It's been a pretty productive few weeks--training wise. Last week, I did every. single. workout planned. This is HUGE. I have been struggling getting to the pool and on the bike. I even got a long run of 13 miles in there.
This week, I was feeling the uptick in the load on my body so I opted to take off the week from strength training. I also missed a swim and a bike and so it wasn't nearly as perfect. But, Hillary and I spoke last week and decided that our main focus right now is training for the Ogden marathon and everything else is gravy.
I am really happy about my progress in the pool. I am about 5 seconds off of where I was for my 100 yard time when I was swimming with the Master's class in Tooele. This makes me really happy especially considering my lack of swimming training for the last year. I think the weights are making a difference in that area.
I am fine tuning the long run process. I am trying to find the best fuel for mid-run and how to transport it. Last week, I tried these energy bites I make with peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips and honey. They run about 120 calories and are a great source of running fuel. I just can't transport them very well because they melt in my pocket. :/ So I'm working on maybe freezing them beforehand. I also ate a mandarin orange at mile 4.5 of the 13 mile long run and it was very tasty. Just not enough calories.
Hillary and I are in a team health competition through her husband's work with Jeremy, Hillary's brother, and another friend, Mike. We're killing it. Our team is in 5th place. I have lost 6 pounds since we started 2 weeks ago. I can feel the difference when I'm running, so that's good. We're also concentrating on our water intake--something I've struggled with for a long time--and I can feel it in my workouts.
This week, I really needed to fine tune the pre-long run food. Last week, while we did 13 miles I didn't feel awesome. I knew I needed more food beforehand. This week we were doing 15 miles, split up into two runs of 10 miles on Friday and 5 miles on Saturday. I loaded up my food on Thursday, even going over my calories by 500 and using my one treat day to get some added sugar in there (nothing too extravagant. I still want to lose weight.) My 10 miler felt pretty good even though we did a lot of climbing. But then I didn't properly refuel on Friday and my 5 miler really sucked. I had next to no energy and my legs were tight. So, things to remember for the next split long run: Eat more on Friday to be ready for Saturday.
It's a process but we're getting there.
I'm excited for this week's long run. Hillary is coming down and we're going to do 15 miles down American Fork canyon and all the way down to the freeway. It's going to be mostly downhill but not a steep decline. It'll be the longest I've run in almost 4 years!
Happy Trails!
This week, I was feeling the uptick in the load on my body so I opted to take off the week from strength training. I also missed a swim and a bike and so it wasn't nearly as perfect. But, Hillary and I spoke last week and decided that our main focus right now is training for the Ogden marathon and everything else is gravy.
I am really happy about my progress in the pool. I am about 5 seconds off of where I was for my 100 yard time when I was swimming with the Master's class in Tooele. This makes me really happy especially considering my lack of swimming training for the last year. I think the weights are making a difference in that area.
I am fine tuning the long run process. I am trying to find the best fuel for mid-run and how to transport it. Last week, I tried these energy bites I make with peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips and honey. They run about 120 calories and are a great source of running fuel. I just can't transport them very well because they melt in my pocket. :/ So I'm working on maybe freezing them beforehand. I also ate a mandarin orange at mile 4.5 of the 13 mile long run and it was very tasty. Just not enough calories.
Hillary and I are in a team health competition through her husband's work with Jeremy, Hillary's brother, and another friend, Mike. We're killing it. Our team is in 5th place. I have lost 6 pounds since we started 2 weeks ago. I can feel the difference when I'm running, so that's good. We're also concentrating on our water intake--something I've struggled with for a long time--and I can feel it in my workouts.
This week, I really needed to fine tune the pre-long run food. Last week, while we did 13 miles I didn't feel awesome. I knew I needed more food beforehand. This week we were doing 15 miles, split up into two runs of 10 miles on Friday and 5 miles on Saturday. I loaded up my food on Thursday, even going over my calories by 500 and using my one treat day to get some added sugar in there (nothing too extravagant. I still want to lose weight.) My 10 miler felt pretty good even though we did a lot of climbing. But then I didn't properly refuel on Friday and my 5 miler really sucked. I had next to no energy and my legs were tight. So, things to remember for the next split long run: Eat more on Friday to be ready for Saturday.
It's a process but we're getting there.
I'm excited for this week's long run. Hillary is coming down and we're going to do 15 miles down American Fork canyon and all the way down to the freeway. It's going to be mostly downhill but not a steep decline. It'll be the longest I've run in almost 4 years!
Happy Trails!
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