Peak week has come and gone. I'm honestly still surprised I made it. Blisters were a huge problem all week. After combining K tape and double socks, I was able to get through a few runs pain free. It was a great feeling. I can't believe how well wearing two pairs of socks worked out. I thought it would be too thick, but I chose two pairs of thin socks. So it wasn't heavy and I didn't get any blisters. Woo!
I also can't believe how I lucked out with the weather. It did not rain once the entire peak week. I currently do not have a gym membership, so if it had stormed, I wouldn't have been able to run. My favorite run was probably Sunday. It was only 4 easy miles but I was able to run past a farm. All of the cows stopped what they were doing. It was almost like they were cheering for me! I'm officially registered for my second half marathon. It's Halloween themed and I have my costume picked out. It's almost here and u can't wait to crush my PR. I don't think I'll be under the two hour mark, but I'm going to try like crazy to hit it! If I don't, then definitely next half that I run. I'd love to hear from you! How did your peak week go? Any tips/tricks help you get through it? Xoxo, Wilk
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Another race in the books! This race is the race that got me into running. It officially marks the end of 2nd full year of running. I’ll need to eat my words in this post… I mentioned winning my age group was an unrealistic goal… well, I actually ended up doing exactly that! I was SHOCKED to say the least. I earned a shiny new PR (only by 9 seconds) and I won an iPad at their raffle. To say it was a great day would be an understatement. I think my distance training really helped on this race. The 3.11 miles flew by! Before I knew it I was up the highest elevation part of the course and heading toward the finish line. I think one area I didn’t focus on enough were intervals. Prior to my stress fracture, I was doing intervals a few times a week. I was getting a lot faster. I’ll be adding intervals back in and strides a few times a week. I’m also going to add in the Bikini Body Guide workouts again. They were killer and definitely made me stronger and faster. Next year is the 20th race, so it’ll have a lot more participants and I’ll be in a new age group. If I want to place in my age group again next year, I’ll really have to step up the training. This week is my peak week for ½ marathon training. I’ve got over 45 miles scheduled for the week. I hope my body keeps up! My 10 miler tomorrow is going to be split into 2 runs (5 miles in the morning and 5 miles after work). My long run of the week is 14 miles! I can’t wait for the ½… it’s going to be a great time and I’m beginning to think I like running longer distances better than short. I’d love to hear from you. What races do you have coming up? Hope you all have a great week! Hi everyone! I've been MIA once again. Things have been pretty crazy, first vacation, then starting a new job but I've got my act together and will be regularly posting once again. September 13th marked my 1 year anniversary of blogging. Crazy how fast time flies. I still remember creating my first post like it was yesterday. I'm reminded of the feeling especially because the 5k that I had blogged about is taking place this Sunday. Which leads me to lesson #1: Unrealistic GoalsAfter setting a realistic goal for the 2014 Berkeley Heights 5k, I proceeded to set an unrealistic goal for 2015. Win my age group. The difference between a 27 (and change) minute 5k and a 21-23 minute 5k is pretty large. A more reasonable goal, would have been to get a goal of top 3 in my age group. You live and you learn. So, I've adjusted my goal to place in the top 3 of my age group. Another unrealistic goal I had set, was to run 1,000 miles in 2015 (I only realized 6 months into it I had run less than 1/3 of that in the entire 2014). Running 321 miles in 2014 and expecting to TRIPLE my mileage in one year? Not realistic (and likely not healthy). It took my a while to come to terms with it. But, I've already completed 445 miles for the year and am looking to finish the year between 600-700 miles. Setting goals is a difficult act to balance. You don't want to set a goal that is too easy to achieve and you don't want to set a goal so high that you can never meet it (I'm talking shorter term goals). Long term, I want to run a 5k under 20 minutes (realistic). Setting that as a goal for 2015 = unrealistic. Don't set yourself up for failure like I did with TWO goals this year. Eventually, maybe I will win my age group, and I'm going to run as fast as I can on Sunday to try and make that happen. If I don't, guess what? That doesn't mean I failed. It just means my timeline to reach the goal was wrong. Sunday's Goals:
Back on trackAs I mentioned earlier, my posting has been sporadic at best. I've used the excuse of recovering from my stress fracture and even vacation but it's time to get back on track!
This time of year, I begin using my new planner. Today is that day. I've transferred all of the dates from the old, into the new and a commitment to myself to post regularly again. Future posts to include: more recipes, results from the 5k this weekend, organization tips and running / fitness / bikini body guide updates. Stay tuned! |
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