{"id":800,"date":"2009-05-18T16:45:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T16:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=800"},"modified":"2010-01-04T18:14:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T18:14:08","slug":"half-marathon-training-between-week-7-and-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/18\/half-marathon-training-between-week-7-and-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Marathon Training, Between Week 7 and 8"},"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.\u00a0 It was a super short week due to the Vegasing.<\/p>\n

Wednesday: 50 mins DDR and yoga<\/p>\n

Check and check.\u00a0 Man, this was even rough.\u00a0 I think standing and walking is more tiring than running.\u00a0 Or it could be the partying until sunrise.\u00a0 No, can’t be that.\u00a0 Must be the standing and walking<\/p>\n

Thursday: 4.5\u00a0 mile run and weights at the gym<\/p>\n

Check and check.\u00a0 Was a nice outside run in the morning though I DID NOT WANT to get up AT ALL EVER after being on vacation but I did it and I didn’t die.\u00a0 I think the gym is getting busier because it seems harder to get on the weight machines I want, even on a Thursday.<\/p>\n

Friday: 9 mile run<\/p>\n

Almost check.\u00a0 I mapped out my run AFTER and found out it was only 8.75.\u00a0 Oops.\u00a0 Close enough, right?\u00a0 I tried the sport beans this time and they were my absolute favorite.\u00a0 I also strapped on my camelback and after tying down the front, it was fairly non-annoying.\u00a0 And it was totally worth it – I drank the whole thing on the run.\u00a0 I also felt, though I was indeed tired, after about mile 7 I could have just kept plodding along for a few more (but probably would have just wanted to g\"\"o die instead of going to work), so this bodes well for actually reaching the distance.<\/p>\n

Vacation: Bike adventure or other activity<\/p>\n

Total uncheck.\u00a0 Friday’s run and subsequent partying until dawn (Again? Why?\u00a0 What am I thinking?) wiiiiiped me out.\u00a0 Saturday we sat around all day and then had evening plans, and Sunday we had errands and chores and had to fit in Star Trek somewhere, and then it was dark.\u00a0 It’s probably for the best I didn’t push myself (I was also feeling almost like I was coming down with something Sunday – feel better today though), but it makes me all the more motivated to have a bike adventure this coming weekend.<\/p>\n

Total week 6 mileage (running):\u00a0 13.25 (plus a ton of walking)<\/p>\n

I’d be disappointed with that, but I did it in 2 days.\u00a0 That’s pretty bad ass, no?<\/p>\n

Week 8 – back to normal.<\/p>\n

Monday: Weights at home, 4.5 mile run<\/p>\n

Tuesday: 40 min tempo run (5 mins jog, 30 mins tempo (try to beat my 8:20, 5 mins jog), yoga<\/p>\n

Wednesday: yoga and 50 mins of DDR<\/p>\n

Thursday: 4.5 mile run and weights at the gym<\/p>\n

Friday: 10 mile run (holy crap – double digit run!)<\/p>\n

Weekend: Rest and planning on a bike trail ride on Sunday.\u00a0 Zliten is going to scope it out this week.\u00a0 If it’s way too epic, maybe just another ride somewhere out there for lunch.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0 I think as long as I make it to mile 8 in the half without pushing too hard, I think I’ll be fine.\u00a0 At 9 miles I felt like I could keep going.\u00a0 I felt like I would be pretty wasted afterwards (not like I wasn’t, but I was able to function and attend a full day of work without a rest).\u00a0 I think I’m going t\"\"o run this 10, and if I can do it, actually put down the money and book the hotel and really do this puppy.\u00a0 No, I haven’t done it yet.\u00a0 Yes, that makes me a wuss or something.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 I’m going to try to keep up the strength training at it’s current level this week.\u00a0 I am definitely not getting stronger (weight training-wise), and I want to stave off getting weaker.\u00a0 I’m just not sure next week when short runs are 5 miles that I’ll be able to keep up with 2 full body sessions a week.\u00a0 I’ve also considered shortening one short run.\u00a0 Any advice?\u00a0 Would you cut down to the equivalent of 1 – 1.5 full body sessions per week of weights in favor of running or keep the sessions and run a little less one day?\u00a0 I think the smart thing would probably be cut the weights a bit since I’m training for running, but…I dunno.\u00a0 I have a week to decide anyway.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 I think part of the success on the long run last week was the camelback.\u00a0\u00a0 Seriously – water anytime you want without carrying a bottle?\u00a0 Awesome!\u00a0 I think that the sport beans worked well with it – munch a bean, sip some water, munch a bean, sip some water.\u00a0 I think for racing, since I won’t have the camelback, I might stick to the moons because they were easier to get down fast right before a water stop.\u00a0\u00a0 The gel kinda upset my stomach (I think it was just so much sugar ALLATONCE) so I think I’m going to stay away from it.\u00a0 For those of you out there who have run the distance, how many munchies did you bring?\u00a0 I’m considering bringing 2 (one at 45 mins, one at 1:30) but is that excessive?<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 I also tried listening to podcasts instead of music and strangely enough it was good to lose myself in the babble.\u00a0 I’m surprised I didn’t miss the beat of the music at all.\u00a0 Fast runs, I don’t think it would work.\u00a0 Long\/mellow runs?\u00a0 Super.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 I’m not quite sure what was with the grumps\/introspection\/etc last week but I think I’m out of it.\u00a0 I had a bit more rest this weekend than I would have liked (I really wanted to bike\/skate\/walk\/something), but I think it paid off because I feel rested, confident, and ready to tackle this week instead of fearful of the sheer amount of activity I was going to ask my body to do.\u00a0 I was afraid this was going to be like the pushup challenge <\/a>– I was so excited about it but then I hit week 6 and I could only do 45 – so I stopped doing it because it was taking up a lot of my workout time.\u00a0 I can still do about 40, but I really wanted to say I could do 100 pushups.\u00a0 At least this time, I’m about 3\/4 there already with a month left to go and can actually visualize myself completing this.<\/p>\n

I hope these aren’t getting tedious.\u00a0 I just want to have a record of this to look back on!\u00a0 Later this week, I’ll have more varied fare, I promise!<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve been following me here this shouldn\u2019t be any surprise, but for the rest of you and for my posterity, here is how last week went.\u00a0 It was a super short week due to the Vegasing. Wednesday: 50 mins DDR and yoga Check and check.\u00a0 Man, this was even rough.\u00a0 I think standing and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUhDu-cU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1574,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions\/1574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}