Day 2: 30 Day Shred

I procrastinated and fell off the healthy eating wagon a few too many times, so it's time to kick it into high gear for a month. On top of my weekly increasing mileage with Running Clinic, 4hrs a week of bootcamp, ballet tone class, and 1hr of yoga, I am going to be adding a session of Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred each day. It's a HIIT style workout that is probably 25mins including warm up and cool down (at least for level 1). I'm hoping this will help me break out of my rut in time for the higher mileage for the Half Marathon and my trip to Vegas. Wish me luck.

Planning Weekend of Fitness

I am planning a weekend of fitness for myself in March. There is a retreat happening up island that I'd love to go to but it's not affordable, so I'm going to plan my own weekend to focus on me.

Proposed Plan -

Saturday:
Kettlebell class
Swimming laps
Climbing (indoor)

Sunday:
Long Slow Distance Run (14k +)
Yoga class
Window shopping

What would you include on a weekend like this? What should try that's out of my routine?

Picture from October Race

Below is an image from the Half Marathon I ran back in October.Turns out I spend a lot of time looking at my watch. I think I need to upgrade to something fancier that will give me my splits, so I don't have to do it in my head at each marker.

Disney

I went to Disneyland last weekend with the BF for a mini-vacation. We had a lot of fun and estimate that on the Friday when we spent 13hrs or more in the park we must have walked more than 14 miles. We were constantly on the move and my feet paid the price with blisters on the same toe on both feet. Who knew my walking gait was so different than my running gait and would cause challenges? Lesson learned. One more excuse to buy myself some Nike Free's for walking purposes.

I think I am going to post-pone my first long run in April, its scheduled for the 8th and 18KM and I'll be in Vegas. I think I will do it on the Tuesday instead in Seattle.

Also, one of my Seattle friends just started the Couch To 5K program and I am really excited for her. New runners have the best questions and insight.

Half Marathon Training

Yesterday, I ran 12.5km doing 10:1s in 76mins. This isn't very fast, but it's faster than my training pace group. It was a gorgeous route around South Lake Union in Seattle. It's my favorite route when I'm down here. The training plan was only 10k but I missed my turn around point. All in all it was successful workout.

I may join a women's field lacrosse team for the spring. My coworker coaches it and mentioned registration is soon. I played back in High School and first year University and really enjoyed it. She is sending me some more information so I can see if it will work in my schedule.

We leave for Vegas in 52 days! Time to step it up and learn to say no to the yummy treats and gluten free pizza that crosses my path. It won't be fun, but I'd like to think it will be worth it.

Chomping at the bit

For those of you that rode horses as children or adults you'll understand the title. This is how I felt for 99% of the "long slow distance" run with Running Room this morning. The run was between 9 and 10km. A friend is in the clinic with me so I slid in with the pace group she's assign too. They elected to run a 6'30"/km average pace and it was just a little too slow for me. I felt like I was constantly nipping at the heels of the runners in front of me. When we hit heels I apologized to my friend and powered up them on my own as I need to take them fast and hard. I waited at the top for the group and then fell back into line. I feel like maybe I should be with a group running closer to a 6'15" - 6'30"/km pace to really hit my stride. I'm going to try to stick it out and re-assess at the end of February.

Would I be a horrible friend to join a faster group on Sundays and only stick with her on our Wed and Thurs runs?