The end of month two is fast approaching! I am about 10 miles behind for the year. Looks like at least 5 miles tomorrow and Saturday. Crunch time (not literally.. It's literally run time )
Push hard everyone. February is almost over which means summer is getting closer!
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Week 7 has come and gone...
Completed all 3 bikini body guide resistance workouts! Felt great and can really feel that I'm getting stronger! Marathon training... I ran 4 times but only completed 3 of 4 training runs. I am officially done with the building up phase. Now it's time to start building speed. I love intervals so this next phase is going to be really fun. The long run of the week was supposed to be 2:40... Thanks to snow and ice I had to do this inside. First time on the treadmill for over an hour. It was torture! I mistakenly thought the workout I had missed last week was 1:20 (it was really 2hrs) so after I passed the 1:20 mark I figured anything else was extra. Then, when I got home I realized my mistake and that I was actually 20 min short. Whomp, whomp. I didn't beat myself up though! Must stay positive! Positive thought creates positive results. I got up and out of my house and ran for 1hr and 40 min. Can't be mad about that. Pet peeve rant beings now... What the heck is up with people getting on the treadmill next to me when there are other treadmills available?! Hello... Gym faux pas. If there is space available, never, ever go on a treadmill next to someone. End rant! What are your gym pet peeves? I'd love to hear! My totals are a little messed up because my Sunday run technically counts as week 9 (week goes Sun-Sat). Next week marks the end of February so I'll update total miles then. Hope you all have a great week! I can honestly say I hadn't missed a single BBG resistance workout or marathon training run since January 5th. Unfortunaly, week 6 brought its first miss. I got my 3 half hour runs in early in week. By Friday BBG week 6 was complete too. Saturday, Sunday and Monday all passed and I didn't get out and get my 2 hour run in. Although I am disappointed, I'm not going to let it bother me. I'm not perfect and one missed workout isn't going to ruin my progress. Keep calm and move on. Now, I just need to re-focus and regroup. Week 7 is a new week and I plan on hitting it hard! On a positive, I noticed I am a lot stronger then my first round of BBG. I was able to do the X jumps without stopping (I remember they killed my legs the first time) and I was able to do the jump squats so much faster! I now have my guides printed and bound. Looking forward to having the book with me! My brother did such a great job! Running totals for week 6: Week: 9.11 miles Pace: 9:54 February miles: 31.1 126 miles for the year or about 13% to 1,000 miles! I'd love to hear from you! How do you make up for missed workouts? Do you make them up the next week or call it a miss? As usual this week included 4 runs and 3 resistance BBG workouts. I'm really excited to report that my arms are getting a lot stronger. I am able to do all the required push-ups and even completed the incline push-ups (something I didn't even attempt round 1). I am also working to contain my hatred for the dreadmill... I mean... treadmill. I think I made some steps forward this week. My 3 short runs were 45 minutes each. These were all done inside on the treadmill. I progressively increased the speed which kept me occupied and enjoying the workouts. Saturday was my long run. It was 1hour and 25 minutes with a goal pace of 10:20 per mile. Some advice: don't eat a donut (espicaly if you don't usually ever eat them) before a run. My stomach was irritated the whole time. It put a damper on the run but it felt good to get outside and enjoy a mild temperature day. I really didn't push myself on the run. I am almost done with the "building up" phase so I would have been happy with a 10:20pace but I ended up finishing with a 9:51 per mile average! I was pretty excited! I guess those inside treadmill workouts really helped! So to sum it all up: Miles for the week: 22 Average pace for the week: 10:02 Total miles: 116 or 12% Only 884 left! Week 6 will mark tha 1/2 point for BBG 1.0 round 2! Ready... Go! Today is Sunday, which means... Meal prep! I decided to share our favorite "salsa chicken". It's really easy too!
Ingredients: 3lbs of chicken 4 cups of water 2 cups of brown rice 2 cans of Rotel Mild 1 teaspoon of Franks RedHot 6 oz tomato paste Makes 10 lunches 1. Combine rice and water. Heat on high until water boils. Cover and lower temperature to low. Cook 35-45 minutes (or until water is gone from the bottom of the pot) 2. Cube and cook chicken in a large pan on medium until cooked - 160 degrees inside 3. In separate container: combine Rotel, tomato paste and RedHot. Cover and cook on low, stirring occasionally while chicken cooks. 4. Once chicken reaches proper temperature, poor out any excess juice from cooking. Add salsa mixture and cook for 3-5 minutes on low. 5. Divide into 10 lunches. Cool and refrigerate. To reheat: microwave for 30-45 seconds & enjoy! Week 4 recapThis week included my longest run ever: 2 hours and 2 minutes. It was only Monday of the week and I was worrying about the run. Would I be able to complete it? My left knee has been bothering me. Nothing major, just enough to be a nuisance running. I made sure to really stretch through the week, which seemed to help! So, week recap:
Monday: 40 minute Gipis marathon training run and Week 4 BBG Arms and Abs Tuesday: Week 4 BBG Legs and Cardio Wednesday: 40 minute Gipis marathon training run Thursday: 40 minute Gipis marathon training run Friday: REST Saturday: 2 hour and 20 minute Gipis marathon training run Sunday: Week 4 BBG total body The last time I ran over 2 hours was my 1/2 marathon back in October. By the end my body hated me and I felt like I was 100 years old. I was expecting to feel the same after my 2 hour and 20 minute training run, but surprisingly, I did not! I'm really impressed with how well my training has prepared my body for the run. I'm not an experienced runner, so for me 2 hours and 2 minutes is like "whoa!". I took goos with me, which ended up being expired.. YUCK. I only had one though. The texture wasn't right and as I finished the first one, I had a feeling it was expired. Thankfully my genius husband suggested I bring clementines with me. So, he pealed and separated a clementine out for me and bagged it up. It really helped! It was weird chewing the first few times. But I felt better each piece I ate throughout the run. I also noticed that at the end of this run my stomach didn't hurt. After my 1/2 marathon, my stomach was upset for the remainder of the night. I must admit I almost cried when I got home after my run. I usually run Gipis & Nike+ simultaneously, but for a long run I was concerned my battery wouldn't last so I only ran Gipis. With about 20 minutes left my music stopped so I took my phone out of the inside of my jacket. Somehow, I'd gotten locked out (I'm guessing that it considered my jacked rubbing an attempt to unlock and after a few 'bad tries' it locket). I try to unlock my phone and it said to wait 1 minute. I'm panicking! I know I have about 20 minutes left because it gave time remaining updates every 10 minutes from 40 minutes down to 10 minutes. The last I had heard was 30 minutes and I knew I had run almost 10. Finally, I get my phone unlocked and it says 21 minutes left. I decide that my phone will not freeze in 20 minutes so I put my armband back on over my jacket. 10 minute warning comes and goes... I'm in the parking lot near my house. I usually have to run around the parking lot at the end of my runs so I take a peek at my phone to see I have a little of 3 minutes left... then it happens. Music stops. No big deal, I think to myself. Then I realize my phone completely turned off. It must of crashed because when it turned back on I had 60% battery. So, I don't know my splits and I don't know if I beat my half marathon time. I think I might have because I ran the entire time, during my half marathon I had to walk a few times. But, I'll never know. I think I am going to invest in a GPS watch so that doesn't happen again. What type of GPS watch do you use? So, here is the total of my first month's journey to 1,000 miles Week 4 mileage: 25.7 miles Month 1 miles: 94.4/80 905.6 miles left! |
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