Last week was probably one of my best weeks work-out wise in a long time. More x-training any during any of my half prep and I just felt STRONG.
M: 45 minutes of Spinning. Hadn't been in years and was SO proud of how hard I pushed myself. Took my Garmin along for my HRM and used it to push myself in the zone.
T: 30 Day Shred
W: 30 Day Shred + Spinning + Pilates (Felt like a BAMF)
Th: 4 mile run (my first run in the rain!)
F: 2 mi run + Spinning + Pilates
S: 5 mi run with Jon and his cousin. 10:47 pace aka my fastest EVER
Sun: 3 mi hike in the Hocking Hills
Total milage: 11 miles! Woo!
It was a really great week exercise wise, even if I ended up eating too much and gaining 1.5#. Oh well. I can at least tell a difference in my arms from all those Pilates push ups!
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thankful
I haven't posted a running recap in... 2 weeks? This is mostly because I was embarrassed to admit that I've only run maybe 2x in those two weeks. I've been really stressed with school and friends and though I know I should have fit in some runs, I just... didn't. That said, yesterday, I was thankful that Jon and I woke up yesterday morning and went for our first run together in about a month. Three easy miles around Jon's parent's neighborhood in Montgomery, AL. Not only did I keep a decent pace after my hiatus (11:17), but it's also warm enough here to run in a tank top.
Aside from that run, I'm thankful for:
1. Being able to run at all and continue to see improvement
2. My entire family
3. Jon, who's such a great partner
4. The welcome and love I feel from Jon's family too (thank heavens I won't have terrible in-law problems someday!)
5. My amazing friends all over the globe
6. All the support everyone has given me in the past year through all the tough times and the awesome ones
7. Having a "job" even if it means I'm going to want to crawl in a hole and hide for the next two weeks
8. The sale last week via CraigsList of the mobile home in Athens that we lived in before moving to Cbus and that we still owned
9. How much happier this holiday season will be for me versus last year
10. How optimistic I am for the next year. I'm a really lucky girl.
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Check out our spread:
I even learned how to make pie!!!
Aside from that run, I'm thankful for:
1. Being able to run at all and continue to see improvement
2. My entire family
3. Jon, who's such a great partner
4. The welcome and love I feel from Jon's family too (thank heavens I won't have terrible in-law problems someday!)
5. My amazing friends all over the globe
6. All the support everyone has given me in the past year through all the tough times and the awesome ones
7. Having a "job" even if it means I'm going to want to crawl in a hole and hide for the next two weeks
8. The sale last week via CraigsList of the mobile home in Athens that we lived in before moving to Cbus and that we still owned
9. How much happier this holiday season will be for me versus last year
10. How optimistic I am for the next year. I'm a really lucky girl.
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Check out our spread:
Not the healthiest meal, but at least a majority of it was veggies!!!
I even learned how to make pie!!!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Weekly Running Recap
Happy Monday, all! It's been such a busy weekend, but we've had such an amazing time. I'll post a recap of that (and my first foray into baking) later, but I really wanted to get this post up first! Week Two post-half and I'm still going strong!
Weekly Mileage:
M- rest
T- 7 miles
W- 3.1 miles
Th- rest
F- 10 miles
S- rest
Su- 4 miles + 4.2 mile walk w/Amber
Total Miles: 24 (28 if I count the walk, which I don't really since we were leisurely walking)
Tuesday: These 7 miles were a constant mental battle since I had to keep bargaining the distance with myself, but finished all the miles I'd originally wanted to do strong and with a nice 11:30 pace.
Wednesday: In an effort to up my mileage this week, I added a fourth run, something I haven't done in awhile. Great morning run before class (something I rarely do, but plan on repeating) with an 11:06 pace. Woo!
Friday: Moved our long run to Friday so we didn't have to worry about abandoning our visitors over the weekend. Jon and I ran the first 3.5 together with Sahara, dropped her off, and then went our separate ways. Beautiful weather. Stopped a few times (including at home and a potty break) and still got my 12:18 pace. I felt great and like I definitely could have gone farther—That's the first time I've ever had THAT feeling at on a double digit run, so I'll take it. Plus, the irritating blister on my right baby toe is back. Joy.
Sunday: Wanted to get in an easy, shorter run to bring up my mileage into places it hasn't been before (or, if not, in a REALLY long time pre-Daily Mile). It's so easy to tell when I've been eating poorly because my running suffers. After the indulgences of this weekend, my legs felt like lead and Jon and I both had a hard time pushing ourselves. Ran (literally) into a friend visiting from out of town who was on a walk with her brother, so we stopped and talked for at least 15 minutes. Forgot to turn off my Garmin while talking, so our pace reads as a 16:00 mile average. Guess the real pace will remain a mystery. But hey, 24 miles for the week! Boo. Yah!
The goal this week is to get up to my goal base mileage of 25 miles per week for the winter. Looks like a good break down might be 7/3/10/5 or something similar. Feeling good and am excited that this nice weather looks like it's sticking around for most of this week. Not gonna lie, I'm really nervous about my first Winter running in Ohio.
Weekly Mileage:
M- rest
T- 7 miles
W- 3.1 miles
Th- rest
F- 10 miles
S- rest
Su- 4 miles + 4.2 mile walk w/Amber
Total Miles: 24 (28 if I count the walk, which I don't really since we were leisurely walking)
Tuesday: These 7 miles were a constant mental battle since I had to keep bargaining the distance with myself, but finished all the miles I'd originally wanted to do strong and with a nice 11:30 pace.
Wednesday: In an effort to up my mileage this week, I added a fourth run, something I haven't done in awhile. Great morning run before class (something I rarely do, but plan on repeating) with an 11:06 pace. Woo!
Friday: Moved our long run to Friday so we didn't have to worry about abandoning our visitors over the weekend. Jon and I ran the first 3.5 together with Sahara, dropped her off, and then went our separate ways. Beautiful weather. Stopped a few times (including at home and a potty break) and still got my 12:18 pace. I felt great and like I definitely could have gone farther—That's the first time I've ever had THAT feeling at on a double digit run, so I'll take it. Plus, the irritating blister on my right baby toe is back. Joy.
Sunday: Wanted to get in an easy, shorter run to bring up my mileage into places it hasn't been before (or, if not, in a REALLY long time pre-Daily Mile). It's so easy to tell when I've been eating poorly because my running suffers. After the indulgences of this weekend, my legs felt like lead and Jon and I both had a hard time pushing ourselves. Ran (literally) into a friend visiting from out of town who was on a walk with her brother, so we stopped and talked for at least 15 minutes. Forgot to turn off my Garmin while talking, so our pace reads as a 16:00 mile average. Guess the real pace will remain a mystery. But hey, 24 miles for the week! Boo. Yah!
The goal this week is to get up to my goal base mileage of 25 miles per week for the winter. Looks like a good break down might be 7/3/10/5 or something similar. Feeling good and am excited that this nice weather looks like it's sticking around for most of this week. Not gonna lie, I'm really nervous about my first Winter running in Ohio.
For those of you who live in colder places for the winter, do you have any good tips for Winter running (clothing, habits, fuel, anything)?
PS: Super congratulations to my friend Christina @ Just Running who completed her first ultra marathon at the Taterbug 30 this weekend!!!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Weekly Running Recap
First off, Happy Halloween!!! This past week was a decent running week post half. I can't believe it's only been a week! I've been so excited about running and training this week and I think it shows in ALL of my runs this week. I've even started looking at runs for next year and have started putting runs I hope to register for in the 2012 part of my "Races" tab.
Weekly Mileage:
M- rest (at home squats/floor workout)
T- 4 miles
W- 1 mile warm-up run + weights/floor workout w/Katie
Th- rest
F- 5 miles
S- rest
Su- 6 miles (meant to do 10... then ran out of time)
Total miles: 16
Not as many miles as I wanted for this week, but they were three solid runs that I'm very proud of... So, I'm going to quickly talk about them. My main goal after the half is to finish my runs stronger, and I'm proud to say that ALL of my runs this week finished with a faster mile than they started. Big improvement for me already!
Tuesday (4): My calves were still really tight from the half, but I decided to run up to campus and check out Mirror Lake and the Oval. After starting, my goal was a sub-12 pace, and (even with a few walk/stretch-my-calves breaks) I pushed myself and got a 11:51 pace overall. Woo!
Friday (5): Didn't want to run at all. Jon and I stayed in our PJs until far past a socially acceptable time, but I got out there, and I'm really, really thankful I did. I started out with a quick(er) pace and felt really good, so I headed to the Olentangy Trail and dared myself to keep up this good 11:16 pace for the whole run, rather than tiring myself out and slowing down like I usually do. It was hard, but I pushed myself and was ASTONISHED to see that my overall pace was 10:56, with my last mile in 10:31. I checked back in my Garmin logs and I've never run ANY distance with a sub-11 pace. I actually might have teared up a bit when I realized that. Puh-ro-gress. Felt AMAZING.
Sunday (6): I had a fun 9.5 mile loop planned out, but then got nervous about not having anywhere to use a potty mid-run and hadn't had the necessary trip pre-run yet, so Jon and I decided to drink some coffee and clean the apartment for the Mary Kay party I had today BEFORE leaving for the run rather than after. It took a bit longer than expected to get everything clean, but we got out there and ended up having to cut the run short to make it home in time. That said, it was great running with Jon on this beautiful day and he really pushed me to stay fast. The pace overall was 11:34, but we stopped to take these photos of the gorgeousness here in Columbus (which brought our pace down):
He pushed me and I often looked down at Mr. Garmin and saw a 10-minute (or even high 9:xx) pace on my current pace! The last two miles were 10:57 and 10:47, so I am really proud of this run, and, most importantly, I got to spend some quality time finding new places to run with my honey. ;)
Oh, and we also got home in time to shower and look presentable so that I could host a Mary Kay party for my friend Chris, who's a new consultant:
All-in-all, a really great running week post-half. Instead of beating myself up over my short "long" run, I'm choosing instead to really celebrate how much I was able to push myself on ALL of my runs this week. Can't wait to see what the next week of training brings! Plus, it looks like we might have TWO 5ks in November, so maybe I'll even be able to set a PR!
Have a great Monday!!!
PS- Have any of you seen that new TV series on ABC "Once Upon A Time"? Jon and I started watching it this weekend and we're hooked!
Weekly Mileage:
M- rest (at home squats/floor workout)
T- 4 miles
W- 1 mile warm-up run + weights/floor workout w/Katie
Th- rest
F- 5 miles
S- rest
Su- 6 miles (meant to do 10... then ran out of time)
Total miles: 16
Not as many miles as I wanted for this week, but they were three solid runs that I'm very proud of... So, I'm going to quickly talk about them. My main goal after the half is to finish my runs stronger, and I'm proud to say that ALL of my runs this week finished with a faster mile than they started. Big improvement for me already!
Tuesday (4): My calves were still really tight from the half, but I decided to run up to campus and check out Mirror Lake and the Oval. After starting, my goal was a sub-12 pace, and (even with a few walk/stretch-my-calves breaks) I pushed myself and got a 11:51 pace overall. Woo!
Friday (5): Didn't want to run at all. Jon and I stayed in our PJs until far past a socially acceptable time, but I got out there, and I'm really, really thankful I did. I started out with a quick(er) pace and felt really good, so I headed to the Olentangy Trail and dared myself to keep up this good 11:16 pace for the whole run, rather than tiring myself out and slowing down like I usually do. It was hard, but I pushed myself and was ASTONISHED to see that my overall pace was 10:56, with my last mile in 10:31. I checked back in my Garmin logs and I've never run ANY distance with a sub-11 pace. I actually might have teared up a bit when I realized that. Puh-ro-gress. Felt AMAZING.
Sunday (6): I had a fun 9.5 mile loop planned out, but then got nervous about not having anywhere to use a potty mid-run and hadn't had the necessary trip pre-run yet, so Jon and I decided to drink some coffee and clean the apartment for the Mary Kay party I had today BEFORE leaving for the run rather than after. It took a bit longer than expected to get everything clean, but we got out there and ended up having to cut the run short to make it home in time. That said, it was great running with Jon on this beautiful day and he really pushed me to stay fast. The pace overall was 11:34, but we stopped to take these photos of the gorgeousness here in Columbus (which brought our pace down):
He pushed me and I often looked down at Mr. Garmin and saw a 10-minute (or even high 9:xx) pace on my current pace! The last two miles were 10:57 and 10:47, so I am really proud of this run, and, most importantly, I got to spend some quality time finding new places to run with my honey. ;)
Oh, and we also got home in time to shower and look presentable so that I could host a Mary Kay party for my friend Chris, who's a new consultant:
Doesn't she look official?
I stole this photo from Bailey since I'm lame and forgot to take one.
(And my baker's rack needs some organizational love)
All-in-all, a really great running week post-half. Instead of beating myself up over my short "long" run, I'm choosing instead to really celebrate how much I was able to push myself on ALL of my runs this week. Can't wait to see what the next week of training brings! Plus, it looks like we might have TWO 5ks in November, so maybe I'll even be able to set a PR!
Have a great Monday!!!
PS- Have any of you seen that new TV series on ABC "Once Upon A Time"? Jon and I started watching it this weekend and we're hooked!
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