I got past my rough patch of training
runs and am happy to report that 2/3 of this week’s runs felt great!
Day 1- Nov 26
It was unbearably cold this day so Em
and I headed to the gym to run on the treadmill. This run was going ok at first
and then my stomach started cramping really badly. Then I started having
indigestion. I pushed through it as much as I could. I’m pretty sure what I ate
that morning wasn’t sitting well with me. I’ve been trying to keep track of
what I’ve been eating before running and how I felt when I ate certain foods.
My go to breakfast now is a piece of toast with peanut butter and a banana.
It’s bland and has a good mix of carbs and protein.
Total: 3.67 in 50 minutes
Day 2- Nov 29
I had to work the day before
Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Day so after work I made the drive home to spend
time with my family for the weekend. I was so excited to get up and run on
Friday in my hometown! It was so cold out, but I was prepped with all of my
cold weather gear. I did an extended warm up since it was so cold. Once I got
into a groove I felt great! I kept a very consistent pace. I ran 4:1 run-walk
intervals and did a 10:00/mile pace. The short runs go by so quickly now after
starting to do the long distance runs.
30 minutes: 3.11 miles
Total: 5.02 in 54 minutes
Day 3- Dec 1
Yesterday I met Em in her hometown to do
our long run for the week. I was quite nervous about it because the last 11
mile long run we had done was awful and I really didn’t want to have another
discouraging run like that one. I made myself focus on this run and this run
alone, pushing the other run out of my mind. I never thought that I would say, “I ran
11.5 miles and it felt great!” Well, now I can officially say that :)
It’s daunting to look down at your watch
and see 1.00 miles. I automatically go to the thought “Oh my goodness, I have
10.5 miles left to run!” Running is such a mental thing. As soon as my thoughts
went to this I pushed it out of my mind and told myself to take it one mile at
a time and just enjoy the run. Our planned bathroom break came a little early
at mile 3.5, but once we went at that time we didn’t have to go the rest of the
run.
We took a GU at about mile 5-5.5. I
think last time we waited too long to take our first fuel, so we took it a little
earlier this time. We then took another GU at around mile 8.5-9. The GU gel and
GU chomps were much easier on my stomach than the Clif Shot blocks were 2 weeks
ago. So those are what I’m going to stick with for the rest of training and
race day.
I asked Em how she was feeling around mile 8-9 and she said, "Good other than my legs feeling a little jumbly." I could not stop laughing! I have no idea what jumbly means and she then went on to say they felt like jello. Nothing like trying to run while you're laughing.
We realized when we finished that our
total with warm-up and cool down was longer than a half marathon! Needless to
say we are feeling pretty good about the race after this run and how well it
went. We were happy with our time for 11.5 miles, because we know we will most
likely run at a slightly faster pace because of adrenalin during the race.
We stretched really well and foam rolled
when we were finished. I was really scared to get out of bed this morning
because I thought for sure I would be sore. Amazingly, I am only slightly sore
in a few localized areas!!
11.5 miles: 2 hours 15 minutes
Total: 13.3 in 2 hours 49 minutes
That’s all for now!
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