ZellyB
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Hey, hey, y'all.
So back to the real world today after concluding our wonderful runDisney family vacation. Even with some disappointments it was a fantastic time with the family.
I really want to continue a training journal and debated about starting a new thread, but this one feels all lived-in and homey, so I decided to just switch up the title for a new year and keep it rolling. I love me some Edna from the Incredibles and her quote seemed perfect for kicking off my new fresh approach to training this year.
Brace yourselves for my brain dump headed your way.
It's 2017 and 2016 was not my friend in terms of training and staying healthy, but with a new year comes fresh hope for a better running year this time around. So, what's up for this year you ask? Well, let me share.
First up? Absolutely nothing. I struggled so much in the latter stages of training with my Plantar Fasciitis, and while it is infinitely better than it was, it's not fully resolved (as evidenced with the latter part of my rD marathon run). I'm going to take at least a couple more weeks off before doing ANYTHING and hope that it will finally and fully heal me up. That means I have a couple of weeks to figure out exactly what I DO and what my training and goals look like for this year right? But here, roughly, are my thoughts:
GOAL 1: Improve my overall fitness and core strength.
I hate core work. Like really hate it. It's one of those vicious cycle things where my core is weak because I don't do core workouts and I don't do core workouts because my core is weak and it hurts to do them. So, yeah, only one way to fix that and it's sadly by doing core work. I'm going to spend some time looking into some solid core workouts and general strength training and commit to going with my husband on his regular strength training workouts. And because I always say I'm going to do it, I feel obligated to say that I want and need to figure out a way to do yoga as well. My flexibility is total garbage. sigh.
GOAL 2: Get my intervals and pace back to where they were prior to last year's injuries.
I had been running :90/:30 run/walk intervals with 2:00/:30 intervals on shorter days. This interval and pace led me to my PR of 2:19:07 back in the 2015 Bass Pro Half-Marathon. I'd love to try and get myself to a 2:15 half marathon result sometime this year, especially since I won't be able to use that PoT anymore for subsequent runDisney races. I also feel like I need to up the number of miles I'm doing throughout the week. I usually stick to the Galloway recommended mileage, and that's certainly adequate to finish the races, but probably not adequate to really do my best and feel strong doing it. Ultimately I want to do a half marathon this year that will get me that PR and work as a good PoT for future races.
GOAL 3: Run the Tinkerbell Pixie Dust Challenge.
Nothing much to say about this other than to have fun and hopefully meet some fellow Disers in the process.
GOAL 4: Get out on my road bike with an eventual goal to do a local tri-sprint late this summer.
Chris and I bought really nice road bikes 4 years ago and while Chris has done a fair amount of riding, my bike has mostly sat in the garage gathering dust. I know that adding cycling to my running would be a good complement and it would make Chris very happy. We originally bought the bikes with the idea of getting into some tri races, so maybe this year is the time to do it. There's a very easy beginner tri-sprint here locally in August I think and I would like to participate in that.
GOAL 5: Be well-prepared to run Dopey in 2018. Honestly toward the end of this year's marathon, I told Chris I just thought that I needed to hang up my marathon shoes (now I've said this before, but this time I really meant it
), but after a few days, I started to reconsider. One because I've been talking about Dopey 2018 for like 3 years now and two because I really don't want my last marathon experience to be a difficult one. While we aren't 100% set on this yet, I think it's likely and given how early registration is (February 14 - really rD?) we don't have a lot of time to decide. Now technically that goal is for 2018, but all the real work for it happens in 2017 so I figure it's okay to include it.
That's where I stand for now and everybody knows that sometimes best-laid plans and all that don't work out, but I really want to have a better year with training and see some improvements and STAY HEALTHY, so hopefully these things get me there.
So back to the real world today after concluding our wonderful runDisney family vacation. Even with some disappointments it was a fantastic time with the family.
I really want to continue a training journal and debated about starting a new thread, but this one feels all lived-in and homey, so I decided to just switch up the title for a new year and keep it rolling. I love me some Edna from the Incredibles and her quote seemed perfect for kicking off my new fresh approach to training this year.
Brace yourselves for my brain dump headed your way.
It's 2017 and 2016 was not my friend in terms of training and staying healthy, but with a new year comes fresh hope for a better running year this time around. So, what's up for this year you ask? Well, let me share.
First up? Absolutely nothing. I struggled so much in the latter stages of training with my Plantar Fasciitis, and while it is infinitely better than it was, it's not fully resolved (as evidenced with the latter part of my rD marathon run). I'm going to take at least a couple more weeks off before doing ANYTHING and hope that it will finally and fully heal me up. That means I have a couple of weeks to figure out exactly what I DO and what my training and goals look like for this year right? But here, roughly, are my thoughts:
GOAL 1: Improve my overall fitness and core strength.
I hate core work. Like really hate it. It's one of those vicious cycle things where my core is weak because I don't do core workouts and I don't do core workouts because my core is weak and it hurts to do them. So, yeah, only one way to fix that and it's sadly by doing core work. I'm going to spend some time looking into some solid core workouts and general strength training and commit to going with my husband on his regular strength training workouts. And because I always say I'm going to do it, I feel obligated to say that I want and need to figure out a way to do yoga as well. My flexibility is total garbage. sigh.
GOAL 2: Get my intervals and pace back to where they were prior to last year's injuries.
I had been running :90/:30 run/walk intervals with 2:00/:30 intervals on shorter days. This interval and pace led me to my PR of 2:19:07 back in the 2015 Bass Pro Half-Marathon. I'd love to try and get myself to a 2:15 half marathon result sometime this year, especially since I won't be able to use that PoT anymore for subsequent runDisney races. I also feel like I need to up the number of miles I'm doing throughout the week. I usually stick to the Galloway recommended mileage, and that's certainly adequate to finish the races, but probably not adequate to really do my best and feel strong doing it. Ultimately I want to do a half marathon this year that will get me that PR and work as a good PoT for future races.
GOAL 3: Run the Tinkerbell Pixie Dust Challenge.
Nothing much to say about this other than to have fun and hopefully meet some fellow Disers in the process.
GOAL 4: Get out on my road bike with an eventual goal to do a local tri-sprint late this summer.
Chris and I bought really nice road bikes 4 years ago and while Chris has done a fair amount of riding, my bike has mostly sat in the garage gathering dust. I know that adding cycling to my running would be a good complement and it would make Chris very happy. We originally bought the bikes with the idea of getting into some tri races, so maybe this year is the time to do it. There's a very easy beginner tri-sprint here locally in August I think and I would like to participate in that.
GOAL 5: Be well-prepared to run Dopey in 2018. Honestly toward the end of this year's marathon, I told Chris I just thought that I needed to hang up my marathon shoes (now I've said this before, but this time I really meant it
), but after a few days, I started to reconsider. One because I've been talking about Dopey 2018 for like 3 years now and two because I really don't want my last marathon experience to be a difficult one. While we aren't 100% set on this yet, I think it's likely and given how early registration is (February 14 - really rD?) we don't have a lot of time to decide. Now technically that goal is for 2018, but all the real work for it happens in 2017 so I figure it's okay to include it.
That's where I stand for now and everybody knows that sometimes best-laid plans and all that don't work out, but I really want to have a better year with training and see some improvements and STAY HEALTHY, so hopefully these things get me there.
I'd already used some of those miles to book a hotel near DLR but was watching my options on flights. I could book airfare out of our hometown, but the costs were high and all had a connecting flight. My other alternative was to fly out of Kansas City (about a 3 hour drive for us) for a really cheap fare and non-stop flights both ways. Chris and I spent some time discussing it on Sunday and
