Training Talk: DLH Week 9, W&D Week -2ish, Dopey Week 0
Weekly guide to my training!
Happy July, y'all!!
Sorry I've been absent! Between traveling to New England for a wedding and handling a sick dog AND a sick husband (notice the priority here), I've been having to play catch-up on both my Internet time AND my training time.
The good? The weather in Boston and New Hampshire was AMAZING. Like. Amazing.
The bad? Coming back to 100-degree weather has thrown me for quite a curve. My run yesterday was one of my worst and I thought I was going to die. Ended up walking nearly the last half-mile because I just felt like I was going to fall apart. Maybe I shouldn't have gone running at 5:30 p.m. outside, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Right?
Anyway - let's get to the numbers and get this party started!
The Countdown: 63 Days until
Disneyland; 127 Days until Wine & Dine; 188 Days until Dopey
This Week's Training Plan:
While I'm technically training and prepping to train for both the Disneyland Half and the Wine & Dine Half, the ultimate goal is Dopey. Each week, I will post my scheduled training as dictated by a hybrid Dopey Training schedule I've created combining elements of Hal Higdon's Dopey Training and Jeff Galloway's Dopey Plan.
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 3 miles (+ 3 miles)
Wednesday: 3 miles (+3 miles)
Thursday: 3 miles (+3 miles)
Friday: 3 miles
Saturday: 3 miles (CRC 4th of July 5K)
Sunday: 15 miles bike (Tour de Fort Worth Opening Ride)
Notes: The Galloway Dopey plan began this week. As I've basically been on hybrid half-marathon training since March, I've cobbled together my own little training plan - which essentially means I'm calling this week Dopey Week 0. I'll attach my plan to this post as a PDF, if any of y'all are curious about it. You'll notice that my real Dopey training (ie. distance conditioning and addition) doesn't start until the week of the Disneyland Half Marathon. This is designed to be in-line with the Hal Higdon Dopey plan. I've had to make slight adjustments to his plan based on currently scheduled races and travel. For example, the first two and last two days of any highlighted purple section (which means time in Florida), will be driving time from Texas to Florida).
This week is spent largely trying to acclimate myself to the heat for running. I will do 3 miles outside every day, combined with 3 miles of something else (either indoors on the treadmill, riding my bike or swimming). This will likely be time spent on my bike as I prep for my first "long" bike ride on Sunday!
Recipe of the Week:
During the week, the husband and I try to eat lean protein and vegetables, with a minimal amount of carbs and little-to-no processed food. Each week, I'll highlight a recipe that I made and enjoyed that meets that criteria.
Cheeseburger Salad
OK. This is not really a "recipe", but it's more of an option for lighter eating on grillin' holidays like 4th of July.
I love me a good cheeseburger, but I do not love the fats and calories associated with it - I'm talking about you, bun, and your friends ketchup and mayo!
I've found that grilling a patty of lean ground beef (or ground turkey or chicken, if you're feeling fancy), and then serving it over a bed of lettuce with some favorite vegetables (for me, it's tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and pickles ... yes, pickles! Try it!) more than satisfies my craving for a burger. Sometimes I'll do a slice/small handful of cheese, but I usually put the warm patty straight on the salad after I'm done grilling it. The juices from the meat are enough seasoning where I don't even need salad dressing!
What's New?
Not a whole lot. I've finalized the rest of my race schedule for 2015, with the only remaining question being a 10K+5K challenge at a local brewery a week or so before Disneyland. Ideally, I would have another 10K for time before close of W&D Proof of Time ... but I'm not worried about it. By the time W&D rolls around, Proof of Time for Dopey will be closed and I'll just be ready to have some fun and (hopefully) get my Coast to Coast medal!
I guess the "new" thing - which is really new to y'all, but not so much to me - is the beginning of my Official Training Plan. Like I mentioned above, I've attached it here as a PDF if anyone is curious to see it. Because of travel, the last few weeks of the plan are going to be tough - but doable. At least I think! And, honestly, I have to be extremely realistic with myself - because I know myself. Two trips to New Orleans (one with bestie couple friends, and one for a joint bachelor-bachelorette party) - sure, I could schedule runs. But I know they just won't happen. I'm hoping the 10+ miles we usually put in walking/biking NOLA a day will help keep my training in line. But at least I have enough time after those trips to push forward and get back on track.
In other post-Dopey news, Princess weekend opened up for pre-registration this week! I'm so excited to see so many people get in on early registration. Looking forward to open registration on July 14th. Currently, my plan is to go for the GSC - coupled with RnR NOLA the following weekend, but y'all know me and things could easily change in a heartbeat.
This Week's Motivation/Inspiration:
With Seconds to Spare, 70-Year-Old Woman Finishes 100-Mile Endurance Race
This Week's Question:
If you could run ANY race (money and possible qualifying standards being moot), which ONE race would you run and why?
