So, week 1 of my training for my very first marathon is completed! Not all the workouts went as I would have hoped, and my nutrition wasn't the best, but overall I'll call it a success. Here's a recap....
I'm following the Run Less, Run Faster Program
Monday- OFF
Tuesday- 1 hour bootcamp, 20 mile ride in 1:40. I got to go riding in the rain with the Green Girl!
Wednesday - Speedwork day: 3x1600m @ 6.4mph with 1 min rest intervals. My legs felt heavy & sore, but I plunged through with only a couple small rests on the last one!
Thursday - 1 hour bootcamp
Friday - Tempo day: 2 easy, 2 ST, 2 easy. Last 2 miles were definitely rough. My legs were wicked sore still.
Saturday- 15.76 ride in 1:15. A buggy, muggy ride with Kevin. Pretty much I wished we had stayed home.
Sunday- Long run 8.21 miles in 1:38. Rough run overall. My legs were heavy, my breathing short, and I just wanted to be done, but my body didn't want to go. I let Shelley go ahead the last 1.5 miles, and I struggled to the car with a million walk breaks.
Nutrition- Overall, not horrible. Biggest problem is that its fall, which means that my favorite beers are in limited supply. Which obviously means we have bought several cases and I'm enjoying 1 or 2 almost every night. I HAVE to stop this.
Today we went to the Big E, ever hear of it?
Pretty much its New England's biggest fair, and we had to go!
I managed my food smartly with a corn on the cob from the New Hampshire building, organic flatbread pizza from American Flatbread in Vermont, Sam Oktoberfest, Opa Opa Oktoberfest, and my favorite, the mini cinnamon donuts!
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| My donuts and my many purchases! |
I'm also a huge sucker for those 'as seen on TV' kind of products. I ended up with a ceramic curling iron, floor mats for the house, back cushion for my car, and an amazing grater. Pretty excited to curl my hair tomorrow!
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| Like the pink zebra? Don't mind my crazy eyes! |
Since next weekend is the Diva Half Marathon, I'm going to get my key runs in on monday and wednesday, so I don't run 7 miles 2 days before the half. Shelley and I are excited for a long girls weekend away in Long Island!
Anyone else racing at the Diva Half in Long Island?
Anyone know any fun things to do in Long Island?
4 comments:
Great job on doing the training despite it not going perfectly. Full mary training week 1 - DONE! WOO HOO!!!!
Wow - so impressed you went to a big fair and ate healthfully - can't say I did the same this week.
My training partner is ALL about doing the Long Island Diva Half next year so PLEASE tell me all about it!!!! Good luck girl - have fun!
We thought about going to the Big E this weekend, too! We ended up just going to the Durham fair because it's closer and we're lazy :)
I love that beer--perfect Fall treat. The Big E sounds fun; it seems like New England has lots of good Fall festivals.
Sound like you had an awesome weekend. Congrats on getting through your first week of marathon training.
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