed directions so the sun was behind us, and we had a great cool wind in our faces. I seriously felt light as a bird.
mile 9 I unplugged my headphones, and run like all hell. I started to lose energy, but the momentum of the spectators really kept me going. I saw J and S right before the finish line, which gave me the kick to really push for it. This mile I passed many people, in my mind making up for the first few.
Favorite moments include: the sign that said "Tiger Blood" in reference to Charlie Sheen; a picnic table at mile 8 with a sign that said "Free Beer and Oreos"; the entire mile 8; FINISHING!; the gingerbread muffin at the end; how there were 195 portapoties, but they only had the key for 20; finishing in 1:51:22 with an average pace of 11:09; running negative splits!
SO last night I managed to get about 5 hours of solid sleep. By solid, I of course mean that I woke up briefly every hour and then fell back asleep.
We took the metro in to the city, arriving at about six thirty. It was incredibly beautiful to watch the sun rise over the capital.
There were SO many friggin people there - loved it. Really inspiring to see a blind man lining up to race :). Also, I'm pretty sure that he was 100x faster than me.
I was in the green coral, second to last, targeted pace for the group was 1hr 40-59mins. My best case scenario goal was to finish at 1hr 55mins. My medium case scenario was to beat 2 hours. My main goal was simply to finish. And finish I did!
The first mile wasn't to bad, I was very careful to pace myself, which sucked because I had to watch everyone pass me. But I was rewarded at the one mile mark to see that I had kept an even 11:30 m/m pace; my goal. One of my favorite parts of that first mile was crossing paths with the top finishers - the kenyans. they were BEAUTIFUL!
Miles 1-2 sucked, because I missed the mile marker, so I had no idea what was going on. Plus I was starting to seriously overheat.
Mile 3 I stopped, and took off both of my top layers, tied one around my waist, and carried the other. It was one hundred times better, and knowing that at the 5mile marker I would see joshua and susan really made this mile awesome.
Mile 4 was pretty good, since I was all jazzed up about running past joshua, and I was feeling great.
Miles 6-7.5 were HOT. I was majorly over heated, mostly because I was seriously dehydrated. at the second aid station that I passed, I guzzled down two waters and a gatorade, and walked for about 2 minutes. I do believe that quick respite saved my race! I had been seriously ready to give up completely.
mile 8 was my FAVORITE. we changed directions so the sun was behind us, and we had a great cool wind in our faces. I seriously felt light as a bird.
mile 9 I unplugged my headphones, and run like all hell. I started to lose energy, but the momentum of the spectators really kept me going. I saw J and S right before the finish line, which gave me the kick to really push for it. This mile I passed many people, in my mind making up for the first few.
Favorite moments include: the sign that said "Tiger Blood" in reference to Charlie Sheen; a picnic table at mile 8 with a sign that said "Free Beer and Oreos"; the entire mile 8; FINISHING!; the gingerbread muffin at the end; how there were 195 portapoties, but they only had the key for 20; finishing in 1:51:22 with an average pace of 11:09; running negative splits!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Blehh
Last week was ANOTHER bad running week. Friday was a 7.5 miler, and it about killed me. It really got to me emotionally, but I'm just trying to get over it.
Saturday I was all day, which was awesome of course, but left me pretty incredibly sore. I took sat-tues off from running, so when I went to run yesterday I was not too excited.
But... It turned out to be a great run! I did it around the track with Meghan and we covered something like 4 miles though neither of us was keeping count. The first two were hard, but definetly for mental/ emotional reasons. The second two were great!
We're going to be at the gym again tonight which will be good, Friday I'll take the day off, and sat will be my first ever eight miler!! Furthest I've ever run!! Though cometo think of it, so was the 7.5-er last week!
We're getting close to race day folks!
Saturday I was all day, which was awesome of course, but left me pretty incredibly sore. I took sat-tues off from running, so when I went to run yesterday I was not too excited.
But... It turned out to be a great run! I did it around the track with Meghan and we covered something like 4 miles though neither of us was keeping count. The first two were hard, but definetly for mental/ emotional reasons. The second two were great!
We're going to be at the gym again tonight which will be good, Friday I'll take the day off, and sat will be my first ever eight miler!! Furthest I've ever run!! Though cometo think of it, so was the 7.5-er last week!
We're getting close to race day folks!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Blog Fail
I knew it had been a few days since my last post... didn't realize it had been over a week!
So, here's the quick and dirty update:
Last week was my rest week, so i did 2 milers on tuesday, wednesday, thursday and saturday and an outdoor five miler on sunday (in 60 degree sunshine!!)
This week I've been REALLY struggling to find motivation to run.. and I never seem to enjoy them.
Monday I skipped my run
Tuesday I postponed my run until after dinner.. and only managed to squeak out 1.5 30 minutes after pigging out on tacos >:(
Today (Wednesday) I eaked out 3 outdoor miles (once again in 60 degree sunshine!!)
So for the upcoming week: Ths will be 1.5; Fri will be 7.5; Sat will be snowboarding (!!!!!) and sun will be 3. Grand total should be 18 miles.
Next meal is in 14 minutes.. yes i'm counting down.. i'm starrvviinngg!
Oh, and school you ask? Meh. So far my exams have been in the low 90s.. I guess i'll have a chance to get A's again after all? Perhaps... perhaps..
...perhaps I demand too much of myself!
now, out to enjoy me some sunshine :)
So, here's the quick and dirty update:
Last week was my rest week, so i did 2 milers on tuesday, wednesday, thursday and saturday and an outdoor five miler on sunday (in 60 degree sunshine!!)
This week I've been REALLY struggling to find motivation to run.. and I never seem to enjoy them.
Monday I skipped my run
Tuesday I postponed my run until after dinner.. and only managed to squeak out 1.5 30 minutes after pigging out on tacos >:(
Today (Wednesday) I eaked out 3 outdoor miles (once again in 60 degree sunshine!!)
So for the upcoming week: Ths will be 1.5; Fri will be 7.5; Sat will be snowboarding (!!!!!) and sun will be 3. Grand total should be 18 miles.
Next meal is in 14 minutes.. yes i'm counting down.. i'm starrvviinngg!
Oh, and school you ask? Meh. So far my exams have been in the low 90s.. I guess i'll have a chance to get A's again after all? Perhaps... perhaps..
...perhaps I demand too much of myself!
now, out to enjoy me some sunshine :)
Sunday, February 6, 2011
study break!
Basically all I've done all day is study for my stupid fund. exam.. and my brain has officially turned to mush.
So, recap of the past few days. Thursday I had a three mile run, and I think it went pretty well, though I can't really remember the specificis. I know I did two on the treadmill and one around the track. It was in the morning before lab. OH - and I did ab and arm weight lifting excersizes.. today is the first day that my stomach isn't killing me. I am so weak!
Friday I was tempted to go to the gym and do some cross training, but i knew deep down that I needed a day off, so I rested instead. Glad I did!
Yesterday I had my long run (of course). I did seven miles at the gym, 2.5 tread, 2 track, 2.5 tread. It was soooo much fun! I love my long runs best of all. I feel so strong at the end. I managed to sprint out the last .5 miles, which means I have so much left in the tank :) I had minimal leg pain, which makes it even better. And no GI issues at all. One thing I did that really helped was that I diluted my gatorade by 50%. That was it wasn't so irritating to my stomach. It made it much easier to drink! Following the run I did full body stretches - something that I've really improved on lately.
Today I did two miles outside, down and around food lion and back. It was a beautiful run! First warm, sunny day in a while. I was able to run in a hoodie and shorts and was pretty warm! I had a little bit of abd. issues but that was because I had a fairly large lunch 1.5 hrs before hand.
This week will be my rest week, so I'll do 4 2milers and a 5 mile long run. The week after that will begin my speed training!
So my total mileage for this week was 18 (!) miles.. more than I've run in forever. I know. That's not much at all. But gimme a break :)
My total mileage for the month of january was appx 57 miles.. pretty sweet! I'll definitely need new shoes by this summer!
Okay okay. I know. Back to the books.
So, recap of the past few days. Thursday I had a three mile run, and I think it went pretty well, though I can't really remember the specificis. I know I did two on the treadmill and one around the track. It was in the morning before lab. OH - and I did ab and arm weight lifting excersizes.. today is the first day that my stomach isn't killing me. I am so weak!
Friday I was tempted to go to the gym and do some cross training, but i knew deep down that I needed a day off, so I rested instead. Glad I did!
Yesterday I had my long run (of course). I did seven miles at the gym, 2.5 tread, 2 track, 2.5 tread. It was soooo much fun! I love my long runs best of all. I feel so strong at the end. I managed to sprint out the last .5 miles, which means I have so much left in the tank :) I had minimal leg pain, which makes it even better. And no GI issues at all. One thing I did that really helped was that I diluted my gatorade by 50%. That was it wasn't so irritating to my stomach. It made it much easier to drink! Following the run I did full body stretches - something that I've really improved on lately.
Today I did two miles outside, down and around food lion and back. It was a beautiful run! First warm, sunny day in a while. I was able to run in a hoodie and shorts and was pretty warm! I had a little bit of abd. issues but that was because I had a fairly large lunch 1.5 hrs before hand.
This week will be my rest week, so I'll do 4 2milers and a 5 mile long run. The week after that will begin my speed training!
So my total mileage for this week was 18 (!) miles.. more than I've run in forever. I know. That's not much at all. But gimme a break :)
My total mileage for the month of january was appx 57 miles.. pretty sweet! I'll definitely need new shoes by this summer!
Okay okay. I know. Back to the books.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
A new month
Man, I haven't been great about posting lately. I'm assuming I wrote about my 6.5 run on Friday.
So I'll start off on Saturday. It was supposed to be my day off, but we were in dupont circle, and I just couldn't not run through the city. So I got up early and did somewhere around three miles, though I probably rounded up since I had to wait at at stoplights. It was so much fun though! I want to move there (to DC, not Dupont circle) and run by the white house and capital everyday. Seriously. Running would be so much more fun with all those options!
I didn't run sunday, though, so it evened out I guess. I also took Monday off.
Yesterday was a three miler, which didn't happen until after dinner. I had chicken and rice, and I totally knew while u was eating that it was gonna cause problems. And it did. I really almost quit after a half mile. But I took short walking breaks every half mile for the first two, and then ran the third one straight out
So I'll start off on Saturday. It was supposed to be my day off, but we were in dupont circle, and I just couldn't not run through the city. So I got up early and did somewhere around three miles, though I probably rounded up since I had to wait at at stoplights. It was so much fun though! I want to move there (to DC, not Dupont circle) and run by the white house and capital everyday. Seriously. Running would be so much more fun with all those options!
I didn't run sunday, though, so it evened out I guess. I also took Monday off.
Yesterday was a three miler, which didn't happen until after dinner. I had chicken and rice, and I totally knew while u was eating that it was gonna cause problems. And it did. I really almost quit after a half mile. But I took short walking breaks every half mile for the first two, and then ran the third one straight out
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