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<\/a><\/p>\nRacing:<\/strong><\/p>\n Do some soul searching and figure out what is important to YOU for 2015 race-wise, since you may be on a different schedule than Zliten for at least half if not more of the year.\u00a0 Race the marathon Feb 28th only if training is going well.\u00a0 Make appropriate goals as such.\u00a0 No arbitrary January 1st goals on what you’re supposed to PR or tackle next year, just the promise that each race will be for a reason.<\/p>\n So far on the schedule is:<\/p>\n Woodlands Full (\/half if training goes poorly) – Feb 28<\/p>\n Austin 10\/20 – Mar 29<\/p>\n That’s it.\u00a0 The year is what I want to make of it otherwise.\u00a0 As of right now, I have the typical conflicting thoughts of wanting to do it all – maintain a major running base and trying to knock over some of my older PRs (5k, 10k, half) while dipping my toe into swim racing and getting faster at the shorter triathlons and maybe doing a full cycling century and maybe even doing a 50k ultra.<\/p>\n What’s absent right now is the drive to do a bunch of 70.3s.\u00a0 I’ll probably do one, Kerrville, but I don’t feel the need to dedicate my year to it.\u00a0 I’m also questioning Kerrville + Spacecoast marathon.\u00a0 Unless I truly approach it as a training run to build to a second marathon later, or I can maintain a really good run base, it’s never going to be my best shot at a great experience.\u00a0 I’m thinking about trying the half next year.\u00a0 We’ll see.<\/p>\n Training:<\/strong><\/p>\n Polarized and periodized training seems to work.\u00a0 Continue with this.\u00a0 Easy days easy.\u00a0 Hard days on point.\u00a0 Base periods without electronics or focus and embracing the joy of movement with really loose volume suggestions instead of nailing a certain mileage\/pace.\u00a0 Months out of your A race – 85% easy 15% hard.\u00a0 Closer – more goal pace work.<\/p>\n Upping the volume just a bit.\u00a0 Hopefully by spending a little more time at each thing and also by getting faster.<\/p>\n Work strength and stretching in as I can.\u00a0 Do more when I can fit it in.\u00a0 Little stuff during commercials, lazy strength sessions while I’m dicking around at home, 10 mins of yoga in the morning when I don’t have time for anything else, this stuff all adds up.\u00a0 Every week I should think “hey, I fit in a little bit” at least.<\/p>\n DDR is a great plyometric workout.\u00a0 Try to incorporate this into training or maybe look into some of the classes at the new gym. Keep up with the drills during running.\u00a0 Keep some explosivity in the legs.<\/p>\n For January, I’m going to try streaking. 1 run mile per day, minimum.\u00a0 I’m finding that at least in winter, the biggest obstacle for me is getting out the door.\u00a0 Even if nothing else, this will net me another 2-3 miles per week running an easy mile on days I would normally take off.<\/p>\n Figure out a time for offseason.\u00a0 True offseason, same as July for you this year.\u00a0 At least 1 month.<\/p>\n Food\/eating\/scale:<\/strong><\/p>\n If nothing else, eating higher fat and less grains has helped me fuel better during training and races.\u00a0 Continue this, but in the way it was in August\/September when the weight was starting to come off.\u00a0 Unless it stops working.\u00a0 Then be reasonable.<\/p>\n Continue to batch cook.\u00a0 Experiment with new recipes.\u00a0 Enjoy healthy food.<\/p>\n Track food again, for a bit, starting Jan 5th.\u00a0 To get a baseline of what is working.<\/p>\n No booze January.\u00a0 This will be a bit of an experiment.\u00a0 I anticipate losing some lbs because of it but I’m not banking on it.<\/p>\n Don’t indulge like a jerk on the cruise in March.\u00a0 You get 2-3 days of marathon metabolism eating and then you need to eat like a normal human.<\/p>\n The scale comes with on all trips.\u00a0 That helps not to spend two months whittling away a few hard fought lbs to gain them back in a weekend.<\/p>\n Weigh less in December 2015 than I do in January 2015.<\/p>\n Work stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n Approach my new position with confidence, wisdom, humility, and listen to the folks who have experience at the new stuff im taking on<\/p>\n Realize i cant be superwoman.\u00a0 Do my best and walk away from it at the end of the day.\u00a0 No second guessing or judgements.<\/p>\n Get at least 2 more chapters through any games under my purview.<\/p>\n Continue to play a variety of games (online, table top, board, card, etc) as research and experience.<\/p>\n Above all else – nothing is set in stone yet, so don’t completely freak out if things don’t go according to the plan in your head.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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