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<\/p>\nSo, yeah.\u00a0 Stats first and then rambles after.<\/p>\n
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Last Week\u2019s plan:<\/p>\n
Monday: 12\u00d7400 (90 sec rest intervals) + crunchtime DONE!
\nTuesday: 30 min swim + yoga DONE! (ish – swim was shorter)
\nWednesday: 10 mile long run outside DONE!
\nThursday: 30 mins bike hills + weights HALF DONE! (no weights, my poor bod was SO SORE it didn’t seem right)
\nFriday: off (yoga\/stretching) DONE! (easy!)
\nSaturday: 5k race (let\u2019s call it a tempo.\u00a0 Goal is in the 26s) DONE! (29 not 26 but hey, 1st in AG, so I can’t be too sad)
\nSunday: off DONE! (hangoverz are us!)<\/p>\n
This week\u2019s plan:<\/p>\n
Monday: Ladder Sprints 400m, 600m, 800m, 1200m, 800m, 600m, 400m (@ 8:15-8:30 min mile pace), 400m recovery
\nTuesday: 30 min swim + yoga
\nWednesday: 5 mile M tempo (9:30 pace)
\nThursday: 30 mins bike hills + weights
\nFriday: off (yoga\/stretching)
\nSaturday: 14 mile long run
\nSunday: off<\/p>\n
Weight: 176 (bah)<\/p>\n
I’m through all of it besides the long run and can say that a) skipped all but a little weights time today because my back was (minorly) acting up.\u00a0 Stiff, not hurty, so I cardio’d and yoga’d through it, and seem to be a-ok. b) didn’t have my M pace in me on Wed so it was a 9:55 5 mile run instead and c) little scared for Sat’s 14 miler but I have a feeling I will survive.<\/p>\n
Through the process it’s been interesting as Zliten has started his first two weeks of half training with me.\u00a0 I’m putting him on the FIRST program I used for the second half marathon with some modifications since he has a smaller base (his comfort zone is about 5k to 4 miles where mine was about 10k at that time) with one less cross training day because he is not ready to spend 5 days a week at the gym (so ~60 mins of cross training one day instead of 2 30-45 min segments).<\/p>\n
He said that this is the first time he has gotten a string of runs under his belt that he’s enjoyed.\u00a0 He also likes speedwork and has been maintaining his tempo pace like a champ.\u00a0 I feel like a good coach, hopefully my guinea pig<\/span> lovely husband will get through the process relatively unscathed and with a greater appreciation for running training than he had before (if it were up to him, he’d run once a week, swim once a week, and just bikebikebike all the time).<\/p>\n Anyhoo, back to ME (it is my blog, after all).\u00a0 I checked in with my nutritionist about dietary increases for marathon training and she said on long run days over 13 I could have ONE more grain.\u00a0 She suggested oatmeal pre-workout.\u00a0 Problem is 1) I just can’t do oatmeal (blech) and 2) I just can’t do full meal before the run unless it’s later in the day.\u00a0 What is happy is this means a return to english muffin, cream cheese, and sausage for post-run breakfast!\u00a0 Yay!\u00a0 I may or may not continue to run 14 miles each weekend for forever so I can earn my second grain of the day.\u00a0 Other than that, no change in intake ratios.\u00a0 Curious to see how that works.\u00a0 Considering I do a fairly low volume of training compared to the average bear except the epic jaunts out on Saturdays, I’m not surprised.<\/p>\n Still working crazy hours.\u00a0 Trying to take time to get outside when I can and not just eat lunch in the office.\u00a0 It may not be dietician approved, but I have definitely been enjoying sit down meals with my Zliten.\u00a0 Today we went home for lunch and later took a little walk around the grounds outside.\u00a0 I keep saying hopefully next week things will settle down, but I should probably just dig in and count the days until vacation.\u00a0 I’m going to party like that mouse.<\/p>\n So, that should mean racing life is getting boring right?\u00a0 No way.\u00a0 I’m not giving up fall race madness for no crazy work schedule.\u00a0 Here is where I will be:<\/p>\n Azle Half, 1ok, 5k<\/a>. Nov 12, Azle, TX<\/p>\n This is a little half marathon (which Zliten and I both got registered for 40 bucks – total, not each).\u00a0 I am going to try to race this one, and this will be Zliten’s first 10k!\u00a0 This may or may not be an excuse to hit up In N Out burger, as it’s hard to justify a 3.5 hour road trip just for that…<\/p>\n Warrior Dash<\/a>, Mud Run, Nov 19, Austin, TX<\/p>\n Groupon, and coworkers have compelled me.\u00a0 I will be doing some ridiculous mileage that morning (18?) so I expect to hobble through the course and drown my aching legs with beer at the end and be a blob of worthless drunken runner putty by the end of the evening.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/media.fukung.net\/images\/29581\/a83d48fdc95dd74ed961292afab36de8.jpg\")
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