I am using my time from my 10K. So if you are using yours we would be in the same corral! I would love to run with you!
Went through my planner today & figured out my marathon training plan. Seeing those 20+ mile runs are scaring the daylights out of me!! I am doing a hybrid plan of Galloway & Higden. I wanted to bump up my mileage a little bit during the week & will be following a 4 day run week with 2 rest days & 1 cross training day. I will do strength training 2 days during the week when I have shorter runs (Tues/Thurs). I am starting training with this new schedule this next week.
Thanks everyone for the 10k pixie dust!I finished in 1:23:52 which was under my goal of 1:25 so I'm thrilled! It was a good race and I really don't think it could have gone any better. I did it!
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Well, I survived and I didn't finish last! My goal was to finish in 40 minutes or under...I crossed the finish line at 40 minutes 18 seconds, but my chip time was 40 minutes 4 seconds. I was so close! Here is a horrifying, red faced, just past the finish line picture with my boys:
Thanks for all the encouragement ladies! This was a big deal for me![]()
Well, I survived and I didn't finish last! My goal was to finish in 40 minutes or under...I crossed the finish line at 40 minutes 18 seconds, but my chip time was 40 minutes 4 seconds. I was so close! Here is a horrifying, red faced, just past the finish line picture with my boys:
Thanks for all the encouragement ladies! This was a big deal for me![]()
- Stretching every morning
- Push ups every morning
- Completing 3 run/walk workouts (11.5 miles total)
- Averaging more than 10,000 steps per day
- Signing up for the St. Jude Half Marathon in December
I'm frustrated that my IT band continues to aggravate me, and progress is painfully slow, but I did get my runs in this week, although at pace slower than dial-up internet:
- Monday, 3.5 miles / 14'30" pace (had to walk the last 3/4 mile)
- Thursday, 3.5 miles / 13'46" pace (I was excited because I was able to complete what I set out to do)
- Saturday, 4.5 miles / 14'20" pace (Had to walk the last 1 1/4 mile - so lame!)
I could improve on the following:
- Committing to 3 strength training workouts. I have had the hardest time making it over to the gym.
- Getting at least 10,000 steps every single day this week (there were two days last week less than 10,000 steps although my average was higher than 10,000)
- Tracking my nutrition in Fitbit
The plan for the week is similar to last week:
- Stretching - every morning for 5 minutes
- Push Ups - week 2 of my push up app (27 - 29 push ups a day)
- Running - Monday and Thursday 3.5 miles / Saturday 4.5 miles (Training for a 4 mile race on May 23rd - all I want to do is finish without injury - under 55 minutes would be brilliant)
- Strength Training - Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
Spent the day prepping breakfast and lunch this week. I really need to track my nutrition in Fitbit. I was doing so well when I was doing that.
Hope you all have a GREAT week! Happy training!
I completely know what you mean, when I started training for my first marathon I never dreamed I could run more than 20 miles. But the key is each week you build and build and you do it! it is so amazing to first time you train because you can tell yourself that each week you are going further than you have ever gone before and that is just plain awesome! I am going to do a mix of Galloway and maybe Higden/Yassos or something.
The best part about training for my first half marathon was knowing I was going further each long run. I know the long runs are vital to success. I can't let myself get lazy on this marathon training!
I had my Ragnar this weekend and it will be my last for awhile. I am trying to remember to take the week off from running or P90X because I need to make sure i don't get my glutes all tight again (it really is a problem to have be tight a$$ed). But I was very happy with my training and felt very strong. My first leg was 9.8 miles and I did it in an 8:52 pace. The next leg was 5.2 miles (at 1 in the morning) and I did it in an 8:53 pace. My last leg at 10:30 AM was 6.3 miles and I did it in an 8:55 pace, so pretty steady
. I kept saying to my partner, lets run this leg slower, but we didn't really and just felt great. I am so exhausted though, we only got about 3 hrs of sleep from Friday to Saturday. I have a massage on Thursday to help keep my glutes in check. Then back to training for my half marathon on June 8th which should be fine and fun.
Happy Mothers Day, everyone!!! Hope you're all being appropriately spoiled!
I wanted to post the Workout Plan sheet for the week:
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Click here to download
I didn't do everything that I wanted to do this week workout-wise, but I am making a little progress.
This week I rocked at:
- Stretching every morning
- Push ups every morning
- Completing 3 run/walk workouts (11.5 miles total)
- Averaging more than 10,000 steps per day
- Signing up for the St. Jude Half Marathon in December
I'm frustrated that my IT band continues to aggravate me, and progress is painfully slow, but I did get my runs in this week, although at pace slower than dial-up internet:
- Monday, 3.5 miles / 14'30" pace (had to walk the last 3/4 mile)
- Thursday, 3.5 miles / 13'46" pace (I was excited because I was able to complete what I set out to do)
- Saturday, 4.5 miles / 14'20" pace (Had to walk the last 1 1/4 mile - so lame!)
I could improve on the following:
- Committing to 3 strength training workouts. I have had the hardest time making it over to the gym.
- Getting at least 10,000 steps every single day this week (there were two days last week less than 10,000 steps although my average was higher than 10,000)
- Tracking my nutrition in Fitbit
The plan for the week is similar to last week:
- Stretching - every morning for 5 minutes
- Push Ups - week 2 of my push up app (27 - 29 push ups a day)
- Running - Monday and Thursday 3.5 miles / Saturday 4.5 miles (Training for a 4 mile race on May 23rd - all I want to do is finish without injury - under 55 minutes would be brilliant)
- Strength Training - Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
Spent the day prepping breakfast and lunch this week. I really need to track my nutrition in Fitbit. I was doing so well when I was doing that.
Hope you all have a GREAT week! Happy training!
I have Ragnar in just under a month. I am excited to do my first one, but the whole sleep thing has me worried.
So sorry that I have been AWOL from my own PTR as well as DIS in general. I promise that tonight I will get caught up on everything.
So sorry that I have been AWOL from my own PTR as well as DIS in general. I promise that tonight I will get caught up on everything.
What Ragnar are you doing? The sleep thing is not a big deal when you are going through it. The adrenaline and fun of it all makes it a non-issue. It wasn't until I got home and sat down that it really hit. I am feeling better after a few nights of rest. It is certainly an experience and one I am happy I have done, but the one we do and the way our teams run it, it was just getting costly. I wanted to save my $$ for Disney runs! Plus my friend has some big challenges in mind for us for 2015, meaning she wants to run a 50k with me, when you have already run 26.2 miles, what's 5 more miles?Training should be interesting!
So sorry that I have been AWOL from my own PTR as well as DIS in general. I promise that tonight I will get caught up on everything.
Tammie, there's enough of us chatting all over YOUR PTR that it just keeps going, even when you are busy and AWOL!Missing you!
BTW, I can't see any of your photos in the above post???
Tammie, you really are allowed to have a life!! I am missing my cupcake, though.