Carrie's Turkey Day Race Journal
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| Wed, 09-12-2012 - 4:37pm |
So I've decided to keep a journal outlining my 10 week training for the Huffing for Stuffing Thanksgiving day race instead of a monthly journal.
I'm going to use this week to get ready to start my training next week - so figuring out my GPS watch, heart rate monitor, setting goals, looking/understand the workouts, etc.. and then next week I'll start Week 1 of the "Own It - 10K plan" from "train like a mother".
Planning Week
weight: 132.5 (probably a drop from the big run the day before - my goal is to keep it in the 132's till next Monday)
Goals: track food 4 days, prepare to start plan next week
Monday:
Calories: 1561
Water: good
Exercise: 4 mile run I read somewhere that you should run a slow "recovery run" the day after a race to help your muscles loose the lactic acid that causes them to be stiff and sore. That's a big lie - I ran at lunch and by the afternoon I could barely get out of my work chair! I have to admit that it did feel uplifting to do it though!
Tuesday:
Calories: awfull! I was doing o.k. till I got home and had to make caramel corn for Caden to bring to daycare for his birthday treat. I ate a lot of it in the process of making it... it doens't have a single redeming quality to the recipe either! Oye!
Water: good
Exercise: none
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Great job on the run!! That is awesome!
Oct Miles: 8
Week 3:
Workouts:
Easy 3 or XT - Tuesday October Challenge Week 1
Long Intervals - Monday
Easy 3 or XT
Long Tempo - Wed http://connect.garmin.com/player/229841577
Rest or XT
Long 8
Scored another sub 10min mile run yesterday! 9:41 to be exact! I tried maintaining a reasonable speed during warmup/cool-down and recovery. I was going for 9 min miles for the Tempo part and I managed to go under that the first temp mile but just over that the second. Yesterday's workouts was hard...I'm not sure if it's because of lack of sleep, a strange breakfast, or because I was sore from Miranda's challenge workout from the day before.
It snowed! Woot woot! Of course it didn't stick but it still snowed and I got to run in the snow yesterday! Finally a day of running where I'm not dying of heat exhaustion!
My breakfast was all messed up - One of the departments decided to have a meeting in the break room - must not have reserved a meeting room! This is the second Wed in a row that they have done this...I'm finding it very irritating - I'm trying to be nice by not interrupting them but if they make this a habit I might just do it - and I'll be sure to pack smelly foods that day. Maybe some hard boiled eggs, broccoli, and burnt popcorn....ha!
Calories:1500
Breakfast: Coffee, Tea, cheese
Snack: Banana
Lunch: Venison burger patty, carrots, green pepper
Snack: Plain greek yogurt with frozen strawberries
Dinner: 3 fried eggs, venison bacon, red grapes, 2 peanut butter bite
Water: 42oz
Not much going for me this weekend - yea! My sis is watching Caden overnight tomorrow and he's very excited to get to spend some time with his cousins. I'm not sure what to do with a quite night but I think I'll use the time that she has him to get my long run in and maybe make it a trail run. I haven't done a trail run without my friend though and it makes me a bit nervous to do it alone...will definitely have to take the dog!
It certainly is LBW! I'm basically doubling my workouts now to follow this plan and I'm finding that I can fit them in - I just have to be very organized in doing so!
The numbers are really fascinating and very motivating! I feel like it's "upped my game" to be able to see the results and try to beat my last time.
It's something we make at home. Dh is a hunter so we have a freezer full of venison and elk meat and that is what I use in place of beef. We process it ourselves and don't add any fat to the meat so it's really lean - I'd like to think it's pretty good for us!
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Oct Miles: 4
Week 3:
Workouts:
Easy 3 or XT - Tuesday October Challenge Week 1
Long Intervals - Monday
Easy 3 or XT
Long Tempo
Rest or XT
Long 8
I'm counting Miranda's Week 1 October Challenge as cross training...lol! Anything that leaves me sweating when I'm done counts!
Calories:1625
Breafast: Coffee, Tea, plain greek yogurt, frozen strawberries
Snack: Banana
Lunch: Venison burger patty, 2 servings sweet potato fries
Snack: Grapes
Dinner: Apple, Rice a roni angel hair pasta with peas, 1 peanut butter bite
Water: 56oz
Miranda - I'm really loving all the data I get from my Garmin! It seems to be a huge motivator for me to when I'm in the moment hurting and can see why.
I've managed to ration the peanut butter cookies but I'm not gonna lie - it's been tough! I've told myself I could only have 1 a day...lol. At least with them in the fridge they aren't so much in my face calling my name!
I'll have to check out that website for new recipes! Unfortunately I spend a lot of time browsing recipe sites getting hungry yet not making anything new...lol!
Oct Miles: 4
Week 3:
Workouts:
Easy 3 or XT
Long Intervals - Monday
Easy 3 or XT
Long Tempo
Rest or XT
Long 8
I did it girls - I finally ended my workout with an overall speed of less than 10 minute miles! Woo hoo! I managed an overall speed of 9:51 and did 4 miles total. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/229205339 I didn't have enough time to do a full warm-up or cool down though so I'm sure that was a big part of getting me there. I did a 0.5miles warmup and cool down instead of 1-2 miles as written in the plan. I just had to shorten it so I could fit it in on my lunch break. The interval runs actually made me feel queasy so I know I was pushing my limits for speed on them - I'm hoping that feeling goes away as my body adjusts to the quicker cadence.
My food was actually pretty good (though I prefer to keep my calories up nearer to 1500-1600) and I managed to only eat 1 of those peanut butter bites!
Calories: 1332
Breakfast: Coffee, plain greek yogurt, frozen strawberries
Lunch: Black Bean Burger, pear, banana oat muffin
Snack: Banana
Snack while preparing dinner: baby carrots
Dinner: 1/2 venison burger on whole wheat bun, mayo/ketchup, sweet potato fries, spring mix, lite rasp dressing, 1 peanut butter bite
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