Taper Day 1
Tuesday
Distance: 1 mile WU, 400 x 3, 300 x 3, 200 x 3, CD
About this:
Oh dear. A participant who will remain nameless may never speak to me again. ;) Haha. Taper week = faster run lead! In my defense, we've collectively been trying to graduate this one trainee for weeks now, and she ran SOOooOOOOOOooo hard. Very amaze balls to get her there mentally .. finally! Although right at the very end, I am 110% sure I earn myself some mental curses for encouraging her to run with the bigger all-run pack.
So lets talk about times. And these are hers (if I crossed before, I waited to hit the pause). But I FOR SURE pushed her pace. I figure no trainee is going to get lost in 200m, so we don't have to stay RIGHT with them, right? And after about half of the intervals, we joined the faster pack, so she really was pushed not just by me, but by the whole lot of all-runners. Might as well get my own work out on a little, no? ;)
400 - 2:21
400 - 2:11
200 - 51
300 - 1:27
200 - 51
200 - 51
200 - 52
200 - 51
200 - 51
Again, these are hers, not mine. But those 51s 200s aren't even within the realm of possible for her indicator time. (Heck, they're not even my 200s indicator time, and I could have push through a good bit more). SooOOOOOOoooo .. I am a 5'0" sprinter! Long-distance running is my back up? Lol. :) Paces beginning with 5s and 6s ... awesome sauce!!
Wednesday
Body: Rest
Brain: Firing off pre-race jitters at at least 4:30 pace! ;)
Lets find other things to talk about besides pacing, banking time, Top of Foot, hills, PRs, etc., shall we. I can't handle the anxiety of the thoughts roaming through my head on those fronts. Soooo.....
Nutrition is going well. I enrolled in another week of Good Measure Meals. Might as well put feeding myself good things on auto pilot for this important week.
My weight hasn't changed much, though: 140.5 holding steady. I'd venture that's about -3.5 for 2016 thus far. This is for sure a big frustration for me. I have been holding steady at 100+ miles per month since start of year. How can I not be skinny, right? Why aren't the lbs FLYING off? Will I have to run marathons all my life JUST to maintain?? And how can I not be starting to "look like a runner?" Well, 1. that's a trick comment, because I am a runner. So this IS what A runner looks like. Apparently, though, there is more I must do, and I must do it for longer, to get to anything that might approach that "high school skinny" runner look. Oy vey. That said, I KNOW these next 10-15 lbs will really make a difference in how I feel about my body, and I REALLY WANT IT. Not to mention drooling over what -10 or -15 would do for me running-wise! (I used to run to be skinny, now I want to be skinny to run .. how awesome!) ... Which means I am going to keep on keeping on, and keep hitting this piece as hard as I can! If I am honest with myself, I can say I know there is PLENTY of room for improvement. I eat okay only SOMETIMES, and I hardly ever do strength training. I need to make both of those more of a habit. Especially before all the "Bad Things" people tell me start taking hold when you turn 40. For sure have to work on control now, in these 3 years before there are even MORE things fighting progress.
I'm sorry for the overshare, but whatever .. its part of the journey. This is my 2016 battle of the swimsuit shopping picture. I see a lot of progress in this picture (yippy), but I am honestly also completely shocked by just how much more of a ways I still have to go!
By now, I thought I'd be solidly at the question of: is the remaining post-weight loss belly 'flub' acceptable, or am I wanting to explore "options" on this front, because I've gotten to the point where its not fat, and anything not 'toned' is basically outside of my control. But the truth is, I have a ways to go before I even decide to tackle answering that. For sure still "over weight" and very ready not to be. The final straw will be if I get into Chicago. I'm telling ya .. if marathon training doesn't do it (and by do it, I mean put me into "healthy weight" range) .. and I am cautioned by many that it might not ... but still, if it doesn't, man, I am booking a Tijuana surgery-cation in December, fo sho! :)
Thursday
Distance - 1-2 mi WU, 4 x 800 + recovery, 1 mile CD
About this run ...
Do I have a fever? Or am I just hot? Am I imagining that my head feels super congested / migrain-y? PLEASE let me be imaging this. My eyes are torturing me. I am for sure not imagining that. They are producing 'gunkies.' MEH!!! The eyes are causing my brain and nose congestion and headache-y-ness maybe? Do I need eye drops? Is it the pollen?? Was it the pollen, until I shoved my finger in my eye 894 times, and now I need eye drops? FML. This is not happening on a Thursday. I know .. I will go run it away ... brb ....
Oh. Fuck. Fuckitti fuck fuck fuck. The pink bag says: I have a singlet, a bathing suit, and some socks. You need bottoms? You're on your own kid!
Ocee Rogue speed work turned into Ocee Rogue walkathon. Kyle ran and Michele and I gabbed about boys. It was a good evening. :)
Friday
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