Workout: 2.4 miles
Time: 22:00
Pace: 9:10
Weight: 127.4
Two Years Ago
I am officially finished training for this race! I ran 4 miles on Monday morning at a 9:04 pace - my fastest ever! This morning I ran 2.4 and I'm done. I have rest days tomorrow and Friday and then the race on Saturday. I am ready for this and ready for it to be finished!
My run this morning was fine. It was pretty humid out, but not too warm. I actually had to push myself pretty hard to run the entire thing without stopping to walk. I wanted to stop and walk before I hit a mile, but I would have been pretty pissed at myself if I had. I knew that I could get through it, but it was a mental battle for a while. I also spent a portion of time figuring out which way to turn when I hit 151st. I think that took my mind off of the battle as I weighed my hill options for either route.
On Monday, I think I was in pain for almost the entire run. I could tell I was running pretty fast, but I didn't want to slow down - I wanted to see how fast I could run the 4 miles. I felt labored for the first 2.5 miles and then I felt ulcer/abdominal pain for the next mile. For the last 1/2 mile I just kicked it in and got home. It was a good, good run and I was really excited to see my pace. I won't be running the race at that pace, but I'm encouraged that we may get a faster time than our last race.
I continue to be discouraged with my weight, but I'm letting it go until after the race. I counted points for a couple of days, but I think the long runs on the weekends particularly messed with my mind in terms of points. I didn't have the energy to count points on Saturdays. So now that this is all over, I can concentrate more on this rather than on the training. I'm going to need another goal to work toward after this race is over, so I might as well make this my goal. I think 115 is nearly impossible. I've been making that my goal for so many years, but I haven't ever gotten past 119 and I haven't maintained 119 for very long. So I think I need to make my goal 120 and I need to work at maintaining that. I'm going to cut my miles down and look at things more as a workout, rather than a run and a number of miles. I need to reset my mindset on all of this.
But now, for the rest of the week, I focus on water - which I have not done a good job with for the last 2 months. I need to get rehydrated before Saturday.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Tuesday May 4, 2010
Workout: 20:00 cross + strength
Weight: 124.6
Did not feel like doing either of these things this morning, but got up and did it anyway. I'm in a taper kind of mindset in terms of everything:) I just want to take the week off, I think. The workout was fine. I actually increased some of my weights in anticipation of being done with this training program.
Yesterday I had 4.5 miles on the schedule and went out and could not complete one mile due to ulcer pain. I had been taking prilosec everyday and was feeling much better. I missed a day or two and didn't feel any different, so I stopped altogether about 1 1/2 weeks ago. Must not have been a good idea. I tried to run through it, but I couldn't. It is a pain that I can't mental my way through... ankle pain I can tough it out, this is different pain and I had to stop. I was too far from home, though, to turn around so I altered my planned route and walked most of the way home. I was able to run the last 1/8 of a mile and felt better about that. I ended up doing 2.5 miles at a 12:22 pace. I wasn't happy about it, but couldn't change it.
This morning I could still feel the pain a bit, but right now I'm feeling better. I'm going to take 2/day this week hoping to calm everything down by the race. Tomorrow I have 2 miles on the schedule so hopefully I'll be able to run them.
One really great thing about the taper is that Cornbread and I can both run in the morning because the run is so much shorter. He ran first yesterday and then I went out when he got home. Scheduling our runs has been kind of troublesome at times throughout the training... its one thing when you have only one person training, its another when two people are trying to figure out how to work things out. However, with both of us training, it has been much easier to be understanding toward one another when we have to figure out a way to get a training run worked into our families schedule. Knowing that I ran 6 miles in a day and Cornbread has to work it in somewhere, too, makes it much easier for me to be understanding if he needs to do it during non-work hours. We didn't run into issues often - during the week I mostly ran in the morning and he ran during the day at the gym. Our biggest issues were the long runs on Saturdays and figuring those out. He has worked every Saturday since we got back from Colorado which ties up 4-5 hours during the morning and early afternoon. We leave for church at 3:30, so it left a small window open for either of us to run - one of us had to get up early to run and the other would have to leave immediately after he got home in the afternoon in order to be back in time for church. There were a couple of Saturdays that he went to church with the girls while I finished showering and getting ready and I would drive separately and meet him there. It certainly was not ideal, but we worked it out. And having us both training meant that we prioritized everything around our Saturday long runs... if only one of us was training it would have been harder to give something up on Friday in order to get to bed on time, or to not be upset if yard work didn't get done on Saturday because one of us had to run. I think it was all around a good thing that we were training on the same schedule... we also encouraged each other a lot throughout because we each did the same run each day. Ultimately, I just love it that we're both interested in the same things... we may not start out interested in the same things, but because we love eachother and love spending time together we support eachother in our respective interests and ultimately are won over, too.
I'm currently contemplating a training plan for the race in the fall. Trying to figure out how many weeks I want to train and what exactly I want to do. I want to increase my weekly mileage for sure. I want to include some speedwork, too. Not sure if I want to run 5 days or 4 days or what. Have to peruse the training plans and get an idea. Before the training starts, though, I'd like to focus a little more on strength training and core conditioning. Back and arms are important to form and I want to hit them pretty hard. I've also skipped every form of ab/core training for the last 4 months, so I should probably add some of that back in. Maybe I'll do a 12 week program and before that starts I can really concentrate on building a base of muscles - which would mean a higher protein diet, which I hate. So I have to really think about it and figure out what I want to do and what I want to accomplish in the next race. First, I should probably get through this one :)
Weight: 124.6
Did not feel like doing either of these things this morning, but got up and did it anyway. I'm in a taper kind of mindset in terms of everything:) I just want to take the week off, I think. The workout was fine. I actually increased some of my weights in anticipation of being done with this training program.
Yesterday I had 4.5 miles on the schedule and went out and could not complete one mile due to ulcer pain. I had been taking prilosec everyday and was feeling much better. I missed a day or two and didn't feel any different, so I stopped altogether about 1 1/2 weeks ago. Must not have been a good idea. I tried to run through it, but I couldn't. It is a pain that I can't mental my way through... ankle pain I can tough it out, this is different pain and I had to stop. I was too far from home, though, to turn around so I altered my planned route and walked most of the way home. I was able to run the last 1/8 of a mile and felt better about that. I ended up doing 2.5 miles at a 12:22 pace. I wasn't happy about it, but couldn't change it.
This morning I could still feel the pain a bit, but right now I'm feeling better. I'm going to take 2/day this week hoping to calm everything down by the race. Tomorrow I have 2 miles on the schedule so hopefully I'll be able to run them.
One really great thing about the taper is that Cornbread and I can both run in the morning because the run is so much shorter. He ran first yesterday and then I went out when he got home. Scheduling our runs has been kind of troublesome at times throughout the training... its one thing when you have only one person training, its another when two people are trying to figure out how to work things out. However, with both of us training, it has been much easier to be understanding toward one another when we have to figure out a way to get a training run worked into our families schedule. Knowing that I ran 6 miles in a day and Cornbread has to work it in somewhere, too, makes it much easier for me to be understanding if he needs to do it during non-work hours. We didn't run into issues often - during the week I mostly ran in the morning and he ran during the day at the gym. Our biggest issues were the long runs on Saturdays and figuring those out. He has worked every Saturday since we got back from Colorado which ties up 4-5 hours during the morning and early afternoon. We leave for church at 3:30, so it left a small window open for either of us to run - one of us had to get up early to run and the other would have to leave immediately after he got home in the afternoon in order to be back in time for church. There were a couple of Saturdays that he went to church with the girls while I finished showering and getting ready and I would drive separately and meet him there. It certainly was not ideal, but we worked it out. And having us both training meant that we prioritized everything around our Saturday long runs... if only one of us was training it would have been harder to give something up on Friday in order to get to bed on time, or to not be upset if yard work didn't get done on Saturday because one of us had to run. I think it was all around a good thing that we were training on the same schedule... we also encouraged each other a lot throughout because we each did the same run each day. Ultimately, I just love it that we're both interested in the same things... we may not start out interested in the same things, but because we love eachother and love spending time together we support eachother in our respective interests and ultimately are won over, too.
I'm currently contemplating a training plan for the race in the fall. Trying to figure out how many weeks I want to train and what exactly I want to do. I want to increase my weekly mileage for sure. I want to include some speedwork, too. Not sure if I want to run 5 days or 4 days or what. Have to peruse the training plans and get an idea. Before the training starts, though, I'd like to focus a little more on strength training and core conditioning. Back and arms are important to form and I want to hit them pretty hard. I've also skipped every form of ab/core training for the last 4 months, so I should probably add some of that back in. Maybe I'll do a 12 week program and before that starts I can really concentrate on building a base of muscles - which would mean a higher protein diet, which I hate. So I have to really think about it and figure out what I want to do and what I want to accomplish in the next race. First, I should probably get through this one :)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Wednesday April 28, 2010
Planned workout: 3 miles
Actual workout: 3.64 miles
Time: 35:15
Pace: 9:44
Weight: 126.8
I am still astonished by my pace. I have never run under 10:15 outside. Never. And really, I took a full minute stop at the drinking fountain, so my running pace was actually 9:28, which really amazes me. Really.
I'm so proud of myself. My confidence was waining to be sure. I really felt like I sucked even more every time I went out. So to go out and run that fast just astonishes me and moves me forward in a huge way.
I'm going to get through this race and then probably join Weight Watchers again. I know my true weight is not as high as 126.8 - that was my first thing in the morning weight, but I weighed myself after I ran and I was 124.0 - however, I would still like to lose 5-8 pounds and I think I need some discipline training again. I need to lower my mileage and start adding the diet discipline back in and get a clear idea of how much to eat. I think that for the most part I don't eat enough calories, but I need some help figuring it out... especially as I increase my mileage again in the middle of the summer when I start training again.
I think we're going to run the half marathon in Holland, MI at the end of September. Its super cheap ($30) so you can't beat that, but it also sounds like a beautiful course - 4 miles along Lake Macatawa, ending in Holland State Park. It will be a good time of year, my parents can watch the girls, we can meet up with some friends, etc. Just sounds like a good one to do and I'm looking forward to it. I think we have 20 weeks between the Indy and the Holland, so training would begin in mid June or in July depending on what kind of mileage I'm doing before then.
Actual workout: 3.64 miles
Time: 35:15
Pace: 9:44
Weight: 126.8
I am still astonished by my pace. I have never run under 10:15 outside. Never. And really, I took a full minute stop at the drinking fountain, so my running pace was actually 9:28, which really amazes me. Really.
I'm so proud of myself. My confidence was waining to be sure. I really felt like I sucked even more every time I went out. So to go out and run that fast just astonishes me and moves me forward in a huge way.
I'm going to get through this race and then probably join Weight Watchers again. I know my true weight is not as high as 126.8 - that was my first thing in the morning weight, but I weighed myself after I ran and I was 124.0 - however, I would still like to lose 5-8 pounds and I think I need some discipline training again. I need to lower my mileage and start adding the diet discipline back in and get a clear idea of how much to eat. I think that for the most part I don't eat enough calories, but I need some help figuring it out... especially as I increase my mileage again in the middle of the summer when I start training again.
I think we're going to run the half marathon in Holland, MI at the end of September. Its super cheap ($30) so you can't beat that, but it also sounds like a beautiful course - 4 miles along Lake Macatawa, ending in Holland State Park. It will be a good time of year, my parents can watch the girls, we can meet up with some friends, etc. Just sounds like a good one to do and I'm looking forward to it. I think we have 20 weeks between the Indy and the Holland, so training would begin in mid June or in July depending on what kind of mileage I'm doing before then.
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