New Schedule
Okay, so we're finally going to admit it - we're not doing well on this training plan. Last weekend, we were supposed to do 17 miles. Brant did the whole thing. He ended up doing intervals of 7/3 so it took him quite a while, but he did finish. I ran/walked about 7 miles, and decided it was too darn hot. Now, part of this was fear. On Thursday November 3rd I had gone for a run. I was supposed to do 8 miles. I did about 5. And I did them stupidly.
The week before had been really nice weather - and so I thought, hey, I'll just go for a run whenever - and whenever ended up being around noon. I got out there, and it was really hot!! And I only had one little bottle of water (7oz) and one of gatorade. So after about 5 miles I quit, 'cause I was just wiped out.
Got home and just felt so incredibly drained. Around 2 I decided I had to eat something - so I had some leftover spinach. And I had a full Nalgene of Gatorade. And then at 5:30 I went to a networking meeting. I was incredibly out of it. Drained really is the best word. And then I started to get a headache. I took some ibuprofen and worked on a glass of water. By the time I started eating, I was feeling really sick. I got down about 3 bites and then decided - I need to go home.
So I left, came home and threw up all that spinach, and then went to sleep around 7:30. At about 3am I woke up feeling oh so much better - but hungry. I made it til the next morning, but still. It wasn't a pleasant experience overall. So on Saturday, when I started feeling really hot and tired, I decided it was best not to push myself. So I did a total of about an hour and a half or so, and then waited for Brant to finish.
The biggest problem we've been having with the schedule is that it's dark by the time Brant gets out of work. Which makes the speed workouts really difficult, since the track isn't lit. It also makes the tempo runs not very exciting if they're over about 4 miles - because the only part of the trail that is lit at night is about 2.15 miles. The long runs - well, we need to just stop being lazy and wake up early enough to get out and do them.
Anyway, so this past week we modified things a bit - on Wednesday we went out for a run. Brant and I walked a bit together and then jogged the rest together. It was nice to have someone to talk to! We did two laps. Then on Thursday we went out again and did 3 laps - but we walked the whole thing. Our legs were really tight and cramped afterwards though! So I think it's a good thing we got in some walking practice, since I'm pretty sure we'll be walking a fair bit in January.
Anyway, today we're going to do our long run. And this week we'll just get out as many days as we can. We'll still sort of follow the schedule, but mostly we're just going to work on getting more miles each week.
As for my knee - I have been doing my physical therapy and it seems to be getting better. It hasn't hurt while walking anymore, and doesn't usually hurt too much on the runs as long as I think about running with good form.
So - here's to more miles - and actually getting prepared for these races!
The week before had been really nice weather - and so I thought, hey, I'll just go for a run whenever - and whenever ended up being around noon. I got out there, and it was really hot!! And I only had one little bottle of water (7oz) and one of gatorade. So after about 5 miles I quit, 'cause I was just wiped out.
Got home and just felt so incredibly drained. Around 2 I decided I had to eat something - so I had some leftover spinach. And I had a full Nalgene of Gatorade. And then at 5:30 I went to a networking meeting. I was incredibly out of it. Drained really is the best word. And then I started to get a headache. I took some ibuprofen and worked on a glass of water. By the time I started eating, I was feeling really sick. I got down about 3 bites and then decided - I need to go home.
So I left, came home and threw up all that spinach, and then went to sleep around 7:30. At about 3am I woke up feeling oh so much better - but hungry. I made it til the next morning, but still. It wasn't a pleasant experience overall. So on Saturday, when I started feeling really hot and tired, I decided it was best not to push myself. So I did a total of about an hour and a half or so, and then waited for Brant to finish.
The biggest problem we've been having with the schedule is that it's dark by the time Brant gets out of work. Which makes the speed workouts really difficult, since the track isn't lit. It also makes the tempo runs not very exciting if they're over about 4 miles - because the only part of the trail that is lit at night is about 2.15 miles. The long runs - well, we need to just stop being lazy and wake up early enough to get out and do them.
Anyway, so this past week we modified things a bit - on Wednesday we went out for a run. Brant and I walked a bit together and then jogged the rest together. It was nice to have someone to talk to! We did two laps. Then on Thursday we went out again and did 3 laps - but we walked the whole thing. Our legs were really tight and cramped afterwards though! So I think it's a good thing we got in some walking practice, since I'm pretty sure we'll be walking a fair bit in January.
Anyway, today we're going to do our long run. And this week we'll just get out as many days as we can. We'll still sort of follow the schedule, but mostly we're just going to work on getting more miles each week.
As for my knee - I have been doing my physical therapy and it seems to be getting better. It hasn't hurt while walking anymore, and doesn't usually hurt too much on the runs as long as I think about running with good form.
So - here's to more miles - and actually getting prepared for these races!
1 Comments:
well, it is november... and when is the race in January???
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