{"id":765,"date":"2009-04-27T19:19:32","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T19:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=765"},"modified":"2010-01-04T18:15:12","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T18:15:12","slug":"half-marathon-training-between-week-4-and-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/27\/half-marathon-training-between-week-4-and-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Marathon Training, Between Week 4 and 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been following me here<\/a> this shouldn\u2019t be any surprise, but for the rest of you and for my posterity, here is how last week went:<\/p>\n

Monday: 6 mile run + yoga<\/p>\n

Check, and check.\u00a0\u00a0 Run was good, I felt crappy at the beginning it, but felt better by the end.\u00a0 I love those runs.\u00a0 I still find that doing yoga in the morning is the only way I can really tolerate it, really like it even.<\/p>\n

Tuesday: yoga and 35 minute tempo run (5 mins jog, 25 mins hard run, 5 mins jog)<\/p>\n

Check and check.\u00a0 Did the yoga before work and hit the gym to do the tempo run since it was hotter than a frying pan outside.<\/p>\n

\"\"Wednesday: DDR and yoga<\/p>\n

Check and check.\u00a0 Did this before work since I wasn’t sure what sort of crazy work was going to throw at me and ended up actually getting off on time, so it was a nice night.<\/p>\n

Thursday: weights and 3.5 mile run<\/p>\n

Not check and not check.\u00a0 There is one day of the month where it takes all my mental mettle to get my fatigued and crampy ass off the couch, but I usually do it.\u00a0 This day, however, I was woken up with said pains at like 3 am and couldn’t fall back asleep until almost 6.\u00a0 So after 4 hours of broken up sleep on top of regular ol’ fatigue – I figured working out would do more harm than good.\u00a0 I ate pizza and sat on the couch and vegged.<\/p>\n

Friday: Rest!<\/p>\n

Not check, but appropriately so.\u00a0 Since I skipped all of Thursday’s workout, I just felt like I needed to not go from Wednesday to Saturday without a run.\u00a0 I did an easy 3 mile and felt good.\u00a0 I did totally skip the weight session though, which meant no weights all week.<\/p>\n

Saturday: Race and Biking Adventure<\/p>\n

I’ll cover the race more tomorrow, but let me just say – uh, hells yeah.\u00a0 Then later, we did a slightly shorter 15 mile round trip bike ride to a co-worker’s house to play poker.\u00a0 Spark says I burnt over 2000 calories this day.\u00a0 Good thing, because I ate like 3000+.\u00a0 Funny how the body just takes over and says “Nuh uh, girlfriend, we are eating a LOT when I expend a lot.”\u00a0 Good for it!<\/p>\n

Sunday: Rest.<\/p>\n

Check.\u00a0 Oh hell yah.\u00a0 I got groceries and did laundry.\u00a0 The rest of the day I spent within 10 feet or less of the couch.<\/p>\n

Total week 4 mileage (running):\u00a0 18.7 (plus about a mile of walking)
\nTotal week 4 mileage biking: 15<\/p>\n

Week 5?\u00a0 Let’s do it!\u00a0 Races are done, now it’s time to start going the distance…<\/p>\n

Monday: 4 mile run and weights at the gym<\/p>\n

Tuesday: yoga and 7×400 sprints (sprint 1 lap around the track, jog one lap, rinse and repeat)<\/p>\n

\"\"Wednesday: yoga and 40 mins of DDR<\/p>\n

Thursday: 4 mile run and weights at home<\/p>\n

Friday: 7 mile run (and I think this might be the first time I use the gel\/moons\/beans etc)<\/p>\n

Saturday: Bike Adventure<\/p>\n

Sunday: Rest<\/p>\n

Things I learned last week:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Sometimes an unplanned rest day is the best thing for you.\u00a0 I thought it was just going to decimate my ability to perform in the race but I think it did me a lot more good than if I pushed through my exhausted day.\u00a0 And I think a short easy run the day before the race was better than resting.\u00a0 Nothing hard enough to make me sore, but just enough to keep the muscles loose.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Let’s hope I still feel the same way next week, but skipping weights twice is not the end of the world.\u00a0 I think I’ll skip the weights the week of the half marathon too.\u00a0 My muscles felt more…rested.\u00a0 Makes sense though.\u00a0 I am also seeing that increasing distance later in the training = increasing time worked out and something might have to give.\u00a0 Once I get to 5 mile short run days, weights might go to once per week.\u00a0 I *DO* plan to go super weight heavy after I run this race, so it will all balance out in the grand scheme of things, eventually.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 I like 10ks better than 5ks.\u00a0 Maybe I’ll like half marathons better than 10ks!\u00a0 I usually feel like it takes me a mile or so to get into my groove, and for a 5k, that’s a third of the race!\u00a0 For the 10k…well, I’ll talk more about it tomorrow.\u00a0 But running the distance in a race was amazing.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Some days you are really into it and it’s magical.\u00a0 Some days you’re not into when you start, but you feel great when you get going, and you just have to thank yourself for having the drive to get up off the couch and the faith that doing is better than not doing.\u00a0 Some days, you’re not into it and you just have to power through and it doesn’t get better, but it does end.\u00a0 Those days are few and far between though, and if they’re not, you’re probably doing something wrong.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 This week (5) starts the shift into expanding my comfort zone.\u00a0 4+ miles as my short runs is going to take a head shift.\u00a0 I run 7 miles as my long run this week, and that’s half a mile longer than I’ve ran before – which is probably not terribly significant and I’ll be fine.\u00a0 But what’s eating the back of my head is next week is 8 miles.\u00a0 That seems a lot longer.\u00a0 I mean, it’s gotta happen if I want to do 13.1, but I usually run a distance quite a few times before I stretch further.\u00a0 However, I am assured by many sources that the extra distance just sort of comes naturally and I could actually hurt my body training the way that feels right (tons of long rons, practice makes perfect, right).\u00a0 We shall see.\u00a0 All I can do is map the routes, put on my shoes, and see what I can do.<\/p>\n

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