{"id":826,"date":"2009-06-01T17:36:58","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T17:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=826"},"modified":"2010-01-04T18:15:55","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T18:15:55","slug":"half-marathon-training-between-week-9-and-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/01\/half-marathon-training-between-week-9-and-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Marathon Training, Between Week 9 and 10"},"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: 15k race (unofficial)<\/p>\n

Check.\u00a0 Since I had Memorial Day off, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have a long run not end in a mad rush to get me off to work.\u00a0 Sadly, that also meant I slept in ’til almost 10 and got on the road running at a fairly hot part of the day.\u00a0 While it was a pretty miserable run and I wasn’t thrilled with the pace (I really wanted 10 min miles and it was more like 10:30), I got through it and happily stretched, showered, and lazed around on the couch for 2 hours before BBQ time.<\/p>\n

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

Check and check.\u00a0 Since I was an idiot and stayed up WAY too late and drank WAY too much Monday at various parties and outings, it was definitely a cross training day.\u00a0 But – I got through it and actually felt better after.\u00a0 I love that.<\/p>\n

Wednesday: 5 mile run and weights at the gym<\/p>\n

Check and check.\u00a0 Nothing much to report except this ends up being a REALLY LONG FREAKING WORKOUT – over 2 hours with warmup\/cooldown\/stretching.<\/p>\n

Thursday: 9×400 track intervals (1 lap at 2:00 or less pace, 1 lap jog, repeat) and yoga<\/p>\n

Check and check.\u00a0 Did the yoga in the morning.\u00a0 Just as I got out that evening to run the sun went behind the clouds and trees so it was actually quite nice, which was a nice surprise.\u00a0 I was glad I stuck to my guns and didn’t do this inside on the treaddy.\u00a0 However, I went out a little too fast and eager (my second lap, I did 1:41 which is a 6:44 mile if I could keep that up 3 m\"\"ore times) and got tired enough that lap 7 and 8 were over 2 mins.\u00a0 But – I made it through.\u00a0 4.5 miles of intervals is a lot of freaking interval work.<\/p>\n

Friday: 5 mile run and weights at home<\/p>\n

Check and check.\u00a0 I did the weights in the morning because I slept in, and then after getting home from work I really had to talk myself into this run.\u00a0 But I did it.\u00a0 What made me go?\u00a0 When I skip a workout due to the “I don’t wanna”, I always feel worse, guilty, and regret it for way longer than it would have taken me to do it.\u00a0 When I do a workout that “I didn’t wanna”, I usually feel better after and there’s no evil voice in my head telling me I suck.<\/p>\n

Weekend: Rest<\/p>\n

Week 10’s long run was Sunday, so Saturday I sat on my hiney all day and made necklaces and fixed my sweater, and other domestically inclined and completely out-of-character things for myself.<\/p>\n

Total week 9 mileage 24.3 (running):\u00a0\u00a0 (plus 1-2 miles of walking)<\/p>\n

Week 10 – Two more weeks ’til taper.<\/p>\n

Sunday: 11 mile race<\/p>\n

Monday: 2.7 mile run and yoga (yes, this is a wussy workout but I have plans)<\/p>\n

Tuesday: 60 mins DDR and weights at home (here is the 5000 hour workout to make up for it)<\/p>\n

Wednesday: 45 minute tempo run and yoga (that is – 35 mins at race pace\/5 mins warmup and cooldown…youch)<\/p>\n

Thursday: 5 mile run and weights at the gym.<\/p>\n

Weekend: Maybe an easy neighborhood lap run to make up for missing a lap today.\u00a0 Or maybe not.\u00a0 I have friends in town staying with me, and I don’t think missing 2.5 miles is going to really break me.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0 I know I’ve said this before, but I am so ready to be done and run this race.\u00a0 I’ve resigned myself that I am going to spend the majority of the next 2 weeks with sore muscles, just due to the sheer amount of mileage\/time I need to put in.\u00a0\u00a0 I am crunching last week’s and this weeks workouts together a bit though because of friends coming into town Thursday afternoon and leaving Sunday – so maybe that 3 days off will be just the break I need to be energized and ready to go jumping into Week 11 (the last real week of training).<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 I really dread the long runs, for some reason.\u00a0 They are just daunting.\u00a0 However, once I get into them, they feel good, I’m comfortable running for 2 hours straight now, and I feel great after (sore legs, yeah, but I’m not wiped).\u00a0\u00a0 I measure how I feel \"\"by whether I can kick at the end.\u00a0 If I’m worn out, I ran too hard.\u00a0 If I can speed up the last 2 miles and really speed up about half a mile out, I ran just right and I’m confident for the next week’s run.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Five miles now feels like a pretty short run.\u00a0 Three months ago, I had run six miles MAX and that was stretching it.\u00a0 I’m really happy I did this to stretch my comfort zone.\u00a0 If I would have kept increasing my mileage at the previous pace, I would have been at half marathon length in October.\u00a0 And I really don’t think one is supposed to do a long, long run once a week for that long.\u00a0 I still feel great body-wise now, and that makes me confident cause I don’t have that much to go, but I can see that I’d be suceptable to injury if I kept this up much longer.<\/p>\n

4. So this endeavour has put about 2-3 lbs on me.\u00a0 I’m weighing in regularly at about 152-153 something.\u00a0 Zliten, however, seems to think I look significantly more muscular now, so maybe that’s it.\u00a0 I hope that is, because muscles rock!\u00a0 I’ll have to find a good before picture from the end of March and see how I compare now.\u00a0 I said and I will maintain that I will eat in a way that keeps me fueled and comfortable for the race, no matter what happens with the weight – but it doesn’t mean that I want to keep creeping up towards 155 and leave it unchecked after I cross the finish line.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Still trying to decide what I want for my post race meal.\u00a0 Considering I’ve had lisence for at least the last 6 weeks to eat whatever I want (sorta) because of all the training, it’s not as special as it was in my head when I first started.\u00a0 I do believe there will be some sort of a milkshake\/frosty\/frozen blendy treat though.<\/p>\n

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