Things are still going well. I'm finding my greatest lesson learned so far along this journey is that even when I don't feel like running, I do it anyway, and I never regret it! I'm saying that just about 3 weeks into the training - I'm still "on track" - still doing what I need to do every day. I'm a very Type A kind of gal, so a daily routine is good for me. School and activities are over now for both kids and I'm happy that the only commitment I really have is to playing with them all day long, then running when Daddy comes home! Summer has arrived!
This week I did some speed work and the 4-hour marathon is seeming more possible than ever before!
Our Ragnar team went out for a very belated post-race celebration Wednesday night and just being around the team gets me pumped to continue training hard. One of the guys on our team even commited to running the Hartford Marathon this fall! So Greg and Kim are going to do their first marathons and I'm determined to be there for them at Mile 20 - I can not wait!
I'm also making plans to run the Hartford Marathon on a 5-gal relay team - we did it last year, it was an amazing experience, and I look forward to doing it again. This time with additional runners so we can hang out at the exchange points together. Should be so much fun!
Now I'm working on finding new and fun routes for my long runs since I'm getting sick and tired of running along the trail I run just about every time!!! And I'm working on doing these runs with friends. It's all coming together, and I'm happy to find kindred spirits who want to sweat it out together. Really thankful God has given me many friends who love running!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Enjoying Things...
This was a great week and since this blog is in part to keep me accountable to my training plan I want you all to know I stuck to my plan, and I feel wonderful! I even found a different plan in Runners World, it is somewhat similar to the Hal Higdon one I'm following now, but I"m comparing the two to get the most bang for my buck. Runners World had an awesome issue this month, lots of great articles. It is the one magazine I actually enjoy getting because it is not all advertisements but rather full of awesome stuff! It even had an article about hill training. :-)
Pretty much each week I do the following... one long run (between 8-24 miles), 2 or 3 5-mile runs, 1 day of interval training and 1 tempo or pace run. It's specifically focused to help me run my next marathon in under 4 hours. I'm feeling stronger lately. Tonight I ran an easy 5 miles and I felt great and even got way faster at the end, I just wanted to speed things up. I consider it such a gift to be able to call a 5-mile run an "easy" run given I had never even run a mile until 4 years ago. Really getting excited about my long run this weekend as it isn't as hot as last week, we don't have much on the calendar, and I'm feeling pumped.
Pretty much each week I do the following... one long run (between 8-24 miles), 2 or 3 5-mile runs, 1 day of interval training and 1 tempo or pace run. It's specifically focused to help me run my next marathon in under 4 hours. I'm feeling stronger lately. Tonight I ran an easy 5 miles and I felt great and even got way faster at the end, I just wanted to speed things up. I consider it such a gift to be able to call a 5-mile run an "easy" run given I had never even run a mile until 4 years ago. Really getting excited about my long run this weekend as it isn't as hot as last week, we don't have much on the calendar, and I'm feeling pumped.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Plugging Along
I may not post every day but things but are going well. :-)
Bill's parents are here for the weekend, we're celebrating his 40th birthday. Yesterday was sweltering hot and I didn't feel like going for my 5 mile pace run until night time, but I ended up doing it on the treadmill instead which proved to be a bit challenging - usually i do more leisurely runs on the treadmill. I'm just not crazy about it, but the pace run needed to be done and they were calling for thunderstorms. I didn't get around to running until 8:30, which made me not tired at all to go to bed. Which made me go to sleep much later than normal. Which made waking up EARLY today to get my 10-miler in before church not so fun. My lesson for this weekend... don't do a 5 mile pace run on the treadmill. And if you must, don't do a 10-miler the next morning after getting very little sleep! I love running 10 miles normally, but I struggled this morning and the treadmill just wore me out - I always feel like I'm going MUCH faster on the treadmill at the same pace I run on the road, and I hate all the pounding! Anyway, I got it all "done" and tomorrow is a rest day. Whew!
I love the Christian group Casting Crowns and this morning I listened to one of their songs "Voice of Truth" a whole bunch of times to get through my run...
"But the Voice of Truth tells me a different story. The Voice of Truth says DO NOT BE AFRAID. And the Voice of Truth says this is for my glory! Out of all the voices calling out to me, I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of Truth." Love that song and love it's message. It's amazing how often I listen to the "voices" (i.e. influences) of the world, even in my running - I'm thankful that God allowed me to get into running in my late 30s, it's such a gift, and I want to do it to glorify Him.
Bill's parents are here for the weekend, we're celebrating his 40th birthday. Yesterday was sweltering hot and I didn't feel like going for my 5 mile pace run until night time, but I ended up doing it on the treadmill instead which proved to be a bit challenging - usually i do more leisurely runs on the treadmill. I'm just not crazy about it, but the pace run needed to be done and they were calling for thunderstorms. I didn't get around to running until 8:30, which made me not tired at all to go to bed. Which made me go to sleep much later than normal. Which made waking up EARLY today to get my 10-miler in before church not so fun. My lesson for this weekend... don't do a 5 mile pace run on the treadmill. And if you must, don't do a 10-miler the next morning after getting very little sleep! I love running 10 miles normally, but I struggled this morning and the treadmill just wore me out - I always feel like I'm going MUCH faster on the treadmill at the same pace I run on the road, and I hate all the pounding! Anyway, I got it all "done" and tomorrow is a rest day. Whew!
I love the Christian group Casting Crowns and this morning I listened to one of their songs "Voice of Truth" a whole bunch of times to get through my run...
"But the Voice of Truth tells me a different story. The Voice of Truth says DO NOT BE AFRAID. And the Voice of Truth says this is for my glory! Out of all the voices calling out to me, I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of Truth." Love that song and love it's message. It's amazing how often I listen to the "voices" (i.e. influences) of the world, even in my running - I'm thankful that God allowed me to get into running in my late 30s, it's such a gift, and I want to do it to glorify Him.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Enjoying my new plan...
I've had a few great days of running - Tuesday was my "hills" day - I ran hill intervals on Hollister Drive, one of the hilliest roads in our town. Amazingly my quads are not hurting. I think I'm getting used to hills!
Last night I did an easy 3 mile run, and yes, it's almost 9 p.m., we're watching the Flyers game, but I need to do a 30 minute tempo run. Ragnar cured me of my fear of night running, so I'm grabbing my headlamp after this quarter and heading out....
Last night I did an easy 3 mile run, and yes, it's almost 9 p.m., we're watching the Flyers game, but I need to do a 30 minute tempo run. Ragnar cured me of my fear of night running, so I'm grabbing my headlamp after this quarter and heading out....
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