Yesterday, I mapped out a training plan for Joss and I to follow for the majority of 2012. If all goes according to plan, and it usually doesn't, we'll be running the Shamrock 15k, the Helvetia Half and the Portland Marathon!! I used an online calendar program to design a fun calendar with running pictures of us and filled in each day's workout based on Hal Higdon's Novice and Novice 2 plans for each event. I've used his plans in the past and I like them.
In the past, my workouts have generally been 90 to 100% running based and I've decided that I need more cross training in my life. So, through Shamrock, I'll just be running three days a week. I'll be biking two days a week and doing yoga on Mondays for the duration. Once we start training for Helvetia, I've upped the running to four days a week and reduced the biking to just one day.
Last night, I ran another nice two miler with Ty and Onya and then did a 20 minute yoga on-demand that was running geared. It's been way too long since I've run two days in a row and I have to admit that it felt amazing! My calves are pretty tight and sore today but in that good way that makes you feel alive. I think I'll try for another two miles tonight and then an on-demand ball workout (if such a thing exists).
Showing posts with label Marathons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marathons. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Austin Splits
It has been over a week and I'm finally ready to take a look at my splits:
1 - 10:33
2 - 9:59
3 - 10:06
4 - 9:53
5 - 9:47
6 - 9:58
7 - 8:45
8 - 9:22
9 - 9:44
10 - 10:03
11 - 9:59
12 - 10:13
13 - 10:16
14 - 10:14
15 - 10:17
16 - 10:08
17 - 10:23
18 - 10:21
19 - 10:26
20 - 13:04
21 - 15:10
22 - 16:15
23 - 17:02
24 - 17:14
25 - 17:33
26 - 14:47
.52 (according to my Garmin) - 11:56
1 - 10:33
2 - 9:59
3 - 10:06
4 - 9:53
5 - 9:47
6 - 9:58
7 - 8:45
8 - 9:22
9 - 9:44
10 - 10:03
11 - 9:59
12 - 10:13
13 - 10:16
14 - 10:14
15 - 10:17
16 - 10:08
17 - 10:23
18 - 10:21
19 - 10:26
20 - 13:04
21 - 15:10
22 - 16:15
23 - 17:02
24 - 17:14
25 - 17:33
26 - 14:47
.52 (according to my Garmin) - 11:56
6 miles and it felt so good!
I ran six miles today - my first run since Austin!! I had thought going into Austin that I'd be running again right away but I actually think that taking a full week off was a good idea. Today's run was refreshing... if slightly painful. I am running in new Fingers and they were rubbing a lot on both achilles and I feel like I might have a blister on the arch of my right foot. I think I'll take a few weeks to switch over and use my old Fingers on alternating days until the new ones don't hurt.
Here's my tentative plan for Vernonia:
2/28 - R, 6, 3, 6, R, 12, R
3/7 - 4, 6, 4, 6, R, 14, R
3/14 - 4, 6, 4, 6, R, 16, R
3/21 - 4, 6, 4, 6, R, 20, R
3/28 - 4, 6, 4, 6, R, 10, R
4/4 - 2, 3, R, 2, R, 2, MARATHON!!!
Any comments or thoughts?
Here's my tentative plan for Vernonia:
2/28 - R, 6, 3, 6, R, 12, R
3/7 - 4, 6, 4, 6, R, 14, R
3/14 - 4, 6, 4, 6, R, 16, R
3/21 - 4, 6, 4, 6, R, 20, R
3/28 - 4, 6, 4, 6, R, 10, R
4/4 - 2, 3, R, 2, R, 2, MARATHON!!!
Any comments or thoughts?
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Failure
If you've been following this blog, you probably know that I ran the Austin Marathon on Sunday and maybe you've been wondering why you haven't heard any more about it. You may also know that my training went really, really well. Like me, you probably expected big things. If so, you'd be very, very disappointed. I had the absolute worst race ever. During my lowest low points, I felt like a total failure. But, even then, I'd tell myself that someone who has run three marathons can not be a failure. This would be followed by other very negative thoughts - that I really can't consider myself an athlete at all, that I don't deserve to run marathons, that I'm never going to even bother to run ever again. Of course, with some perspective, I realize that none of these things are true.
So, what happened? I'm still not entirely sure. The only thing that I can come up with is that the heat got to me and resulted in severe dehydration. I was on pace the whole way up until around the 20 mile point. At around 15 miles, I had a bathroom stop where I emptied my colon and hoped that that would be the end of it. However, around 20 miles, it hit again and I was forced to visit another port-a-potty. From that point on, I couldn't run more than a quarter mile without having to stop and walk just to try to get my tummy settled again. Those last six miles were long, hot, depressing and painful. I watched the 4:30 pace group go by... then the 4:45... then the 5:00!!! That's right, the FIVE HOUR group passed me. When I ran the Portland Marathon, my first, I finished in under five hours and was diagnosed with a stress fracture the following week. At Austin, my bowels and the heat somehow forced me into my worst ever finish. Devastating.
I'm not used to failing - in any aspect of my life. This has been a tough couple of days filled with reflection and self-soothing. I know this doesn't mark the end of my running career. It does mean, however, that I'm going to play around with electrolytes in my training since taking them on this run might have prevented the wheels flying off this bus. I had days of vibrant urine, headaches, muscle aches and feeling pretty worn down - all of which lead me to believe that I was too dehydrated. I finally got past it with a full day of taking an Advil and an electrolyte pill every four or so hours along with GALLONS of water.
I hope that I learn a good lesson from this race - even if that lesson is just that I am capable of both falling on my face and dusting myself back off so I can get back in the game. I'm taking most of this week off and planning a 12 mile-ish run for Saturday. I have a six week plan sketched out... hopefully I can redeem my battered pride on the Vernonia Marathon course!
So, what happened? I'm still not entirely sure. The only thing that I can come up with is that the heat got to me and resulted in severe dehydration. I was on pace the whole way up until around the 20 mile point. At around 15 miles, I had a bathroom stop where I emptied my colon and hoped that that would be the end of it. However, around 20 miles, it hit again and I was forced to visit another port-a-potty. From that point on, I couldn't run more than a quarter mile without having to stop and walk just to try to get my tummy settled again. Those last six miles were long, hot, depressing and painful. I watched the 4:30 pace group go by... then the 4:45... then the 5:00!!! That's right, the FIVE HOUR group passed me. When I ran the Portland Marathon, my first, I finished in under five hours and was diagnosed with a stress fracture the following week. At Austin, my bowels and the heat somehow forced me into my worst ever finish. Devastating.
I'm not used to failing - in any aspect of my life. This has been a tough couple of days filled with reflection and self-soothing. I know this doesn't mark the end of my running career. It does mean, however, that I'm going to play around with electrolytes in my training since taking them on this run might have prevented the wheels flying off this bus. I had days of vibrant urine, headaches, muscle aches and feeling pretty worn down - all of which lead me to believe that I was too dehydrated. I finally got past it with a full day of taking an Advil and an electrolyte pill every four or so hours along with GALLONS of water.
I hope that I learn a good lesson from this race - even if that lesson is just that I am capable of both falling on my face and dusting myself back off so I can get back in the game. I'm taking most of this week off and planning a 12 mile-ish run for Saturday. I have a six week plan sketched out... hopefully I can redeem my battered pride on the Vernonia Marathon course!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Austin Bound!
I'll be in Austin by this time tomorrow!! My flight leaves at the butt crack of dawn - 6:15 am. Which means that I'll be setting my alarm for 4 am!
I still have to do laundry and pack but I at least have a packing list so that I hopefully will not forget anything. At lunchtime today, I stopped at the grocery store to buy copious amounts of beer* and carb rich snacks for the flight.
The current LOW temp for Austin on Sunday is 62 degrees - which is about 15 degrees higher than the recent HIGH temps in Portland. I hope this doesn't slow me down too much but there's nothing at all that I can do about it so I'll just have to roll with it. Hopefully these last four months of solid training will pay off for me. I'm definitely the best trained that I've ever been going into any event. But, of course, I'm still nervous...
* - my Austin hosts only requested good beer when I asked them what they've been craving from home. I found some sleeves of bubble wrap in my craft room last night and I'm hoping that the six 22 ounce bottles that I'm bringing will be sufficiently cushioned to make it there! Cheers!
I still have to do laundry and pack but I at least have a packing list so that I hopefully will not forget anything. At lunchtime today, I stopped at the grocery store to buy copious amounts of beer* and carb rich snacks for the flight.
The current LOW temp for Austin on Sunday is 62 degrees - which is about 15 degrees higher than the recent HIGH temps in Portland. I hope this doesn't slow me down too much but there's nothing at all that I can do about it so I'll just have to roll with it. Hopefully these last four months of solid training will pay off for me. I'm definitely the best trained that I've ever been going into any event. But, of course, I'm still nervous...
* - my Austin hosts only requested good beer when I asked them what they've been craving from home. I found some sleeves of bubble wrap in my craft room last night and I'm hoping that the six 22 ounce bottles that I'm bringing will be sufficiently cushioned to make it there! Cheers!
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